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1、THEHOUSEOFTHEWOLFTHEHOUSEOFTHEWOLFbySTANLEYWEYMAN1THEHOUSEOFTHEWOLFINTRODUCTION.ThefollowingisamodernEnglishversionofacuriousFrenchmemoir,orfragmentofautobiography,apparentlywrittenabouttheyear1620byAnne,VicomtedeCaylus,andbroughttothiscountry--if,infact,theoriginaleverexistedin
2、England--byoneofhisdescendantsaftertheRevocationoftheEdictofNantes.ThisAnne,welearnfromothersources,wasaprincipalfigureattheCourtofHenryIV.,and,therefore,inAugust,1572,whentheadventureshererelatedtookplace,heandhistwoyoungerbrothers,MarieandCroisette,whosharedwithhimthehonourand
3、thedanger,musthavebeenlittlemorethanboys.Fromthetoneofhisnarrative,itappearsthat,inrevivingoldrecollections,theveteranrenewedhisyouthalso,andthoughhisstorythrowsnofreshlightuponthehistoryofthetime,itseemstopossesssomehumaninterest.2THEHOUSEOFTHEWOLFCHAPTERI.WAREWOLF!Ihadafterwar
4、dssuchgoodreasontolookbackuponandremembertheeventsofthatafternoon,thatCatherine'svoiceseemstoringinmybrainevennow.Icanshutmyeyesandseeagain,afteralltheseyears,whatIsawthen--justthebluesummersky,andonegreyangleofthekeep,fromwhichafleecycloudwastrailinglikethesmokefromachimney.Ico
5、uldseenomorebecauseIwaslyingonmyback,myheadrestingonmyhands.MarieandCroisette,mybrothers,werelyingbymeinexactlythesameposture,andafewyardsawayontheterrace,CatherinewassittingonastoolGilhadbroughtoutforher.ItwasthesecondThursdayinAugust,andhot.Eventhejackdawsweresilent.Ihadalmost
6、fallenasleep,watchingmycloudgrowlongerandlonger,andthinnerandthinner,whenCroisette,whocaredforheatnomorethanalizard,spokeupsharply,"Mademoiselle,"hesaid,"whyareyouwatchingtheCahorsroad?"Ihadnotnoticedthatshewasdoingso.ButsomethinginthekeennessofCroisette'stone,takenperhapswithth
7、efactthatCatherinedidnotatonceanswerhim,arousedme;andIturnedtoher.Andlo!shewasblushinginthemostheavenlyway,andhereyeswerefulloftears,andshelookedatusadorably.Andweallthreesatuponourelbows,likethreepuppydogs,andlookedather.Andtherewasalongsilence.Andthenshesaidquitesimplytous,"Bo
8、ys,IamgoingtobemarriedtoM.dePavannes."Ifellflat
