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1、ADoubleBarrelledDetectiveStoryDoubleBarrelledDetectivebyMarkTwainADOUBLEBARRELEDDETECTIVEPARTI"Weoughtnevertodowrongwhenpeoplearelooking."IThefirstsceneisinthecountry,inVirginia;thetime,1880.Therehasbeenawedding,betweenahandsomeyoungmanofslendermeansand
2、arichyounggirl--acaseofloveatfirstsightandaprecipitatemarriage;amarriagebitterlyopposedbythegirl'swidowedfather.JacobFuller,thebridegroom,istwenty-sixyearsold,isofanoldbutunconsideredfamilywhichhadbycompulsionemigratedfromSedgemoor,andforKingJames'spurs
3、e'sprofit,soeverybodysaid--somemaliciouslytherestmerelybecausetheybelievedit.Thebrideisnineteenandbeautiful.Sheisintense,high-strung,romantic,immeasurablyproudofherCavalierblood,andpassionateinherloveforheryounghusband.Foritssakeshebravedherfather'sdisp
4、leasure,enduredhisreproaches,listenedwithloyaltyunshakentohiswarningpredictionsandwentfromhishousewithouthisblessing,proudandhappyintheproofsshewasthusgivingofthequalityoftheaffectionwhichhadmadeitshomeinherheart.Themorningafterthemarriagetherewasasadsu
5、rpriseforher.Herhusbandputasideherprofferedcaresses,andsaid:"Sitdown.Ihavesomethingtosaytoyou.Ilovedyou.ThatwasbeforeIaskedyourfathertogiveyoutome.Hisrefusalisnotmygrievance--Icouldhaveenduredthat.Butthethingshesaidofmetoyou--thatisadifferentmatter.Ther
6、e--youneedn'tspeak;Iknowquitewellwhattheywere;Igotthemfromauthenticsources.Amongotherthingshesaidthatmycharacterwaswritteninmyface;thatIwastreacherous,adissembler,acoward,andabrutewithoutsenseofpityorcompassion:the'Sedgemoortrade-mark,'hecalledit--and'w
7、hite-sleevebadge.'Anyothermaninmyplacewouldhavegonetohishouseandshothimdownlikeadog.Iwantedtodoit,andwasmindedtodoit,butabetterthoughtcametome:toputhimtoshame;tobreakhisheart;tokillhimbyinches.Howtodoit?Throughmytreatmentofyou,hisidol!Iwouldmarryyou;and
8、then--Havepatience.Youwillsee.Fromthatmomentonward,forthreemonths,theyoungwifesufferedallthehumiliations,alltheinsults,allthemiseriesthatthediligentandinventivemindofthehusbandcouldcontrive,savephysicalinjuriesonly.Herstrongpride
