子浪小说

第11部分（第4页）

travel　in〃

〃A　railway…carriage；〃　said　Brangwen。

She　laughed　to　herself。

〃I　know　it　was　a　great　scandal：　yes……a　whole　wagon；　and

they　had　girls；　you　know；　filles；　naked；　all　the

wagon…full；　and　so　they　came　down　to　our　village。　They　came

through　villages　of　the　Jews；　and　it　was　a　great　scandal。　Can

you　imagine？　All　the　countryside！　And　my　mother；　she　did　not

like　it。　Gisla　said　to　me；　Madame；　she　must　not　know　that　you

have　heard　such　things。

〃My　mother；　she　used　to　cry；　and　she　wished　to　beat　my

father；　plainly　beat　him。　He　would　say；　when　she　cried　because

he　sold　the　forest；　the　wood；　to　jingle　money　in　his　pocket；　and

go　to　Warsaw　or　Paris　or　Kiev；　when　she　said　he　must　take　back

his　word；　he　must　not　sell　the　forest；　he　would　stand　and　say；

I　know；　I　know；　I　have　heard　it　all；　I　have　heard　it　all

before。　Tell　me　some　new　thing。　I　know；　I　know；　I　know。　Oh；　but

can　you　understand；　I　loved　him　when　he　stood　there　under　the

door；　saying　only；　I　know；　I　know；　I　know　it　all　already。　She

could　not　change　him；　no；　not　if　she　killed　herself　for　it。　And

she　could　change　everybody　else；　but　him；　she　could　not　change

him〃

Brangwen　could　not　understand。　He　had　pictures　of　a

cattle…truck　full　of　naked　girls　riding　from　nowhere　to　nowhere；

of　Lydia　laughing　because　her　father　made　great　debts　and　said；

〃I　know；　I　know〃；　of　Jews　running　down　the　street　shouting　in

Yiddish；　〃Dont　do　it；　dont　do　it；〃　and　being　cut　down　by

demented　peasants……she　called　them　〃cattle〃……whilst

she　looked　on　interested　and　even　amused；　of　tutors　and

governesses　and　Paris　and　a　convent。　It　was　too　much　for　him。

And　there　she　sat；　telling　the　tales　to　the　open　space；　not　to

him；　arrogating　a　curious　superiority　to　him；　a　distance　between

them；　something　strange　and　foreign　and　outside　his　life；

talking；　rattling；　without　rhyme　or　reason；　laughing　when　he　was

shocked　or　astounded；　condemning　nothing；　confounding　his　mind

and　making　the　whole　world　a　chaos；　without　order　or　stability

of　any　kind。　Then；　when　they　went　to　bed；　he　knew　that　he　had

nothing　to　do　with　her。　She　was　back　in　her　childhood；　he　was　a

peasant；　a　serf；　a　servant；　a　lover；　a　paramour；　a　shadow；　a

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