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1、RIVERGODWilburSmithThisbook,likesomanyothersbeforeit,isformywife,DanielleAntoinette.TheNilethatflowsthroughthisstoryhasbothofusinherthrall.Wehavespentdaysofdelightvoyagingtogetheruponherwatersandidlinguponherbanks.Asweare,soissheacreatureofthisveryAfricaofours.Y
2、etthisgreatriverrunsneithersostronglynorsodeeplyasmyloveforyou,mydarling.THERIVERLAYHEAVILYUPONTHEdesert,brightasaspillofmoltenmetalfromafurnace.Theskysmokedwithheat-hazeandthesunbeatdownuponitallwiththestrokesofacoppersmith'shammer,hithemiragethegaunthillsflank
3、ingtheNileseemedtotrembletotheblows.Ourboatspedcloseinbesidethepapyrusbeds;nearenoughforthecreakingofthewaterbucketsoftheshadoof,ontheirlong,counter-balancedarms,tocarryfromthefieldsacrossthewater.Thesoundharmonizedwiththesingingofthegirlinthebows.Lostriswasfour
4、teenyearsofage.TheNilehadbegunitslatestfloodontheverydaythatherredwoman'smoonhadfloweredforthefirsttime,acoincidencethatthepriestsofHapihadviewedashighlypropitious.Lostris,thewoman'snamethattheyhadthenchosentoreplaceherdiscardedbaby-name,meant'DaughteroftheWater
5、s'.Irememberhersovividlyonthatday.Shewouldgrowmorebeautifulastheyearspassed,becomemorepoisedandregal,butneveragainwouldthatglowofvirginwomanhoodradiatefromhersooverpoweringly.Everymanaboard,eventhewarriorsattherowing-benches,wereawareofit.NeitherInoranyoneofthem
6、couldkeepourgazeoffher.Shefilledmewithasenseofmyowninadequacyandadeepandpoignantlonging;foralthoughIamaeunuchIwasgeldedonlyafterIhadknownthejoyofawoman'sbody.Taita,'shecalledtome,'singwithme!'AndwhenIobeyedshesmiledwithpleasure.Myvoicewasoneofthemanyreasonsthat,
7、whenevershewasable,shekeptmenearher;mytenorcomplementedherlovelysopranotoperfection.WesangoneoftheoldpeasantlovesongsthatIhadtaughther,andwhichwasstilloneofherfavourites:MyheartfluttersuplikeawoundedquailwhenIseemybeloved'sfaceandmycheeksbloomlikethedawnskytothe
8、sunshineofhissmile?Fromthesternanothervoicejoinedwithours.Itwasaman'svoice,deepandpowerful,butitlackedtheclarityandpurityofmyown.Ifmyvoicewasthatofadawn-greetingthrus
