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1、TheValleyoftheMoonLondon,JackPublished:1913Type(s):NovelsSource:http://london.sonoma.edu1AboutLondon:JackLondon(January12,1876–November22,1916),wasanAmericanauthorwhowroteTheCalloftheWildandotherbooks.Apioneerinthethen-burgeoningworldofcommercialmagazinefiction
2、,hewasoneofthefirstAmericanstomakeahugefinancialsuccessfromwriting.Source:Wikipedia2Part13Chapter1"Youhearme,Saxon?Comeonalong.WhatifitistheBricklayers?I'llhavegentlemenfriendsthere,andso'llyou.TheAlVistaband'llbealong,an'youknowitplaysheavenly.An'youjustloveda
3、ncin'—"Twentyfeetaway,astout,elderlywomaninterruptedthegirl'sper-suasions.Theelderlywoman'sbackwasturned,andtheback-loose,bul-ging,andmisshapen—beganaconvulsiveheaving."Gawd!"shecriedout."OGawd!"Sheflungwildglances,likethoseofanentrappedanimal,upanddownthebigwh
4、itewashedroomthatpantedwithheatandthatwasthicklyhumidwiththesteamthatsizzledfromthedampclothundertheironsofthemanyironers.Fromthegirlsandwomennearher,allswingingironssteadilybutathighpace,camequickglances,andlaborefficiencysufferedtotheextentofascoreofsuspended
5、orinadequatemovements.Theelderlywoman'scryhadcausedatremorofmoney-losstopassamongthepiece-workironersoffancystarch.Shegrippedherselfandherironwithavisibleeffort,anddabbedfu-tilelyatthefrail,frilledgarmentontheboardunderherhand."Ithoughtshe'dgot'emagain—didn'tyo
6、u?"thegirlsaid."It'sashame,awomenofherage,and…condition,"Saxonanswered,asshefrilledalacerufflewithahotfluting-iron.Hermovementsweredelicate,safe,andswift,andthoughherfacewaswanwithfatigueandexhaustingheat,therewasnoslackeninginherpace."An'herwithseven,an'twoof'
7、eminreformschool,"thegirlatthenextboardsniffedsympatheticagreement."ButyoujustgottocometoWeaselParkto-morrow,Saxon.TheBricklayers'isalwayslively—tugs-of-war,fat-manraces,realIrishjiggin',an'…an'everything.An'Thefloorofthepavilion'sswell."Buttheelderlywomanbroug
8、htanotherinterruption.Shedroppedherironontheshirtwaist,clutchedattheboard,fumbledit,cavedinatthe4kneesandhips,andlikeahalf-emptysackcollapsedonthefloor,herlongshriekrisingin
