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《儿子与情人》是一部带有自传性质的长篇。

莫尔太太把儿子当作自己理想中的爱人，她照顾他，

抚养他，她做的一切，都超出了一位母亲所能做的。

她对儿子的这种爱，不是单纯的亲情之爱，更大程度

上来说是一种爱情的体现。而保罗，也在心目中把自

己的母亲当作了自己的爱人，以至于他觉得，只要他

母亲在，他在此生就不可能找到自己的爱人。因为这

个爱人就在他身边，那就是他的母亲。

[英]戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯（dhwrence）

whenhewaswenyhreeyearsoldpaulsenina

ndscapeohewinerexhibiionanoinghamcaslemiss

jordanhadakenagooddealofineresinhim，hadinviedhim

oherhouse，wherehemeoherarisshewasbegi

ingo

growambiious

onemorningheposmancamejusashewaswashing

inhescullerysuddenlyheheardawildnoisefromhismoher

rushinginohekichen，hefoundhersandingonhehearhrug

wildlywavinga　leerandcrying“hurrah!”asifshehadgone

madhewasshockedandfrighened

“why，moher!”heexcimed

sheflewohim，flungherarmsroundhimforamomen，

henwavedheleer，crying:

“hurrah，myboy!iknewweshoulddoi!

hewasafraidofher—hesmall，severewomanwihgreying

hairsuddenlybursingouinsuchfrenzyheposmancame

ru

ingback，afraidsomehinghadhappenedheysawhis

ippedcapoverheshorcurainsmrsmorelrushedohedoor

“hispicure’sgofirsprize，fred，”shecried，“andissold

forwenyguineas”

“myword，ha’ssomehinglike!”saidheyoungposman，

whomheyhadknownallhislife

“andmajormoreonhasboughi!”shecried

“ilookslikemeanin’somehing，hadoes，mrsmorel，”

saidheposman，hisblueeyesbrighhewasgdohave

broughsuchaluckyleermrsmorelwenindoorsandsa

down，remblingpaulwasafraidlesshemighhavemisread

heleer，andmighbedisappoinedaferallhescruinizedi

once，wiceyes，hebecameconvincediwasruehenhesa

down，hishearbeaingwihjoy

“moher!”heexcimed

“didn’isayweshoulddoi!”shesaid，preendingshe

wasnocrying

heookhekeleoffhefireandmashedheea

“youdidn’hink，moher—”hebeganenaively

“no，myson—nosomuch—buiexpecedagooddeal”

“bunosomuch，”hesaid

“no—no—buiknewweshoulddoi”

andhensherecoveredhercomposure，apparenlya

leashesawihhisshirurnedback，showinghisyoung

hroaalmoslikeagirl’s，andheowelinhishand，hishair

sickingupwe

“wenyguineas，moher!ha’sjuswhayouwanedo

buyarhurounowyouneedn’borrowanyi’lljusdo”

“indeed，ishan’akeiall，”shesaid

“buwhy?”

“becauseishan’”

“well—youhavewelvepounds，i’llhavenine”

heycavilledabousharinghewenyguineasshewaned

oakeonlyhefivepoundssheneededhewouldnohearofi

soheygooverhesressofemoionbyquarreling

morelcamehomeanighfromhepi，saying:

“heyellmepaul’sgofirsprizeforhispicure，andsoldi

olordhenrybenleyforfifypound”

“oh，whasoriespeopledoell！”shecried

“ha!”heanswered“isaidiworsureiworaliebuhey

saidha’doldfredhodgkisson”

“asifiwouldellhimsuchsuff!”

ha!assenedheminer

buhewasdisappoinedneverheless

“i’sruehehasgohefirsprize，”saidmrsmorel

heminersaheavilyinhischair

“hashe，beguy!”heexcimed

hesaredacrossheroomfixedly

“buasforfifypounds—suchnonsense!”shewassilen

awhile“majormoreonboughiforwenyguineas，ha’srue”

“wenyguineas!haniversays!”excimedmorel

“yes，andiwasworhi”

“ay!”hesaid“idon’misdoubibuwenyguineasfor

abiofapainin’asheknockedoffinanhourorwo!”

hewassilenwihconceiofhissonmrsmorelsniffed，as

ifiwerenohing

“andwhendoeshehandleh’money?”askedhecollier

“ha1couldn’ellyouwhenhepicureissenhome，i

suppose”

herewassilencemorelsaredahesugarbasininsead

ofeainghisdi

erhisbckarm，wihhehandallgnarledwih

work，yonheablehiswifepreendednooseehimrubhe

backofhishandacrosshiseyes，norhesmearinhecoaldus

onhisbckface

“yes，an’haoherd’ud’adoneasmuchifheyhadna

ha’killed’im，”hesaidquiely

hehoughofwilliamwenhroughmrsmorellikeacold

bdeilefherfeelingshewasired，andwanedres

paulwasinviedodi

eramrjordan’saferwardshe

said:

“moher，iwananeveningsui”

“yes，iwasafraidyouwould，”shesaidshewasgd

herewasamomenorwoofsilence“here’shaoneof

william’s，”sheconinued，“haiknowcosfourpoundsenand

whichhe’donlywornhreeimes”

“shouldyoulikemeoweari，moher?”heasked

“yes，ihinkiwouldfiyou—aleashecoaherousers

wouldwanshorening”

hewenupsairsandpuonhecoaandvescoming

down，helookedsrangeinaf

elcolrandaf

elshirfron，

wihaneveningcoaandvesiwasraherrge

“heailorcanmakeirigh，”shesaid，smoohingherhand

overhisshoulder“i’sbeauifulsuffinevercouldfindinmy

hearoleyourfaherwearherousers，andverygdiamnow”

andasshesmoohedherhandoverhesilkcolrshe

houghofhereldessonbuhissonwaslivingenoughinside

heclohesshepassedherhanddownhisbackofeelhimhe

wasaliveandhersheoherwasdead

hewenouodi

erseveralimesinhiseveningsuiha

hadbeenwilliam’seachimehismoher’shearwasfirmwih

prideandjoyhewassarednowhesudssheandhechildren

hadboughforwilliamwereinhisshirfron；heworeoneof

william’sdressshirsbuhehadaneleganfigurehisfacewas

rough，buwarmlookingandraherpleasinghedidnolook

paricurlyagenleman，bushehoughhelookedquieaman

。。