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Miss or Mrs。�拭�



               by Wilkie Collins 



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             PERSONS OF THE STORY。 



     Sir Joseph Graybrooke。 。 。 。 。 。 。 。 。 。��Knight�� Richard Turlington 。 。 。 。 

��Of   the   Levant   Trade��   Launcelot   Linzie   。   。��Of   the   College   of   Surgeons�� 

James       Dicas。     。   。  。  。    。��Of    the    Roll     of    Attorneys��      Thomas 

Wildfang。 。  。  。 。  。��Superannuated   Seaman��  Miss Graybrooke。  。  。 。  。  。  ��Sir 

Joseph's     Sister��   Natalie。  。   。  。  。  。  。  。  。  ��Sir  Joseph's  Daughter��    Lady 

Winwood        。  。  。  。  。  。  。  。  ��SirJoseph's  Niece��  Amelia��      Sophia��。    ��Lady 

Winwood's Stepdaughter's�� and Dorothea�� 



       Period�此�THE PRESENT TIME。                Place�此�ENGLAND。 



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                              FIRST SCENE 



                                            At Sea。 

     The    night   had   come     to  an  end。   The    new´born      day   waited    for  its 

quickening   light   in   the   silence   that   is   never   known   on   landthe   silence 

before sunrise�察�in a calm at sea。 

     Not   a   breath   came   from   the   dead     air。   Not  a   ripple  stirred   on  the 

motionless water。  Nothing   changed   but the  softly´growing   light�察  �nothing 

moved   but   the   lazy   mist�察  �curling   up   to   meet   the   sun�察  �its   master�察  �on   the 

eastward   sea。   By   fine   gradations�察  �the   airy   veil   of   morning   thinned   in 

substance as it rosethinned�察�till there dawned through it in the first rays 

of sunlight the tall white sails of a Schooner Yacht。 

     From stem to stern silence possessed the vesselas silence possessed 

the sea。 

     But   one   living   creature   was   on   deckthe   man   at   the   helm�察  �dozing 

peaceably with his arm over the useless tiller。 Minute by minute the light 

grew�察  �and   the   heat   grew   with   it�察  �and   still   the   helmsman   slumbered�察  �the 

heavy sails hung noiseless�察�the quiet water lay sleeping against the vessel's 

sides。 The whole orb of the sun was visible above the water´line�察�when the 

first sound pierced its way through the morning silence。 From far off over 

the   shining   white   ocean�察  �the   cry   of   a   sea´bird   reached   the   yacht   on   a 

sudden out of the last airy circles of the waning mist。 

     The sleeper at the helm woke�察�looked up at the idle sails�察�and yawned 

in sympathy with them�察�looked out at the sea on either side of him�察�and 

shook his head obstinately at the superior obstinacy of the calm。 

     ;Blow�察     �my    little  breeze� ─    �said   the    man�察   �whistling     the   sailor's 

invocation to the wind softly between his teeth。 ;Blow�察�my little breeze� ─�

     ;How's her head�拭─�cried a bold and brassy voice�察�hailing the deck from 

the cabin staircase。 

     ;Anywhere you like�察�master�察�all round the compass。; 

     The voice was followed by the man。 The owner of the yacht appeared 



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on deck。 

     Behold Richard Turlington�察�Esq。�察�of the great Levant firm of Pizzituti�察�

Turlington & Branca� �Aged eight´and´thirty�察�standing stiffly and sturdily 

at a height of not more than five feet six Mr。 Turlington presented to the 

view of   his   fellow´creatures   a   face   of   the   perpendicular order   of   human 

architecture。 His   forehead was   a straight   line�察�his upper lip   was   another�察�

his   chin   was   the straightest   and   the  longest   line  of   all。 As   he   turned   his 

swarthy   countenance   eastward�察  �and   shaded   his   light   gray   eyes   from   the 

sun�察�his knotty hand plainly revealed that it had got him his living by its 

own labor at one time or another in his life。 Taken on the whole�察�this was a 

man whom it might be easy to respect�察�but whom it would be hard to love。 

Better company at the official desk than at the social table。 Morally and 

physicallyif the expression may be permitteda man without a bend in 

him。 

     ;A    calm    yesterday�察─    �grumbled      Richard     Turlington�察    �looking    with 

stubborn deliberation all round him。 ;And a calm to´day。 Ha� �next season 

I'll have the vessel fitted with engines。 I hate this� ─�

     ;Think of the filthy  coals�察�and   the infernal   vibration�察�and   leave   your 

beautiful schooner as she is。 We are out for a holiday。 Let the wind and the 

sea take a holiday too。; 

     Pronouncing       those    words    of  remonstrance�察     �a  slim�察  �nimble�察   �curly´ 

headed   young   gentleman   joined   Richard           Turlington    on   deck�察  �with   his 

clothes under his arm�察�his towels in his hand�察�and nothing on him but the 

night´gown in which he had stepped out of his bed。 

     ;Launcelot Linzie�察�you have been received on board my vessel in the 

capacity of medical attendant on Miss Natalie Graybrooke�察�at her father's 

request。 Keep your place�察�if you please。 When I want your advice�察�I'll ask 

you   for   it。; Answering   in   those   terms�察  �the   elder   man   fixed   his   colorless 

gray eyes on the younger with an expression which added plainly�察 �There 

won't be room enough in this schooner much longer for me and for you。; 

     Launcelot Linzie had his reasons ��apparently�� for declining to let his 

host offend him on any terms whatever。 

     ;Thank you� ─�he rejoined�察�in a tone of satirical good humor。 ;It isn't 



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easy   to   keep   my   place   on   board   your   vessel。   I   can't   help   presuming   to 

enjoy     myself    as   if  I  was   the  owner。     The   life  is  such   a   new    oneto 

_me� �/I〃 It's so delightfully easy�察�for instance�察�to wash yourself here。 On 

shore it's a complicated question of jugs and basins and tubs�察�one is always 

in   danger   of   breaking   something�察  �or   spoiling   something。   Here   you   have 

only to jump out of bed�察�to run up on deck�察�and to do this� ─�

     He turned�察�and scampered to the bows of the vessel。 In one instant he 

was out of his night´gown�察�in another he was on the bulwark�察�in a third he 

was gamboling luxuriously in sixty fathoms of salt´water。 

     Turlington's eyes followed him with a reluctant�察�uneasy attention as he 

swam round the vessel�察�the only moving object in view。 Turlington's mind�察�

steady and slow in all its operations�察�set him a problem to be solved�察�on 

given conditions�察�as follows�此�

     ;Launcelot   Linzie   is   fifteen   years   younger   than   I   am。   Add   to   that�察�

Launcelot       Linzie    is   Natalie    Graybrooke's        cousin。    Given     those    two 

advantagesQuery�此�Has he taken Natalie's fancy�拭─�

     Turning      that  question     slowly    over   and    over   in  his   mind�察   �Richard 

Turlington seated himself in a corner at the stern of the vessel。 He was still 

at work on the problem�察�when the young surgeon returned to his cabin to 

put   the   finishing   touches   to   his   toilet。   He   had   not   reached   the   solution 

when   the   steward   appeared   an   hour   later   and   said�察   �Breakfast   is   ready�察�

sir� ─�

     They were a party of five round the cabin table。 

     First�察�Sir Joseph Graybrooke。 Inheritor of a handsome fortune made by 

his father and his grandfather in trade。 Mayor�察�twice elected�察�of a thriving 

provincial town。 Officially privileged�察�while holding that dignity�察�to hand a 

silver trowel to a royal personage condescending to lay a first stone of a 

charitable edifice。 Knighted�察�accordingly�察�in honor of the occasion。 Worthy 

of    the  honor     and   worthy     of   the   occasion。     A   type   of  his   eminently 

respectable class。 Possessed of an amiable�察�rosy face�察�and soft�察�silky white 

hair。   Sound   in   his   principles�察  �tidy   in   his   dress�察  �blessed   with   moderate 

politics    and    a  good    digestiona     harmless�察    �healthy�察   �spruce�察   �speckless�察�

weak´minded old man。 



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     Secondly�察      �Miss    Lavinia     Graybrooke�察      �Sir   Joseph's     maiden      sister。 

Personally�察�Sir Joseph in petticoats。 If you knew one you knew the other。 

     Thirdly�察�Miss Natalie GraybrookeSir Joseph's only child。 

     She had inherited the personal appearance and the temperament of her 

motherdead many years since。 There had been a mixture of Negro blood 

and French blood in the late Lady Graybrooke's family�察�settled originally 

in   Martinique。   Natalie   had   her   mother's   warm   dusky  color�察  �her   mother's 

superb black hair�察�and her mother's   melting�察�lazy�察�lovely brown eyes。 At 

fifteen   years   of   age   ��dating   from   her   last   birthday��   she   possessed   the 

development of the bosom and limbs which in England is rarely attained 

before twenty。  Everything about the girlexcept her little rosy earswas 

on   a   grand Amazonian   scale。   Her   shapely  hand   was   long   and   large�察  �her 

supple   waist   was   the   waist   of   a   woman。   The   indolent   grace   of   all   her 

movements   had   its   motive   power   in   an         almost   masculine   firmness   of 

action     and    profusion      of  physical     resource。     This    remarkable       bodily 

development        was    far   from    being    accompanied       by   any    corresponding 

development        of   character。    Natalie's    manner      was    the  gentle�察   �innocent 

manner of a young g
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