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1、THESCHOOLMISTRESSANDOTHERSTORIESTHESCHOOLMISTRESSANDOTHERSTORIES1THESCHOOLMISTRESSANDOTHERSTORIESTHESCHOOLMISTRESSAThalf-pasteighttheydroveoutofthetown.Thehighroadwasdry,alovelyAprilsunwasshiningwarmly,butthesnowwasstilllyingintheditchesandinthewoods.Winter,dark,long,andspiteful,
2、washardlyover;springhadcomeallofasudden.Butneitherthewarmthnorthelanguidtransparentwoods,warmedbythebreathofspring,northeblackflocksofbirdsflyingoverthehugepuddlesthatwerelikelakes,northemarvelousfathomlesssky,intowhichitseemedonewouldhavegoneawaysojoyfully,presentedanythingnewor
3、interestingtoMaryaVassilyevnawhowassittinginthecart.Forthirteenyearsshehadbeenschoolmistress,andtherewasnoreckoninghowmanytimesduringallthoseyearsshehadbeentothetownforhersalary;andwhetheritwerespringasnow,orarainyautumnevening,orwinter,itwasallthesametoher,andshealways--invariab
4、ly--longedforonethingonly,togettotheendofherjourneyasquicklyascouldbe.Shefeltasthoughshehadbeenlivinginthatpartofthecountryforagesandages,forahundredyears,anditseemedtoherthatshekneweverystone,everytreeontheroadfromthetowntoherschool.Herpastwashere,herpresentwashere,andshecouldim
5、aginenootherfuturethantheschool,theroadtothetownandbackagain,andagaintheschoolandagaintheroad....Shehadgotoutofthehabitofthinkingofherpastbeforeshebecameaschoolmistress,andhadalmostforgottenit.Shehadoncehadafatherandmother;theyhadlivedinMoscowinabigflatneartheRedGate,butofallthat
6、lifetherewasleftinhermemoryonlysomethingvagueandfluidlikeadream.Herfatherhaddiedwhenshewastenyearsold,andhermotherhaddiedsoonafter....Shehadabrother,anofficer;atfirsttheyusedtowritetoeachother,thenherbrotherhadgivenupansweringherletters,hehadgotoutofthewayofwriting.Ofheroldbelong
7、ings,allthatwasleftwasaphotographofhermother,butithadgrowndimfromthedampnessoftheschool,andnownothingcouldbeseenbutthehairandtheeyebrows.Whentheyhaddrivenacoupleofmiles,oldSemyon,whowasdriving,2THESCHOOLMISTRESSANDOTHERSTORIESturnedroundandsaid:"Theyhavecaughtagovernmentclerkinth
8、etown.Theyhavetakenhimaway.Thestoryistha
