Chapter 10

　　Reflections. I make another Good Joke. Am annoyed at theconstant serving-up of the "Blanc-Mange." Lupin expresses his opinionof Weddings. Lupin falls out with Daisy Mutlar.

　　November 16. -Woke about twenty times during the night, withterrible thirst. Finished off all the water in the bottle, as well as half thatin the jug¹. Kept dreaming also, that last night's party was a failure, andthat a lot of low people came without invitation, and kept chaffing andthrowing things at Mr. Perkupp, till at last I was obliged to hide him in thebox-room (which we had just discovered), with a bath-towel over him. Itseems absurd now, but it was painfully real in the dream. I had the samedream about a dozen times.

　　Carrie annoyed me by saying: "You know champagne² never agreeswith you." I told her I had only a couple of glasses of it, having keptmyself entirely³ to port. I added that good champagne hurt nobody, andLupin told me he had only got it from a traveller as a favour, as thatparticular brand had been entirely bought up by a West-End club.

　　I think I ate too heartily⁴ of the "side dishes," as the waiter called them.

　　I said to Carrie: "I wish I had put those 'side dishes' ASIDE." Irepeated this, but Carrie was busy, packing up the teaspoons⁵ we hadborrowed of Mrs. Cummings for the party. It was just half-past eleven,and I was starting for the office, when Lupin appeared, with a yellowcomplexion, and said: "Hulloh! Guv., what priced head have you thismorning?" I told him he might just as well speak to me in Dutch. Headded: "When I woke this morning, my head was as big as Baldwin'sballoon." On the spur of the moment I said the cleverest thing I think Ihave ever said; viz.: "Perhaps that accounts for the paraSHOOTINGpains." We roared.

　　November 17. - Still feel tired and headachy! In the evening Gowingcalled, and was full of praise about our party last Wednesday. He saideverything was done beautifully, and he enjoyed himself enormously.

　　 Gowing can be a very nice fellow when he likes, but you never know howlong it will last. For instance, he stopped to supper, and seeing someBLANC-MANGE on the table, shouted out, while the servant was in theroom: "Hulloh! The remains⁶ of Wednesday?"November 18. - Woke up quite fresh after a good night's rest, and feelquite myself again. I am satisfied a life of going-out and Society is not alife for me; we therefore declined the invitation which we received thismorning to Miss Bird's wedding. We only met her twice at Mrs. James',and it means a present. Lupin said: "I am with you for once. To mymind a wedding's a very poor play. There are only two parts in it - thebride and bridegroom. The best man is only a walking gentleman. Withthe exception of a crying father and a snivelling mother, the rest areSUPERS who have to dress well and have to PAY for their insignificantparts in the shape of costly⁷ presents." I did not care for the theatricalslang, but thought it clever, though disrespectful.

　　I told Sarah not to bring up the BLANC-MANGE again for breakfast.

　　It seems to have been placed on our table at every meal since Wednesday.

　　Cummings came round in the evening, and congratulated us on the successof our party. He said it was the best party he had been to for many a year;but he wished we had let him know it was full dress, as he would haveturned up in his swallow-tails. We sat down to a quiet game of dominoes,and were interrupted by the noisy entrance of Lupin and Frank Mutlar.

　　Cummings and I asked them to join us. Lupin said he did not care fordominoes, and suggested a game of "Spoof⁹." On my asking if it requiredcounters, Frank and Lupin in measured time said: "One, two, three; go!

　　Have you an estate in Greenland?" It was simply Greek to me, but itappears it is one of the customs of the "Holloway Comedians¹⁰" to do thiswhen a member displays ignorance.

　　In spite of my instructions, that BLANC-MANGE was brought upagain for supper. To make matters worse, there had been an attempt todisguise it, by placing it in a glass dish with jam round it. Carrie askedLupin if he would have some, and he replied: "No second-hand¹¹ goodsfor me, thank you." I told Carrie, when we were alone, if that BLANCMANGE were placed on the table again I should walk out of the house.

　　 November 19, Sunday. -A delightfully¹² quiet day. In the afternoonLupin was off to spend the rest of the day with the Mutlars. He departedin the best of spirits, and Carrie said: "Well, one advantage of Lupin'sengagement with Daisy is that the boy seems happy all day long. Thatquite reconciles me to what I must confess seems an imprudentengagement."Carrie and I talked the matter over during the evening, and agreed thatit did not always follow that an early engagement meant an unhappymarriage. Dear Carrie reminded me that we married early, and, with theexception of a few trivial misunderstandings, we had never had a reallyserious word. I could not help thinking (as I told her) that half thepleasures of life were derived¹³ from the little struggles and small privationsthat one had to endure at the beginning of one's married life. Suchstruggles were generally occasioned by want of means, and often helped tomake loving couples stand together all the firmer.

　　Carrie said I had expressed myself wonderfully well, and that I wasquite a philosopher.

　　We are all vain at times, and I must confess I felt flattered by Carrie'slittle compliment. I don't pretend to be able to express myself in finelanguage, but I feel I have the power of expressing my thoughts withsimplicity and lucidness. About nine o'clock, to our surprise. Lupinentered, with a wild, reckless look, and in a hollow voice, which I mustsay seemed rather theatrical⁸, said: "Have you any brandy?" I said: "No;but here is some whisky." Lupin drank off nearly a wineglassful withoutwater, to my horror.

　　We all three sat reading in silence till ten, when Carrie and I rose to goto bed. Carrie said to Lupin: "I hope Daisy is well?"Lupin, with a forced careless air that he must have picked up from the"Holloway Comedians," replied: "Oh, Daisy? You mean Miss Mutlar.

　　I don't know whether she is well or not, but please NEVER TOMENTION HER NAME AGAIN IN MY PRESENCE."

1 jug   

n.(有柄，小口，可盛水等的)大壶，罐，盂

参考例句：

• He walked along with a jug poised on his head.他头上顶着一个水罐，保持着平衡往前走。
• She filled the jug with fresh water.她将水壶注满了清水。

2 champagne   

n.香槟酒；微黄色

参考例句：

• There were two glasses of champagne on the tray.托盘里有两杯香槟酒。
• They sat there swilling champagne.他们坐在那里大喝香槟酒。

3 entirely   

ad.全部地，完整地；完全地，彻底地

参考例句：

• The fire was entirely caused by their neglect of duty. 那场火灾完全是由于他们失职而引起的。
• His life was entirely given up to the educational work. 他的一生统统献给了教育工作。

4 heartily   

adv.衷心地，诚恳地，十分，很

参考例句：

• He ate heartily and went out to look for his horse.他痛快地吃了一顿，就出去找他的马。
• The host seized my hand and shook it heartily.主人抓住我的手，热情地和我握手。

5 teaspoons   

n.茶匙( teaspoon的名词复数 )；一茶匙的量

参考例句：

• Add two teaspoons of salt. 加两小匙盐。
• Add 3 heaped teaspoons of sugar. 加满满的三匙糖。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

7 costly   

adj.昂贵的，价值高的，豪华的

参考例句：

• It must be very costly to keep up a house like this.维修这么一幢房子一定很昂贵。
• This dictionary is very useful,only it is a bit costly.这本词典很有用，左不过贵了些。

8 theatrical   

adj.剧场的，演戏的；做戏似的，做作的

参考例句：

• The final scene was dismayingly lacking in theatrical effect.最后一场缺乏戏剧效果，叫人失望。
• She always makes some theatrical gesture.她老在做些夸张的手势。

9 spoof   

n.诳骗，愚弄，戏弄

参考例句：

• The show was a spoof of college life.那戏是对大学生活的讽刺。
• That is Tim Robbins's spoof documentary about a presidential campaign.那是蒂姆·罗宾斯关于总统选举的讽刺纪录片。

10 comedians   

n.喜剧演员，丑角( comedian的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The voice was rich, lordly, Harvardish, like all the boring radio comedians'imitations. 声音浑厚、威严，俨然是哈佛出身的气派，就跟无线电里所有的滑稽演员叫人已经听腻的模仿完全一样。 来自辞典例句
• He distracted them by joking and imitating movie and radio comedians. 他用开玩笑的方法或者模仿电影及广播中的滑稽演员来对付他们。 来自辞典例句

11 second-hand   

adj.用过的，旧的，二手的

参考例句：

• I got this book by chance at a second-hand bookshop.我赶巧在一家旧书店里买到这本书。
• They will put all these second-hand goods up for sale.他们将把这些旧货全部公开出售。

12 delightfully   

大喜，欣然

参考例句：

• The room is delightfully appointed. 这房子的设备令人舒适愉快。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• The evening is delightfully cool. 晚间凉爽宜人。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

13 derived   

vi.起源；由来；衍生；导出v.得到( derive的过去式和过去分词 )；（从…中）得到获得；源于；（从…中）提取

参考例句：

• Many English words are derived from Latin and Greek. 英语很多词源出于拉丁文和希腊文。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He derived his enthusiasm for literature from his father. 他对文学的爱好是受他父亲的影响。 来自《简明英汉词典》