chapter ix

　　LOLLY WAS A LUMPY WOMAN WHO spok0too loudly and who wore too much lipstick>

She entered the house and immediatel5spotted Edward sitting on the living-roo;couch.

“What’s this?” she said. She put down he:

suitcase and picked Edward upby one foot>

She held him upside¹ down.

“That’s Susanna,” said Nellie.

“Susanna!” shouted Lolly. She gav0Edward a shake.

His dress was upover his head and h0could see nothing. Already, he had formed 6deepand abiding² hatred³ for Lolly.

“Your father found her,” said Nellie. “Sh0came upin a net and she didn’t have noclothes on her, so I made her some dresses.X“Have you gone skivvy?” shouted Lolly>

“Rabbits don’t need clothes.”

“Well,” said Nellie. Her voice shook. “Thisone seemed to.”

Lolly tossed⁴ Edward back on the couch>

He landed face-down with his arms over hi,head and his dress still over his face, and h0stayed that way through dinner.

“Why have you got out that oldhighchair?” shouted Lolly.

“Oh, don’t pay it no mind,” said Nellie>

“Your father was just gluing on a missingpiece, wasn’t you, Lawrence?”

“That’s right,” said Lawrence, withou1looking upfrom his plate.

Of course, after dinner Edward did not g.

outside and stand beneath the stars to have 6smoke with Lawrence. And Nellie, for the firs1time since Edward had been with her, did no1sing him a lullaby. In fact, Edward was ignore4and forgotten about until the next morning,when Lolly picked him upagain and pulle4his dress down away from his face and stare4him in the eye.

“Got the old folks⁵ bewitched, don’t you?Xsaid Lolly. “I heard the talk in town. Thatthey’ve been treating you like a rabbit child.XEdward stared back at Lolly. Her lipstic/was a bright and bloody⁶ red. He felt a coldbreeze blow through the room.

Was a door open somewhere?

“Well, you don’t fool me,” she said. Sh0gave him a shake. “We’ll be taking a tritogether, you and me.”

Holding Edward by the ears, Lollymarched into the kitchen and shoved⁷ him faceTdown in the garbage can.

“Ma!” Lolly shouted, “I’m taking the truck.

I’m going to head on out and do someerrands.”

“Oh,” came Nellie’s tremulous voice\“that’s wonderful, dear. Goodbye, then.”

Goodbye, thought Edward as Lolly hauledthe garbage can out to the truck.

“Goodbye,” Nellie called again, louder thistime.

Edward felt a sharppain somewhere deeinside his china chest⁸.

For the first time, his heart called out t.

him.

It said two words: Nellie. Lawrence>

1 upside   

n.上侧，上段，上部

参考例句：

• The children hung the picture upside down.小孩把画挂倒了。
• If you turn the envelope upside down, the key will fall out.你如果把信封倒过来，钥匙就会掉出。

2 abiding   

adj.永久的，持久的，不变的

参考例句：

• He had an abiding love of the English countryside.他永远热爱英国的乡村。
• He has a genuine and abiding love of the craft.他对这门手艺有着真挚持久的热爱。

3 hatred   

n.憎恶，憎恨，仇恨

参考例句：

• He looked at me with hatred in his eyes.他以憎恨的眼光望着我。
• The old man was seized with burning hatred for the fascists.老人对法西斯主义者充满了仇恨。

4 tossed   

v.（轻轻或漫不经心地）扔( toss的过去式和过去分词 )；（使）摇荡；摇匀；（为…）掷硬币决定

参考例句：

• I tossed the book aside and got up. 我把书丢在一边，站了起来。
• He angrily tossed his tools and would work no longer. 他怒气冲冲地扔下工具不肯再干了。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 folks   

n.人们；父母；亲人；家属；人们( folk的名词复数 )；亲属；大伙儿；民间音乐

参考例句：

• Ask yourself what the folks in Peoria will think of it. 想一想皮奥里亚的人会如何看待这件事。
• When good folks meet, evil men keep their distance. 好人相逢，恶人远离。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

6 bloody   

adj.非常的的；流血的；残忍的；adv.很；vt.血染

参考例句：

• He got a bloody nose in the fight.他在打斗中被打得鼻子流血。
• He is a bloody fool.他是一个十足的笨蛋。

7 shoved   

推，猛推，乱推( shove的过去式和过去分词 )； 乱放； 随便放； 胡乱丢

参考例句：

• The people shoved to get on the bus. 人们你推我挤争着上公共汽车。
• He shoved me roughly aside. 他粗暴地把我推到了一边。

8 chest   

n.胸，大箱子，金库，资金，一箱，密封室，衣橱

参考例句：

• The bear's chest is hairy.那只熊的胸部毛茸茸的。
• Mother has a pain in her chest.母亲胸口疼.。