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1、STORYOFTHEDOORMrUttersonthelawyerwasamanofaruggedcountenance,thatwasneverlightedbyasmile;cold,scantyandembarrassedindiscourse;backwardinsentiment;lean,long,dusty,dreary,andyetsomehowlovable.Atfriendlymeetings,andwhenthewinewastohistaste,somethingeminentlyhumanbeaconedfromhiseye;
2、somethingindeedwhichneverfounditswayintohistalk,butwhichspokenotonlyinthesesilentsymbolsoftheafter-dinnerface,butmoreoftenandloudlyintheactsofhislife.Hewasausterewithhimself;drankginwhenhewasalone,tomortifyatasteforvintages;andthoughheenjoyedthetheatre,hadnotcrossedthedoorsofone
3、fortwentyyears.Buthehadanapprovedtoleranceforothers;sometimeswondering,almostwithenvy,atthehighpressureofspiritsinvolvedintheirmisdeeds;andinanyextremityinclinedtohelpratherthantoreprove.`IinclinetoCain'sheresy,'heusedtosayquaintly:`Iletmybrothergotothedevilinhisownway.Inthischa
4、racteritwasfrequentlyhisfortunetobethelastreputableacquaintanceandthelastgoodinfluenceinthelivesofdown-goingmen.Andtosuchasthese,solongastheycameabouthischambers,henevermarkedashadeofchangeinhisdemeanour.NodoubtthefeatwaseasytoMrUtterson;forhewasundemonstrativeatthebest,andevenh
5、isfriendshipsseemedtobefoundedinasimilarcatholicityofgoodnature.Itisthemarkofamodestmantoaccepthisfriendlycirclereadymadefromthehandsofopportunity;andthatwasthelawyer'sway.Hisfriendswerethoseofhisownblood,orthosewhomhehadknownthelongest;hisaffections,likeivy,werethegrowthoftime,
6、theyimpliednoaptnessintheobject.Hence,nodoubt,thebondthatunitedhimtoMrRichardEnfield,hisdistantkinsman,thewell-knownmanabouttown.Itwasanuttocrackformany,whatthesetwocouldseeineachother,orwhatsubjecttheycouldfindincommon.ItwasreportedbythosewhoencounteredthemintheirSundaywalks,th
7、attheysaidnothing,lookedsingularlydull,andwouldhailwithobviousrelieftheappearanceofafriend.Forallthat,thetwomenputthegreateststorebytheseexcursions,countedthemthechiefjewelofeachweek,andnotonlysetasideoccasionsofpleasure,butevenresistedthecallsofbusiness,thattheymightenjoythemun
8、interrupted.Itchancedononeoftheseramblesthatthe