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1、CharlotteBrontëTheProfessorCHAPTERITheotherday,inlookingovermypapers,Ifoundinmycopyofaletter,sentbymeayearsincetoanoldschoolacquaintance:--'DearCharles,--IthinkwhenyouandIwereatEtontogether,wewereneitherofuswhatcouldbecalledpopularcharacters.Youwereasarcastic,observant,shrewd
2、,cold-bloodedcreature.MyownportraitIwillnotattempttodraw,butIcannotrecollectthatitwasastrikinglyattractiveone;canyou?WhatanimalmagnetismdrewtheeandmetogetherIknownot;certainlyIneverexperiencedanythingofthePyladesandOrestessentimentforyou,andIhavereasontobelievethatyou,onyourp
3、art,wereequallyfreefromallromanticregardtome.Still,outofschoolhours,wewalkedandtalkedcontinuallytogether.Whenthethemeofconversationwasourcompanionsorourmasters,weunderstoodeachother,andwhenIrecurredtosomesentimentofaffection,somevagueloveofanexcellentorbeautifulobject,whether
4、inanimateorinanimatenature,yoursardoniccoldnessdidnotmoveme.IfeltmyselfsuperiortothatcheckthenasIdonow.'ItisalongtimesinceIwrotetoyou,andastilllongertimesinceIsawyou.Chancingtotakeupanewspaperofyourcountytheotherday,myeyefelluponyourname.Ibegantothinkofoldtimes,torunovertheev
5、entswhichhavetranspiredsinceweseparated,andIsatdownandcommencedthisletter.WhatyouhavebeendoingIknownot;butyoushallhear,ifyouchoosetolisten,howtheworldhaswaggedwithme.'First,afterleavingEton,Ihadaninterviewwithmymaternaluncles,LordTynedaleandtheHon.JohnSeacombe.TheyaskedmeifIw
6、ouldentertheChurch,andmyunclethenoblemanofferedmethelivingofSeacombe,whichisinhisgift,ifIwould;thenmyotheruncle,Mr.Seacombe,hintedthatwhenIbecamerectorofSeacombe-cum-Scaife,Imightperhapsbeallowedtotake,asmistressofmyhouseandheadofmyparish,oneofmysixcousins,hisdaughters,allofw
7、homIgreatlydislike.'IdeclinedboththeChurchandmatrimony.Agoodclergymanisagoodthing,butIshouldhavemadeaverybadone.Astothewife--oh,howlikeanightmareisthethoughtofbeingboundforlifetooneofmycousins!Nodoubttheyareaccomplishedandpretty;butnotanaccomplishment,notacharmoftheirs,touche
8、sachordinmybosom.Tothinkofpassingthewintereveningsbytheparlourfiresi
