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1、ThePrisonerofZendaThePrisonerofZendaAnthonyHope1ThePrisonerofZendaCHAPTER1TheRassendylls--WithaWordontheElphbergs"Iwonderwhenintheworldyou'regoingtodoanything,Rudolf?"saidmybrother'swife."MydearRose,"Ianswered,layingdownmyegg-spoon,"whyintheworldshouldIdoanything?Mypos
2、itionisacomfortableone.Ihaveanincomenearlysufficientformywants(noone'sincomeiseverquitesufficient,youknow),Ienjoyanenviablesocialposition:IambrothertoLordBurlesdon,andbrother-in-lawtothatcharminglady,hiscountess.Behold,itisenough!""Youarenine-and-twenty,"sheobserved,"a
3、ndyou'vedonenothingbut--""Knockabout?Itistrue.Ourfamilydoesn'tneedtodothings."ThisremarkofmineratherannoyedRose,foreverybodyknows(andthereforetherecanbenoharminreferringtothefact)that,prettyandaccomplishedassheherselfis,herfamilyishardlyofthesamestandingastheRassendyll
4、s.Besidesherattractions,shepossessedalargefortune,andmybrotherRobertwaswiseenoughnottomindaboutherancestry.Ancestryis,infact,amatterconcerningwhichthenextobservationofRose'shassometruth."Goodfamiliesaregenerallyworsethananyothers,"shesaid.UponthisIstrokedmyhair:Iknewqu
5、itewellwhatshemeant."I'msogladRobert'sisblack!"shecried.AtthismomentRobert(whorisesatsevenandworksbeforebreakfast)camein.Heglancedathiswife:hercheekwasslightlyflushed;hepatteditcaressingly."What'sthematter,mydear?"heasked."Sheobjectstomydoingnothingandhavingredhair,"sa
6、idI,inaninjuredtone."Oh!ofcoursehecan'thelphishair,"admittedRose."Itgenerallycropsoutonceinageneration,"saidmybrother."Sodoesthenose.Rudolfhasgotthemboth."2ThePrisonerofZenda"Iwishtheydidn'tcropout,"saidRose,stillflushed."Iratherlikethemmyself,"saidI,and,rising,Ibowedt
7、otheportraitofCountessAmelia.Mybrother'swifeutteredanexclamationofimpatience."Iwishyou'dtakethatpictureaway,Robert,"saidshe."Mydear!"hecried."Goodheavens!"Iadded."Thenitmightbeforgotten,"shecontinued."Hardly--withRudolfabout,"saidRobert,shakinghishead."Whyshoulditbefor
8、gotten?"Iasked."Rudolf!"exclaimedmybrother'swife,blushingveryprettily.Ilaughed,andwentonwithmyegg.AtleastIhadshelvedt
