[死人不说话].Dead.Men.Tell.No.Tales

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1、DeadMenTellNoTalesDeadMenTellNoTalesbyE.W.Hornung1DeadMenTellNoTalesCHAPTERILoveontheOceanNothingissoeasyasfallinginloveonalongseavoyage,exceptfallingoutoflove.EspeciallywasthisthecaseinthedayswhenthewoodenclippersdidfinelytolandyouinSydneyorinMelbourneunderthefourfullmo

2、nths.Weallsawfartoomuchofeachother,unless,indeed,weweretoseestillmore.Oursuperficialattractionsmutuallyexhausted,welostheartandpatienceinthedisappointingstratawhichliebetweenthesurfaceandthebed-rockofmostnatures.MyownexperiencewasconfinedtotheroundvoyageoftheLadyJermyn,i

3、ntheyear1853.Itwasnocommonexperience,aswasonlytoowellknownatthetime.AndImayaddthatIformyparthadnotthefaintestintentionoffallinginloveonboard;nay,afteralltheseyears,letmeconfessthatIhadgoodcausetoholdmyselfproofagainstsuchweakness.Yetwecarriedayounglady,cominghome,who,God

4、knows,mighthavemadeshortworkofmanyabetterman!EvaDenisonwashername,andshecannothavebeenmorethannineteenyearsofage.Irememberhertellingmethatshehadnotyetcomeout,theveryfirsttimeIassistedhertopromenadethepoop.Myownnamewasstillunknowntoher,andyetIrecollectbeingquitefascinated

5、byherfranknessandself-possession.Shewasexquisitelyyoung,andyetludicrouslyoldforheryears;hadbeenadmirablyeducated,chieflyabroad,and,asweweresoontodiscover,possessedaccomplishmentswhichwouldhavemadetheplainestoldmaidapopularpersonageonboardship.MissDenison,however,wasasbea

6、utifulasshewasyoung,withthebloomofidealhealthuponherperfectskin.Shehadawealthoflovelyhair,withstrangeelusivestrandsofgoldamongthebrown,thatdrownedherears(Ithoughtweweretohavethatmodeagain?)insunnyripples;andasoulgreaterthanthemind,andaheartgreaterthaneither,laysleepingso

7、mewhereinthedepthsofhergrave,grayeyes.Wewereatseatogethersomanyweeks.IcannotthinkwhatIwasmadeofthen!ItwasinthebraveolddaysofBallaratandBendigo,whenshipafter2DeadMenTellNoTalesshipwentoutblackwithpassengersanddeepwithstores,tobouncehomewithabaleortwoofwool,andhardlyhandse

8、noughtoreeftopsailsinagale.Norwasthistheworst;fornotthecrewonly,but,inmanycases,captainandofficersaswel