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1、Title:ARROWSMITHAuthor:SinclairLewisChapter1ThedriverofthewagonswayingthroughforestandswampoftheOhiowildernesswasaraggedgirloffourteen.HermothertheyhadburiedneartheMonongahela--thegirlherselfhadheapedwithtornsodsthegravebesidetheriverofthebeautifulname.Herfatherlayshrinkingwithfeveronthefloorofthew
2、agon-box,andabouthimplayedherbrothersandsisters,dirtybrats,tatteredbrats,hilariousbrats.Shehaltedattheforkinthegrassyroad,andthesickmanquavered,"Emmy,yebetterturndowntowardsCincinnati.IfwecouldfindyourUncleEd,Iguesshe'dtakeusin."1353"Nobodyain'tgoingtotakeusin,"shesaid."We'regoingonjus'longaswecan.
3、GoingWest!They'sawholelotofnewthingsIaimtobeseeing!"Shecookedthesupper,sheputthechildrentobed,andsatbythefire,alone.Thatwasthegreat-grandmotherofMartinArrowsmith.IICross-leggedintheexamining-chairinDocVickerson'soffice,aboywasreading"Gray'sAnatomy."HisnamewasMartinArrowsmith,ofElkMills,inthestateof
4、Winnemac.TherewasasuspicioninElkMills--now,in1897,adowdyred-brickvillage,smellingofapples--thatthisbrown-leatheradjustableseatwhichDocVickersonusedforminoroperations,fortheinfrequentpullingofteethandforhighlyfrequentnaps,hadbegunlifeasabarber'schair.Therewasalsoabeliefthatitsproprietormustoncehaveb
5、eencalledDoctorVickerson,butforyearshehadbeenonlyTheDoc,andhewasscurfierandmuchlessadjustablethanthechair.MartinwasthesonofJ.J.Arrowsmith,whoconductedtheNewYorkClothingBazaar.Bysheerbrassandobstinacyhehad,atfourteen,becometheunofficial,alsodecidedlyunpaid,assistanttotheDoc,andwhiletheDocwasonacount
6、rycallhetookcharge--thoughwhattherewastotakechargeof,noonecouldevermakeout.Hewasaslenderboy,notverytall;hishairandrestlesseyeswereblack,hisskinunusuallywhite,andthecontrastgavehimanairofpassionatevariability.Thesquarenessofhisheadandareasonablebreadthofshoulderssavedhimfromanyappearanceofeffeminacy
7、orofthatqueruloustimiditywhichartisticyounggentlemencallSensitiveness.Whenheliftedhisheadtolisten,hisrighteyebrow,slightlyhigherthantheleft,roseandquiveredinhischaracteristicexpressionofenergy,ofindependenc
