[知情太多的人].The.Man.Who.Knew.Too.Much.(英)切斯特顿..pdf

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1、THEMANWHOKNEWTOOMUCHTHEMANWHOKNEWTOOMUCHByGilbertK.Chesterton1THEMANWHOKNEWTOOMUCHCHAPTERI.THEFACEINTHETARGETHaroldMarch,therisingreviewerandsocialcritic,waswalkingvigorouslyacrossagreattablelandofmoorsandcommons,thehorizonofwhichwasfringedwiththefar-offwoodsofthefamousestateofTorwoo

2、dPark.Hewasagood-lookingyoungmanintweeds,withverypalecurlyhairandpalecleareyes.Walkinginwindandsunintheverylandscapeofliberty,hewasstillyoungenoughtorememberhispoliticsandnotmerelytrytoforgetthem.ForhiserrandatTorwoodParkwasapoliticalone;itwastheplaceofappointmentnamedbynolessaperson

3、thantheChancelloroftheExchequer,SirHowardHorne,thenintroducinghisso-calledSocialistbudget,andpreparedtoexpounditinaninterviewwithsopromisingapenman.HaroldMarchwasthesortofmanwhoknowseverythingaboutpolitics,andnothingaboutpoliticians.Healsoknewagreatdealaboutart,letters,philosophy,and

4、generalculture;aboutalmosteverything,indeed,excepttheworldhewaslivingin.Abruptly,inthemiddleofthosesunnyandwindyflats,hecameuponasortofcleftalmostnarrowenoughtobecalledacrackintheland.Itwasjustlargeenoughtobethewater-courseforasmallstreamwhichvanishedatintervalsundergreentunnelsofund

5、ergrowth,asifinadwarfishforest.Indeed,hehadanoddfeelingasifhewereagiantlookingoverthevalleyofthepygmies.Whenhedroppedintothehollow,however,theimpressionwaslost;therockybanks,thoughhardlyabovetheheightofacottage,hungoverandhadtheprofileofaprecipice.Ashebegantowanderdownthecourseofthes

6、tream,inidlebutromanticcuriosity,andsawthewatershininginshortstripsbetweenthegreatgraybouldersandbushesassoftasgreatgreenmosses,hefellintoquiteanoppositeveinoffantasy.Itwasratherasiftheearthhadopenedandswallowedhimintoasortofunderworldofdreams.Andwhenhebecameconsciousofahumanfigureda

7、rkagainstthesilverstream,sittingonalargeboulderand2THEMANWHOKNEWTOOMUCHlookingratherlikealargebird,itwasperhapswithsomeofthepremonition'spropertoamanwhomeetsthestrangestfriendshipofhislife.Themanwasapparentlyfishing;oratleastwasfixedinafisherman'sattitudewithmorethanafisherman'simmob

8、ility.Marchw