Of Human Bondage 人性的枷锁 Chapter 41

Philip walked down the Boulevard du Montparnasse. It was not at all like the Paris he had seen in the spring during his visit to do the accounts of the Hotel St. Georges—he thought already of that part of his life with a shudder—but reminded him of what he thought a provincial ¹ town must be. There was an easy-going air about it, and a sunny spaciousness ² which invited the mind to day-dreaming. The trimness of the trees, the vivid whiteness of the houses, the breadth, were very agreeable; and he felt himself already thoroughly ³ at home. He sauntered along, staring at the people; there seemed an elegance ⁴ about the most ordinary, workmen with their broad red sashes and their wide trousers, little soldiers in dingy ⁵, charming uniforms. He came presently to the Avenue de l'Observatoire, and he gave a sigh of pleasure at the magnificent, yet so graceful ⁶, vista ⁷. He came to the gardens of the Luxembourg: children were playing, nurses with long ribbons walked slowly two by two, busy men passed through with satchels ⁸ under their arms, youths strangely dressed. The scene was formal and dainty; nature was arranged and ordered, but so exquisitely ⁹, that nature unordered and unarranged seemed barbaric. Philip was enchanted ¹⁰. It excited him to stand on that spot of which he had read so much; it was classic ground to him; and he felt the awe ¹¹ and the delight which some old don might feel when for the first time he looked on the smiling plain of Sparta., ,As he wandered he chanced to see Miss Price sitting by herself on a bench. He hesitated, for he did not at that moment want to see anyone, and her uncouth ¹² way seemed out of place amid the happiness he felt around him; but he had divined her sensitiveness to affront ¹³, and since she had seen him thought it would be polite to speak to her., ,'What are you doing here?' she said, as he came up., , ,'Oh, I come here every day from four to five. I don't think one does any good if one works straight through.', ,'May I sit down for a minute?' he said., ,Two leading cadres came down from the provincial capital yesterday.昨天从省里下来了两位领导干部。,A high ceiling gives a feeling of airness and spaciousness. 天花板高给人一种通风和宽敞的感觉 。