Of Human Bondage 人性的枷锁 Chapter 30

Philip was restless and dissatisfied. Hayward's poetic ¹ allusions ² troubled his imagination, and his soul yearned ³ for romance. At least that was how he put it to himself., ,And it happened that an incident was taking place in Frau Erlin's house which increased Philip's preoccupation with the matter of sex. Two or three times on his walks among the hills he had met Fraulein Cacilie wandering by herself. He had passed her with a bow, and a few yards further on had seen the Chinaman. He thought nothing of it; but one evening on his way home, when night had already fallen, he passed two people walking very close together. Hearing his footstep, they separated quickly, and though he could not see well in the darkness he was almost certain they were Cacilie and Herr Sung. Their rapid movement apart suggested that they had been walking arm in arm. Philip was puzzled and surprised. He had never paid much attention to Fraulein Cacilie. She was a plain girl, with a square face and blunt features. She could not have been more than sixteen, since she still wore her long fair hair in a plait. That evening at supper he looked at her curiously ⁴; and, though of late she had talked little at meals, she addressed him., ,'Where did you go for your walk today, Herr Carey?' she asked., , ,'I didn't go out,' she volunteered. 'I had a headache.', ,The Chinaman, who sat next to her, turned round., ,His poetic novels have gone through three different historical stages.他的诗情小说创作经历了三个不同的历史阶段。,We should not use proverbs and allusions indiscriminately. 不要滥用成语典故 。