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1、MYLADY'SMONEYMYLADY'SMONEYbyWilkieCollins1MYLADY'SMONEYPERSONSOFTHESTORYWomenLadyLydiard(WidowofLordLydiard)IsabelMiller(herAdoptedDaughter)MissPink(ofSouthMorden)TheHon.Mrs.Drumblade(SistertotheHon.A.Hardyman)MenTheHon.AlfredHardyman(oftheStudFarm)Mr.FelixSwee
2、tsir(LadyLydiard'sNephew)RobertMoody(LadyLydiard'sSteward)Mr.Troy(LadyLydiard'sLawyer)OldSharon(intheBywaysofLegalBohemia)AnimalTommie(LadyLydiard'sDog)2MYLADY'SMONEYPARTTHEFIRST.THEDISAPPEARANCE.CHAPTERI.OLDLadyLydiardsatmeditatingbythefireside,withthreeletter
3、slyingopenonherlap.Timehaddiscoloredthepaper,andhadturnedtheinktoabrownishhue.Theletterswerealladdressedtothesameperson--"THERT.HON.LORDLYDIARD"--andwereallsignedinthesameway--"Youraffectionatecousin,JamesTollmidge."Judgedbythesespecimensofhiscorrespondence,Mr.
4、Tollmidgemusthavepossessedonegreatmeritasaletter-writer--themeritofbrevity.Hewillwearynobody'spatience,ifheisallowedtohaveahearing.Lethim,therefore,bepermitted,inhisownhigh-flownway,tospeakforhimself._FirstLetter._--"Mystatement,asyourLordshiprequests,shallbesh
5、ortandtothepoint.Iwasdoingverywellasaportrait-painterinthecountry;andIhadawifeandchildrentoconsider.Underthecircumstances,ifIhadbeenlefttodecideformyself,IshouldcertainlyhavewaiteduntilIhadsavedalittlemoneybeforeIventuredontheseriousexpenseoftakingahouseandstud
6、ioatthewestendofLondon.YourLordship,Ipositivelydeclare,encouragedmetotrytheexperimentwithoutwaiting.AndhereIam,unknownandunemployed,ahelplessartistlostinLondon--withasickwifeandhungrychildren,andbankruptcystaringmeintheface.Onwhoseshouldersdoesthisdreadfulrespo
7、nsibilityrest?OnyourLordship's!"_SecondLetter._--"Afteraweek'sdelay,youfavorme,myLord,withacurtreply.Icanbeequallycurtonmyside.IindignantlydenythatIormywifeeverpresumedtoseeyourLordship'snameasameansofrecommendationtositterswithoutyourpermission.Someenemyhas3MY
8、LADY'SMONEYslanderedus.Iclaimasmyrighttoknowthenameofthatenemy."_Third(andlast)Letter._--"Anotherweekhaspassed--andnotawordofanswerhasreachedmefromyourLordship.Itmatterslitt
