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OLD ANDREY’S EXPERIENCE AS A MUSICIAN
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‘I was one of the choir1-boys at that time, and we and the players were to appear at the manor-house as usual that Christmas week, to play and sing in the hall to the squire2’s people and visitors (among ’em being the archdeacon, Lord and Lady Baxby, and I don’t know who); afterwards going, as we always did, to have a good supper in the servants’ hall. Andrew knew this was the custom, and meeting us when we were starting to go, he said to us: “Lord, how I should like to join in that meal of beef, and turkey, and plum-pudding, and ale, that you happy ones be going to just now! One more or less will make no difference to the squire. I am too old to pass as a singing boy, and too bearded to pass as a singing girl; can ye lend me a fiddle3, neighbours, that I may come with ye as a bandsman?”
‘Well, we didn’t like to be hard upon him, and lent him an old one, though Andrew knew no more of music than the Cerne Giant; and armed with the instrument he walked up to the squire’s house with the others of us at the time appointed, and went in boldly, his fiddle under his arm. He made himself as natural as he could in opening the music-books and moving the candles to the best points for throwing light upon the notes; and all went well till we had played and sung “While shepherds watch,” and “Star, arise,” and “Hark the glad sound.” Then the squire’s mother, a tall gruff old lady, who was much interested in church-music, said quite unexpectedly to Andrew: “My man, I see you don’t play your instrument with the rest. How is that?”
‘Every one of the choir was ready to sink into the earth with concern at the fix Andrew was in. We could see that he had fallen into a cold sweat, and how he would get out of it we did not know.
‘“I’ve had a misfortune, mem,” he says, bowing as meek5 as a child. “Coming along the road I fell down and broke my bow.”
‘“Oh, I am sorry to hear that,” says she. “Can’t it be mended?”
‘“Oh no, mem,” says Andrew. “’Twas broke all to splinters.”
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1 choir | |
n.唱诗班,唱诗班的席位,合唱团,舞蹈团;v.合唱 | |
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2 squire | |
n.护卫, 侍从, 乡绅 | |
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3 fiddle | |
n.小提琴;vi.拉提琴;不停拨弄,乱动 | |
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4 tune | |
n.调子;和谐,协调;v.调音,调节,调整 | |
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5 meek | |
adj.温顺的,逆来顺受的 | |
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6 drowsy | |
adj.昏昏欲睡的,令人发困的 | |
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7 attic | |
n.顶楼,屋顶室 | |
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8 pretence | |
n.假装,作假;借口,口实;虚伪;虚饰 | |
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9 strings | |
n.弦 | |
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10 vile | |
adj.卑鄙的,可耻的,邪恶的;坏透的 | |
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11 proceedings | |
n.进程,过程,议程;诉讼(程序);公报 | |
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12 fiddles | |
n.小提琴( fiddle的名词复数 );欺诈;(需要运用手指功夫的)细巧活动;当第二把手v.伪造( fiddle的第三人称单数 );篡改;骗取;修理或稍作改动 | |
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adv.沉思地,冥想地 | |
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