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1、DerrickVaughan--NovelistDerrickVaughan--NovelistbyEdnaLyall1DerrickVaughan--NovelistChapterI.'Nothingfillsachild'smindlikealargeoldmansion;betterifun-orpartiallyoccupied;peopledwiththespiritsofdeceasedmembersofthecountyandJusticesoftheQuorum.WouldIwereburied
2、inthepeopledsolitudeofone,withmyfeelingsatsevenyearsold!'--FromLettersofCharlesLamb.ToattemptaformalbiographyofDerrickVaughanwouldbeoutofthequestion,eventhoughheandIhavebeenmoreorlessthrowntogethersincewewerebothinthenursery.ButIhaveanoddsortofwishtonotedown
3、roughlyjustafewofmyrecollectionsofhim,andtoshowhowhisfortunesgraduallydeveloped,beingperhapsstimulatedtomaketheattemptbycertainirritatingremarkswhichoneoverhearsnowoftenenoughatclubsorindrawing-rooms,orindeedwhereveronegoes."DerrickVaughan,"saytheseauthoriti
4、esoftheworldofsmall-talk,withthatdelightfulairofomnisciencewhichinvariablycharacterisesthem,"why,hesimplyleaptintofame.Heisoneofthefavouritesoffortune.LikeByron,hewokeonemorningandfoundhimselffamous."Nowthissoundswellenough,butitisalongwayfromthetruth,andI--
5、SydneyWharncliffe,oftheInnerTemple,Barrister-at-law--desire,whilethepastfewyearsarefreshinmymind,towriteatrueversionofmyfriend'scareer.Everyoneknowshisface.Hasitnotappearedin'NotedMen,'and--graduallydeterioratingaccordingtothepriceofthepaperandthequalityofth
6、eengraving--inmanyanotherillustratedjournal?Yetsomehowtheseworksofartdon'tsatisfyme,and,asIwrite,IseebeforemesomethingverydifferentfromthelatestphotographbyMessrs.PaulandReynard.Iseealarge-featured,broad-browedEnglishface,atrifleheavy-lookingwheninrepose,yet
7、athorough,honest,manlyface,withacomplexionneitherdarknorfair,withbrownhairandmoustache,andwithlighthazeleyesthatlookoutontheworldquietlyenough.Youmighttalktohimforlonginanordinarywayandneversuspectthathewasa2DerrickVaughan--Novelistgenius;butwhenyouhavehimto
8、yourself,whensomeconsciousnessofsympathyrouseshim,heallatoncebecomesadifferentbeing.Hisquieteyeskindle,hisfacebecomesfulloflife--youwonderthatyoueverthoughtitheavyorcommonplace.Thentheworldinter
