Of Human Bondage 人性的枷锁 Chapter 47

In March there was all the excitement of sending in to the Salon ¹. Clutton, characteristically, had nothing ready, and he was very scornful of the two heads that Lawson sent; they were obviously the work of a student, straight-forward portraits of models, but they had a certain force; Clutton, aiming at perfection, had no patience with efforts which betrayed hesitancy, and with a shrug ² of the shoulders told Lawson it was an impertinence to exhibit stuff which should never have been allowed out of his studio; he was not less contemptuous when the two heads were accepted. Flanagan tried his luck too, but his picture was refused. Mrs. Otter ³ sent a blameless Portrait de ma Mere ⁴, accomplished ⁵ and second-rate; and was hung in a very good place., ,Hayward, whom Philip had not seen since he left Heidelberg, arrived in Paris to spend a few days in time to come to the party which Lawson and Philip were giving in their studio to celebrate the hanging of Lawson's pictures. Philip had been eager to see Hayward again, but when at last they met, he experienced some disappointment. Hayward had altered a little in appearance: his fine hair was thinner, and with the rapid wilting ⁶ of the very fair, he was becoming wizened ⁷ and colourless; his blue eyes were paler than they had been, and there was a muzziness about his features. On the other hand, in mind he did not seem to have changed at all, and the culture which had impressed Philip at eighteen aroused somewhat the contempt of Philip at twenty-one. He had altered a good deal himself, and regarding with scorn all his old opinions of art, life, and letters, had no patience with anyone who still held them. He was scarcely conscious of the fact that he wanted to show off before Hayward, but when he took him round the galleries he poured out to him all the revolutionary opinions which himself had so recently adopted. He took him to Manet's Olympia and said dramatically:, ,'I would give all the old masters except Velasquez, Rembrandt, and Vermeer for that one picture.', , ,'Oh, my dear fellow, don't you know Vermeer? You're not civilised. You mustn't live a moment longer without making his acquaintance. He's the one old master who painted like a modern.', ,He dragged Hayward out of the Luxembourg and hurried him off to the Louvre., ,You can hear a lot of dirt at a salon.你在沙龙上会听到很多流言蜚语。,With a shrug,he went out of the room.他耸一下肩，走出了房间 。