狄更斯哪部作品好 狄更斯双语小说:《董贝父子》第31章Part 5

狄更斯双语小说:《董贝父子》第31章Part 5  

'I am rejoiced
I am sure
' says Mr Carker. 'I was afraid I might be a few seconds after the appointed time
for I was delayed by a procession of waggons; and I took the liberty of riding round to Brook Street' - this to Mr Dombey - 'to leave a few poor rarities of flowers for Mrs Dombey. A man in my position
and so distinguished as to be invited here
is proud to offer some homage in acknowledgment of his vassalage: and as I have no doubt Mrs Dombey is overwhelmed with what is costly and magnificent;' with a strange glance at his patron; 'I hope the very poverty of my offering
may find favour for it.'
'Mrs Dombey
that is to be
' returns Mr Dombey
condescendingly
'will be very sensible of your attention
Carker
I am sure.'
'And if she is to be Mrs Dombey this morning
Sir
' says the Major
putting down his coffee-cup
and looking at his watch
'it's high time we were off!'
Forth
in a barouche
ride Mr Dombey
Major Bagstock
and Mr Carker
to the church. Mr Sownds the Beadle has long risen from the steps
and is in waiting with his cocked hat in his hand. Mrs Miff curtseys and proposes chairs in the vestry. Mr Dombey prefers remaining in the church. As he looks up at the an
Miss Tox in the gallery shrinks behind the fat leg of a cherubim on a monument
with cheeks like a young Wind. Captain Cuttle
on the contrary
stands up and waves his hook
in token of wele and encouragement. Mr Toots informs the Chicken
behind his hand
that the middle gentleman
he in the fawn-coloured pantaloons
is the father of his love. The Chicken hoarsely whispers Mr Toots that he's as stiff a cove as ever he see
but that it is within the resources of Science to double him up
with one blow in the waistcoat.
Mr Sownds and Mrs Miff are eyeing Mr Dombey from a little distance
when the noise of approaching wheels is heard
and Mr Sownds goes out. Mrs Miff
meeting Mr Dombey's eye as it is withdrawn from the presumptuous maniac upstairs
who salutes him with so much urbanity
drops a curtsey
and informs him that she believes his 'good lady' is e. Then there is a crowding and a whispering at the door
and the good lady enters
with a haughty step.
There is no sign upon her face
of last night's suffering; there is no trace in her manner
of the woman on the bended knees
reposing her wild head
in beautiful abandonment
upon the pillow of the sleeping girl. That girl
all gentle and lovely
is at her side - a striking contrast to her own disdainful and defiant figure
standing there
posed
erect
inscrutable of will
resplendent and majestic in the zenith of its charms
yet beating down
and treading on
the admiration that it challenges.
There is a pause while Mr Sownds the Beadle glides into the vestry for the clergyman and clerk. At this juncture
Mrs Skewton speaks to Mr Dombey: more distinctly and emphatically than her custom is
and moving at the same time
close to Edith.