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1、ENDLESSNIGHTAgathaChristie"EveryNightandeveryMornSometoMiseryareborn.EveryMornandeveryNightSomeareborntoSweetDelight,SomeareborntoSweetDelight,SomeareborntoEndlessNight."(AuguriesofInnocence)BookIChapter1Inmyendismybeginning...That'saquotationI'veofte
2、nheardpeoplesay.Itsoundsallright,butwhatdoesitreallymean?Isthereeveranyparticularspotwhereonecanputone'sfingerandsay:"Itallbeganthatday,atsuchatimeandsuchaplace,withsuchanincident?"Didmystorybegin,perhaps,whenInoticedtheSaleBillhangingonthewalloftheGe
3、orgeandDragon,announcingSalebyAuctionofthatvaluableproperty"TheTowers,"andgivingparticularsoftheacreage,themilesandfurlongs,andthehighlyidealisedportraitof"TheTowers"asitmighthavebeenperhapsinitsprime,anythingfromeightytoahundredyearsago.Iwasdoingnoth
4、ingparticular,juststrollingalongthemainstreetofKingstonBishop,aplaceofnoimportancewhatever,killingtime.InoticedtheSaleBill.Why?Fateuptoitsdirtywork?Ordealingoutitsgoldenhand-shakeofgoodfortune?Youcanlookatiteitherway.Oryoucouldsay,perhaps,thatitallhad
5、itsbeginningswhenImetSantonix,duringthetalksIhadwithhim;Icanclosemyeyesandsee:hisflushedcheeks,theover-brillianteyes,andthemovementofthestrongyetdelicatehandthatsketchedanddrewplansandelevationsofhomes.Onehouseinparticular,abeautifulhouse,ahomethatwou
6、ldbewonderfultoown!Mylongingforahome,afineandbeautifulhome,suchahouseasIcouldneverhopetohave,floweredintolifethen.Itwasahappyfantasysharedbetweenus,thehousethatSantonixwouldbuildforme-ifhelastedlongenough...AhousethatinmydreamsIwouldliveinwiththegirlt
7、hatIloved,ahouseinwhichjustlikeachild'ssillyfairystoryweshouldlivetogether"happyeverafterwards."Allpurefantasy,allnonsense,butitstartedthattideoflonginginme.LongingforsomethingIwasneverlikelytohave.Orifthisisalovestory-andit's,alovestory,Iswear-thenwh
8、ynotbeginwhereIfirstcaughtsightofElliestandinginthedarkfirtreesofGipsy'sAcre?Gipsy'sAcre.Yes,perhapsI'dbetterbeginthere,atthemomentwhenIturnedawayfromtheSaleboardwithlittleshiverbecauseablackcloudhadcomeoverthefun,andaskedaquestioncarelesslyen
