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第21章 法官的房子6（第1页）
，Iwasallright，
"heanswered，smiling，
"thesomethingdidntworryme，asyet。Onlytherats;andtheyhadacircus，Itellyou，alloverthelace。Therewasonewicked-lookingolddevilthatsatuonmyownchairbythefire，andwouldntgotillItooktheokertohim，andthenheranutheroeofthealarmbellandgottosomewhereuthewallortheceiling—Icouldntseewhere，itwassodark。
"
"Mercyonus，
"saidMrs。Witham，
"anolddevil，andsittingonachairbythefireside!Takecare，sir!takecare!Theresmanyatruewordsokeninjest。
"
"Howdoyoumean?UonmywordIdontunderstand。
"
"Anolddevil!theolddevil，erhas。There!Sir，youneedntlaugh，
"forMalcolmsonhadbrokenintoaheartyeal。
"Youyoungfolksthinksiteasytolaughatthingsthatmakesolderonesshudder。Nevermind，sir!nevermind!PleaseGod，youlllaughallthetime。ItswhatIwishyoumyself!
"andthegoodladybeamedalloverinsymathywithhisenjoyment，herfearsgoneforamoment。
"Oh，forgiveme!
"saidMalcolmsonresently。
"Dontthinkmerude;buttheideawastoomuchforme—thattheolddevilhimselfwasonthechairlastnight!
"Andatthethoughthelaughedagain。Thenhewenthometodinner。
Thiseveningthescameringoftheratsbeganearlier;indeedithadbeengoingonbeforehisarrival，andonlyceasedwhilsthisresencebyitsfreshnessdisturbedthem。Afterdinnerhesatbythefireforawhileandhadasmoke;andthen，havingclearedhistable，begantoworkasbefore。Tonighttheratsdisturbedhimmorethantheyhaddoneonthereviousnight。Howtheyscamereduanddownandunderandover!Howtheysqueaked，andscratched，andgnawed!Howthey，gettingbolderbydegrees，cametothemouthsoftheirholesandtothechinksandcracksandcranniesinthewainscotingtilltheireyesshoneliketinylamsasthefirelightroseandfell。Buttohim，nowdoubtlessaccustomedtothem，theireyeswerenotwicked;onlytheirlayfulnesstouchedhim。Sometimestheboldestofthemmadesalliesoutonthefloororalongthemouldingsofthewainscot。NowandagainastheydisturbedhimMalcolmsonmadeasoundtofrightenthem，smitingthetablewithhishandorgivingafierce
"Hsh，hsh，
"sothattheyfledstraightwaytotheirholes。
Andsotheearlyartofthenightworeon;anddesitethenoiseMalcolmsongotmoreandmoreimmersedinhiswork。
Allatoncehestoed，asonthereviousnight，beingovercomebyasuddensenseofsilence。Therewasnotthefaintestsoundofgnaw，orscratch，orsqueak。Thesilencewasasofthegrave。Herememberedtheoddoccurrenceofthereviousnight，andinstinctivelyhelookedatthechairstandingclosebythefireside。Andthenaveryoddsensationthrilledthroughhim。
There，onthegreatoldhigh-backedcarvedoakchairbesidethefirelacesatthesameenormousrat，steadilyglaringathimwithbalefuleyes。
Instinctivelyhetookthenearestthingtohishand，abookoflogarithms，andflungitatit。Thebookwasbadlyaimedandtheratdidnotstir，soagaintheokererformanceofthereviousnightwasreeated;andagaintherat，beingcloselyursued，fledutheroeofthealarmbell。Strangelytoo，thedeartureofthisratwasinstantlyfollowedbytherenewalofthenoisemadebythegeneralratcommunity。Onthisoccasion，asonthereviousone，Malcolmsoncouldnotseeatwhatartoftheroomtheratdisaeared，forthegreenshadeofhislamlefttheuerartoftheroomindarkness，andthefirehadburnedlow。
Onlookingathiswatchhefounditwascloseonmidnight;and，notsorryforthedivertissement，hemadeuhisfireandmadehimselfhisnightlyotoftea。Hehadgotthroughagoodsellofwork，andthoughthimselfentitledtoacigarette;andsohesatonthegreatoakchairbeforethefireandenjoyedit。Whilstsmokinghebegantothinkthathewouldliketoknowwheretheratdisaearedto，forhehadcertainideasforthemorrownotentirelydisconnectedwitharat-tra。Accordinglyhelitanotherlamandlaceditsothatitwouldshinewellintotheright-handcornerofthewallbythefirelace。Thenhegotallthebookshehadwithhim，andlacedthemhandytothrowatthevermin。Finallyheliftedtheroeofthealarmbellandlacedtheendofitonthetable，fixingtheextremeendunderthelam。Ashehandledithecouldnothelnoticinghowliableitwas，eseciallyforsostrongaroe，andonenotinuse。
"Youcouldhangamanwithit，
"hethoughttohimself。Whenhisrearationsweremadehelookedaround，andsaidcomlacently，
"Therenow，myfriend，Ithinkweshalllearnsomethingofyouthistime!
"Hebeganhisworkagain，andthoughasbeforesomewhatdisturbedatfirstbythenoiseoftherats，soonlosthimselfinhisroositionsandroblems。
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