Of Human Bondage 人性的枷锁 Chapter 1

The day broke gray and dull. The clouds hung heavily, and there was a rawness in the air that suggested snow. A woman servant came into a room in which a child was sleeping and drew the curtains. She glanced mechanically at the house opposite, a stucco house with a portico ¹, and went to the child's bed., ,'Wake up, Philip,' she said., ,She pulled down the bed-clothes, took him in her arms, and carried him downstairs. He was only half awake., , ,She opened the door of a room on the floor below and took the child over to a bed in which a woman was lying. It was his mother. She stretched out her arms, and the child nestled by her side. He did not ask why he had been awakened ². The woman kissed his eyes, and with thin, small hands felt the warm body through his white flannel ³ nightgown. She pressed him closer to herself., ,'Are you sleepy, darling?' she said., ,The gateway and its portico had openings all around.门洞两旁与廊子的周围都有窗棂。,She awakened to the sound of birds singing. 她醒来听到鸟的叫声 。