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1、THEGUNSLINGERSTEPHENKINGTHEGUNSLINGERIThemaninblackfledacrossthedesert,andthegunslingerfollowed.Thedesertwastheapotheosisofalldeserts,huge,standingtotheskyforwhatmighthavebeenparsecsinalldirections.White;blinding;waterless;withoutfeaturesaveforthefaint,cloudyhazeofthemountainswhichsketchedth
2、emselvesonthehorizonandthedevil-grasswhichbroughtsweetdreams,nightmares,death.Anoccasionaltombstonesignpointedtheway,foroncethedriftedtrackthatcutitswaythroughthethickcrustofalkalihadbeenahighwayandcoacheshadfollowedit.Theworldhadmovedonsincethen.Theworldhademptied.Thegunslingerwalkedstolidl
3、y,nothurrying,notloafing.Ahidewaterbagwasslungaroundhismiddlelikeabloatedsausage.Itwasalmostfull.Hehadprogressedthroughthekhefovermanyyears,andhadreachedthefifthlevel.Attheseventhoreighth,hewouldnothavebeenthirsty;hecouldhavewatchedownbodydehydratewithclinical,detachedattention,wateringitscr
4、evicesanddarkinnerhollowsonlywhenhislogictoldhimitmustbedone.Hewasnotseventhoreighth.Hewasfifth.Sohewasthirsty,althoughhehadnoparticularurgetodrink.Inavagueway,allthispleasedhim.Itwasromantic.Belowthewaterbagwerehisguns,finelyweightedtohishand.Thetwobeltscrisscrossedabovehiscrotch.Theholster
5、swereoiledtoodeeplyforeventhisPhilistinesuntocrack.Thestocksofthegunsweresandalwood,yellowandfinelygrained.Theholstersweretieddownwithrawhidecord,andtheyswungheavilyagainsthiships.Thebrasscasingsofthecartridgesloopedintothegunbeltstwinkledandflashedandheliographedinthesun.Theleathermadesubtl
6、ecreakingnoises.Thegunsthemselvesmadenonoise.Theyhadspilledblood.TherewasnoneedtomakenoiseinthesterilityofthedesertHisclothesweretheno-colorofrainordust.Hisshirtwasopenatthethroat,witharawhidethongdanglinglooselyinhand-punchedeyelets.Hispantswereseam-stretcheddungarees.Hebreastedagentlyrisin
7、gdune(althoughtherewasnosandhere;thedesertwashardpan,andeventheharshwindsthatblewwhendarkcameraisedonlyanaggravatingharshdustlikescouringpowder)andsawthekickedremainsofatinycampfireontheleeside,thesidewhichthesunwouldquitearliest.Smallsignslikethis
