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到第二天中午十二点，他还没有清醒过来。他对女仆们举止十分轻

佻、下流。最糟糕的是，他很快也用这种态度对我的女儿艾丽斯，不
止一次地对她胡说八道，不过幸好，艾丽斯年纪还小，听不明白那些

话。有一次，他居然把我的女儿抱在怀里——太无法无天了，甚至是
他的秘书也责备他行为太不磊落。’

But why did you stand all this,' I asked. I suppose that
you can get rid of your boarders when you wish.'

‘但是你为什么还要忍受这些呢？’我问。‘我想，如果你愿意的

话，尽可以将房客赶走。’

Mrs. Charpentier blushed at my pertinent question.
Would to God that I had given him notice on the very day

that he came,' she said. But it was a sore temptation. They
were paying a pound a day each—fourteen pounds a week,
and this is the slack season. I am a widow, and my boy in
the Navy has cost me much. I grudged to lose the money. I

acted for the best. This last was too much, however, and I
gave him notice to leave on account of it. That was the
reason of his going.'

我这个问题一针见血，卡尔庞捷太太不觉满脸通红。‘要是他来那

天我就拒绝了该多好。’她说，‘这是一个令人痛苦的诱惑。他们每人
每天交的房租是一英镑——一周就是十四英镑，而现在正是客人稀少

的淡季。我是一个寡妇，我的儿子在海军里花销很大。我舍不得放弃
这笔收入。我尽量容忍下来。但最近这一次，他太不像话了，所以我

就让他离开。这就是他们搬走的原因。’

Well?'

‘后来呢?'

My heart grew light when I saw him drive away. My son
is on leave just now, but I did not tell him anything of all
this, for his temper is violent, and he is passionately fond of

his sister. When I closed the door behind them a load
seemed to be lifted from my mind. Alas, in less than an hour