【荆棘鸟】第十一章 01

Where? North Queensland. While you were at the dressmaker I gottalking to some chaps in the Imperial bar, and they were telling metheres money to be made up in cane country, if a mans strongand not afraid of hard work. But Luke, you already have a go

【荆棘鸟】第十一章 02

You looked all right to me. How far is it now? she asked, giving up. Three to six hours, give or take a bit. They dont run to timetableup here too much. Theres plenty of room now those blokes aregone; lie down and put your tootsies in my lap. Oh, don

【荆棘鸟】第八章 01

Charpter 8 The new year came in with Angus MacQueens annual Hogmanay party on Rudna Hunish, and still the move to the big house had not been accomplished. It wasnt something done overnight, between packing over seven years accumulation of everyday ar

【荆棘鸟】第七章 13

I hear were going to lose you, Father, said Miss Carmichaelnastily.He had never looked so remote, so devoid of human feeling ashe did that morning in his laceless alb and dull black chasuble withsilver cross. It was as if he attended only in body, wh

【荆棘鸟】第七章 12

Ive sold you, my Meggie, sold you for thirteen million pieces of silver. Sold me? A figure of speech. It doesnt matter. Come, sit closer to me. There may not be the chance for us to talk together again. While were in mourning for Auntie, you mean? Sh

【荆棘鸟】第七章 11

I know. She was perfectly well when I took her up the stairsabout three, but she must have died almost the moment she retired.Mrs. Smith found her at six this evening. By then shed been deadso long she was hideous; the room was shut up like an incuba

【荆棘鸟】第七章 10

I know. She was perfectly well when I took her up the stairsabout three, but she must have died almost the moment she retired.Mrs. Smith found her at six this evening. By then shed been deadso long she was hideous; the room was shut up like an incuba

【荆棘鸟】第七章 09

The last two sheets were covered by the same precise, almost minute writing. As mean and grudging as her soul. I, Mary Elizabeth Carson, being of sound mind and sound body, do hereby declare that this is my last will and testament, thereby rendering

【荆棘鸟】第七章 08

For some reason that hurt, hurt right down to his soul as Mary Carsons cruel taunts had not. No, Meggie, youre right. It isnt in me. He sprang up, smiling wryly. Would you think it strange if I said I wished it was? He put a hand to his head. No, I

【荆棘鸟】第七章 07

Outside it was not yet dawn, or the lightening before it. Darkness lay soft, thick and very hot over Drogheda. The revels were becoming extremely noisy; if the homestead had possessed next-door neighbors the police would have been called long since.

【荆棘鸟】第七章 05

随着晚宴的进程，舞蹈越来越不受拘束，香槟酒和威士忌换成了兰姆酒和啤酒，晚宴的活动变得更象一次剪毛棚的舞会了。凌晨两点的时候，就连牧场工人和女工也完全看不出它和基里地区那

【荆棘鸟】第七章 04

She had money in steel, money in silver-lead-zinc, money in copper and gold, money in a hundred different things, mostly the sort of things that literally and metaphorically made money. Drogheda had long since ceased to be the main source of her inc

【荆棘鸟】第七章 03

有从比班-比班来的多米尼克奥罗克；从比尔-比尔来的霍里霍伯顿，以及其他几十位来宾。 他们之中大都是当地信奉天主教的新兴家族，能够以盎格鲁-撒克逊姓氏炫耀一番的家族是很少的。来

【荆棘鸟】第七章 02

She had got very fat of late, which didn't improve matters. But Paddy seemed to see nothing amiss; he strode forward to take his sister's hands, beaming. What a dear fellow he was, thought Father Ralph as he watched the little scene, half amused, hal

【荆棘鸟】第七章 01

（但是众所瞩目的地是梅吉。也许是因为基里的女裁缝依然对自己的少女时代萦怀难忘，并且对其他受到邀请的年轻女郎全都在悉尼定制自己的长袍恨恨不已，）她把自己的全部心思都投进梅

【荆棘鸟】第六章 30

she would continue. It seemed she had a lot to say, for her words were cramped, her lines very close together, and still she required a second sheet. At the end she read what she had put down, placed all the sheets together, folded them and slid them

【荆棘鸟】第七章 06

No. But belief doesn't rest on proof of existence, Mary. It rests on faith, and faith is the touchstone of the Church. Without faith, there is nothing. A very No. But belief doesn't rest on proof of existence, Mary. It rests on faith, and faith is th

【荆棘鸟】第六章 20

There was no way she could come to terms with death; she lay night after night in a confused terror, trying to imagine if death was perpetual night, or an abyss of flames she had to jump over to reach the golden fields on the far side, or a sphere li

【荆棘鸟】第六章 15

她深知自己的儿子，确信她说一句话就会把他召回来，所以她决不能说那句话。假如因感到生活失败而觉得时日悠悠、痛苦辛酸的话，她一定要默默地忍受下去。帕迪不是她所要选择的男人，

【荆棘鸟】第六章 16

And drenching: the administration of medicine through huge syringes rammed down the throat, to rid the sheep of intestinal parasites. For work with the sheep never, never ended; as one job finished it became time for another. They were mustered and g