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1、LordArthurSavile'sCrimeandOtherStoriesLordArthurSavile'sCrimeandOtherStoriesbyOscarWilde1LordArthurSavile'sCrimeandOtherStoriesLORDARTHURSAVILE'SCRIMECHAPTERIITwasLadyWindermere'slastreceptionbeforeEaster,andBentinckHousewasevenmorecrowdedthanusual.SixCabinetMinistershadcomeonfr
2、omtheSpeaker'sLeveeintheirstarsandribands,alltheprettywomenworetheirsmartestdresses,andattheendofthepicture-gallerystoodthePrincessSophiaofCarlsruhe,aheavyTartar-lookinglady,withtinyblackeyesandwonderfulemeralds,talkingbadFrenchatthetopofhervoice,andlaughingimmoderatelyateveryth
3、ingthatwassaidtoher.Itwascertainlyawonderfulmedleyofpeople.GorgeouspeeresseschattedaffablytoviolentRadicals,popularpreachersbrushedcoat-tailswitheminentsceptics,aperfectbevyofbishopskeptfollowingastoutprima-donnafromroomtoroom,onthestaircasestoodseveralRoyalAcademicians,disguise
4、dasartists,anditwassaidthatatonetimethesupper-roomwasabsolutelycrammedwithgeniuses.Infact,itwasoneofLadyWindermere'sbestnights,andthePrincessstayedtillnearlyhalf-pasteleven.Assoonasshehadgone,LadyWindermerereturnedtothepicture-gallery,whereacelebratedpoliticaleconomistwassolemnl
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6、iousnameofgold,butsuchgoldasiswovenintosunbeamsorhiddeninstrangeamber;andtheygavetoherfacesomethingoftheframeofasaint,withnotalittleofthefascinationofasinner.Shewasacuriouspsychologicalstudy.Earlyinlifeshehaddiscoveredtheimportanttruththatnothinglookssolike2LordArthurSavile'sCri
7、meandOtherStoriesinnocenceasanindiscretion;andbyaseriesofrecklessescapades,halfofthemquiteharmless,shehadacquiredalltheprivilegesofapersonality.Shehadmorethanoncechangedherhusband;indeed,Debrettcreditsherwiththreemarriages;butasshehadneverchangedherlover,theworldhadlongagoceased
8、totalkscandalabouther.Shewasnowfortyyearsofage,
