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1、WIDESARGASSOSEAByJeanRhysFirstpublishedin1966第1页共88页http://www.en8848.com.cn/原版英语阅读网PartOneTheysaywhentroublecomecloseranks,andsothewhitepeopledid.Butwewerenotintheirranks.TheJamaicanladieshadneverapprovedofmymother,‘becausesheprettylikeprettyself’Christophinesaid.Shewasmyfather’
2、ssecondwife,fartooyoungforhimtheythought,and,worsestill,aMartiniquegirl.WhenIaskedherwhysofewpeoplecametoseeus,shetoldmethattheroadfromSpanishTowntoCoulibriEstatewherewelivedwasverybadandthatroadrepairingwasnowathingofthepast.(Myfather,visitors,horses,feelingsafeinbed–allbelonged
3、tothepast.)AnotherdayIheardhertalkingtoMrLuttrell,ourneighbourandheronlyfriend.‘Ofcoursetheyhavetheirownmisfortunes.StillwaitingforthiscompensationtheEnglishpromisedwhentheEmancipationActwaspassed.Somewillwaitforalongtime.’HowcouldsheknowthatMrLuttrellwouldbethefirstwhogrewtiredo
4、fwaiting?Onecalmeveningheshothisdog,swamouttoseaandwasgoneforalways.NoagentcamefromEnglandtolookafterhisproperty–Nelson’sRestitwascalled–andstrangersfromSpanishTownrodeuptogossipanddiscussthetragedy.‘LiveatNelson’sRest?Notforloveormoney.Anunluckyplace.’MrLuttrell’showasleftempty,
5、shuttersbanginginthewind.Soontheblackpeoplesaiditwashaunted,theywouldn’tgonearit.Andnoonecamenearus.Igotusedtoasolitarylife,butmymotherstillplannedandhoped–perhapsshehadtohopeeverytimeshepassedalookingglass.Shestillrodeabouteverymorningnotcaringthattheblackpeoplestoodaboutingroup
6、stojeerather,especiallyafterherridingclothesgrewshabby(theynoticeclothes,theyknowaboutmoney).Then,oneday,veryearlyIsawherhorselyingdownunderthefrangipanitree.Iwentuptohimbuthewasnotsick,hewasdeadandhiseyeswereblackwithflies.IranawayanddidnotspeakofitforIthoughtifItoldnooneitmight
7、notbetrue.Butlaterthatday,Godfreyfoundhim,hehadbeenpoisoned.‘Nowwearemarooned,’mymothersaid,‘nowwhatwillbecomeofus?’Godfreysaid,‘Ican’twatchthehorsenightandday.Itoooldnow.Whentheoldtimego,letitgo.Nousetograbatit.TheLordmakenodistinctionbetweenblackandwhite,blackandwhitethesamefor
8、Him.Restyourselfinpeacefortherighteousar
