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the hunchback-第12部分

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Is not this costly?

Julia。  Yes。

Wal。  And chaste; the while?
Both chaste and costly?

Julia。  Yes。

Wal。  Come hither!  There's a mirror for you。  See!
One sheet from floor to ceiling!  Look into it;
Salute its mistress!  Dost not know her?

Julia。  'Sighing deeply。'  Yes。

Wal。  And sighest thou to know her?  Wait until
To…morrow; when the banquet shall be spread
In the fair hall; the guestsalready bid;
Around it; here; her lord; and there; herself;
Presiding o'er the cheer that hails him bridegroom;
And her the happy bride!  Dost hear me?

Julia。  'Sighing still more deeply。'  Yes。

Wal。  These are the day…rooms only; we have seen。
For public and domestic uses kept。
I'll show you now the lodging…rooms。

'Goes; then turns and observes JULIA standing perfectly abstracted。'

You're tired。
Let it be till after dinner; then。  Yet one
I'd like thee much to seethe bridal chamber。

'JULIA starts; crosses her hands upon her breast; and looks
upwards。'

I see you're tired:  yet it is worth the viewing;
If only for the tapestry which shows
The needle like the pencil glows with life;

'Brings down chairsthey sit。'

The story's of a page who loved the dame
He serveda princess!Love's a heedless thing!
That never takes account of obstacles;
Makes plains of mountains; rivulets of seas;
That part it from its wish。  So proved the page;
Who from a state so lowly; looked so high; …
But love's a greater lackwit still than this。
Say it aspiresthat's gain!  Love stoopsthat's loss!
You know what comes。  The princess loved the page。
Shall I go on; or here leave off?

Julia。  Go on。

Wal。  Each side of the chamber shows a different stage
Of this fond page; and fonder lady's love。 {2}
Firstno; it is not that。

Julia。  Oh; recollect!

Wal。  And yet it is。

Julia。  No doubt it is。  What is 't?

Wal。  He holds to her a salver; with a cup;
His cheeks more mantling with his passion than
The cup with the ruby wine。  She heeds him not;
For too great heed of him:… but seems to hold
Debate betwixt her passion and her pride …
That's like to lose the day。  You read it in
Her vacant eye; knit brow; and parted lips;
Which speak a heart too busy all within
To note what's done without。  Like you the tale?

Julia。  I list to every word。

Wal。  The next side paints
The page upon his knee。  He has told his tale;
And found that when he lost his heart; he played
No losing game:  but won a richer one!
There may you read in him; how love would seem
Most humble when most bold;you question which
Appears to kiss her handhis breath; or lips!
In her you read how wholly lost is she
Who trusts her heart to love。  Shall I give o'er?

Julia。  Nay; tell it to the end。  Is't melancholy?

Wal。  To answer that; would mar the story。

Julia。  Right。

Wal。  The third side now we come to。

Julia。  What shows that?

Wal。  The page and princess still。  But stands her sire
Between them。  Stern he grasps his daughter's arm;
Whose eyes like fountains play; while through her tears
Her passion shines; as through the fountain drops
The sun!  His minions crowd around the page!
They drag him to a dungeon。

Julia。  Hapless youth!

Wal。  Hapless indeed; that's twice a captive! heart
And body both in bonds。  But that's the chain;
Which balance cannot weigh; rule measure; touch
Define the texture of; or eye detect;
That's forged by the subtle craft of love!
No need to tell you that he wears it。  Such
The cunning of the hand that plied the loom;
You've but to mark the straining of his eye;
To feel the coil yourself!

Julia。  I feel't without!
You've finished with the third side; now the fourth!

Wal。  It brings us to a dungeon; then。

Julia。  The page;
The thrall of love; more than the dungeon's thrall;
Is there?

Wal。  He is。  He lies in fetters。

Julia。  Hard!
Hard as the steel; the hands that put them on。

Wal。  Some one unrivets them!

Julia。  The princess?  'Tis!

Wal。  It is another page。

Julia。  It is herself!

Wal。  Her skin is fair; and his is berry…brown。
His locks are raven black; and hers are gold。

Julia。  Love's cunning of disguises! spite of locks;
Skin; vesture;it is she; and only she
What will not constant woman do for love
That's loved with constancy!  Set her the task;
Virtue approving; that will baffle her!
O'ertax her stooping; patience; courage; wit!
My life upon it; 'tis the princess' self;
Transformed into a page!

Wal。  The dungeon door
Stands open; and you see beyond …

Julia。  Her father!

Wal。  No; a steed。

Julia。  'Starting up。'  O; welcome steed;
My heart bounds at the thought of thee!  Thou comest
To bear the page from bonds to liberty。
What else?

Wal。  'Rising。'  The story's told。

Julia。  Too briefly told;
O happy princess; that had wealth and state
To lay them down for love!  Whose constant love
Appearances approved; not falsified!
A winner in thy loss; as well as gain。

Wal。  Weighs love so much?

Julia。  What would you weigh 'gainst love
That's true?  Tell me with what you'd turn the scale?
Yea; make the index waver?  Wealth?  A feather!
Rank?  Tinsel against bullion in the balance!
The love of kindred?  That to set 'gainst love!
Friendship comes nearest to't; but put it in;
Friendship will kick the beam!weigh nothing 'gainst it!
Weigh love against the world!
Yet are they happy that have naught to say to it。

Wal。  And such a one art thou。  Who wisely wed;
Wed happily。  The love thou speak'st of;
A flower is only; that its season has;
Which they must look to see the withering of;
Who pleasure in its budding and its bloom!
But wisdom is the constant evergreen
Which lives the whole year through!  Be that; your flower!

'Enter a Servant。'

Well?

Serv。  My lord's secretary is without。
He brings a letter for her ladyship;
And craves admittance to her。

Wal。  Show him in。

Julia。  No。

Wal。  Thou must see him。  To show slight to him;
Were slighting him that sent him。  Show him in!

'Servant goes out。'

Some errand proper for thy private ear;
Besides the letter he may bring。  What mean
This paleness and this trembling?  Mark me; Julia!
If; from these nuptials; which thyself invited …
Which at thy seeking camethou wouldst be freed;
Thou hast gone too far!  Receding were disgrace;
Sooner than see thee suffer which; the hearts
That love thee most would wish thee dead!  Reflect!
Take thought! collect thyself!  With dignity
Receive thy bridegroom's messenger! for sure
As dawns to…morrow's sun; to…morrow night
Sees thee a wedded bride!

'Goes out。'

Julia。  'Alone。'  A wedded bride!
Is it a dream?  Is it a phantasm?  'Tis
Too horrible for reality! for aught else
Too palpable!  O would it were a dream!
How would I bless the sun that waked me from it!
I perish!  Like some desperate mariner
Impatient of a strange and hostile land;
Who rashly hoists his sail and puts to sea;
And being fast on reefs and quicksands borne;
Essays in vain once more to make the land;
Whence wind and current drive him; I'm wrecked
By mine own act!  What! no escape? no hope?
None!  I must e'en abide these hated nuptials!
Hated!Ah! own it; and then curse thyself!
That madest
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