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第21章 法官的房子6(第1页)

,Iwasallright,

"heanswered,smiling,

"thesomethingdidntworryme,asyet。Onlytherats;andtheyhadacircus,Itellyou,alloverthelace。Therewasonewicked-lookingolddevilthatsatuonmyownchairbythefire,andwouldntgotillItooktheokertohim,andthenheranutheroeofthealarmbellandgottosomewhereuthewallortheceiling—Icouldntseewhere,itwassodark。

"

"Mercyonus,

"saidMrs。Witham,

"anolddevil,andsittingonachairbythefireside!Takecare,sir!takecare!Theresmanyatruewordsokeninjest。

"

"Howdoyoumean?UonmywordIdontunderstand。

"

"Anolddevil!theolddevil,erhas。There!Sir,youneedntlaugh,

"forMalcolmsonhadbrokenintoaheartyeal。

"Youyoungfolksthinksiteasytolaughatthingsthatmakesolderonesshudder。Nevermind,sir!nevermind!PleaseGod,youlllaughallthetime。ItswhatIwishyoumyself!

"andthegoodladybeamedalloverinsymathywithhisenjoyment,herfearsgoneforamoment。

"Oh,forgiveme!

"saidMalcolmsonresently。

"Dontthinkmerude;buttheideawastoomuchforme—thattheolddevilhimselfwasonthechairlastnight!

"Andatthethoughthelaughedagain。Thenhewenthometodinner。

Thiseveningthescameringoftheratsbeganearlier;indeedithadbeengoingonbeforehisarrival,andonlyceasedwhilsthisresencebyitsfreshnessdisturbedthem。Afterdinnerhesatbythefireforawhileandhadasmoke;andthen,havingclearedhistable,begantoworkasbefore。Tonighttheratsdisturbedhimmorethantheyhaddoneonthereviousnight。Howtheyscamereduanddownandunderandover!Howtheysqueaked,andscratched,andgnawed!Howthey,gettingbolderbydegrees,cametothemouthsoftheirholesandtothechinksandcracksandcranniesinthewainscotingtilltheireyesshoneliketinylamsasthefirelightroseandfell。Buttohim,nowdoubtlessaccustomedtothem,theireyeswerenotwicked;onlytheirlayfulnesstouchedhim。Sometimestheboldestofthemmadesalliesoutonthefloororalongthemouldingsofthewainscot。NowandagainastheydisturbedhimMalcolmsonmadeasoundtofrightenthem,smitingthetablewithhishandorgivingafierce

"Hsh,hsh,

"sothattheyfledstraightwaytotheirholes。

Andsotheearlyartofthenightworeon;anddesitethenoiseMalcolmsongotmoreandmoreimmersedinhiswork。

Allatoncehestoed,asonthereviousnight,beingovercomebyasuddensenseofsilence。Therewasnotthefaintestsoundofgnaw,orscratch,orsqueak。Thesilencewasasofthegrave。Herememberedtheoddoccurrenceofthereviousnight,andinstinctivelyhelookedatthechairstandingclosebythefireside。Andthenaveryoddsensationthrilledthroughhim。

There,onthegreatoldhigh-backedcarvedoakchairbesidethefirelacesatthesameenormousrat,steadilyglaringathimwithbalefuleyes。

Instinctivelyhetookthenearestthingtohishand,abookoflogarithms,andflungitatit。Thebookwasbadlyaimedandtheratdidnotstir,soagaintheokererformanceofthereviousnightwasreeated;andagaintherat,beingcloselyursued,fledutheroeofthealarmbell。Strangelytoo,thedeartureofthisratwasinstantlyfollowedbytherenewalofthenoisemadebythegeneralratcommunity。Onthisoccasion,asonthereviousone,Malcolmsoncouldnotseeatwhatartoftheroomtheratdisaeared,forthegreenshadeofhislamlefttheuerartoftheroomindarkness,andthefirehadburnedlow。

Onlookingathiswatchhefounditwascloseonmidnight;and,notsorryforthedivertissement,hemadeuhisfireandmadehimselfhisnightlyotoftea。Hehadgotthroughagoodsellofwork,andthoughthimselfentitledtoacigarette;andsohesatonthegreatoakchairbeforethefireandenjoyedit。Whilstsmokinghebegantothinkthathewouldliketoknowwheretheratdisaearedto,forhehadcertainideasforthemorrownotentirelydisconnectedwitharat-tra。Accordinglyhelitanotherlamandlaceditsothatitwouldshinewellintotheright-handcornerofthewallbythefirelace。Thenhegotallthebookshehadwithhim,andlacedthemhandytothrowatthevermin。Finallyheliftedtheroeofthealarmbellandlacedtheendofitonthetable,fixingtheextremeendunderthelam。Ashehandledithecouldnothelnoticinghowliableitwas,eseciallyforsostrongaroe,andonenotinuse。

"Youcouldhangamanwithit,

"hethoughttohimself。Whenhisrearationsweremadehelookedaround,andsaidcomlacently,

"Therenow,myfriend,Ithinkweshalllearnsomethingofyouthistime!

"Hebeganhisworkagain,andthoughasbeforesomewhatdisturbedatfirstbythenoiseoftherats,soonlosthimselfinhisroositionsandroblems。

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