日期：2021-03-17 Jane Fairfax was an orphan, the only child of Mrs. Batess youngest daughter. The marriage of Lieut. Fairfax of the regiment of infantry, and Miss Jane Bates, had had its day of fame and pleasure, hope and interest; but nothing now remained of it, sa... 阅读全文>>

日期：2021-03-17 Emma and Harriet had been walking together one morning, and, in Emmas opinion, had been talking enough of Mr. Elton for that day. She could not think that Harriets solace or her own sins required more; and she was therefore industriously getting rid... 阅读全文>>

日期：2021-03-17 Mr. Frank Churchill did not come. When the time proposed drew near, Mrs. Westons fears were justified in the arrival of a letter of excuse. For the present, he could not be spared, to his very great mortification and regret; but still he looked forw... 阅读全文>>

日期：2021-03-17 Mr. and Mrs. John Knightley were not detained long at Hartfield. The weather soon improved enough for those to move who must move; and Mr. Woodhouse having, as usual, tried to persuade his daughter to stay behind with all her children, was obliged t... 阅读全文>>

日期：2021-03-17 The hair was curled, and the maid sent away, and Emma sat down to think and be miserable.--It was a wretched business indeed!--Such an overthrow of every thing she had been wishing for!--Such a development of every thing most unwelcome!--Such a blow... 阅读全文>>

日期：2021-03-17 Mr. Woodhouse was soon ready for his tea; and when he had drank his tea he was quite ready to go home; and it was as much as his three companions could do, to entertain away his notice of the lateness of the hour, before the other gentlemen appeared... 阅读全文>>

日期：2021-03-17 Some change of countenance was necessary for each gentleman as they walked into Mrs. Westons drawing-room;--Mr. Elton must compose his joyous looks, and Mr. John Knightley disperse his ill-humour. Mr. Elton must smile less, and Mr. John Knightley mo... 阅读全文>>

日期：2021-03-17 There could hardly be a happier creature in the world than Mrs. John Knightley, in this short visit to Hartfield, going about every morning among her old acquaintance with her five children, and talking over what she had done every evening with her... 阅读全文>>

日期：2021-03-17 Mr. Knightley was to dine with them--rather against the inclination of Mr. Woodhouse, who did not like that any one should share with him in Isabellas first day. Emmas sense of right however had decided it; and besides the consideration of what was... 阅读全文>>

日期：2021-03-17 Mr. Elton must now be left to himself. It was no longer in Emmas power to superintend his happiness or quicken his measures. The coming of her sisters family was so very near at hand, that first in anticipation, and then in reality, it became hencef... 阅读全文>>

日期：2021-03-17 Though now the middle of December, there had yet been no weather to prevent the young ladies from tolerably regular exercise; and on the morrow, Emma had a charitable visit to pay to a poor sick family, who lived a little way out of Highbury. Their... 阅读全文>>

日期：2021-03-17 Mr. Knightley might quarrel with her, but Emma could not quarrel with herself. He was so much displeased, that it was longer than usual before he came to Hartfield again; and when they did meet, his grave looks shewed that she was not forgiven. She... 阅读全文>>

日期：2021-02-24 Mrs. Archer sat alone in the ranch-house living-room, doing absolutely nothing. As a matter of fact, she had little use for those minor solaces of knitting or crocheting which soothe the waking hours of so many elderly women. More than once, indeed,... 阅读全文>>

日期：2021-02-24 Vaguely, as of a sound coming from far distances, the crack of a revolver-shot penetrated to the girls numbed brain. It did not surprise her. Indeed, it roused only a feeling of the mildest curiosity in one whose nerves had been strained almost to t... 阅读全文>>

日期：2021-02-24 In that instant of supreme horror, Mary Thorne found time to be thankful that terror struck her momentarily dumb. For now, with lips parted and a cry of warning trembling there, she saw that it was too late. Like a pointer freezing to the scent, Lyn... 阅读全文>>

日期：2021-02-24 The same dawn unrolled before the eyes of a man and a girl, riding southward along the ragged margin of the T-T ranch. Westward stretched the wide, rolling range-land, empty at the moment of any signs of life. And somehow, for the very reason that o... 阅读全文>>

日期：2021-02-24 Presently Mrs. Archer released her spasmodic grip on Strattons flannel shirt and fumbled for her handkerchief. Im a fool to--to waste time like this, she faltered, dabbing her eyes with the crumpled square of cambric. I think youre rather wonderful,... 阅读全文>>

日期：2021-02-24 Motionless in his saddle, save for an occasional restless stamp of his horse, Bud Jessup waited patiently in front of the adobe shack at Las Vegas camp. His face was serious and thoughtful, and his glance was fixed on the open door through which cam... 阅读全文>>

日期：2021-02-24 How long she stood there staring fearfully at the empty window of the shed, Mary Thorne had no idea. She seemed frozen and incapable of movement. But at last, with a shiver, she came to herself, and bending out, drew in the heavy wooden, shutters an... 阅读全文>>

日期：2021-02-24 With her back against the veranda pillar, Mary Thorne watched the group of mounted men canter down the slope, splash across the creek, and file briskly through the gate leading to middle pasture. Perhaps it would be more accurate to say that, for th... 阅读全文>>