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英文学习：雾都孤儿
(2007-03-16 07:25:20)| 分类： 提笔记事 |
The
robbery (2)
'Do you know where
the poor boy is now?' Mr Brownlowasked, when the beadle had
explained the reason for his visit.
Mr Bumble shood his
head.
'Do you know
anything good about him?' asked Mr Grimwig, looking closely at Mr
Bumble's face.
Mr Bumble shook his
head again,very seriously, and turned down the corners of his
mouth.
'Then tell us
everything you know about him,' said Mr Brownlow
impatiently.
Mr Bumble put down
his hat, unbuttoned his coat, folded his arms, and sat back in his
chair, He spoke in his most important and official voice, and
talked for twenty minutes.His listeners heard all the details of
Oliver's illegitimate birth, and bow generously he had been treated
as a workhouse orphan. They heard how he had always been an
ungrateful and dangerous child, violently attacking another boy,
and finally running away from the house where he had been
working.
The old gentleman
shook his head sadly and gave Mr Bumble the five pounds. ' I would
have been happy to give you three times the amount - if your story
had proved that the boy was good.'
If Mr Bumble had
known this earlier, he might have told a different story, but now
it was too late . So he tood the money and left.
Mr Brownlow walked
up and down his room for several minutes , deep in thought . He
rang the bell ofr Mrs Bedwin his housekeeper, and told her what he
had heard.
'Idon't believe it
,' she said, with great certainty.
'I was right.' said
Mr Grimwig with satisfaction. 'You should have listened to what I
said.'
Mr Brownlow said
angrily, ' Never let me hear the boy's name
again. Never. Remember that, Mrs Bedwin.'
There were sad
hearts at Mr Brownlow's bouse that night.
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