【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

【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

【荆棘鸟】第十章 02

Oh, it wasnt fair! How dare someone else have eyes and face like Father Ralph! Not the way he looked at her: the mirth was something of his own and he had no love burning for her there; from the first moment of seeing Father Ralph kneeling in the dus

【荆棘鸟】第十章 04

There were ten children in that humpy, none of whom possessed a pair of shoesnot that shoes mattered much in torrid Longreach. Luke senior, who shore for a living when he felt like it (but mostly all hefelt like doing was drinking OP rum), died in a

【荆棘鸟】第十章 05

But he had come back to Meggie immediately it was over and saidnothing, only cast his eyes toward the ceiling in a way which lefther in no doubt that to him Miss Carmichael was a bore. And sheloved him for it; ever since the day the lady had interfer

【荆棘鸟】第十章 03

Isnt this nice? Luke asked, apparently not upset at her lack ofenthusiasm. Just turn a key and press a button on the dashboardand the car starts. No cranking a handle, no hoping the darneddonk catches before a mans exhausted. This is the life, Meghan

【荆棘鸟】第十一章 04

In no time at all Meggie found herself similarly clad, loaned fromAnne until Luke could be persuaded to buy her new clothes. It washumiliating to have to explain that she was allowed no money, butat least having to endure this attenuated her embarras

【荆棘鸟】第十一章 03

Then why didnt you have the decency to tell me that beforehand?she wanted to snarl, but she hadnt the energy to utter thewords, she was too busy wanting to die. Not only because of thepain, but also from the discovery that she had possessed no identi