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1、HuntedDownHuntedDownbyCharlesDickens1HuntedDownI.Mostofusseesomeromancesinlife.InmycapacityasChiefManagerofaLifeAssuranceOffice,IthinkIhavewithinthelastthirtyyearsseenmoreromancesthanthegeneralityofmen,howeverunpromisingtheopportunitymay,atfirstsight,seem.AsIhaveretired,andliveat
2、myease,IpossessthemeansthatIusedtowant,ofconsideringwhatIhaveseen,atleisure.Myexperienceshaveamoreremarkableaspect,soreviewed,thantheyhadwhentheywereinprogress.IhavecomehomefromthePlaynow,andcanrecallthescenesoftheDramauponwhichthecurtainhasfallen,freefromtheglare,bewilderment,an
3、dbustleoftheTheatre.LetmerecalloneoftheseRomancesoftherealworld.Thereisnothingtruerthanphysiognomy,takeninconnectionwithmanner.TheartofreadingthatbookofwhichEternalWisdomobligeseveryhumancreaturetopresenthisorherownpagewiththeindividualcharacterwrittenonit,isadifficultone,perhaps
4、,andislittlestudied.Itmayrequiresomenaturalaptitude,anditmustrequire(foreverythingdoes)somepatienceandsomepains.Thatthesearenotusuallygiventoit,-thatnumbersofpeopleacceptafewstockcommonplaceexpressionsofthefaceasthewholelistofcharacteristics,andneitherseeknorknowtherefinementstha
5、taretruest,-thatYou,forinstance,giveagreatdealoftimeandattentiontothereadingofmusic,Greek,Latin,French,Italian,Hebrew,ifyouplease,anddonotqualifyyourselftoreadthefaceofthemasterormistresslookingoveryourshoulderteachingittoyou,-Iassumetobefivehundredtimesmoreprobablethanimprobable
6、.Perhapsalittleself-sufficiencymaybeatthebottomofthis;facialexpressionrequiresnostudyfromyou,youthink;itcomesbynatureto2HuntedDownyoutoknowenoughaboutit,andyouarenottobetakenin.Iconfess,formypart,thatIHAVEbeentakenin,overandoveragain.Ihavebeentakeninbyacquaintances,andIhavebeenta
7、kenin(ofcourse)byfriends;faroftenerbyfriendsthanbyanyotherclassofpersons.HowcameItobesodeceived?HadIquitemisreadtheirfaces?No3HuntedDownII.ThepartitionwhichseparatedmyownofficefromourgeneralouterofficeintheCitywasofthickplate-glass.Icouldseethroughitwhatpassedintheouteroffice,wit
8、houthearingaword.Ihaditputupinplaceofawa
