the crime of sylvestre bonnard(西维斯特·博拉德的罪行)-第53节
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filled his little soul with delight。 It was 〃The Blue Bird。〃 Whenever I
finished that; he would say to me; 〃Tell it again! tell it again!〃 And I would
tell it again until his little pale blue… veined head sank back upon the
pillow in slumber。
The doctor used to answer all our questions by saying;
〃There is nothing extraordinary the matter with him!〃
No! There was nothing extraordinary the matter with little Sylvestre。
One evening last year his father called me。
〃Come;〃 he said; 〃the little one is still worse。〃
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The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard
I approached the cradle over which the mother hung motionless; as if
tied down above it by all the powers of her soul。
Little Sylvestre turned his eyes towards me; their pupils had already
rolled up beneath his eyelids; and could not descend again。
〃Godfather;〃 he said; 〃you are not to tell me any more stories。〃
No; I was not to tell him any more stories!
Poor Jeanne!poor mother!
I am too old now to feel very deeply; but how strangely painful a
mystery is the death of a child!
To…day; the father and mother have come to pass six weeks under the
old man's roof。 I see them now returning from the woods; walking arm…in…
arm。 Jeanne is closely wrapped in her black shawl; and Henri wears a
crape band on his straw hat; but they are both of them radiant with youth;
and they smile very sweetly at each other。 They smile at the earth which
sustains them; they smile at the air which bathes them; they smile at the
light which each one sees in the eyes of the other。 From my window I
wave my handkerchief at them;and they smile at my old age。
Jeanne comes running lightly up the stairs; she kisses me; and then
whispers in my ear something which I divine rather than hear。 And I make
answer to her: 〃May God's blessing be with you; Jeanne; and with your
husband; and with your children; and with your children's children for
ever!〃。。。 Et nunc dimittis servum tuum; Domine!
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