Of Human Bondage 人性的枷锁 Chapter 4

Philip parted from Emma with tears, but the journey to Blackstable amused him, and, when they arrived, he was resigned and cheerful. Blackstable was sixty miles from London. Giving their luggage to a porter, Mr. Carey set out to walk with Philip to the vicarage; it took them little more than five minutes, and, when they reached it, Philip suddenly remembered the gate. It was red and five-barred: it swung both ways on easy hinges; and it was possible, though forbidden, to swing backwards ¹ and forwards on it. They walked through the garden to the front-door. This was only used by visitors and on Sundays, and on special occasions, as when the Vicar went up to London or came back. The traffic of the house took place through a side-door, and there was a back door as well for the gardener and for beggars and tramps. It was a fairly large house of yellow brick, with a red roof, built about five and twenty years before in an ecclesiastical style. The front-door was like a church porch, and the drawing-room windows were gothic., ,Mrs. Carey, knowing by what train they were coming, waited in the drawing-room and listened for the click of the gate. When she heard it she went to the door., ,'There's Aunt Louisa,' said Mr. Carey, when he saw her. 'Run and give her a kiss.', , ,'Did you walk, William?' she said, almost reproachfully, as she kissed her husband., ,'I didn't think of it,' he answered, with a glance at his nephew., ,All the girls fell over backwards to get the party ready.姑娘们迫不及待地为聚会做准备。,She is an extraordinarily beautiful girl.她是个美丽非凡的姑娘 。