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1、CuriousCaseofBenjaminButtonFrancisScottFitzgeraldIAslongagoas1860itwastheproperthingtobebornathome.Atpresent,soIamtold,thehighgodsofmedicinehavedecreedthatthefirstcriesoftheyoungshallbeutteredupontheanaestheticairofahospital,preferablyafashionableone.SoyoungMr
2、.andMrs.RogerButtonwerefiftyyearsaheadofstylewhentheydecided,onedayinthesummerof1860,thattheirfirstbabyshouldbeborninahospital.WhetherthisanachronismhadanybearingupontheastonishinghistoryIamabouttosetdownwillneverbeknown.Ishalltellyouwhatoccurred,andletyoujudg
3、eforyourself.TheRogerButtonsheldanenviableposition,bothsocialandfinancial,inAntebellumBaltimore.TheywererelatedtotheThisFamilyandtheThatFamily,which,aseverySouthernerknew,entitledthemtomembershipinthatenormouspeeragewhichlargelypopulatedtheConfederacy.Thiswast
4、heirfirstexperiencewiththecharmingoldcustomofhavingbabies--Mr.Buttonwasnaturallynervous.HehopeditwouldbeaboysothathecouldbesenttoYaleCollegeinConnecticut,atwhichinstitutionMr.Buttonhimselfhadbeenknownforfouryearsbythesomewhatobviousnicknameof"Cuff."OntheSeptem
5、bermorningconsecratedtotheenormouseventhearosenervouslyatsixo'clockdressedhimself,adjustedanimpeccablestock,andhurriedforththroughthestreetsofBaltimoretothehospital,todeterminewhetherthedarknessofthenighthadborneinnewlifeuponitsbosom.Whenhewasapproximatelyahun
6、dredyardsfromtheMarylandPrivateHospitalforLadiesandGentlemenhesawDoctorKeene,thefamilyphysician,descendingthefrontsteps,rubbinghishandstogetherwithawashingmovement--asalldoctorsarerequiredtodobytheunwrittenethicsoftheirprofession.Mr.RogerButton,thepresidentofR
7、ogerButton&Co.,WholesaleHardware,begantoruntowardDoctorKeenewithmuchlessdignitythanwasexpectedfromaSoutherngentlemanofthatpicturesqueperiod."DoctorKeene!"hecalled."Oh,DoctorKeene!"Thedoctorheardhim,facedaround,andstoodwaiting,acuriousexpressionsettlingonhishar
8、sh,medicinalfaceasMr.Buttondrewnear."Whathappened?"demandedMr.Button,ashecameupinagaspingrush."Whatwasit?Howisshe"Aboy?Whoisit?What---""Talksense!"saidDoctorKeenesharply,Heappeared
