PartI
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
PartII
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
ChaDter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Fifteen
PartIll
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
摘要
Chapter Eight
The chateau,a modem building in Italian style,with two projectingwings and three flights of steps.1ay at the foot of an immense green-sward,0n whlch some COWS were grazing among groups of large trees set out atregular intervals,while large beds of arbutus,rhododendron,synngas,andguelder roses bulged out their irregular clusters of green along the curve ofthe gravel path.A river flowed under a bridge;through the mist one coulddistinguish buildings with thatched roofs scattered over the field borderedby two gently sloping,well timbered hillocks,and in the background amidthe trees rose in two parallel lines the coach houses and stables,all that wasleR 0fthe mined old chateau
Charles’S dog.cart pulled up before the middle flight of steps;servantsaDpeared;the Marquis came forward,and,offering his ariTl to the doctor’s wife,conducted her to the vestibule
It was Daved with marble slabs,was very lofty,and the sound offOOtsteps and that ofvoices re―echoed through it as in a church
ODposite rose a straight staircase,and on the left a gallery overlookingthe garden led t0 the billiard room,through whose door one could hear the click 0f the ivorv balls。As she crossed it to go to the drawing room,Emma saw standing round the table men with grave faces,their chins restmg on high cravats They all wore orders,and smiled silently as they made their strokes
On the dark wainscoting of the walls large gold frames bore atthe bOttOm names written in black letters She read:“Jean-Antoine d’Andervilliers d’Yvervonbille,Count de la Vaubyessard and Baron de 1a Fresnav,killed at the battle of Coutras on the 20th of October,1587”And on anOther:“Jean-Antoine―Henry―Guy d’Andervilliers de1a Vaubyessard,Admiral of France and Chevalier of the Order of St MichaeI,wounded at the battle of the Hougue-Saint-Vaast on the 29th of Mav,1692:died at Vaubyessard on the 23rd of January 1693”One could……
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