[被诅咒地孩子].The.Hated.Son..pdf

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1、THEHATEDSONTHEHATEDSONBYHONOREDEBALZACTranslatedByKatharinePrescottWormeleyDEDICATIONToMadamelaBaronneJamesRothschild.1THEHATEDSONPARTIHOWTHEMOTHERLIVEDCHAPTERIABEDROOMOFTHESIXTEENTHCENTURYOnawinter'snight,abouttwointhemorning,theComtesseJeanned'Herouville

2、feltsuchviolentpainsthatinspiteofherinexperience,shewasconsciousofanapproachingconfinement;andtheinstinctwhichmakesushopeforeaseinachangeofpostureinducedhertositupinherbed,eithertostudythenatureofthesenewsufferings,ortoreflectonhersituation.Shewasapreytocr

3、uelfears,--causedlessbythedreadofafirstlying-in,whichterrifiesmostwomen,thanbycertaindangerswhichawaitedherchild.Inordernottoawakenherhusbandwhowassleepingbesideher,thepoorwomanmovedwithprecautionswhichherintenseterrormadeasminuteasthoseofaprisonerendeavor

4、ingtoescape.Thoughthepainsbecamemoreandmoresevere,sheceasedtofeelthem,socompletelydidsheconcentrateherownstrengthonthepainfuleffortofrestinghertwomoisthandsonthepillowandsoturninghersufferingbodyfromapostureinwhichshecouldfindnoease.Attheslightestrustlingo

5、fthehugegreensilkcoverlet,underwhichshehadsleptbutlittlesincehermarriage,shestoppedasthoughshehadrungabell.Forcedtowatchthecount,shedividedherattentionbetweenthefoldsoftherustlingstuffandalargeswarthyface,themoustacheofwhichwasbrushinghershoulder.Whensomen

6、oisierbreaththanusualleftherhusband'slips,shewasfilledwithasuddenterrorthatrevivedthecolordrivenfromhercheeksbyherdoubleanguish.Theprisonerreachedtheprisondoorinthedeadofnightandtryingto2THEHATEDSONnoiselesslyturnthekeyinapitilesslock,wasnevermoretimidlybo

7、ld.Whenthecountesshadsucceededinrisingtoherseatwithoutawakeningherkeeper,shemadeagestureofchildlikejoywhichrevealedthetouchingnaiveteofhernature.Butthehalf-formedsmileonherburninglipswasquicklysuppressed;athoughtcametodarkenthatpurebrow,andherlongblueeyesr

8、esumedtheirsadexpression.Shegaveasighandagainlaidherhands,notwithoutprecaution,onthefatalconjugalpillow.Then--asifforthefirsttimesincehermarriageshefoundherselffreeinthoughtandaction--shelookedatthethingsarou