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messer marco polo(马可·波罗)-第15部分

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be   hearing   and   come。    I   have   part   of   her   here;   and   let   you   put   in   the 

garden the atmosphere she loved。〃            And Li Po took his lute and plucked 

gently at the strings。 

         〃The swish of your silken skirt is discontinued;〃 

     he sang; 

         〃And   the   grass   grows   through   the   broken   hearth   stone;       And 

your room that was so warm and swept is cold and mouldy。                         But he; 

the beloved   of   your   heart;   clings   on;     A  fallen   leaf   in   the   chink   of   a 

door;       In the chink of a closed door!〃 

     And it was dusk in the garden; and the voice of Li Po broke; and his 

lute stilled; and the old Emperor breathed his aged gentle breathing; and 

the Sanang said his secret terrible formulae; and Marco Polo was tense as 

a hunting dog。 

     And suddenly at   the end of the garden; in   the perfumed Asian   dusk; 

there   was   a   beam   like   moonlight;   and   into   the   soft   ray   of   it   trod   little 

Golden Bells; with her wee warm face; and her wee warm hands; and her 

hair dark as a cloud; and her eyes pleading; pleading。 。 。 

     〃Go now; Marco Polo; please go!〃             Her lips made the words; but no 

sound came to him。 

     〃Oh;    Golden     Bells;   Golden     Bells!〃   he   rushed    forward;    but   the 

moonlight of no moon faded; and there was nothing; and he dropped on 

his knees sobbing in the dusk by the Lake of Cranes。 。 。 



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     And   after   a   while   he   got   up   from  his   knees   and   set   his   teeth   on   his 

sobbing and threw his head back and squared his shoulders and notched 

his belt and faced the three ancient men。 

     〃Well;〃 he said; 〃that's that。〃 

     He went over and knelt and kissed the Khan's hand。 

     〃You'll be seeing her soon; sir; you'll be telling her。 。 。 everything。 。 。〃 

     〃Yes; son; I'll tell her。〃 

     Then   he   patted   the   Sanang   on   the   shoulder;   and   〃Thanks!〃   said   he; 

simply; and he took Li Po's hand in both his; and they looked at each other 

for a moment and no words came to either。 

     〃Well;〃   he   says   at   length;   〃I'll   be   hitting   the   road   then。 I'll   not   say 

good…by to any of you。           I'll be seeing you all pretty soon again。 There's a 

war   on   between Venice   and   the   Genoese;   and   where   that's   hottest   you'll 

find me; and the quicker my end; the better I'll be pleased。                   But it would 

be like my luck;〃 he said bitterly; 〃not to be killed; but to be taken prisoner 

and to end my life in some lousy jail。              Oh; well; we'll hope for the best。〃 

He laughed。 〃So  so long!〃 

     And the four of them looked at one another; trying to smile; and great 

grief on them。 

     〃China will miss you; my son;〃 said old Kubla。 

     〃It's nothing to how I'll be missing China;〃 said Marco Polo。 〃Venice! 

It's   only   a   sound   to   me。  I'll   be   an   exile   in   the   city   of   my   birth。 But 

what's the use of complaining?             If it's go; it's go。 But it'll be funny;〃 said 

he。    〃My   body   will   be   there;   but   my   heart   and   mind   will   be   in   China。 

There'll   be   a   gray   eye   always   turning   to   China;   and   it   will   never   see 

China。 。 。Queer!。 。 。All the voices and all the instruments in Saint Mark's; 

and in my ears the little drums of China。 。 。All the sunlight will be glinting 

on the Grand Canal; but the little rain of China  the little rain of China 

will be falling in my heart。 。 。 

     〃Ah; well; if it's go; it's go。       I'd better be hitting the road。 So。 。 。I'll say 

good…by for the present。 。 。and。 。 。 

     〃Oh; my God Almighty!。 。 。〃 



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