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1、APASSAGETOINDIAByE.M.ForsterCopyright1924byHarcourt,Brace&World,Inc.Copyright1952byE.M.ForsterAllrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedortransmittedinanyformorbyanymeans,electronicormechanical,includingphotocopy,recording,oranyinformationstorageandretrievalsystem,withou
2、tpermissioninwritingfromthepublisher.Requestsforpermissiontomakecopiesofanypartoftheworkshouldbemailedto:Permissions,HarcourtBraceJovanovich,Publishers,Orlando,FL32887.ISBN0-15-671142-7PARTIMOSQUECHAPTERIExceptfortheMarabarCavesandtheyaretwentymilesoffthecityofChandraporepresentsnothi
3、ngextraordinary.EdgedratherthanwashedbytheriverGanges,ittrailsforacoupleofmilesalongthebank,scarcelydistinguishablefromtherubbishitdepositssofreely.Therearenobathing-stepsontheriverfront,astheGangeshappensnottobeholyhere;indeedthereisnoriverfrontandbazaarsshutoutthewideandshiftingpano
4、ramaofthestream.Thestreetsaremean,thetemplesineffectiveandthoughafewfinehousesexisttheyarehiddenawayingardensordownalleyswhosefilthdetersallbuttheinvitedguest.Chandraporewasneverlargeorbeautiful,buttwohundredyearsagoitlayontheroadbetweenUpperIndia,thenimperialandtheseaandthefinehouses
5、datefromthatperiod.Thezestfordecorationneithercontinuedintheeighteenthcentury,norwasiteverdemocratic.Thereisnopaintingandscarcelyanycarvinginthebazaars.Theverywoodseemsmadeofmud,theinhabitantsofmudmoving.Soabased,somonotonousiseverythingthatmeetstheeye,thatwhentheGangescomesdownitmigh
6、tbeexpectedtowashtheexcrescencebackintothesoil.Housesdofall,peoplearedrownedandleftrotting,butthegeneraloutlineofthetownpersists,swellinghere,shrinkingthere,likesomelowbutindestructibleformoflife.Inland,theprospectalters.ThereisanovalMaidanandalongsallowhospital.HousesbelongingtoFuras
7、iansstandonthehighgroundbytherailwaystation.Beyondtherailwaywhichrunsparalleltotheriverthelandsinks,thenrisesagainrathersteeply.OnthesecondriseislaidoutthelittlecivilstationandviewedhenceChandraporeappearstobeatotallydifferentplace.Itisacityofgardens.Itisnocity,butaforestsparselyscatt
8、eredw
