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第9章一个古怪的梦（4）
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"Godforbid!"Iinvolued，forsomehowIwasnotlookingforthatformofquestion，anditcaughtmealittleoffmyguard.ButIhasteomakeamendsformyrudeness，andsay，"IsimplymeantIhadnothadthehonor—forIwouldelyspeakdiscourteouslyofafriendofyours.Ythatyouwererobbed—anditwasashame，too—butitappearsbywhatisleftoftheshroudyouhaveonthatitwasaeinitsday.Howdid…"
Amostghastlyexpressioodevelopamongthedecayedfeaturesaegumentsofmyguest'sfadIwasbeginningtogrowuneasyanddistressed，wheoldmehewasupadeep，smile，withawinkinit，tosuggestthataboutthetimeheacquiredhispreseaghostinaneighbcemeterymissedone.
Thisreassuredme，butIbeggedhimtoselftospeeceforth，becausehisfacialexpressioaihemostelaboratecareitwasliabletshouldespeciallybeavoided.Whathemightholysiderashiningsuccesswaslikelytostrikemeinaverydifferentlight.IsaidIlikedtoseeaskeletoncheerful，evendecorouslyplayful，butIdidnotthinksmilingwasaskeleton'sbesthold.
"Yes，friend，"saidthepoorskeleton，"thefactsarejustasIhavegiveoyou.Twooftheseoldgraveyards—theoIresidediheralonghavebeeelyedbyourdestsoftodayuntilthereisnoogthemanyloheosteologifortofit—andthatisnolightmatterthisraihepresehingsisruinoustoproperty.Wehavegottomoveorbettoseeoureffectswastedawayaroyed.
"Now，youwillhardlybelieveit，butitistrue，thereisn'tasinglegallmyaowthatisa.Idoolowpeoplewhoeinapineboxmountedon，butIamtalkingabh-toedburial-entalsort，thattravelunderblackplumesattheheadofaprodhaveeterylots—ImeanfolksliketheJarvises，andtheBledsoesandtheBurlings，andsuch.Theyareallaboutrui;
&substantialpeopleiheywere.Andnowlookatthem—utterlyuseduparieoftheBledsoesactuallytradedhismooalatebarkeeperforsomefreshshavingstoputunderhishead.Itellyouitspeaksvolumes，forthereisnothingacorpsetakessomuchprideinashismooreadtheinioerawhiletobelievewhatitsayshimself，andthenyoumayseehimsittingoafternightenjoyiaphsaredtheydoapoorchapawoodafterheisdead，especiallyifhehadhardluckwhilehewasalive.Iwishtheywereusedmore.NowIdon'tplain，buttiallyIdothinkitwasalittleshabbyiogivemenothingbutthisoldslabofagravestone—ahatthereisn'taentonit.Itusedtohave:
'GOOHISJUSTREWARD'
"Onit，andIroudwhenIfirstsawit，butbyandbyIwheneveranoldfriendofmineghewouldhookhistherailingandpullalongfadreadalongdowothat，andthenhewouldselfandwalkoff，lookingsatisfiedandfortable.SoIscratcheditofftogetridofthosefools.Butadeadmanalwaystakesadealofprideinhismo;
&quoeshalfadozenoftheJarvisesnow，withthefamilymoalong.AndSmithersandsomehiredspetbywithhisawhileago.Hello，Higgins，good-by，oldfriend!That&#gins—diediooursetiery—fineoldfamily—great-grandmotherwasanInjun—Iamofamiliartermswithhimhedidn'thearmewasthereasonhedidn'tanswerme.AndIamsorry，too，becauseIwouldhavelikedtointroduceyou.YouwouldadmirehiHeisthemostdisjointed，sway-badgenerallydistortedoldskeletonyoueversaw，butheisfulloffun.Whenhelaughsitsoundslikeraspingtwostoher，andhealwaysstartsitoffwithacheeryscreechlikerakinganailacrossawi;
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