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第9章 一个古怪的梦4（第1页）

第9章一个古怪的梦（4）

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"Godforbid!"Iinvolued，forsomehowIwasnotlookingforthatformofquestion，anditcaughtmealittleoffmyguard.ButIhasteomakeamendsformyrudeness，andsay，"IsimplymeantIhadnothadthehonor—forIwouldelyspeakdiscourteouslyofafriendofyours.Ythatyouwererobbed—anditwasashame，too—butitappearsbywhatisleftoftheshroudyouhaveonthatitwasaeinitsday.Howdid…"

Amostghastlyexpressioodevelopamongthedecayedfeaturesaegumentsofmyguest'sfadIwasbeginningtogrowuneasyanddistressed，wheoldmehewasupadeep，smile，withawinkinit，tosuggestthataboutthetimeheacquiredhispreseaghostinaneighbcemeterymissedone.

Thisreassuredme，butIbeggedhimtoselftospeeceforth，becausehisfacialexpressioaihemostelaboratecareitwasliabletshouldespeciallybeavoided.Whathemightholysiderashiningsuccesswaslikelytostrikemeinaverydifferentlight.IsaidIlikedtoseeaskeletoncheerful，evendecorouslyplayful，butIdidnotthinksmilingwasaskeleton'sbesthold.

"Yes，friend，"saidthepoorskeleton，"thefactsarejustasIhavegiveoyou.Twooftheseoldgraveyards—theoIresidediheralonghavebeeelyedbyourdestsoftodayuntilthereisnoogthemanyloheosteologifortofit—andthatisnolightmatterthisraihepresehingsisruinoustoproperty.Wehavegottomoveorbettoseeoureffectswastedawayaroyed.

"Now，youwillhardlybelieveit，butitistrue，thereisn'tasinglegallmyaowthatisa.Idoolowpeoplewhoeinapineboxmountedon，butIamtalkingabh-toedburial-entalsort，thattravelunderblackplumesattheheadofaprodhaveeterylots—ImeanfolksliketheJarvises，andtheBledsoesandtheBurlings，andsuch.Theyareallaboutrui;

&substantialpeopleiheywere.Andnowlookatthem—utterlyuseduparieoftheBledsoesactuallytradedhismooalatebarkeeperforsomefreshshavingstoputunderhishead.Itellyouitspeaksvolumes，forthereisnothingacorpsetakessomuchprideinashismooreadtheinioerawhiletobelievewhatitsayshimself，andthenyoumayseehimsittingoafternightenjoyiaphsaredtheydoapoorchapawoodafterheisdead，especiallyifhehadhardluckwhilehewasalive.Iwishtheywereusedmore.NowIdon'tplain，buttiallyIdothinkitwasalittleshabbyiogivemenothingbutthisoldslabofagravestone—ahatthereisn'taentonit.Itusedtohave:

'GOOHISJUSTREWARD'

"Onit，andIroudwhenIfirstsawit，butbyandbyIwheneveranoldfriendofmineghewouldhookhistherailingandpullalongfadreadalongdowothat，andthenhewouldselfandwalkoff，lookingsatisfiedandfortable.SoIscratcheditofftogetridofthosefools.Butadeadmanalwaystakesadealofprideinhismo;

&quoeshalfadozenoftheJarvisesnow，withthefamilymoalong.AndSmithersandsomehiredspetbywithhisawhileago.Hello，Higgins，good-by，oldfriend!That&#gins—diediooursetiery—fineoldfamily—great-grandmotherwasanInjun—Iamofamiliartermswithhimhedidn'thearmewasthereasonhedidn'tanswerme.AndIamsorry，too，becauseIwouldhavelikedtointroduceyou.Youwouldadmirehim.Heisthemostdisjointed，sway-badgenerallydistortedoldskeletonyoueversaw，butheisfulloffun.Whenhelaughsitsoundslikeraspingtwostoher，andhealwaysstartsitoffwithacheeryscreechlikerakinganailacrossawi;