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1、IslandNights'EntertainmentsIslandNights'EntertainmentsRobertLouisStevenson.1905Edition.1IslandNights'EntertainmentsCONTENTAsouthseabridalTheBanTheMissionaryDevil-workNightinthebushTheBottleImpTheIsleofvoices2IslandNights'EntertainmentsTHEBEACHOFFALESA.CHAPTERI.ASOUTHSEABRIDAL.ISAWthatisl
2、andfirstwhenitwasneithernightnormorning.Themoonwastothewest,setting,butstillbroadandbright.Totheeast,andrightamidshipsofthedawn,whichwasallpink,thedaystarsparkledlikeadiamond.Thelandbreezeblewinourfaces,andsmeltstrongofwildlimeandvanilla:otherthingsbesides,butthesewerethemostplain;andthe
3、chillofitsetmesneezing.IshouldsayIhadbeenforyearsonalowislandneartheline,livingforthemostpartsolitaryamongnatives.Herewasafreshexperience:eventhetonguewouldbequitestrangetome;andthelookofthesewoodsandmountains,andtheraresmellofthem,renewedmyblood.Thecaptainblewoutthebinnaclelamp."There!"
4、saidhe,"theregoesabitofsmoke,Mr.Wiltshire,behindthebreakofthereef.That'sFalesa,whereyourstationis,thelastvillagetotheeast;nobodylivestowindward-Idon'tknowwhy.Takemyglass,andyoucanmakethehousesout."Itooktheglass;andtheshoresleapednearer,andIsawthetangleofthewoodsandthebreachofthesurf,andt
5、hebrownroofsandtheblackinsidesofhousespeepedamongthetrees."Doyoucatchabitofwhitetheretotheeast'ard?"thecaptaincontinued."That'syourhouse.Coralbuilt,standshigh,verandahyoucouldwalkonthreeabreast;beststationintheSouthPacific.WhenoldAdamssawit,hetookandshookmebythehand.'I'vedroppedintoasoft
6、thinghere,'sayshe.-'Soyouhave,'saysI,'andtimetoo!'PoorJohnny!Ineversawhimagainbuttheonce,andthenhehadchangedhistune-couldn'tgetonwiththenatives,orthewhites,orsomething;3IslandNights'Entertainmentsandthenexttimewecameroundtherehewasdeadandburied.Itookandputupabitofasticktohim:'JohnAdams,O
7、BITeighteenandsixty-eight.Gothouanddolikewise.'Imissedthatman.InevercouldseemuchharminJohnny.""Whatdidhedieof?"Iinquired."Somekindofsickness,"saysthecaptain."Itappearsittookhimsudden.Seemshegotupinthenight,andfilleduponPain-KillerandKennedy'sDiscovery.Nogo:hewasbookedbeyo
