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1、IanMcEwanOnChesilBeachFirstpublishedin2007ToAnnalena1Theywereyoung,educated,andbothvirginsonthis,theirweddingnight,andtheylivedinatimewhenaconversationaboutsexualdifficultieswasplainlyimpossible.Butitisnevereasy.TheyhadjustsatdowntosupperinatinysittingroomonthefirstfloorofaGeo
2、rgianinn.Inthenextroom,visiblethroughtheopendoor,wasafour-posterbed,rathernarrow,whosebedcoverwaspurewhiteandstretchedstartlinglysmooth,asthoughbynohumanhand.Edwarddidnotmentionthathehadneverstayedinahotelbefore,whereasFlorence,aftermanytripsasachildwithherfather,wasanoldhand.
3、Superficially,theywereinfinespirits.Theirwedding,atStMary's,Oxford,hadgonewell;theservicewasdecorous,thereceptionjolly,thesend-offfromschoolandcollegefriendsraucousanduplifting.Herparentshadnotcondescendedtohis,astheyhadfeared,andhismotherhadnotsignificantlymisbehaved,orcomple
4、telyforgottenthepurposeoftheoccasion.ThecouplehaddrivenawayinasmallcarbelongingtoFlorence'smotherandarrivedintheearlyeveningattheirhotelontheDorsetcoastinweatherthatwasnotperfectformidJulyorthecircumstances,butentirelyadequate:itwasnotraining,butnorwasitquitewarmenough,accordi
5、ngtoFlorence,toeatoutsideontheterraceastheyhadhoped.Edwardthoughtitwas,but,politetoafault,hewouldnotthinkofcontradictingheronsuchanevening.SotheywereeatingintheirroomsbeforethepartiallyopenFrenchwindowsthatgaveontoabalconyandaviewofaportionoftheEnglishChannel,andChesilBeachwit
6、hitsinfiniteshingle.Twoyouthsindinnerjacketsservedthemfromatrolleyparkedoutsideinthecorridor,andtheircomingsandgoingsthroughwhatwasgenerallyknownasthehoneymoonsuitemadethewaxedoakboardssqueakcomicallyagainstthesilence.Proudandprotective,theyoungmanwatchedcloselyforanygestureor
7、expressionthatmighthaveseemedsatirical.Hecouldnothavetoleratedanysniggering.Buttheseladsfromanearbyvillagewentabouttheirbusinesswithbowedbacksandclosedfaces,andtheirmannerwastentative,theirhandsshookastheysetitemsdownonthestarchedlinentablecloth.Theywerenervoustoo.Thiswasnotag
8、oodmomentinthehistoryofEnglishcuisine,butnoonemuchmindedatthe
