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1、TheHorseDealer'sDaughter ByD.H.Lawrence(1885-1930)'Well,Mabel,andwhatareyougoingtodowithyourself?'askedJoe,withfoolishflippancy.Hefeltquitesafehimself.Withoutlisteningforananswer,heturnedaside,workedagrainoftobaccotothetipofhistongue,andspatitout.Hedid
2、notcareaboutanything,sincehefeltsafehimself.Thethreebrothersandthesistersatroundthedesolatebreakfast-table,attemptingsomesortofdesultoryconsultation.Themorning'sposthadgiventhefinaltaptothefamilyfortunes,andallwasover.Thedrearydining-roomitself,withitsh
3、eavymahoganyfurniture,lookedasifitwerewaitingtobedoneawaywith.Buttheconsultationamountedtonothing.Therewasastrangeairofineffectualityaboutthethreemen,astheysprawledattable,smokingandreflectingvaguelyontheirowncondition.Thegirlwasalone,arathershort,sulle
4、n-lookingyoungwomanoftwenty-seven.Shedidnotsharethesamelifeasherbrothers.Shewouldhavebeengood-looking,savefortheimpressivefixityofherface,'bull-dog',asherbrotherscalledit.Therewasaconfusedtrampingofhorses'feetoutside.Thethreemenallsprawledroundintheirch
5、airstowatch.Beyondthedarkhollybushesthatseparatedthestripoflawnfromthehigh-road,theycouldseeacavalcadeofshirehorsesswingingoutoftheirownyard,beingtakenforexercise.Thiswasthelasttime.Thesewerethelasthorsesthatwouldgothroughtheirhands.Theyoungmenwatchedwi
6、thcritical,callouslook.Theywereallfrightenedatthecollapseoftheirlives,andthesenseofdisasterinwhichtheywereinvolvedleftthemnoinnerfreedom.Yettheywerethreefine,well-setfellowsenough.Joe,theeldest,wasamanofthirty-five,broadandhandsomeinahotflushedway.Hisfa
7、cewasred,hetwistedhisblackmoustacheoverathickfinger,hiseyeswereshallowandrestless.HEhadasensualwayofuncoveringhisteethwhenhelaughed,andhisbearingwasstupid.Nowhewatchedthehorseswithaglazedlookofhelplessnessinhiseyes,acertainstuporofdownfall.Thegreatdroug
8、ht-horsesswungpast.Theyweretiedheadtotail,fourofthem,andtheyheavedalongtowherealanebranchedofffromthehigh-road,plantingtheirgreatroofsfloutinginthefineblackmud,swingingtheirgreatroundedhaunchessumptously,andtrottingafewsuddenstep
