高级英语Lesson12TheLoons课文内容Word下载.docx
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TheTonnerreswereFrenchhalfbreeds,andamongthemselvestheyspokeapatoisthatwasneitherCreenorFrench.TheirEnglishwasbrokenandfullofobscenities.TheydidnotbelongamongtheCreeoftheGallopingMountainreservation,furthernorth,andtheydidnotbelongamongtheScots-IrishandUkrainiansofManawaka,either.Theywere,asmyGrandmotherMacLeodwouldhaveputit,neitherflesh,fowl,norgoodsaltherring.Whentheirmenwerenotworkingatoddjobsorassectionhandsonthe.R.theylivedonrelief.Inthesummers,oneoftheTonnerreyoungsters,withafacethatseemedtotallyunfamiliarwithlaughter,wouldknockatthedoorsofthetown'
sbrickhousesandofferforsalealard-pailfullofbruisedwildstrawberries,andifhegotasmuchasaquarterhewouldgrabthecoinandrunbeforethecustomerhadtimetochangehermind.SometimesoldJules,orhissonLazarus,wouldgetmixedupinaSaturday-nightbrawl,andwouldhitoutatwhoeverwasnearestorhowldrunkenlyamongtheoffendedshoppersonMainStreet,andthentheMountiewouldputthemforthenightinthebarredcellunderneaththeCourtHouse,andthenextmorningtheywouldbequietagain.
PiquetteTonnerre,thedaughterofLazarus,wasinmyclassatschool.ShewasolderthanI,butshehadfailedseveralgrades,perhapsbecauseherattendancehadalwaysbeensporadicandherinterestinschoolworknegligible.Partofthereasonshehadmissedalotofschoolwasthatshehadhadtuberculosisofthebone,andhadoncespentmanymonthsinhospital.Iknewthisbecausemyfatherwasthedoctorwhohadlookedafterher.HersicknesswasalmosttheonlythingIknewabouther,however.Otherwise,sheexistedformeonlyasavaguelyembarrassingpresence,withherhoarsevoiceandherclumsylimpingwalkandhergrimycottondressesthatwerealwaysmilestoolong.Iwasneitherfriendlynorunfriendlytowardsher.Shedweltandmovedsomewherewithinmyscopeofvision,butIdidnotactuallynoticeherverymuchuntilthatpeculiarsummerwhenIwaseleven.
"
Idon'
tknowwhattodoaboutthatkid."
myfathersaidatdinneroneevening."
PiquetteTonnerre,Imean.Thedamnbone'
sflaredupagain.I'
vehadherinhospitalforquiteawhilenow,andit'
sundercontrolallright,butIhatelikethedickenstosendherhomeagain."
"
Couldn'
tyouexplaintohermotherthatshehastorestalot"
mymothersaid.
"
Themother'
snotthere"
myfatherreplied."
Shetookoffafewyearsback.Can'
tsayIblameher.Piquettecooksforthem,andshesaysLazaruswouldneverdoanythingforhimselfaslongasshe'
sthere.Anyway,Idon'
tthinkshe'
dtakemuchcareofherself,onceshegotback.She'
sonlythirteen,afterall.Beth,Iwasthinking—WhatabouttakingheruptoDiamondLakewithusthissummerAcoupleofmonthsrestwouldgivethatboneamuchbetterchance."
Mymotherlookedstunned.
ButEwen--whataboutRoddieandVanessa"
She'
snotcontagious,"
myfathersaid."
AnditwouldbecompanyforVanessa."
Ohdear,"
mymothersaidindistress,"
I'
llbetanythingshehasnitsinherhair."
ForPete'
ssake,"
myfathersaidcrossly,"
doyouthinkMatronwouldletherstayinthehospitalforallthistimelikethatDon'
tbesilly,Beth."
GrandmotherMacLeod,herdelicatelyfeaturedfaceasrigidasacameo,nowbroughthermauve-veinedhandstogetherasthoughshewereabouttobeginprayer.
Ewen,ifthathalfbreedyoungstercomesalongtoDiamondLake,I'
mnotgoing,"
sheannounced."
llgotoMorag'
sforthesummer."
Ihadtroubleinstiflingmyurgetolaugh,formymotherbrightenedvisiblyandquicklytriedtohideit.IfitcametoachoicebetweenGrandmotherMacLeodandPiquette,Piquettewouldwinhandsdown,nitsornot.
Itmightbequiteniceforyou,atthat,"
shemused."
Youhaven'
tseenMoragforoverayear,andyoumightenjoybei
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