【荆棘鸟】第一章 01

1915-1917 MEGGIE 1 On December 8th, 1915, Meggie Cleary had her fourth birthday.After the breakfast dishes were put away her mother silently thrust a brown paper parcel into her arms and ordered her outside. So Meggie squatted down behind the gorse b

【荆棘鸟】第一章 02

The doll's golden hair tumbled down, the pearls flew winking into the long grass and disappeared. A dusty boot came down thoughtlessly on the abandoned dress, smearing grease from the smithy across its satin. Meggie dropped to her knees, scrabbling f

【荆棘鸟】第一章 03

She was yanking inexpertly ata large knot when the dreadful thing happened. Off came the hair, all of it,dangling in a tousled clump from the teeth of the comb. Above Agnes's smooth broad brow there was nothing; no head, no bald skull. Just an awful

【荆棘鸟】第一章 04

Let me see. Fee held out her handfor the doll. She was a silent woman, not given to spontaneous conversation.What she thought, no one ever knew, even her husband; she left the disciplining of the children to him, and did whatever he commanded without

【荆棘鸟】第一章 06

His nose was magnificent, a true Roman nose which must have puzzled his Irish confreres, but Ireland has ever been a shipwreck coast. He still spoke with the soft quick slur of the Gal- way Irish, pronouncing his final t's as this's, but almost twent

【荆棘鸟】第一章 07

After Fee had poured everyone a cup of tea from her giant pot, they stayed talking, drinking or reading for an hour or more, Paddy puffing on his pipe with his head in a library book, Fee continuously refilling cups, Bob immersed in another library b

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for the most stringent rule in Paddy's domain concerned the proper delegation ofduties. The house was woman's work, and that was that. No male member of thefamily was to put his hand to a female task. But each night after Paddy went tobed Frank helpe

【荆棘鸟】第一章 09

Frank shrugged and said no more. The dishes were all put away; Fee got out her sewing basket and sat down in Paddy's chair by the fire, while Frank went back to the doll. Poor little Meggie! he said suddenly. Why? Today, when those wretched chaps wer

【荆棘鸟】第一章 10

She picked up a small lamp from the table, then put it down again and walked across to where Frank was squatted before the stove, packing wood into the big firebox and fiddling with the damper. His white arm was roped with prominent veins, his finely

【荆棘鸟】第九章 02

Behind them Tom, the garden rouseabout, finished filling thebig water truck from the bore-drain pump, then started the engine.Not that any amount of water short of a downpour from the skywould help put out a fire this big, but he would be needed to k

【荆棘鸟】第九章 01

But it was 1930, and Drogheda knew all about the Depression.Men were out of work all over Australia. Those who could stoppedpaying rent and tying themselves down to the futility of lookingfor work when there was none. Left to fend alone, wives and ch

【荆棘鸟】第八章 03

As for the girllet her wait, and watch, and wonder. From now until he arrived in Darwin he would be watched by the excellent Father John, who had his orders, then after that every letter he sent from Darwin would be opened, and he would not be allowe

【荆棘鸟】第八章 02

It was after he had this particular letter that Paddy held a conference in the beautiful drawing room on a night when everyone was at home. He sat with his steel-rimmed reading half-glasses perched on his Roman nose, in a big cream chair, his feet co

【荆棘鸟】第九章 03

the irony of it was thatthe rain had brought a dank chill into the air, and once more abright fire burned in the marble hearth.What do you think, Bob? Jack asked.I think its high time we went looking for him. He might be hurt,or he might be on foot a

谎言书：10

He shakes his head before I can argue. Im not proud of it, yknow? But once you have that excon label on your neck You dont know what its like to be judged like that. I think back to the days after they took my gun and badge. Even the secretaries from

谎言书：11

So you dont think Ellis knows thiss here? my father asks. If he did, you really think hedve driven off with a truck full of plastic pineapples? Now cmon I figure weve got an hour on him. Time to see whats behind door number two. Ysure theres no door

谎言书：12

Whos Mitchell Siegel? My dad turns to me as I say the name, but not for long. He turns back to the coffin and starts circling it, trying to figure out how to get it open. You didnt look him up? I ask. Of course I looked him up. Deer farts, remember?

【荆棘鸟】第九章 04

As Fee began to walk across the ruins with Bobs arm around her waist, Meggie looked after them, but she made no move to follow. Hughie appeared out of the dimming rain; Jack nodded toward his mother and Bob. Go after them, Hughie, stay with them. Meg

【荆棘鸟】第九章 05

Father Ralph did as he was told without question; it was a better idea than any he had to offer. Dominic ORourke of Dibban-Dibban had ridden in with two of his sons; he was a neighbor and not far away as distances went. When Father Ralph explained wh

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