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1、TheCelestialOmnibus1TheCelestialOmnibusandOtherStoriesE.M.Forster1911CONTENTSTheStoryofaPanicTheOtherSideoftheHedgeTheCelestialOmnibusOtherKingdomTheCurate'sFriendTheRoadfromColonus***TheStoryofaPanicI.Eustace'scareer-ifcareeritcanbecalled-certainlydatesf
2、romthatafternooninthechestnutwoodsaboveRavello.IconfessatoncethatIamaplain,simpleman,withnopretensionstoliterarystyle.Still,IdoflattermyselfthatIcantellastorywithoutexaggerating,andIhavethereforedecidedtogiveanunbiasedaccountoftheextraordinaryeventsofeigh
3、tyearsago.E.M.Forster2Ravelloisadelightfulplacewithadelightfullittlehotelinwhichwemetsomecharmingpeople.TherewerethetwoMissRobinsons,whohadbeenthereforsixweekswithEustace,theirnephew,thenaboyofaboutfourteen.Mr.Sandbachhadalsobeentheresometime.Hehadheldacu
4、racyinthenorthofEngland,whichhehadbeencompelledtoresignonaccountofill-health,andwhilehewasrecruitingatRavellohehadtakeninhandEustace'seducation-whichwasthensadlydeficient-andwasendeavoringtofithimforoneofourgreatpublicschools.ThentherewasMr.Leyland,awould
5、-beartist,and,finally,therewasthenicelandlady,SignoraScafetti,andtheniceEnglish-speakingwaiter,Emmanuele-thoughatthetimeofwhichIamspeakingEmmanuelewasaway,visitingasickfather.Tothislittlecircle,I,mywife,andmytwodaughtersmade,Iventuretothink,anotunwelcomea
6、ddition.ButthoughIlikedmostofthecompanywellenough,thereweretwoofthemtowhomIdidnottakeatall.Theyweretheartist,Leyland,andtheMissRobinsons'nephew,Eustace.Leylandwassimplyconceitedandodious,and,asthosequalitieswillbeamplyillustratedinmynarrative,Ineednotenla
7、rgeuponthemhere.ButEustacewassomethingbesides:hewasindescribablyrepellent.Iamfondofboysasarule,andwasquitedisposedtobefriendly.Iandmydaughtersofferedtotakehimout-'No,walkingwassuchafag.'ThenIaskedhimtocomeandbathe-'No,hecouldnotswim.'"EveryEnglishboyshoul
8、dbeabletoswim,"Isaid,"Iwillteachyoumyself.""There,Eustacedear,"saidMissRobinson;"hereisachanceforyou."Buthesaidhewasafraidofthewater!-aboyafraid!-andofcourseIsaidnomore.Iwouldnothavemindedsomuchifhehadbeenareallystu
