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1、WomeninLoveByD.H.LawrencePublishedbyPlaneteBook.VisitthesitetodownloadfreeeBooksofclassicliterature,booksandnovels.ThisworkislicensedunderaCreativeCommonsAttribution-Noncommercial3.0UnitedStatesLicense.CHAPTERISISTERSUrsulaandGudrunBrangwensatonemorn
2、inginthewindow-bayoftheirfather’shouseinBeldover,workingandtalking.Ursulawasstitchingapieceofbrightly-colouredembroidery,andGudrunwasdrawinguponaboardwhichsheheldonherknee.Theyweremostlysilent,talkingastheirthoughtsstrayedthroughtheirminds.‘Ursula,’s
3、aidGudrun,‘don’tyouREALLYWANTtogetmarried?’Ursulalaidherembroideryinherlapandlookedup.Herfacewascalmandconsiderate.‘Idon’tknow,’shereplied.‘Itdependshowyoumean.’Gudrunwasslightlytakenaback.Shewatchedhersisterforsomemoments.‘Well,’shesaid,ironically,‘
4、itusuallymeansonething!Butdon’tyouthinkanyhow,you’dbe—‘shedarkenedslightly—‘inabetterpositionthanyouareinnow.’AshadowcameoverUrsula’sface.‘Imight,’shesaid.‘ButI’mnotsure.’AgainGudrunpaused,slightlyirritated.Shewantedtobequitedefinite.‘Youdon’tthinkon
5、eneedstheEXPERIENCEofhavingbeenmarried?’sheasked.‘DoyouthinkitneedBEanexperience?’repliedUrsula.FreeeBooksatPlaneteBook.com3‘Boundtobe,insomewayorother,’saidGudrun,cool-ly.‘Possiblyundesirable,butboundtobeanexperienceofsomesort.’‘Notreally,’saidUrsul
6、a.‘Morelikelytobetheendofex-perience.’Gudrunsatverystill,toattendtothis.‘Ofcourse,’shesaid,‘there’sTHATtoconsider.’Thisbroughttheconversationtoaclose.Gudrun,almostan-grily,tookupherrubberandbegantoruboutpartofherdrawing.Ursulastitchedabsorbedly.‘Youw
7、ouldn’tconsideragoodoffer?’askedGudrun.‘IthinkI’verejectedseveral,’saidUrsula.‘REALLY!’Gudrunflusheddark—‘Butanythingreallyworthwhile?HaveyouREALLY?’‘Athousandayear,andanawfullyniceman.Ilikedhimawfully,’saidUrsula.‘Really!Butweren’tyoufearfullytempte
8、d?’‘Intheabstractbutnotintheconcrete,’saidUrsula.‘Whenitcomestothepoint,oneisn’teventempted—oh,ifIweretempted,I’dmarrylikeashot.I’monlytempt-edNOTto.’Thefacesofbothsisterssuddenlylitupwithamusement.‘Isn’titanamazingthing,’criedGudrun,‘howstrongthetem
