CHAPTER 10

类别:文学名著 作者:乔治·艾略特 本章:CHAPTER 10

    the Spell Seems Broken

    te of rooms opening into eac Park  s and floeen couples tendant parents and guardians. t forion of to  one end ion of maturity,  tty sitting- room ory attac as an occasional cool retreat. Lucy, ime and ty slimness set off by an abundant dress of s ties, including no member of any aristocracy  of St Oggs, and stretco treme limits of commercial and professional gentility. Maggie at first refused to dance, saying t sten all t  is ill dancing . But at lengt in  orry o try and persuade  s dance anyt a country dance, but o  for t y, meaning only to be complimentary ervals t it  bore t s z - o z  at last it urn of t of vanity and t of merriment in it, and Maggie quite forgot roublous life in a c of t ic ro banisentious etiquette. S quite cably toorry, as  fire of young joy in t if it can find t breato fan it; and s bit of black lace, seemed like tting of a jewel.

    Step yet asked o dance -  yet paid y. Since yesterday, t in of  like a blot: ttac bet ttac on epold o resist ttraction t inually tening to overpo a certain savage resistance, and at anot a so trusion of P made it a neement to rusoo do t aloof from  o Lucy. But noo kick young torry out of take ed to end t  get rid of ner. ty t oo so possess . But even noing in ting still to t, ther.

    Step  automatic ies of politeness in terval, until ed alone again, at toz, and e of all ts t  . ill brig to joy and tenderness: - even t seem bitter - so  as a part of life, for life at t seemed a keen vibrating consciousness poised above t nig expand unrestrainedly in t,  ting ts of t and ture.

    `to z again, said Stepo speak to  glance and tone of subdued tenderness o tones bring try o a room t is ifling ation.

    `to z again: it is rato look on and t a little?

    ook  o tting-room, reion of visitors  to look at t no visitors . to tory.

    `range and unreal trees and flos among to an enced land, and hey were all made of jewels.

    S tier of geraniums as sep   a supreme poet blend ligo one, calling darkness mute, and lig? Sometrangely po of Step made Maggies face turn to and look up it - slo tness. And teadily on,  feeling t t feeling anyt t long grave mutual gaze o all deep  t t and e confession more intense in its rapture.

    But tory, and o pause and turn. t brougo Maggie: surned ao smell tepood motionless and still pale.

    `O may I get t effort to say somete trievable confession. `I te o gatill t left.

    Stepe: ting a sentence toget tle upo tracted  felt ty of a ions of tenderness t lie in tly lessening curves doo te  s tiniest, almost imperceptible nicks in tness. A ouc sculptor t  an image of it for till as it clasps lovingly time- ints of life.

    A mad impulse seized on Steped to, clasping t.

    But t moment Maggie snatc from  ion.

    ` rigo insult me?

    Sed from o ting and trembling.

    A  reaco Lucy, to Po ter soul. t momentary ten  - a leprosy: Step more lighan he did of Lucy.

    As for Step tory, dizzy  of passions - love, rage and confused despair: despair at  of self-mastery, and despair t he had offended Maggie.

    t feeling surmounted every oto be by reat forgiveness  ive for  been seated more tes, ter rage .

    `Leave me to myself, if you please, suous iness, `and for ture avoid me.

    Stepurned a ty of going back into to be conscious of t. t so s a time t z  ended.

    Maggie, too,  long before sered. All ture ung into activity: teful  s and temptations of t monto an unvisited co allure y ered till ed brig  defied anyto agitate o dance again, but salked quite readily and calmly   nig, almost exulting in t  reaco gentle, unsuspicious sister.

    t morning Maggie did not set off to Basset quite so soon as sed. o accompany  be despatcily by Mrs tulliver. So Maggie,  ing, equipped for ts for t Basset, and  some alarm lest Lucy s Stepo  o be Stephen.

    But presently tor came out into ted   Stephen.

    `e can just catcips of tc, said Philip.

    taken eac Maggie  e revival of tionate smile t encouraged.

    `Yes, sen look at t on tems again. But I   once - to ther.

    `I inually, said P t to live upon.

    A keen remembrance and keen pity impelled Maggie to put en walked hand in hand!

    `I remember all ts - just icular tiful stories t I had never heard of before.

    `You  you, Maggie? said Pting timid and tremulous. `thers home again.

    `Yes - but I s be t  told you, perhaps?

    `ture o t again, Maggie? - t book is quite closed?

    t en looked up at reating ruggling ray of  th her large sincere gaze.

    `t book never  ies of t. But tie to my brotrongest. I can do not will divide me always from him.

    `Is t t  for ever, Maggie? said Pe determination to e answer.

    `t. At t moment s as if ted cup o tionary excitement t gave ery  subsided, and s ture h a sense of calm choice.

    t  looking at eaces: in Maggies mind t scenes of love and parting  tual moment, and s Phe Red Deeps.

    P t  to  ans as a rock-pool.  tisfied  of an omniscience t ect tlest fold of t.


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