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1、REVELATIONSREVELATIONSKatherineMansfield(1888-1923)From:Bliss,andOtherStoriesbyKatherineMansfield.NewYork:AlfredA.Knopf,1920.pp.262-271.Editor:MaryMarkOckerbloomFROMeighto'clockinthemorninguntilabouthalfpastelevenMonicaTyrellsufferedfromhernerves,andsuff
2、eredsoterriblythatthesehourswere–agonizing,simply.Itwasnotasthoughshecouldcontrolthem."PerhapsifIweretenyearsyounger..."shewouldsay.Fornowthatshewasthirty-threeshehadaqueerlittlewayofreferringtoherageonalloccasions,oflookingatherfriendswithgrave,childish
3、eyesandsaying:"Yes,Irememberhowtwentyyearsago..."orofdrawingRalph'sattentiontothegirls–realgirls–withlovelyyouthfularmsandthroatsandswifthesitatingmovementswhosatneartheminrestaurants."PerhapsifIweretenyearsyounger...""Whydon'tyougetMarietositoutsideyour
4、doorandabsolutelyforbidanybodytocomenearyourroomuntilyouringyourbell?""Oh,ifitwereassimpleasthat!"Shethrewherlittleglovesdownandpressedhereyelidswithherfingersinthewayheknewsowell."ButinthefirstplaceI'dbesoconsciousofMariesittingthere,Marieshakingherfing
5、eratRuddandMrs.Moon,Marieasakindofcrossbetweenawardressandanurseformentalcases!Andthen,there'sthepost.Onecan'tgetoverthefactthatthepostcomes,andonceithascome,who–who–couldwaituntilelevenfortheletters?"Hiseyesgrewbright;hequickly,lightlyclaspedher."Mylett
6、ers,darling?""Perhaps,"shedrawled,softly,andshedrewherhandoverhisreddishhair,smilingtoo,butthinking:"Heavens!Whatastupidthingtosay!"Butthismorningshehadbeenawakenedbyonegreatslamofthefrontdoor.Bang.Theflatshook.Whatwasit?Shejerkedupinbed,clutchingattheei
7、derdown;herheartbeat.Whatcoulditbe?Then,sheheardvoicesinthepassage.Marieknocked,and,asthedooropened,withasharptearingripoutflewtheblindandthecurtains,stiffening,flapping,jerking.Thetasseloftheblindknocked–knockedagainstthewindow."Eh-h,voilà!"criedMarie,s
8、ettingdownthetrayandrunning."C'estlevent,Madame.C'estunventinsupportable."Uprolledtheblind;thewindowwentupwithajerk;awhitey-greyishlightfilled5REVELATIONStheroom.Monicacaughtaglimpseofahugepaleskyandacloudlikeatornshirtdra
