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1、LoveintheTimeofCholeraGabrielGarcíaMárquezTRANSLATEDFROMTHESPANISHBYEDITHGROSSMANForMercedes,ofcourseThewordsIamabouttoexpress:Theynowhavetheirowncrownedgoddess.LEANDRODÍAZLoveintheTimeofCholeraCHAPTERONEITWASINEVITABLE:thescentofbitteralmondsalwaysremindedhimofthefateofunreq
2、uitedlove.Dr.JuvenalUrbinonoticeditassoonasheenteredthestilldarkenedhousewherehehadhurriedonanurgentcalltoattendacasethatforhimhadlostallurgencymanyyearsbefore.TheAntilleanrefugeeJeremiahdeSaint-Amour,disabledwarveteran,photographerofchildren,andhismostsympatheticopponentinch
3、ess,hadescapedthetormentsofmemorywiththearomaticfumesofgoldcyanide.Hefoundthecorpsecoveredwithablanketonthecampaigncotwherehehadalwaysslept,andbesideitwasastoolwiththedevelopingtrayhehadusedtovaporizethepoison.Onthefloor,tiedtoalegofthecot,laythebodyofablackGreatDanewithasnow
4、-whitechest,andnexttohimwerethecrutches.Atonewindowthesplendorofdawnwasjustbeginningtoilluminatethestifling,crowdedroomthatservedasbothbedroomandlaboratory,buttherewasenoughlightforhimtorecognizeatoncetheauthorityofdeath.Theotherwindows,aswellaseveryotherchinkintheroom,weremu
5、ffledwithragsorsealedwithblackcardboard,whichincreasedtheoppressiveheaviness.Acounterwascrammedwithjarsandbottleswithoutlabelsandtwocrumblingpewtertraysunderanordinarylightbulbcoveredwithredpaper.Thethirdtray,theoneforthefixativesolution,wasnexttothebody.Therewereoldmagazines
6、andnewspaperseverywhere,pilesofnegativesonglassplates,brokenfurniture,buteverythingwaskeptfreeofdustbyadiligenthand.Althoughtheaircomingthroughthewindowhadpurifiedtheatmosphere,therestillremainedfortheonewhocouldidentifyitthedyingembersofhaplessloveinthebitteralmonds.Dr.Juven
7、alUrbinohadoftenthought,withnopremonitoryintention,thatthiswouldnotbeapropitiousplacefordyinginastateofgrace.ButintimehecametosupposethatperhapsitsdisorderobeyedanobscuredeterminationofDivineProvidence.Apoliceinspectorhadcomeforwardwithaveryyoungmedicalstudentwhowascompleting
8、hisforensictrainingatthemunicipaldispensary,anditwastheywhohadventil
