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You lie, Cathy, no doubt,' answered her brother, `and you are a confounded simpleton! But never mind Linton at present: tell me, were you not with Heathcliff last night? Speak the truth, now. You need not be afraid of harming him: though I hate him as much as ever, he did me a good turn a short time since, that will make my conscience tender of breaking his neck. To prevent it, I shall send him about his business, this very morning; and after he's gone, I'd advise you all to look sharp: I shall only have the more humour for you.
`I never saw Heathcliff last night,' answered Catherine, beginning to sob bitterly: `and if you do turn him out of doors, I'll go with him. But, perhaps, you'll never have an opportunity: perhaps he's gone.' Here she burst into uncontrollable grief, and the remainder of her words were inarticulate.
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Hindley lavished on her a torrent of scornful abuse, and bade her get to her room immediately, or she shouldn't cry for nothing! I obliged her to obey; and I shall never forget what a scene she acted when we reached her chamber: it terrified me. I thought she was going mad, and I begged Joseph to run for the doctor. It proved the commencement of delirium: Mr Kenneth, as soon as he saw her, pronounced her dangerously ill; she had a fever. He bled her, and he told me to let her live on whey and water gruel, and take care she did not throw herself downstairs or out of the window; and then he left: for he had enough to do in the parish, where two or three miles was the ordinary distance between cottage and cottage.
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accommodation of the squire when he went there in the season to shoot.
To this house I came just ere dark on an evening marked by the
characteristics of sad sky, cold gale, and continued small penetrating
rain. The last mile I performed on foot, having dismissed the chaise
and driver with the double remuneration I had promised. Even when
within a very short distance of the manor-house, you could see nothing
of it, so thick and dark grew the timber of the gloomy wood about
it. Iron gates between granite pillars showed me where to enter, and
passing through them, I found myself at once in the twilight
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close-ranked trees. There was a grass-grown track descending the
forest aisle between hoar and knotty shafts and under branched arches.
I followed it, expecting soon to reach the dwelling; but it
stretched on and on, it wound far and farther: no sign of habitation
or grounds was visible.
I thought I had taken a wrong direction and lost my way. The
darkness of natural as well as of sylvan dusk gathered over me. I
looked round in search of another road. There was none: all was
interwoven stem, columnar trunk, dense summer foliage- no opening
anywhere.
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This explanation given, the subject was dropped, and no further
reference made to it by either Mr. Rivers or his sisters. The next day
I left Marsh End for Morton. The day after, Diana and Mary quitted
the parsonage: and so the old grange was abandoned.
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MY home, then,- when I at last find a home,- is a cottage; a little
room with whitewashed walls and a sanded floor, containing four
painted chairs and a table, a clock, a cupboard, with two or three
plates and dishes, and a set of tea-things in delf. Above, a chamber
of the same dimensions as the kitchen, with a deal bedstead and
chest of drawers; small, yet too large to be filled with my scanty
wardrobe: though the kindness of my gentle and generous friends has
increased that, by a modest stock of such things as are necessary.
It is evening. I have dismissed, with the fee of an orange, the
little orphan who serves me as a handmaid. I am sitting alone on the
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dawn approaching, for, taking the candle, it retreated to the door.
Just at my bedside, the figure stopped: the fiery eyes glared upon me-
she thrust up her candle close to my face, and extinguished it under
my eyes. I was aware her lurid visage flamed over mine, and I lost
consciousness: for the second time in my life- only the second time- I
became insensible from terror.'
'Who was with you when you revived?'
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and determined that to none but you would I impart this vision. Now
sir, tell me who and what that woman was?'
'The creature of an over-stimulated brain; that is certain. I
must be careful of you, my treasure: nerves like yours were not made
for rough handling.'
'Sir, depend on it, my nerves were not in fault; the thing was
real: the transaction actually took place.'
'And your previous dreams, were they real too? Is Thornfield Hall a
ruin? Am I severed from you by insuperable obstacles? Am I leaving you
without a tear- without a kiss- without a word?'
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side of the yard; the carriage horses stamped from time to time in
their closed stables: all else was still.
The gentlemen now appeared. Mason, supported by Mr. Rochester and
the surgeon, seemed to walk with tolerable ease: they assisted him
into the chaise; Carter followed.
'Take care of him,' said Mr. Rochester to the latter, 'and keep him
at your house till he is quite well: I shall ride over in a day or two
to see how he gets on. Richard, how is it with you?'
'The fresh air revives me, Fairfax.'
'Leave the window open on his side, Carter; there is no wind
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good-bye, Dick.'
'Fairfax-'
'Well, what is it?'
'Let her be taken care of; let her be treated as tenderly as may
be: let her- ' he stopped and burst into tears.
'I do my best; and have done it, and will do it,' was the answer:
he shut up the chaise door, and the vehicle drove away.
'Yet would to God there was an end of all this!' added Mr.
Rochester, as he closed and barred the heavy yard-gates.
This done, he moved with slow step and abstracted air towards a
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and swimming; and a bead has slipped from the lash and fallen on to
the flag. If I had time, and was not in mortal dread of some prating
prig of a servant passing, I would know what all this means. Well,
to-night I excuse you; but understand that so long as my visitors
stay, I expect you to appear in the drawing-room every evening; it
is my wish; don't neglect it. Now go, and send Sophie for Adele.
Good-night, my-' He stopped, bit his lip, and abruptly left me.
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MERRY days were these at Thornfield Hall; and busy days too: how
different from the first three months of stillness, monotony, and
solitude I had passed beneath its roof! All sad feelings seemed now
driven from the house, all gloomy associations forgotten: there was
life everywhere, movement all day long. You could not now traverse the
gallery, once so hushed, nor enter the front chambers, once so
tenantless, without encountering a smart lady's-maid or a dandy valet.
The kitchen, the butler's pantry, the servants' hall, the
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During these eight years my life was uniform: but not unhappy,
because it was not inactive. I had the means of an excellent education
placed within my reach; a fondness for some of my studies, and a
desire to excel in all, together with a great delight in pleasing my
teachers, especially such as I loved, urged me on: I availed myself
fully of the advantages offered me. In time I rose to be the first
girl of the first class; then I was invested with the office of
teacher; which I discharged with zeal for two years: but at the end of
that time I altered.
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Miss Temple, through all changes, had thus far continued
superintendent of the seminary: to her instruction I owed the best
part of my acquirements; her friendship and society had been my
continual solace; she had stood me in the stead of mother,
governess, and, latterly, companion. At this period she married,
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of such a wife) to a distant county, and consequently was lost to me.
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pleasure; a noxious thing, cherishing the germs of indignation at
their treatment, of contempt of their judgment. I know that had I been
a sanguine, brilliant, careless, exacting, handsome, romping child-
though equally dependent and friendless- Mrs. Reed would have
endured my presence more complacently; her children would have
entertained for me more of the cordiality of fellow-feeling; the
servants would have been less prone to make me the scapegoat of the
nursery.
Daylight began to forsake the red-room; it was past four o'clock,
and the beclouded afternoon was tending to drear twilight. I heard the
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rain still beating continuously on the staircase window, and the
wind howling in the grove behind the hall; I grew by degrees cold as a
stone, and then my courage sank. My habitual mood of humiliation,
self-doubt, forlorn depression, fell damp on the embers of my decaying
ire. All said I was wicked, and perhaps I might be so; what thought
had I been but just conceiving of starving myself to death? That
certainly was a crime: and was I fit to die? Or was the vault under
the chancel of Gateshead Church an inviting bourne? In such vault I
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佟志窘了，四下里看看说:不会吧，我这么讲卫生的人怎么可能那样。
　　周围人都笑了。李天骄笑得最爽朗，像个孩子。佟志心里一动，嘴上不自觉地油滑起来，拿李天骄的名字开玩笑:你这名字很特别，有好几层意思。是一代天骄，天之娇女呢，还是天底下最骄傲的人或者天底下最娇气的人呢？
　　李天骄又一阵大笑，笑得全车人都回头看她，她说:你觉得怎么讲好，就怎么讲吧！
　　佟志一本正经地说:我觉得呀，你父母一定特重男轻女！
　　李天骄扭头问，为什么这么讲？佟志说，一代天骄，成吉思汗！这很明显嘛。旁边人插话：小李的父母可是老革命，怎么可能重男轻女？
　　佟志点点说:哦，那就是她父母希望她，不爱红装爱武装，只识弯弓射大雕。正说着，车在一个小站停下来，大伙儿纷纷下车。佟志非常自然地拎起李天骄的大件行李包跟着下车。李天骄没有拒绝，跟在佟志身后。
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这是一座荒凉的小站，两条铁轨通向远方，只有一个简陋的扳道房，闪动着信号灯。人们四散开来等车。
　　李天骄看着铁轨对面的群山，突然问:你觉得……对一个女孩子，最向往的是什么？
　　她目不转睛看着佟志。佟志声音不由低下来说:你要我说你心里想的吗？
　　李天骄点点头。佟志说，他想她两者可能都想要，既想当天下最骄傲的女人，也想当天下最娇气的女人。
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影响中国命运的公元1966年的春天到了。燕妮已经上小学了，并戴上了红领巾。
　　在学校办公室里，文丽边吃饭边翻报纸。梅梅拿着饭盒进来，坐在文丽对面，拿过一张报纸，迅速翻几页，丢一旁，说:一天到晚两报一刊社论，一点意思也没有。
　　文丽问:那你关心什么呀？
　　梅梅说:我特想知道王心刚和王晓棠他们的事，你说他们真是两口子吗？
　　文丽不耐烦地说:我怎么知道！
　　梅梅抱怨说:你说这报上怎么就不能登点儿老百姓感兴趣的事呢！
　　文丽笑了:这党报上能登那些乱七八糟的事啊！亏你想得出来！我看你还真是无聊，这都三十了吧，一天到晚都想些什么呀！
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梅梅说:谁说我三十？我二十九！再提我这岁数，我跟你急啊！
　　文丽说:上回二姨姥家那大表姐，不给你介绍一个外交官吗？怎么样了？
　　梅梅说:条件还真不错，家里一层楼呢，光厕所就三个。你说这家里要三个人拉肚子都有地儿了嘿。
　　文丽赶紧说:条件不错啊！人呢？重要的是人怎么样。
　　梅梅懒懒地椅背上一靠，说:没戏！
　　文丽说:你还要什么条件的？你一不是二八少女，二不是天仙美女，别太挑了啊！
　　梅梅说:那人多大了你知道吗？
　　文丽说:多大？五十？六十？还是七十？不会吧？
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　　“老常！”陈发海一本正经，“我陈发海自己的事情自己知道该怎么做，用不着别人使好心，尤其是你！”说完，转身走去。
　　“妈妈的！”常发眨巴着眼睛，“不识抬举！”
　　另一边，陆佳萍对于她不能参加战斗也很生气，她瞪着眼：“甄书记，凭什么不让我去？”
　　甄一然望着她，不说话。
　　“这又是他的主意吧？”
　　“不是！这是我的意思！这次战斗会很艰苦！”
　　“反正……”陆佳萍一屁股坐在炕沿上，“反正我一定要去！我要让混蛋常发看看，女人到底能不能打仗！”
　　晴空万里，在沙坨村的路上，马蹄翻飞，踏着晚霞，卷着尘土。跑在第一个的是常发的枣红马，甄一然等人紧随其后，陆佳萍和陈发海也在其中。
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　骑兵队隐蔽在村边的树林里，一双双警觉的眼睛望着看上去很平静的村庄。
　　常发凑到甄一然耳边道：“甄书记，我先去看看！”常发招呼孙贵和老乡向村里走去。
　　村里很静，静的几乎听不到一点儿声响。常发放慢脚步，前后左右地看着。
　　“母猪龙今天晚上一定会来吗？”常发问。
　　孙贵有些迟疑地看了看老乡，老乡很肯定地点点头：“一定会！”
　　常发警惕着：“我总觉得村里太安静了！”
　　很长时间，还是没有动静，甄一然看了看怀表，又焦急地把目光转向村子。
　　常发出现在村口，向这边招着手。“进村！”甄一然沉声下令，率先冲出。部队像一阵飓风冲出树林，向沙坨村席卷而去。
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“你以为我不敢？”常发话音未落，枪已在手中，枪口对着草蛇的太阳穴。
　　草蛇一动不动。挺起胸膛：“活的不回，死的回！”
　　常发放低了声调：“毛主席不许我打人骂人，我不能不给他老人家面子！不然的话，老子现在就废了你！”
　　看着草蛇的脸，常发心软了，拿着枪的手在颤动中垂了下来。他无奈地看着草蛇，心里一阵阵的痛：“兄弟，我一直以为我常发是条汉子，现在看来，你他妈也不是省油的灯！我死不在鬼子手里，就先要死在你手里了！”
　　“老大……”
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　“你知道不知道？我出来的时候是和政委立了军令状的！如果带不回去你，我的脑袋就归他了！”
　　听着常发的话，草蛇默然了。
　　“你识字吗？”常发突然发问。“我有一本条文，是毛主席亲自送给我的……”常发在身上摸索着，“妈妈的，我没带出来！”想了想又道：“算了，就是带出来也没用，那玩意儿是给我订的，什么纪律，什么注意，对你这混蛋人没用！”
　　草蛇问：“你是说三大纪律八项注意？”
　　“你……”常发眼睛瞪得老大，“你也知道？”
　　“当年红军到陕北路过我们村，我听他们唱过！”草蛇轻轻地唱着，“革命军人个个要牢记，三大纪律八项主意；第一，一切行动听指挥，步调一致才能得胜利……那时候要不是我还
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