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1、APASSAGETOINDIAbyE.M.ForsterToSYEDROSSMASOODANDTOTHESEVENTEENYEARSOFOURFRIENDSHIPPARTI:MOSQUECHAPTERIExceptfortheMarabarCaves—andtheyaretwentymilesoff—thecityofChandraporepresentsnothingextraordinary.EdgedratherthanwashedbytheriverGanges,ittrailsforacoupleofmilesalongthebank,
2、scarcelydistinguishablefromtherubbishitdepositssofreely.Therearenobathing-stepsontheriverfront,astheGangeshappensnottobeholyhere;indeedthereisnoriverfront,andbazaarsshutoutthewideandshiftingpanoramaofthestream.Thestreetsaremean,thetemplesineffective,andthoughafewfinehousesexi
3、sttheyarehiddenawayingardensordownalleyswhosefilthdetersallbuttheinvitedguest.Chandraporewasneverlargeorbeautiful,buttwohundredyearsagoitlayontheroadbetweenUpperIndia,thenimperial,andthesea,andthefinehousesdatefromthatperiod.Thezestfordecorationstoppedintheeighteenthcentury,n
4、orwasiteverdemocratic.Thereisnopaintingandscarcelyanycarvinginthebazaars.Theverywoodseemsmadeofmud,theinhabitantsofmudmoving.Soabased,somonotonousiseverythingthatmeetstheeye,thatwhentheGangescomesdownitmightbeexpectedtowashtheexcrescencebackintothesoil.Housesdofall,peopleared
5、rownedandleftrotting,butthegeneraloutlineofthetownpersists,swellinghere,shrinkingthere,likesomelowbutindestructibleformoflife.Inland,theprospectalters.ThereisanovalMaidan,andalongsallowhospital.HousesbelongingtoFurasiansstandonthehighgroundbytherailwaystation.Beyondtherailway
6、—whichrunsparalleltotheriver—thelandsinks,thenrisesagainrathersteeply.Onthesecondriseislaidoutthelittlecivilstation,andviewedhenceChandraporeappearstobeatotallydifferentplace.Itisacityofgardens.Itisnocity,butaforestsparselyscatteredwithhuts.Itisatropicalpleasauncewashedbyanob
7、leriver.Thetoddypalmsandneemtreesandmangoesandpepulthatwerehiddenbehindthebazaarsnowbecomevisibleandintheirturnhidethebazaars.Theyrisefromthegardenswhereancienttanksnourishthem,theyburstoutofstiflingpurlieusandunconsideredtemples.Seekinglightandair,andendowedwithmorestrengtht
8、hanmanorhisworks,theysoarabovethelowerdeposittogreetoneanotherwithbr
