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Part 6 Chapter 8
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MICHAELMAS came and passed, and Jude and his wife, who had lived but a short time in her father's house after their remarriage, were in lodgings1 on the top floor of a dwelling3 nearer to the centre of the city.

He had done a few days' work during the two or three months since the event, but his health had been indifferent, and it was now precarious4. He was sitting in an arm-chair before the fire, and coughed a good deal.

"I've got a bargain for my trouble in marrying thee over again!" Arabella was saying to him. "I shall have to keep 'ee entirely-- that's what 'twill come to! I shall have to make black-pot and sausages, and hawk5 'em about the street, all to support an invalid6 husband I'd no business to be saddled with at all. Why didn't you keep your health, deceiving one like this? You were well enough when the wedding was!"

"Ah, yes!" said he, laughing acridly7. "I have been thinking of my foolish feeling about the pig you and I killed during our first marriage. I feel now that the greatest mercy that could be vouchsafed8 to me would be that something should serve me as I served that animal."

This was the sort of discourse9 that went on between them every day now. The landlord of the lodging2, who had heard that they were a queer couple, had doubted if they were married at all, especially as he had seen Arabella kiss Jude one evening when she had taken a little cordial; and he was about to give them notice to quit, till by chance overhearing her one night haranguing10 Jude in rattling11 terms, and ultimately flinging a shoe at his head, he recognized the note of genuine wedlock12; and concluding that they must be respectable, said no more.

Jude did not get any better, and one day he requested Arabella, with considerable hesitation13, to execute a commission for him. She asked him indifferently what it was.

"To write to Sue."

"What in the name--do you want me to write to her for?"

"To ask how she is, and if she'll come to see me, because I'm ill, and should like to see her--once again."

"It is like you to insult a lawful14 wife by asking such a thing!"

"It is just in order not to insult you that I ask you to do it. You know I love Sue. I don't wish to mince15 the matter-- there stands the fact: I love her. I could find a dozen ways of sending a letter to her without your knowledge. But I wish to be quite above-board with you, and with her husband. A message through you asking her to come is at least free from any odour of intrigue16. If she retains any of her old nature at all, she'll come."

"You've no respect for marriage whatever, or its rights and duties!"

"What DOES it matter what my opinions are--a wretch17 like me! Can it matter to anybody in the world who comes to see me for half an hour--here with one foot in the grave! ... Come, please write, Arabella!" he pleaded. "Repay my candour by a little generosity18!"

"I should think NOT!"

"Not just once?--Oh do!" He felt that his physical weakness had taken away all his dignity.

"What do you want HER to know how you are for? She don't want to see 'ee. She's the rat that forsook19 the sinking ship!"

"Don't, don't!"

"And I stuck to un--the more fool I! Have that strumpet in the house indeed!"

Almost as soon as the words were spoken Jude sprang from the chair, and before Arabella knew where she was he had her on her back upon a little couch which stood there, he kneeling above her.

"Say another word of that sort," he whispered, "and I'll kill you-- here and now! I've everything to gain by it--my own death not being the least part. So don't think there's no meaning in what I say!"

"What do you want me to do?" gasped20 Arabella.

"Promise never to speak of her."

"Very well. I do."

"I take your word," he said scornfully as he loosened her. "But what it is worth I can't say."

"You couldn't kill the pig, but you could kill me!"

"Ah--there you have me! No--I couldn't kill you--even in a passion. Taunt21 away!"

He then began coughing very much, and she estimated his life with an appraiser's eye as he sank back ghastly pale. "I'll send for her," Arabella murmured, "if you'll agree to my being in the room with you all the time she's here."

The softer side of his nature, the desire to see Sue, made him unable to resist the offer even now, provoked as he had been; and he replied breathlessly: "Yes, I agree. Only send for her!"

In the evening he inquired if she had written.

"Yes," she said; "I wrote a note telling her you were ill, and asking her to come to-morrow or the day after. I haven't posted it yet."

The next day Jude wondered if she really did post it, but would not ask her; and foolish Hope, that lives on a drop and a crumb22, made him restless with expectation. He knew the times of the possible trains, and listened on each occasion for sounds of her.

She did not come; but Jude would not address Arabella again thereon. He hoped and expected all the next day; but no Sue appeared; neither was there any note of reply. Then Jude decided23 in the privacy of his mind that Arabella had never posted hers, although she had written it. There was something in her manner which told it. His physical weakness was such that he shed tears at the disappointment when she was not there to see. His suspicions were, in fact, well founded. Arabella, like some other nurses, thought that your duty towards your invalid was to pacify24 him by any means short of really acting25 upon his fancies.

He never said another word to her about his wish or his conjecture26. A silent, undiscerned resolve grew up in him, which gave him, if not strength, stability and calm. One midday when, after an absence of two hours, she came into the room, she beheld27 the chair empty.

Down she flopped28 on the bed, and sitting, meditated29. "Now where the devil is my man gone to!" she said.

A driving rain from the north-east had been falling with more or less intermission all the morning, and looking from the window at the dripping spouts30 it seemed impossible to believe that any sick man would have ventured out to almost certain death. Yet a conviction possessed31 Arabella that he had gone out, and it became a certainty when she had searched the house. "If he's such a fool, let him be!" she said. "I can do no more."

Jude was at that moment in a railway train that was drawing near to Alfredston, oddly swathed, pale as a monumental figure in alabaster32, and much stared at by other passengers. An hour later his thin form, in the long great-coat and blanket he had come with, but without an umbrella, could have been seen walking along the five-mile road to Marygreen. On his face showed the determined33 purpose that alone sustained him, but to which has weakness afforded a sorry foundation. By the up-hill walk he was quite blown, but he pressed on; and at half-past three o'clock stood by the familiar well at Marygreen. The rain was keeping everybody indoors; Jude crossed the green to the church without observation, and found the building open. Here he stood, looking forth34 at the school, whence he could hear the usual sing-song tones of the little voices that had not learnt Creation's groan35.

He waited till a small boy came from the school--one evidently allowed out before hours for some reason or other. Jude held up his hand, and the child came.

"Please call at the schoolhouse and ask Mrs. Phillotson if she will be kind enough to come to the church for a few minutes."

The child departed, and Jude heard him knock at the door of the dwelling. He himself went further into the church. Everything was new, except a few pieces of carving36 preserved from the wrecked37 old fabric39, now fixed40 against the new walls. He stood by these: they seemed akin41 to the perished people of that place who were his ancestors and Sue's.

A light footstep, which might have been accounted no more than an added drip to the rainfall, sounded in the porch, and he looked round.

"Oh--I didn't think it was you! I didn't--Oh, Jude!" A hysterical42 catch in her breath ended in a succession of them. He advanced, but she quickly recovered and went back.

"Don't go--don't go!" he implored43. "This is my last time! I thought it would be less intrusive44 than to enter your house. And I shall never come again. Don't then be unmerciful. Sue, Sue! We are acting by the letter; and 'the letter killeth'!"

"I'll stay--I won't be unkind!" she said, her mouth quivering and her tears flowing as she allowed him to come closer. "But why did you come, and do this wrong thing, after doing such a right thing as you have done?"

"What right thing?"

"Marrying Arabella again. It was in the Alfredston paper. She has never been other than yours, Jude--in a proper sense. And therefore you did so well--Oh so well!--in recognizing it-- and taking her to you again."

"God above--and is that all I've come to hear? If there is anything more degrading, immoral45, unnatural46, than another in my life, it is this meretricious47 contract with Arabella which has been called doing the right thing! And you too--you call yourself Phillotson's wife! HIS wife! You are mine."

"Don't make me rush away from you--I can't bear much! But on this point I am decided."

"I cannot understand how you did it--how you think it-- I cannot!"

"Never mind that. He is a kind husband to me--And I-- I've wrestled48 and struggled, and fasted, and prayed. I have nearly brought my body into complete subjection. And you mustn't--will you--wake--"

"Oh you darling little fool; where is your reason? You seem to have suffered the loss of your faculties49! I would argue with you if I didn't know that a woman in your state of feeling is quite beyond all appeals to her brains. Or is it that you are humbugging yourself, as so many women do about these things; and don't actually believe what you pretend to, and only are indulging in the luxury of the emotion raised by an affected50 belief?"

"Luxury! How can you be so cruel!"

"You dear, sad, soft, most melancholy51 wreck38 of a promising52 human intellect that it has ever been my lot to behold53! Where is your scorn of convention gone? I WOULD have died game!"

"You crush, almost insult me, Jude! Go away from me!" She turned off quickly.

"I will. I would never come to see you again, even if I had the strength to come, which I shall not have any more. Sue, Sue, you are not worth a man's love!"

Her bosom54 began to go up and down. "I can't endure you to say that!" she burst out, and her eye resting on him a moment, she turned back impulsively55. "Don't, don't scorn me! Kiss me, oh kiss me lots of times, and say I am not a coward and a contemptible56 humbug-- I can't bear it!" She rushed up to him and, with her mouth on his, continued: "I must tell you--oh I must--my darling Love! It has been--only a church marriage--an apparent marriage I mean! He suggested it at the very first!"

"How?"

"I mean it is a nominal58 marriage only. It hasn't been more than that at all since I came back to him!"

"Sue!" he said. Pressing her to him in his arms he bruised59 her lips with kisses: "If misery60 can know happiness, I have a moment's happiness now! Now, in the name of all you hold holy, tell me the truth, and no lie. You do love me still?"

"I do! You know it too well! ... But I MUSTN'T do this! I mustn't kiss you back as I would!"

"But do!"

"And yet you are so dear!--and you look so ill----"

"And so do you! There's one more, in memory of our dead little children-- yours and mine!"

The words struck her like a blow, and she bent61 her head. "I MUSTN'T--I CAN'T go on with this!" she gasped presently. "But there, there, darling; I give you back your kisses; I do, I do! ... And now I'll HATE myself for ever for my sin!"

"No--let me make my last appeal. Listen to this! We've both remarried out of our senses. I was made drunk to do it. You were the same. I was gin-drunk; you were creed-drunk. Either form of intoxication62 takes away the nobler vision.... Let us then shake off our mistakes, and run away together!"

"No; again no! ... Why do you tempt57 me so far, Jude! It is too merciless! ... But I've got over myself now. Don't follow me--don't look at me. Leave me, for pity's sake!"

She ran up the church to the east end, and Jude did as she requested. He did not turn his head, but took up his blanket, which she had not seen, and went straight out. As he passed the end of the church she heard his coughs mingling63 with the rain on the windows, and in a last instinct of human affection, even now unsubdued by her fetters64, she sprang up as if to go and succour him. But she knelt down again, and stopped her ears with her hands till all possible sound of him had passed away.

He was by this time at the corner of the green, from which the path ran across the fields in which he had scared rooks as a boy. He turned and looked back, once, at the building which still contained Sue; and then went on, knowing that his eyes would light on that scene no more.

There are cold spots up and down Wessex in autumn and winter weather; but the coldest of all when a north or east wind is blowing is the crest65 of the down by the Brown House, where the road to Alfredston crosses the old Ridgeway. Here the first winter sleets66 and snows fall and lie, and here the spring frost lingers last unthawed. Here in the teeth of the north-east wind and rain Jude now pursued his way, wet through, the necessary slowness of his walk from lack of his former strength being insufficent to maintain his heat. He came to the milestone67, and, raining as it was, spread his blanket and lay down there to rest. Before moving on he went and felt at the back of the stone for his own carving. It was still there; but nearly obliterated68 by moss69. He passed the spot where the gibbet of his ancestor and Sue's had stood, and descended70 the hill.

It was dark when he reached Alfredston, where he had a cup of tea, the deadly chill that began to creep into his bones being too much for him to endure fasting. To get home he had to travel by a steam tram-car, and two branches of railway, with much waiting at a junction71. He did not reach Christminster till ten o'clock.

 

米迦勒节来了又去了,裘德和他的妻子再次结婚后,在她父亲家住的时间并不长,随后搬到离基督堂城中心较近的一所公寓顶层的房间。

婚后两三个月他只于过有限几天活,身体每况愈下,病情险恶。他坐在火边的扶手椅上,咳嗽得很厉害。

“我这回又跟你结了婚,算是做了笔倒霉生意。”阿拉贝拉正说给他听。“我以后只好一直养着你啦——以后的日子就是这样啦!我只好做血肠跟腊肠,上街吆喝着卖啦,全都为养活一个有病的男人,我又何必找这份罪受啊。你干吗不好好保养,这么坑人哪?结婚时候,你不是挺好嘛!”

“啊,就是呀!”他说,气得只好苦笑着。“我一直想着咱们头回结婚之后,那会儿你跟我宰猪时候我那个糊涂想法,这会儿我觉着要是拿收抬那个畜牲的办法收抬我,那才是大恩大德哩。”

这是他们每天必来一回的对话。公寓的老板听说他们这一对非常古怪,疑心他们压根儿没结过婚,特别是有天晚上他看见阿拉贝拉因为一时有点回心转意,吻了裘德,疑心就更大了;他已经打算通知他们走人,后来他又在一天夜里偶然偷听到她叽哩咕噜数落裘德,临了还把一只鞋往他脑袋上摔,这才了然他们这样的确是结了婚的夫妇,认定他们还算是正派人,也就没再说什么。

裘德身体始终不见好。一天他吞吞吐吐地请阿拉贝拉替他办件事。她带搭不理地问什么事。

“给苏写封信。”

“你凭什么要我替你——给她写信,想干什么?”

“问问她近况,能不能来看看我,因为我病了,很想见她——再见一回。”

“你叫我干这宗子事,你这不是侮辱正配夫人嘛!”

“我就是因为不想侮辱你,才请你写。你也知道我爱苏。我不想瞒着你——事情是明摆着的。我也可以想出来十几种办法瞒着你,但是我很想对你,也对她丈夫完全做到光明磊落。托你写封信叫她来,怎么说也不算损人的阴招。要是她还是老脾气,她准会来。”

“反正你对婚姻一点不尊重,什么婚姻的权利跟义务一点不在乎。”

“我这样的可怜虫怎么个意思,有什么了不起的!谁来看我,半个钟头的事儿,根本碍不着谁——我这会儿都土埋半截啦!……劳你驾写一写吧,阿拉贝拉!”他央告着。“你就算认我还老实,就宽宏大量点吧!”

“我就是不写!”

“连一回都不写——哦,写吧!”他感到自己衰弱不堪,再顾不上脸面了。

“你让她来看你,究竟什么打算?她才不想来看你呢。她是隔岸观火,与己无关。”

“别说啦,别说啦。”

“我呢,死粘着你不撒开,就更傻啦!让那个婊子进家门,还得了!”

她这话差不多刚出口,裘德就从椅子上蹦起来,阿拉贝拉还来不及明白,他就把她头朝上背朝下按在旁边放的软榻上,两个膝头卡住她。

“你要是再说那样的话。”他小声说。“我就宰了你——一点不耽误!我宰了你,我就一了百了——我自己死也死得值了。你可别拿我的话不当回事。”

“那你想叫我干什么?”阿拉贝拉气堵着说。

“不许你以后再说她,答应不答应?”

“答应,不说啦!”

“我信你的。”他一边松开她,一边口气轻蔑地说。“不过你的话算不算数,我还没法说。”

“你宰不了猪,倒还想宰我!”

“啊——你这算把我说准啦!是啊——我不会宰了你——就算真急了——也不一定把你宰了。你混骂好啦。”

跟着他剧烈地咳嗽起来,脸白得跟死人一样,一下又跌坐到椅子上。而她却以一个估价人的眼光忖度他的寿命。“要是你肯答应她在这儿的时候,我可以一直在旁边,”阿拉贝拉咕哝着,“那我就写。”

他生有不忍之仁,兼以渴望见到苏,纵使到了现在这种局面,虽然他已气昏了,可是他还是无法回绝她这个意见,于是他说,“我答应。只要你给她写信就行。”

晚上他问写了没有。

“写了,我写了个条子,说你病了,请她明后天来。还没寄出去。”

第二天,裘德纳闷信究竟寄没寄,不过也没问她。他的希望本属蠢不可及,犹如空中楼阁,风中游丝,可是因为他一心盼着苏来,整天折腾得坐立不安,心急如焚。他知道每班火车的大致时间,所以到时候,就倾耳细听她来了没来。

她没来;但是裘德也不想再跟阿拉贝拉过话。他把所有希望和心愿都放到第二天上;苏还是没露面;而且连个简单的复信也没有。裘德暗自琢磨,肯定阿拉贝拉信是写了,却根本没寄出去,从她的态度上也大致看得出来。他身体如此虚弱,阿拉贝拉不在眼前,他竟因失望而潸然泪下。他的猜疑实际上完全有道理。阿拉贝拉也跟另外一些护士没什么两样,认为对病人的责任固然是要用种种办法哄他们安心治病,至于他们有什么奇想妄念就大可不必去操心。

这之后,他对她一个字儿也没提过他的愿望或猜测,他暗暗下了决心,胸有成竹,守口如瓶。这个决心即使不能说给他增添了力量,也叫他心里踏实、安定。有一天,阿拉贝拉外出两个钟头,中午时分回来,一进屋子,就看见椅子空着。

她往床上一靠,又坐起来,细细想了想。“这家伙他妈的上哪儿去了?”

一上午,从东边过来的雨浙浙沥沥没个停,隔着窗户看得见屋檐在滴水。一个身患重病的人这时候不顾死活,硬往外跑,似乎不大可能。不过阿拉贝拉确实认为他人出去了,这没什么可疑惑的;一当她把整个屋子搜遍了,她这想法就成为确凿的事实了。“他这么个糊涂东西,就活该去受吧!”她说。“我管不了啦。”

裘德此刻却坐火车快到阿尔夫瑞顿了,身上裹得怪模怪样,脸白得像石膏像,别的旅客都盯着他看。一个钟头以后,可以瞧见他的瘦弱身形,穿着长大衣,裹着毯子,没打伞,顺着五英里长的大路,向马利格林走去。从他脸上的神情看得出来,他这一路全靠义无反顾的决心撑着;不过他病得这样厉害,这样的决心只有百害而无一利,实是可悲。上山时,他已筋疲力竭,可是他继续咬牙向前。三点半光景,他站在马利格林那口熟悉的井边。因为下雨,人人都呆在家里,裘德走过草地,到了教堂,没人看见;他发现教堂大门没关死,他站在那儿,望着前面的学校,居然听见了孩子们通常像唱歌一样的悦耳的朗读声,这样的童声是丝毫没领略过人生的苦涩的。

他等着,终于有个男孩从学校出来了——显然他是为了什么事,老师准许他提前离校。裘德朝他招招手,孩子就过来了。

“我想请你到老师家里去一下,问问费乐生太太还能抽空到教堂来一下。”

孩子去了,裘德听见他敲老师家的门。他自己先一步进了教堂。一切都是新的,只有几件从残砖剩瓦中拣出来的雕像安装在新墙壁上。他就在这些东西旁边站着,它们仿佛同原住此地、早经过世的他的祖先和苏的祖先有过血缘关系。

门廊上响起了轻轻的脚步声,轻到差不多跟雨滴声分辨不出来,他回头一看。

“没想到是你啊!没想到——哦,裘德!”她的呼吸歇斯底里地哽住了,连续硬了之后才缓过来。他朝她走去,但她很快恢复了常态,转身想走。

“别走——别走!”他央告着。“我这是最后一回啦!我考虑过了,到这儿来,不像上你们家那样莽撞。我以后再不来了。别那么无情无义吧,苏啊,苏啊!咱们现在一言一行都抠着法律字眼儿办哪,可是‘法律致人死’啊。”

“我不走——我心里决不狠。”她答应他走过来,嘴唇颤动,泪如泉涌。“你干吗来啊?你不是做对了吗?干吗又做错事呢?”

“做对了什么?”

“跟阿拉贝拉又结了婚啊。阿尔夫瑞顿的报上登了。她压根儿就是你的人哪,裘德——这本是正理嘛。所以你这事办得太好啦——哦,太好啦!——你总算明白过来啦——又把她娶回去啦。”

“老天爷呀——我上这儿来就是为听这一套吗?按我这辈子,要说我干了什么更下流、更无耻、更逆天违理的事,那就莫过于我跟阿拉贝拉订的嫖娼卖淫契约了,可你居然说我做对了!而你也——自称费乐生的妻子!他的妻子!你明明是我的妻子!”

“你这不是一个劲儿赶我走吗——你这么胡说八道,我可受不了!反正这件事,我是站得住拿得稳的。”

“我真不懂你这是怎么搞的——你这是怎么想出来的——真是不懂!”

“这用不着你管。他是个有情有义的丈夫——我折腾过,挣扎过,斋戒过,祈祷过,总算信服得五体投地,别无杂念啦。你千万别——你想——唤醒我——”

“哦,你这个亲爱的小傻瓜哟!你的理性跑哪儿去啦!仿佛你的整个推理能力全丧失啦!我既然知道你是有这样想法的女人,已经到了无理可喻的地步,那我又何必再枉费唇舌呢。不然的话,那你就是自欺欺人,跟好多女人如出一辙了。你装着信的那一套,实际上你一点也不信,你这不就是故作虔诚,恣意玩弄感情吗?”

“玩弄感情,你怎么能这么损人!”

“你的灵性本来是无限光明,我有幸深知,可是如今这灵性全毁了,成了叫人爱,叫人悲,叫人苦,叫人无限神伤的一堆破烂啦!你从前对习俗的蔑弃哪儿去啦?我呢,我可是坚持到底,宁折不弯啊!”

“你这是逼我死呀,你简直是糟蹋我呀,裘德!你滚吧!”她立刻转身就走。

“我滚!我决不会再来见你。就算我还有气力来,我怎么也不来啦。苏啊,苏啊,你不配一个男人的爱情!”

她胸部开始一起一伏。“你这些话,我真听不下去啦!”她脱口而出,先注视他一下子,随即在冲动中转过身来。“别瞧不起我吧,别瞧不起我吧,哦,吻我吧,多多吻我吧,说我不是个胆小鬼吧,说我不是个下贱的骗子吧——我实在受不了啦!”她奔到他跟前,够着他,把嘴放在他嘴上,接着说,“我得告诉你——哦,得告诉你——我的至爱的爱人哪!那——充其极是个教堂里的婚姻——我是说做给人看的婚姻!他起先就这么表示的!”

“到底是怎么回事呢?”

“我是说那仅仅是有名无实的婚姻罢啦。打从我回到他那儿,一直是那么回事!”

“苏啊!”他说,把她抱得紧紧的,吻得她嘴唇都疼了。“如果说,悲伤的心还能感到快乐,那我这会儿就顷刻有了快乐啦!哪,凭你认为神圣的一切,跟我说实话,别撒谎。你现在还真爱我吗?”

“真爱!你自己不是清楚嘛!……不过我决不该这样爱啦!因为你吻我,我就回吻你,太不该啦!”

“不过你得回吻哪!”

“你还是那么招人疼——你病到这样——”

“你也一样招人疼啊!好啦,再吻一回吧,纪念死了的孩子——你的,也是我的!”

她一听这话就像挨了狠狠一击,低了头。“我不该——我不能这样下去啦!”随即大口喘气。“不过,哪哪,亲亲;我回你吻,我回啦,回啦!……现在为我的罪过,我要一辈子痛恨自己啦!”

“别这样——让我最后表表心迹吧。听着!咱们两个都是因为当时神志昏馈结了婚的。我是叫人灌醉了才干出来的。你也一样。我是叫金酒灌醉的,你是叫宗教信条迷醉的。都是沉醉不醒,形式不同,反正把咱们高尚的理想都给卷走了。……咱们就把自己的错误甩掉,一块儿逃走吧!”

“不行,一百个不行;你引诱我,怎么到这地步啦,裘德!你做得太不仁不义啦!……不过我现在又清醒过来啦。别跟着我——别瞧我。可怜可怜我,让我走!”

她直朝教堂东头跑去,裘德听她的话没追过去。他没掉过头看,而是拿起刚才她没看见的那块毯子,径直出了教堂。就在他出了教堂那一刻,她听见他的咳嗽声同打在窗上的雨点声混在一起。而那人类固有的恻隐本能,纵使她那些戒律也禁锢不了,她一跃而起,仿佛想要追上去救护他。然而她却又跪倒在地,两手捂住耳朵,一直捂到再也听不到他的声音。

他那时走到草地边角上,小路从那儿穿过,延伸到他小时候赶老鸹的麦田。他又回头望了望苏隐身在内的教堂,心知自己决不会再看见那样的情景了。

维塞克斯郡从南到北,有些地方人了秋冬就很冷了,但是最冷的地方要数北风和东风呼啸而过的栋房子旁边低地的凸起处,大路正是从这儿横穿“山脊路”到阿尔夫瑞顿。那一带已经下过几场冻雨和雪,在地上冻住不化,而春天的雪也要好晚才融掉。裘德就在北边过来的凄风苦雨中从这儿赶路,浑身淋得湿透;由于他已经不像从前壮实,只好慢慢走,可这样就不足以维持身上的热气了。他走到里程碑那儿,尽管雨还下着,还是把毯子铺在地上,躺下来休息。在继续赶路之前,他过去摸了摸碑阴上自己刻的字。字还在,不过差不多让苔薛盖满了。他从原先竖着自己和苏的祖先受刑的绞架的地方走过去,下了山。

他到阿尔夫瑞顿已经天黑,峭寒逼人,砭肌刺骨。他空着肚子,实在受不了,莫奈何在镇上买了杯茶喝。要到家,他先得乘汽轨车,然后换坐两条支线的火车,还得在联络点上等老半天,到基督堂时候已经十点了。


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1 lodgings f12f6c99e9a4f01e5e08b1197f095e6e     
n. 出租的房舍, 寄宿舍
参考例句:
  • When he reached his lodgings the sun had set. 他到达公寓房间时,太阳已下山了。
  • I'm on the hunt for lodgings. 我正在寻找住所。
2 lodging wRgz9     
n.寄宿,住所;(大学生的)校外宿舍
参考例句:
  • The bill is inclusive of the food and lodging. 账单包括吃、住费用。
  • Where can you find lodging for the night? 你今晚在哪里借宿?
3 dwelling auzzQk     
n.住宅,住所,寓所
参考例句:
  • Those two men are dwelling with us.那两个人跟我们住在一起。
  • He occupies a three-story dwelling place on the Park Street.他在派克街上有一幢3层楼的寓所。
4 precarious Lu5yV     
adj.不安定的,靠不住的;根据不足的
参考例句:
  • Our financial situation had become precarious.我们的财务状况已变得不稳定了。
  • He earned a precarious living as an artist.作为一个艺术家,他过得是朝不保夕的生活。
5 hawk NeKxY     
n.鹰,骗子;鹰派成员
参考例句:
  • The hawk swooped down on the rabbit and killed it.鹰猛地朝兔子扑下来,并把它杀死。
  • The hawk snatched the chicken and flew away.老鹰叼了小鸡就飞走了。
6 invalid V4Oxh     
n.病人,伤残人;adj.有病的,伤残的;无效的
参考例句:
  • He will visit an invalid.他将要去看望一个病人。
  • A passport that is out of date is invalid.护照过期是无效的。
7 acridly c14ef0d364ece39e421e6744794432a9     
adj.辛辣的;刺鼻的;(性格、态度、言词等)刻薄的;尖刻的
参考例句:
  • acrid smoke from burning tyres 燃烧轮胎产生的刺鼻气味
  • I gulped the acrid liquid. 我把辛辣的药水一口咽了下去。 来自《简明英汉词典》
8 vouchsafed 07385734e61b0ea8035f27cf697b117a     
v.给予,赐予( vouchsafe的过去式和过去分词 );允诺
参考例句:
  • He vouchsafed to me certain family secrets. 他让我知道了某些家庭秘密。
  • The significance of the event does, indeed, seem vouchsafed. 这个事件看起来确实具有重大意义。 来自辞典例句
9 discourse 2lGz0     
n.论文,演说;谈话;话语;vi.讲述,著述
参考例句:
  • We'll discourse on the subject tonight.我们今晚要谈论这个问题。
  • He fell into discourse with the customers who were drinking at the counter.他和站在柜台旁的酒客谈了起来。
10 haranguing b574472f7a86789d4fb85291dfd6eb5b     
v.高谈阔论( harangue的现在分词 )
参考例句:
  • He continued in his customary, haranguing style. 他继续以他一贯的夸夸其谈的手法讲下去。 来自辞典例句
  • That lady was still haranguing the girl. 那位女士仍然对那女孩喋喋不休地训斥。 来自互联网
11 rattling 7b0e25ab43c3cc912945aafbb80e7dfd     
adj. 格格作响的, 活泼的, 很好的 adv. 极其, 很, 非常 动词rattle的现在分词
参考例句:
  • This book is a rattling good read. 这是一本非常好的读物。
  • At that same instant,a deafening explosion set the windows rattling. 正在这时,一声震耳欲聋的爆炸突然袭来,把窗玻璃震得当当地响。
12 wedlock XgJyY     
n.婚姻,已婚状态
参考例句:
  • My wife likes our wedlock.我妻子喜欢我们的婚姻生活。
  • The Fawleys were not made for wedlock.范立家的人就跟结婚没有缘。
13 hesitation tdsz5     
n.犹豫,踌躇
参考例句:
  • After a long hesitation, he told the truth at last.踌躇了半天,他终于直说了。
  • There was a certain hesitation in her manner.她的态度有些犹豫不决。
14 lawful ipKzCt     
adj.法律许可的,守法的,合法的
参考例句:
  • It is not lawful to park in front of a hydrant.在消火栓前停车是不合法的。
  • We don't recognised him to be the lawful heir.我们不承认他为合法继承人。
15 mince E1lyp     
n.切碎物;v.切碎,矫揉做作地说
参考例句:
  • Would you like me to mince the meat for you?你要我替你把肉切碎吗?
  • Don't mince matters,but speak plainly.不要含糊其词,有话就直说吧。
16 intrigue Gaqzy     
vt.激起兴趣,迷住;vi.耍阴谋;n.阴谋,密谋
参考例句:
  • Court officials will intrigue against the royal family.法院官员将密谋反对皇室。
  • The royal palace was filled with intrigue.皇宫中充满了勾心斗角。
17 wretch EIPyl     
n.可怜的人,不幸的人;卑鄙的人
参考例句:
  • You are really an ungrateful wretch to complain instead of thanking him.你不但不谢他,还埋怨他,真不知好歹。
  • The dead husband is not the dishonoured wretch they fancied him.死去的丈夫不是他们所想象的不光彩的坏蛋。
18 generosity Jf8zS     
n.大度,慷慨,慷慨的行为
参考例句:
  • We should match their generosity with our own.我们应该像他们一样慷慨大方。
  • We adore them for their generosity.我们钦佩他们的慷慨。
19 forsook 15e454d354d8a31a3863bce576df1451     
forsake的过去式
参考例句:
  • He faithlessly forsook his friends in their hour of need. 在最需要的时刻他背信弃义地抛弃朋友。
  • She forsook her worldly possessions to devote herself to the church. 她抛弃世上的财物而献身教会。
20 gasped e6af294d8a7477229d6749fa9e8f5b80     
v.喘气( gasp的过去式和过去分词 );喘息;倒抽气;很想要
参考例句:
  • She gasped at the wonderful view. 如此美景使她惊讶得屏住了呼吸。
  • People gasped with admiration at the superb skill of the gymnasts. 体操运动员的高超技艺令人赞叹。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
21 taunt nIJzj     
n.辱骂,嘲弄;v.嘲弄
参考例句:
  • He became a taunt to his neighbours.他成了邻居们嘲讽的对象。
  • Why do the other children taunt him with having red hair?为什么别的小孩子讥笑他有红头发?
22 crumb ynLzv     
n.饼屑,面包屑,小量
参考例句:
  • It was the only crumb of comfort he could salvage from the ordeal.这是他从这场磨难里能找到的唯一的少许安慰。
  • Ruth nearly choked on the last crumb of her pastry.鲁斯几乎被糕点的最后一块碎屑所噎住。
23 decided lvqzZd     
adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的
参考例句:
  • This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
  • There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
24 pacify xKFxa     
vt.使(某人)平静(或息怒);抚慰
参考例句:
  • He tried to pacify the protesters with promises of reform.他试图以改革的承诺安抚抗议者。
  • He tried to pacify his creditors by repaying part of the money.他为安抚债权人偿还了部分借款。
25 acting czRzoc     
n.演戏,行为,假装;adj.代理的,临时的,演出用的
参考例句:
  • Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她,她只是假装的。
  • During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代,她的表演生涯黯然失色。
26 conjecture 3p8z4     
n./v.推测,猜测
参考例句:
  • She felt it no use to conjecture his motives.她觉得猜想他的动机是没有用的。
  • This conjecture is not supported by any real evidence.这种推测未被任何确切的证据所证实。
27 beheld beheld     
v.看,注视( behold的过去式和过去分词 );瞧;看呀;(叙述中用于引出某人意外的出现)哎哟
参考例句:
  • His eyes had never beheld such opulence. 他从未见过这样的财富。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The soul beheld its features in the mirror of the passing moment. 灵魂在逝去的瞬间的镜子中看到了自己的模样。 来自英汉文学 - 红字
28 flopped e5b342a0b376036c32e5cd7aa560c15e     
v.(指书、戏剧等)彻底失败( flop的过去式和过去分词 );(因疲惫而)猛然坐下;(笨拙地、不由自主地或松弛地)移动或落下;砸锅
参考例句:
  • Exhausted, he flopped down into a chair. 他筋疲力尽,一屁股坐到椅子上。
  • It was a surprise to us when his play flopped. 他那出戏一败涂地,出乎我们的预料。 来自《简明英汉词典》
29 meditated b9ec4fbda181d662ff4d16ad25198422     
深思,沉思,冥想( meditate的过去式和过去分词 ); 内心策划,考虑
参考例句:
  • He meditated for two days before giving his answer. 他在作出答复之前考虑了两天。
  • She meditated for 2 days before giving her answer. 她考虑了两天才答复。
30 spouts f7ccfb2e8ce10b4523cfa3327853aee2     
n.管口( spout的名词复数 );(喷出的)水柱;(容器的)嘴;在困难中v.(指液体)喷出( spout的第三人称单数 );滔滔不绝地讲;喋喋不休地说;喷水
参考例句:
  • A volcano spouts flame and lava. 火山喷出火焰和岩浆。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • The oil rushes up the tube and spouts up as a gusher. 石油会沿着钢管上涌,如同自喷井那样喷射出来。 来自辞典例句
31 possessed xuyyQ     
adj.疯狂的;拥有的,占有的
参考例句:
  • He flew out of the room like a man possessed.他像着了魔似地猛然冲出房门。
  • He behaved like someone possessed.他行为举止像是魔怔了。
32 alabaster 2VSzd     
adj.雪白的;n.雪花石膏;条纹大理石
参考例句:
  • The floor was marble tile,and the columns alabaster.地板是由大理石铺成的,柱子则是雪花石膏打造而成。
  • Her skin was like alabaster.她的皮肤光洁雪白。
33 determined duszmP     
adj.坚定的;有决心的
参考例句:
  • I have determined on going to Tibet after graduation.我已决定毕业后去西藏。
  • He determined to view the rooms behind the office.他决定查看一下办公室后面的房间。
34 forth Hzdz2     
adv.向前;向外,往外
参考例句:
  • The wind moved the trees gently back and forth.风吹得树轻轻地来回摇晃。
  • He gave forth a series of works in rapid succession.他很快连续发表了一系列的作品。
35 groan LfXxU     
vi./n.呻吟,抱怨;(发出)呻吟般的声音
参考例句:
  • The wounded man uttered a groan.那个受伤的人发出呻吟。
  • The people groan under the burden of taxes.人民在重税下痛苦呻吟。
36 carving 5wezxw     
n.雕刻品,雕花
参考例句:
  • All the furniture in the room had much carving.房间里所有的家具上都有许多雕刻。
  • He acquired the craft of wood carving in his native town.他在老家学会了木雕手艺。
37 wrecked ze0zKI     
adj.失事的,遇难的
参考例句:
  • the hulk of a wrecked ship 遇难轮船的残骸
  • the salvage of the wrecked tanker 对失事油轮的打捞
38 wreck QMjzE     
n.失事,遇难;沉船;vt.(船等)失事,遇难
参考例句:
  • Weather may have been a factor in the wreck.天气可能是造成这次失事的原因之一。
  • No one can wreck the friendship between us.没有人能够破坏我们之间的友谊。
39 fabric 3hezG     
n.织物,织品,布;构造,结构,组织
参考例句:
  • The fabric will spot easily.这种织品很容易玷污。
  • I don't like the pattern on the fabric.我不喜欢那块布料上的图案。
40 fixed JsKzzj     
adj.固定的,不变的,准备好的;(计算机)固定的
参考例句:
  • Have you two fixed on a date for the wedding yet?你们俩选定婚期了吗?
  • Once the aim is fixed,we should not change it arbitrarily.目标一旦确定,我们就不应该随意改变。
41 akin uxbz2     
adj.同族的,类似的
参考例句:
  • She painted flowers and birds pictures akin to those of earlier feminine painters.她画一些同早期女画家类似的花鸟画。
  • Listening to his life story is akin to reading a good adventure novel.听他的人生故事犹如阅读一本精彩的冒险小说。
42 hysterical 7qUzmE     
adj.情绪异常激动的,歇斯底里般的
参考例句:
  • He is hysterical at the sight of the photo.他一看到那张照片就异常激动。
  • His hysterical laughter made everybody stunned.他那歇斯底里的笑声使所有的人不知所措。
43 implored 0b089ebf3591e554caa381773b194ff1     
恳求或乞求(某人)( implore的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • She implored him to stay. 她恳求他留下。
  • She implored him with tears in her eyes to forgive her. 她含泪哀求他原谅她。
44 intrusive Palzu     
adj.打搅的;侵扰的
参考例句:
  • The cameras were not an intrusive presence.那些摄像机的存在并不令人反感。
  • Staffs are courteous but never intrusive.员工谦恭有礼却从不让人感到唐突。
45 immoral waCx8     
adj.不道德的,淫荡的,荒淫的,有伤风化的
参考例句:
  • She was questioned about his immoral conduct toward her.她被询问过有关他对她的不道德行为的情况。
  • It is my belief that nuclear weapons are immoral.我相信使核武器是不邪恶的。
46 unnatural 5f2zAc     
adj.不自然的;反常的
参考例句:
  • Did her behaviour seem unnatural in any way?她有任何反常表现吗?
  • She has an unnatural smile on her face.她脸上挂着做作的微笑。
47 meretricious 3CixE     
adj.华而不实的,俗艳的
参考例句:
  • A wooden building painted to look like marble is meretricious.一座漆得像大理石般的木制建筑物外表是美丽的。
  • Her room was painted in meretricious technicolour.她的房间刷着俗艳的颜色。
48 wrestled c9ba15a0ecfd0f23f9150f9c8be3b994     
v.(与某人)搏斗( wrestle的过去式和过去分词 );扭成一团;扭打;(与…)摔跤
参考例句:
  • As a boy he had boxed and wrestled. 他小的时候又是打拳又是摔跤。
  • Armed guards wrestled with the intruder. 武装警卫和闯入者扭打起来。 来自《简明英汉词典》
49 faculties 066198190456ba4e2b0a2bda2034dfc5     
n.能力( faculty的名词复数 );全体教职员;技巧;院
参考例句:
  • Although he's ninety, his mental faculties remain unimpaired. 他虽年届九旬,但头脑仍然清晰。
  • All your faculties have come into play in your work. 在你的工作中,你的全部才能已起到了作用。 来自《简明英汉词典》
50 affected TzUzg0     
adj.不自然的,假装的
参考例句:
  • She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
  • His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。
51 melancholy t7rz8     
n.忧郁,愁思;adj.令人感伤(沮丧)的,忧郁的
参考例句:
  • All at once he fell into a state of profound melancholy.他立即陷入无尽的忧思之中。
  • He felt melancholy after he failed the exam.这次考试没通过,他感到很郁闷。
52 promising BkQzsk     
adj.有希望的,有前途的
参考例句:
  • The results of the experiments are very promising.实验的结果充满了希望。
  • We're trying to bring along one or two promising young swimmers.我们正设法培养出一两名有前途的年轻游泳选手。
53 behold jQKy9     
v.看,注视,看到
参考例句:
  • The industry of these little ants is wonderful to behold.这些小蚂蚁辛勤劳动的样子看上去真令人惊叹。
  • The sunrise at the seaside was quite a sight to behold.海滨日出真是个奇景。
54 bosom Lt9zW     
n.胸,胸部;胸怀;内心;adj.亲密的
参考例句:
  • She drew a little book from her bosom.她从怀里取出一本小册子。
  • A dark jealousy stirred in his bosom.他内心生出一阵恶毒的嫉妒。
55 impulsively 0596bdde6dedf8c46a693e7e1da5984c     
adv.冲动地
参考例句:
  • She leant forward and kissed him impulsively. 她倾身向前,感情冲动地吻了他。
  • Every good, true, vigorous feeling I had gathered came impulsively round him. 我的一切良好、真诚而又强烈的感情都紧紧围绕着他涌现出来。
56 contemptible DpRzO     
adj.可鄙的,可轻视的,卑劣的
参考例句:
  • His personal presence is unimpressive and his speech contemptible.他气貌不扬,言语粗俗。
  • That was a contemptible trick to play on a friend.那是对朋友玩弄的一出可鄙的把戏。
57 tempt MpIwg     
vt.引诱,勾引,吸引,引起…的兴趣
参考例句:
  • Nothing could tempt him to such a course of action.什么都不能诱使他去那样做。
  • The fact that she had become wealthy did not tempt her to alter her frugal way of life.她有钱了,可这丝毫没能让她改变节俭的生活习惯。
58 nominal Y0Tyt     
adj.名义上的;(金额、租金)微不足道的
参考例句:
  • The king was only the nominal head of the state. 国王只是这个国家名义上的元首。
  • The charge of the box lunch was nominal.午餐盒饭收费很少。
59 bruised 5xKz2P     
[医]青肿的,瘀紫的
参考例句:
  • his bruised and bloodied nose 他沾满血的青肿的鼻子
  • She had slipped and badly bruised her face. 她滑了一跤,摔得鼻青脸肿。
60 misery G10yi     
n.痛苦,苦恼,苦难;悲惨的境遇,贫苦
参考例句:
  • Business depression usually causes misery among the working class.商业不景气常使工薪阶层受苦。
  • He has rescued me from the mire of misery.他把我从苦海里救了出来。
61 bent QQ8yD     
n.爱好,癖好;adj.弯的;决心的,一心的
参考例句:
  • He was fully bent upon the project.他一心扑在这项计划上。
  • We bent over backward to help them.我们尽了最大努力帮助他们。
62 intoxication qq7zL8     
n.wild excitement;drunkenness;poisoning
参考例句:
  • He began to drink, drank himself to intoxication, till he slept obliterated. 他一直喝,喝到他快要迷糊地睡着了。
  • Predator: Intoxication-Damage over time effect will now stack with other allies. Predator:Intoxication,持续性伤害的效果将会与队友相加。
63 mingling b387131b4ffa62204a89fca1610062f3     
adj.混合的
参考例句:
  • There was a spring of bitterness mingling with that fountain of sweets. 在这个甜蜜的源泉中间,已经掺和进苦涩的山水了。
  • The mingling of inconsequence belongs to us all. 这场矛盾混和物是我们大家所共有的。
64 fetters 25139e3e651d34fe0c13030f3d375428     
n.脚镣( fetter的名词复数 );束缚v.给…上脚镣,束缚( fetter的第三人称单数 )
参考例句:
  • They were at last freed from the fetters of ignorance. 他们终于从愚昧无知的束缚中解脱出来。
  • They will run wild freed from the fetters of control. 他们一旦摆脱了束缚,就会变得无法无天。 来自《简明英汉词典》
65 crest raqyA     
n.顶点;饰章;羽冠;vt.达到顶点;vi.形成浪尖
参考例句:
  • The rooster bristled his crest.公鸡竖起了鸡冠。
  • He reached the crest of the hill before dawn.他于黎明前到达山顶。
66 sleets 9b6c0a6cc5365f06d035bf82a6d2f3c8     
下雨夹雪,下冻雨( sleet的第三人称单数 )
参考例句:
  • Then, when the sleets of March were keeping everyone indoors, the hideous blow fell. 接着,当三月的雪下个不停,人人足不出户的时节。一个可怕的打击突然降临。
67 milestone c78zM     
n.里程碑;划时代的事件
参考例句:
  • The film proved to be a milestone in the history of cinema.事实证明这部影片是电影史上的一个里程碑。
  • I think this is a very important milestone in the relations between our two countries.我认为这是我们两国关系中一个十分重要的里程碑。
68 obliterated 5b21c854b61847047948152f774a0c94     
v.除去( obliterate的过去式和过去分词 );涂去;擦掉;彻底破坏或毁灭
参考例句:
  • The building was completely obliterated by the bomb. 炸弹把那座建筑物彻底摧毁了。
  • He began to drink, drank himself to intoxication, till he slept obliterated. 他一直喝,喝到他快要迷糊地睡着了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
69 moss X6QzA     
n.苔,藓,地衣
参考例句:
  • Moss grows on a rock.苔藓生在石头上。
  • He was found asleep on a pillow of leaves and moss.有人看见他枕着树叶和苔藓睡着了。
70 descended guQzoy     
a.为...后裔的,出身于...的
参考例句:
  • A mood of melancholy descended on us. 一种悲伤的情绪袭上我们的心头。
  • The path descended the hill in a series of zigzags. 小路呈连续的之字形顺着山坡蜿蜒而下。
71 junction N34xH     
n.连接,接合;交叉点,接合处,枢纽站
参考例句:
  • There's a bridge at the junction of the two rivers.两河的汇合处有座桥。
  • You must give way when you come to this junction.你到了这个路口必须让路。


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