古墓之谜 8

Seven,THE MAN AT THE WINDOW,I think I’d better make it clear right away that there isn’t going to be any local colour in this story.,I don’t know anything about archaeology ¹ and I don’t know that I very much want to. Messingabout with people and places that are buried and done with doesn’t make sense to me. Mr.?Careyused to tell me that I hadn’t got the archaeological temperament ² and I’ve no doubt he was quiteright.,The very first morning after my arrival Mr.?Carey asked if I’d like to come and see the palacehe was—planning I think he called it. Though how you can plan for a thing that’s happened longago I’m sure I don’t know! Well, I said I’d like to, and to tell the truth, I was a bit excited about it.,Nearly three thousand years old that palace was, it appeared. I wondered what sort of palaces theyhad in those days, and if it would be like the pictures I’d seen of Tutankahmen’s tomb furniture.,Mrs.?Leidner explained that later. She said that Father Lavigny was only interested in“written documents ”—as she called them. They wrote everything on clay, these people, queer,heathenish-looking marks too, but quite sensible. There were even school tablets—the teacher’slesson on one side and the pupil’s effort on the back of it. I confess that that did interest me rather—it seemed so human, if you know what I mean.,Father Lavigny walked round the work with me and showed me what were temples orpalaces and what were private houses, and also a place which he said was an early Akkadiancemetery. He spoke ⁷ in a funny jerky way, just throwing in a scrap ⁸ of information and thenreverting to other subjects.,He said: “It is strange that you have come here. Is Mrs.?Leidner really ill, then?
”,“Not exactly ill,” I said cautiously.,He said: “She is an odd woman. A dangerous woman, I think. ”,He displayed interest in archaeology.他对考古学有兴趣 。,The analysis of what kind of temperament you possess is vital.分析一下你有什么样的气质是十分重要的
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