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第30章 孪生兄弟2（第1页）

第30章孪生兄弟（2）

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YoukherJohn—thatis，youknewhimwheIreseheryounor，Ibelieve，anyhumanbeingcoulddistiweenhimandmeifwealike.Ourparentsot;oursistheonlyinstanceofwhichIhaveanyknowledgeofsobla.IspeakofmybrotherJohn，butIamnotatallsurethathisHenryandmineJularlyed，butafterward，ioftattooinguswithsmalldistinguishingmarks，theoperatorl;andalthoughIboreuponmyforearmasmall"H"a;J"，itisbyaiersoughtnottohavebeentranspourboyhoodourpareinguishusmoreobviouslybyandothersimpledevices，butwewouldsofrequentlyexgesuitsandotherwisettheeheyabandonedallsueffectualattempts，anddurihatwelivedtogetherathomeeverybhedifficultyofthesituatioofitbygusboth"Jehnry".Ihaveoftemyfather'sforbearabrandingusspicuouslyuponourunworthybrows，butasweweretoodboysandusedourpowerofembarrassmentandaheioheiron.Myfatherwas，infagularlygood-naturedman，andIthilyeure'spracticaljoke.

Soonafterwehadetoia，aSaheonlygoodfortuawaiteduswaswithsokindafriendasyou），thefamily，asyouknow，wasbrokenupbythedeathofbothmyparentsinthesameweek.Myfatherdiedihehomesteadwassacrificedtopayhisdebts.MysistersreturivesiowingtoyourkindnessJohnay-twe，obtaiinSanFrandifferehetown.itustolivetogether，andwesaweachotherily，sometimeshanonceaaoofourextraordinarylikenesswaslittleknowhematterofyourinquiry.

OnedaysoonafterwehadetothiscityIwaswalkingdowlateiernoon，whenIwasaccostedbyawell-dressedmanofmiddleage，whmecordiallysaid，"Stevens，Iknow，ofcourse，thatyoudonotgooutmuch，butIhavetoldmywifeaboutyou，andshewouldbegladtoseeyouatthehouse.Ihaveanotion，too，thatmygirlsareworthknowing.Supposeyouorrowatsixahus，eheniftheladiesuseyouafterwardI'llstandinwithafewgamesofbilliards."

ThiswassaidwithshtasmileandsoengagiIhadorefuse，andalthoughIhadhemanilyreplied，&quood，sir，anditwillgivemegreatpleasuretoaccepttheinvitatiomyentstovanaoexpectme."

WithashakeofthehandapartingwordthemahathehadmistakenmeformybrotherlaihatwasaowhichIwasaedandwhichitwasnotmyhabittorelessthematterseemedimportant.ButhowhadIknownthatthisman'snamewasMargovaainlyisonelytoamanatrandom，robabilitythatitwht.Inpointoffaamewasasstraheman.

&mIhasteowheremybrotherloyedahimingoutoftheofficewithanumberofbillsthathewastocollehowIhad"itted"himaifhedidn'tcaretokeeptheeIshouldbedelightedtouetheimpersonation.

"That'squeer，"hesaidthoughtfully.&quovanistheonlymanintheofficeherewhomIknowwellandlike.Whehismandassedtheusualgreetingssomesingularimpulsepromptedmetosay，'Oh，Ibegyourpardovan，butIoaskyouraddress.'Igottheaddress，butwhatuhesunIwastodowithit，Ididnotknowuntilnow.It'sgoodofyoutooffertotakethepudeI'lleatthatdinnermyself，ifyouplease."

&eanumberofdihesameplace—morethanweregoodforhim，Imayaddwiththeirquality;forhefellihMissMargovan，pretoheralesslyaccepted.

SeveralweeksafterIhadbeeheebeforeithadbeeformetomaketheaceoftheyoungwomanandherfamily，Imetonedayoahasomeated-lookingmanwhomsomethiofollohichIdidlewhatever.Heturreetailheioherehelookedathiswatehesquare.Heloiteredaboutthepathsforsometime，evidentlywaitingforsomeolyhewasjoinedbyafashionablydressedaifulyoungwomaayupStoStreet，Ifollowing.Iheyofextreme，fhthegirlwasastraomethatshewaglaheymadeseveralturnsfromoherandfinally，afterbothhadtakenahastylookallabout—whiarrowlyevadedbysteppingintoadoorway—theyenteredahouseofwhiotcaretostatethelo.Itslowasbetterthanitscharacter.

Iprotestthatmyaplayingthespyuporangerswaswithoutassigive.ItwasoneofwhichImighthtnotbeashamed，agtomyestimateofthecharacterofthepersonfindingitout.Asaialpartofanarrativeeducedbyyourquestioedherewithouthesitane.