Work: A Story of Experience - Chapter 16

CHRISTIE'S return was a very happy one, and could not well be otherwise with a mother, sister, and lover to welcome her back. Her meeting with Letty was indescribably tender, and the days that followed were pretty equally divided between her and her brother, in nursing the one and loving the other. There was no cloud now in Christie's sky, and all the world seemed in bloom. But even while she enjoyed every hour of life, and begrudged ¹ the time given to sleep, she felt as if the dream was too beautiful to last, and often said:, ,"Something will happen: such perfect happiness is not possible in this world.", ,"Then let us make the most of it," David would reply, wisely bent ² on getting his honey while he could, and not borrowing trouble for the morrow., , ,A happier man it would have been difficult to find just then; all his burdens seemed to have fallen off, and his spirits rose again with an elasticity ⁵ which surprised even those who knew him best. Christie often stopped to watch and wonder if the blithe ⁶ young man who went whistling and singing about the house, often stopping to kiss somebody, to joke, or to exclaim with a beaming face like a child at a party: "Isn't every thing beautiful?" could be the sober, steady David, who used to plod ⁸ to and fro with his shoulders a little bent, and the absent look in his eyes that told of thoughts above or beyond the daily task., ,It was good to see his mother rejoice over him with an exceeding great joy; it was better still to see Letty's eyes follow him with unspeakable love and gratitude ⁹ in their soft depths; but it was best of all to see Christie marvel ¹⁰ and exult ¹¹ over the discoveries she made: for, though she had known David for a year, she had never seen the real man till now., ,Joey, you talk as if I begrudged it to you. 乔艾 ，你这话竟象是我小气，舍不得给你似的 。,He was fully bent upon the project.他一心扑在这项计划上。