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1、LoveintheTimeofCholerabyMarquez,GabrielGarciaCHAPTERONEITWASINEVITABLE:thescentofbitteralmondsalwaysremindedhimofthefateofunrequitedlove.Dr.JuvenalUrbinonoticeditassoonasheenteredthestilldarkenedhousewherehehad第1页共213页http://www.en8848.com.cn/原版英语阅读网hurriedo
2、nanurgentcalltoattendacasethatforhimhadlostallurgencymanyyearsbefore.TheAntilleanrefugeeJeremiahdeSaint-Amour,disabledwarveteran,photographerofchildren,andhismostsympatheticopponentinchess,hadescapedthetormentsofmemorywiththearomaticfumesofgoldcyanide.Hefoun
3、dthecorpsecoveredwithablanketonthecampaigncotwherehehadalwaysslept,andbesideitwasastoolwiththedevelopingtrayhehadusedtovaporisethepoison.Onthefloor,tiedtoalegofthecot,laythebodyofablackGreatDanewithasnow-whitechest,andnexttohimwerethecrutches.Atonewindowthes
4、plendourofdawnwasjustbeginningtoilluminatethestifling,crowdedroomthatservedasbothbedroomandlaboratory,buttherewasenoughlightforhimtorecogniseatoncetheauthorityofdeath.Theotherwindows,aswellaseveryotherchinkintheroom,weremuffledwithragsorsealedwithblackcardbo
5、ard,whichincreasedtheoppressiveheaviness.Acounterwascrammedwithjarsandbottleswithoutlabelsandtwocrumblingpewtertraysunderanordinarylightbulbcoveredwithredpaper.Thethirdtray,theoneforthefixativesolution,wasnexttothebody.Therewereoldmagazinesandnewspapersevery
6、where,pilesofnegativesonglassplates,brokenfurniture,buteverythingwaskeptfreeofdustbyadiligenthand.Althoughtheaircomingthroughthewindowhadpurifiedtheatmosphere,therestillremainedfortheonewhocouldidentifyitthedyingembersofhaplessloveinthebitteralmonds.Dr.Juven
7、alUrbinohadoftenthought,withnopremonitoryintention,thatthiswouldnotbeapropitiousplacefordyinginastateofgrace.ButintimehecametosupposethatperhapsitsdisorderobeyedanobscuredeterminationofDivineProvidence.Apoliceinspectorhadcomeforwardwithaveryyoungmedicalstude
8、ntwhowascompletinghisforensictrainingatthemunicipaldispensary,anditwastheywhohadventilatedtheroomandcoveredthebodywhilewaitingforDr.Urbinotoarrive.Theygreetedhimwithasolemnitythatonthisoccasionh