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1、TheModelMillionaireOscarWildeUnlessoneiswealthythereisnouseinbeingacharmingfellow.Romanceistheprivilegeoftherich,nottheprofessionoftheunemployed.Thepoorshouldbepracticalandprosaic.Itisbettertohaveapermanentincomethantobefascinating.ThesearethegreattruthsofmodernlifewhichHughieErskineneverre
2、alised.PoorHughie!Intellectually,wemustadmit,hewasnotofmuchimportance.Heneversaidabrilliantorevenanill-naturedthinginhislife.Butthenhewaswonderfullygood-looking,withhiscrisp（卷曲的）brownhair,hisclear-cutprofile,andhisgreyeyes.Hewasaspopularwithmenashewaswithwomenandhehadeveryaccomplishmentexce
3、ptthatofmakingmoney.HisfatherhadbequeathedhimhiscavalryswordandaHistoryofthePeninsularWarinfifteenvolumes.Hughiehungthefirstoverhislooking-glass,putthesecondonashelfbetweenRuff'sGuideandBailey'sMagazine,andlivedontwohundredayearthatanoldauntallowedhim.Hehadtriedeverything.HehadgoneontheStoc
4、kExchangeforsixmonths;butwhatwasabutterflytodoamongbullsandbears?Hehadbeenatea-merchantforalittlelonger,buthadsoontiredofpekoe（香红茶；白毫）andsouchong（小种茶：红茶的一种）.Thenhehadtriedsellingdrysherry.Thatdidnotanswer;thesherrywasalittletoodry.Ultimatelyhebecamenothing,adelightful,ineffectualyoungmanwit
5、haperfectprofileandnoprofession.Tomakemattersworse,hewasinlove.ThegirlhelovedwasLauraMerton,thedaughterofaretiredColonelwhohadlosthistemperandhisdigestioninIndia,andhadneverfoundeitherofthemagain.Lauraadoredhim,andhewasreadytokisshershoe-strings.TheywerethehandsomestcoupleinLondon,andhadnot
6、apenny-piecebetweenthem.TheColonelwasveryfondofHughie,butwouldnothearofanyengagement.'Cometome,myboy,whenyouhavegottenthousandpoundsofyourown,andwewillseeaboutit,'heusedtosay;andHughielookedverygluminthosedays,andhadtogotoLauraforconsolation.Onemorning,ashewasonhiswaytoHollandPark,wheretheM
7、ertonslived,hedroppedintoseeagreatfriendofhis,AlanTrevor.Trevorwasapainter.Indeed,fewpeopleescapethatnowadays.Buthewasalsoanartist,andartistsareratherrare.Personallyhewasastrangeroughfellow,withafreckledfaceandaredraggedbeard.However,whenhetookupthebrush
