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1、THETURNOFTHESCREWbyHenryJamesPreparedandPublishedby:EbdE-BooksDirectory.comTHETURNOFTHESCREWThestoryhadheldus,roundthefire,sufficientlybreathless,butexcepttheobviousremarkthatitwasgruesome,as,onChristmasEveinanoldhouse,astrangetaleshouldessentiallybe,Iremembernocommentutteredtillsomebodyhap
2、penedtosaythatitwastheonlycasehehadmetinwhichsuchavisitationhadfallenonachild.Thecase,Imaymention,wasthatofanapparitioninjustsuchanoldhouseashadgatheredusfortheoccasion—anappearance,ofadreadfulkind,toalittleboysleepingintheroomwithhismotherandwakingherupintheterrorofit;wakinghernottodissipa
3、tehisdreadandsoothehimtosleepagain,buttoencounteralso,herself,beforeshehadsucceededindoingso,thesamesightthathadshakenhim.ItwasthisobservationthatdrewfromDouglas—notimmediately,butlaterintheevening—areplythathadtheinterestingconsequencetowhichIcallattention.Someoneelsetoldastorynotparticula
4、rlyeffective,whichIsawhewasnotfollowing.ThisItookforasignthathehadhimselfsomethingtoproduceandthatweshouldonlyhavetowait.Wewaitedinfacttilltwonightslater;butthatsameevening,beforewescattered,hebroughtoutwhatwasinhismind."Iquiteagree—inregardtoGriffin'sghost,orwhateveritwas—thatitsappearingf
5、irsttothelittleboy,atsotenderanage,addsaparticulartouch.Butit'snotthefirstoccurrenceofitscharmingkindthatIknowtohaveinvolvedachild.Ifthechildgivestheeffectanotherturnofthescrew,whatdoyousaytoTWOchildren—?""Wesay,ofcourse,"somebodyexclaimed,"thattheygivetwoturns!Alsothatwewanttohearaboutthem
6、."IcanseeDouglastherebeforethefire,towhichhehadgotuptopresenthisback,lookingdownathisinterlocutorwithhishandsinhispockets."Nobodybutme,tillnow,haseverheard.It'squitetoohorrible."This,naturally,wasdeclaredbyseveralvoicestogivethethingtheutmostprice,andourfriend,withquietart,preparedhistriump
7、hbyturninghiseyesovertherestofusandgoingon:"It'sbeyondeverything.NothingatallthatIknowtouchesit.""Forsheerterror?"Irememberasking.Heseemedtosayitwasnotsosimpleasthat;tobereallyatalosshowtoqualifyit.Hepassedhishandoverhiseyes,madealittlewincinggrimace."Fo
