资源描述：
《the legacy翻译》由会员上传分享，免费在线阅读，更多相关内容在教育资源-天天文库。
1、TheLegacy"ForSissyMiller."GilbertClandon,takingupthepearlbroochthatlayamongalitterofringsandbroochesonalittletableinhiswife'sdrawing-room,readtheinscription:"ForSissyMiller,withmylove." ItwaslikeAngelatohaverememberedevenSissyMiller,hersecretary.Yethowstrangeitwas,GilbertClandonthoughtoncem
2、ore,thatshehadlefteverythinginsuchorder-alittlegiftofsomesortforeveryoneofherfriends.Itwasasifshehadforeseenherdeath.Yetshehadbeeninperfecthealthwhensheleftthehousethatmorning,sixweeksago;whenshesteppedoffthekerbinPiccadillyandthecarhadkilledher. HewaswaitingforSissyMiller.Hehadaskedhertoco
3、me;heowedher,hefelt,afteralltheyearsshehadbeenwiththem,thistokenofconsideration.Yes,hewenton,ashesattherewaiting,itwasstrangethatAngelahadlefteverythinginsuchorder.Everyfriendhadbeenleftsomelittletokenofheraffection.Everyring,everynecklace,everylittleChinesebox-shehadapassionforlittleboxes-h
4、adanameonit.Andeachhadsomememoryforhim.Thishehadgivenher;this-theenameldolphinwiththerubyeyes-shehadpouncedupononedayinabackstreetinVenice.Hecouldrememberherlittlecryofdelight.Tohim,ofcourse,shehadleftnothinginparticular,unlessitwereherdiary.Fifteenlittlevolumes,boundingreenleather,stoodbehi
5、ndhimonherwritingtable.Eversincetheyweremarried,shehadkeptadiary.Someoftheirveryfew-hecouldnotcallthemquarrels,saytiffs-hadbeenaboutthatdiary.Whenhecameinandfoundherwriting,shealwaysshutitorputherhandoverit."No,no,no,"hecouldhearhersay,"AfterI'mdead-perhaps."Soshehadleftithim,asherlegacy.Itw
6、astheonlythingtheyhadnotsharedwhenshewasalive.Buthehadalwaystakenitforgrantedthatshewouldoutlivehim.Ifonlyshehadstoppedonemoment,andhadthoughtwhatshewasdoing,shewouldbealivenow.Butshehadsteppedstraightoffthekerb,thedriverofthecarhadsaidattheinquest.Shehadgivenhimnochancetopullup....Heretheso
7、undofvoicesinthehallinterruptedhim. "MissMiller,Sir,"saidthemaid. Shecamein.Hehadneverseenheraloneinhislife,nor,ofcourse,intears.Shewasterriblydistressed,andnowonder.Angelahadbeenmuchmoretoherthananemployer.Shehadbeenafriend.Tohimself,hethought,a
