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1、更多好书请点击www.uus8.orgTHEMESSAGETHEMESSAGEBYHONORE`DEBALZACTranslatedByEllenMarriageToM.leMarquisDamasoPareto1更多好书请点击www.uus8.orgTHEMESSAGEIhavealwayslongedtotellasimpleandtruestory,whichshouldstriketerrorintotwoyounglovers,anddrivethemtotakerefugeeachintheother'sheart,astwochildrenc
2、lingtogetheratthesightofasnakebyawoodside.Attheriskofspoilingmystoryandofbeingtakenforacoxcomb,Istatemyintentionattheoutset.Imyselfplayedapartinthisalmostcommonplacetragedy;soifitfailstointerestyou,thefailurewillbeinpartmyownfault,inpartowingtohistoricalveracity.Plentyofthingsinre
3、allifearesuperlativelyuninteresting;sothatitisone-halfofarttoselectfromrealitiesthosewhichcontainpossibilitiesofpoetry.In1819IwastravelingfromParistoMoulins.Thestateofmyfinancesobligedmetotakeanoutsideplace.Englishmen,asyouknow,regardthoseairyperchesonthetopofthecoachasthebestseat
4、s;andforthefirstfewmilesIdiscoveredabundanceofexcellentreasonsforjustifyingtheopinionofourneighbors.Ayoungfellow,apparentlyinsomewhatbettercircumstances,whocametotaketheseatbesidemefrompreference,listenedtomyreasoningwithinoffensivesmiles.Anapproximatenearnessofage,asimilarityinwa
5、ysofthinking,acommonloveoffreshair,andoftherichlandscapescenerythroughwhichthecoachwaslumberingalong,--thesethings,togetherwithanindescribablemagneticsomething,drewusbeforelongintooneofthoseshort-livedtraveller'sintimacies,inwhichweunbendwiththemorecomplacencybecausetheintercourse
6、isbyitsverynaturetransient,andmakesnoimplicitdemandsuponthefuture.Wehadnotcomethirtyleaguesbeforeweweretalkingofwomenandlove.Then,withallthecircumspectiondemandedinsuchmatters,weproceedednaturallytothetopicofourlady-loves.Youngaswebothwere,westilladmired"thewomanofacertainage,"tha
7、tistosay,thewomanbetweenthirty-fiveandforty.Oh!anypoetwhoshouldhavelistenedtoourtalk,forheavenknowshowmanystagesbeyondMontargis,wouldhavereapedaharvestofflamingepithet,rapturousdescription,andvery2更多好书请点击www.uus8.orgTHEMESSAGEtenderconfidences.Ourbashfulfears,oursilentinterjection
8、s,ourblushes,aswemeteachother'sey
