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the way of the world-第14部分

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split would make just four of you。







WIT。  Thou dost bite; my dear mustard…seed; kiss me for that。







PET。  Stand offI'll kiss no more malesI have kissed your Twin



yonder in a humour of reconciliation till he 'hiccup' rises upon my



stomach like a radish。







MILLA。  Eh! filthy creature; what was the quarrel?







PET。  There was no quarrel; there might have been a quarrel。







WIT。  If there had been words enow between 'em to have expressed



provocation; they had gone together by the ears like a pair of



castanets。







PET。  You were the quarrel。







MILLA。  Me?







PET。  If I have a humour to quarrel; I can make less matters



conclude premises。  If you are not handsome; what then?  If I have a



humour to prove it?  If I shall have my reward; say so; if not;



fight for your face the next time yourselfI'll go sleep。







WIT。  Do; wrap thyself up like a woodlouse; and dream revenge。  And;



hear me; if thou canst learn to write by to…morrow morning; pen me a



challenge。  I'll carry it for thee。







PET。  Carry your mistress's monkey a spider; go flea dogs and read



romances。  I'll go to bed to my maid。







MRS。 FAIN。  He's horridly drunkhow came you all in this pickle?







WIT。  A plot; a plot; to get rid of the knightyour husband's



advice; but he sneaked off。











SCENE X。











SIR WILFULL; drunk; LADY WISHFORT; WITWOUD; MRS。 MILLAMANT; MRS。



FAINALL。







LADY。  Out upon't; out upon't; at years of discretion; and comport



yourself at this rantipole rate!







SIR WIL。  No offence; aunt。







LADY。  Offence?  As I'm a person; I'm ashamed of you。  Fogh!  How



you stink of wine!  D'ye think my niece will ever endure such a



Borachio?  You're an absolute Borachio。







SIR WIL。  Borachio?







LADY。  At a time when you should commence an amour; and put your



best foot foremost …







SIR WIL。  'Sheart; an you grutch me your liquor; make a bill。Give



me more drink; and take my purse。  'Sings':…











Prithee fill me the glass;



Till it laugh in my face;



With ale that is potent and mellow;



He that whines for a lass



Is an ignorant ass;



For a bumper has not its fellow。











But if you would have me marry my cousin; say the word; and I'll



do't。  Wilfull will do't; that's the word。  Wilfull will do't;



that's my crest;my motto I have forgot。







LADY。  My nephew's a little overtaken; cousin; but 'tis drinking



your health。  O' my word; you are obliged to him …







SIR WIL。  IN VINO VERITAS; aunt。  If I drunk your health to…day;



cousin;I am a Borachio。But if you have a mind to be married; say



the word and send for the piper; Wilfull will do't。  If not; dust it



away; and let's have t'other round。  Tonyods…heart; where's Tony?…



…Tony's an honest fellow; but he spits after a bumper; and that's a



fault。











We'll drink and we'll never ha' done; boys;



Put the glass then around with the sun; boys;



Let Apollo's example invite us;



For he's drunk every night;



And that makes him so bright;



That he's able next morning to light us。











The sun's a good pimple; an honest soaker; he has a cellar at your



antipodes。  If I travel; aunt; I touch at your antipodesyour



antipodes are a good rascally sort of topsy…turvy fellows。  If I had



a bumper I'd stand upon my head and drink a health to 'em。  A match



or no match; cousin with the hard name; aunt; Wilfull will do't。  If



she has her maidenhead let her look to 't; if she has not; let her



keep her own counsel in the meantime; and cry out at the nine



months' end。







MILLA。  Your pardon; madam; I can stay no longer。  Sir Wilfull grows



very powerful。  Egh! how he smells!  I shall be overcome if I stay。



Come; cousin。











SCENE XI。











LADY WISHFORT; SIR WILFULL WITWOUD; MR。 WITWOUD; FOIBLE。







LADY。  Smells?  He would poison a tallow…chandler and his family。



Beastly creature; I know not what to do with him。  Travel; quotha;



ay; travel; travel; get thee gone; get thee but far enough; to the



Saracens; or the Tartars; or the Turksfor thou art not fit to live



in a Christian commonwealth; thou beastly pagan。







SIR WIL。  Turks?  No; no Turks; aunt。  Your Turks are infidels; and



believe not in the grape。  Your Mahometan; your Mussulman is a dry



stinkard。  No offence; aunt。  My map says that your Turk is not so



honest a man as your ChristianI cannot find by the map that your



Mufti is orthodox; whereby it is a plain case that orthodox is a



hard word; aunt; and 'hiccup' Greek for claret。  'Sings':…











To drink is a Christian diversion;



Unknown to the Turk or the Persian。



Let Mahometan fools



Live by heathenish rules;



And be damned over tea…cups and coffee。



But let British lads sing;



Crown a health to the King;



And a fig for your Sultan and Sophy。











Ah; Tony!  'FOIBLE whispers LADY W。'







LADY。  Sir Rowland impatient?  Good lack! what shall I do with this



beastly tumbril?  Go lie down and sleep; you sot; or as I'm a



person; I'll have you bastinadoed with broomsticks。  Call up the



wenches with broomsticks。







SIR WIL。  Ahey!  Wenches?  Where are the wenches?







LADY。  Dear Cousin Witwoud; get him away; and you will bind me to



you inviolably。  I have an affair of moment that invades me with



some precipitation。You will oblige me to all futurity。







WIT。  Come; knight。  Pox on him; I don't know what to say to him。



Will you go to a cock…match?







SIR WIL。  With a wench; Tony?  Is she a shake…bag; sirrah?  Let me



bite your cheek for that。







WIT。  Horrible!  He has a breath like a bagpipe。  Ay; ay; come; will



you march; my Salopian?







SIR WIL。  Lead on; little Tony。  I'll follow thee; my Anthony; my



Tantony。  Sirrah; thou shalt be my Tantony; and I'll be thy pig。











And a fig for your Sultan and Sophy。











LADY。  This will never do。  It will never make a match;at least



before he has been abroad。











SCENE XII。











LADY WISHFORT; WAITWELL disguised as for SIR ROWLAND。







LADY。  Dear Sir Rowland; I am confounded with confusion at the



retrospection of my own rudeness;I have more pardons to ask than



the pope distributes in the year of jubilee。  But I hope where there



is likely to be so near an alliance; we may unbend the severity of



decorum; and dispense with a little ceremony。







WAIT。  My impatience; madam; is the effect of my transport; and till



I have the possession of your adorable person; I am tantalised on



the rack; and do but hang; madam; on the tenter of expectation。







LADY。  You have excess of gallantry; Sir Rowland; and press things



to a conclusion with a most prevailing vehemence。  But a day or two



for decency of marriage …







WAIT。  For decency of funeral; madam!  The delay will break my



heartor if that should fail; I shall be poisoned。  My nephew will



get an inkling of my designs and poison meand I would willingly



starve him before I dieI would gladly go out of the world with



that satisfaction。  That would be some comfort to me; if I could but



live so long as to be revenged on that unnatural viper。







LADY。  Is he so unnatural; say you?  Truly I would contribute much



both to the saving of your life and the accomplishment of your



revenge。  Not that I respect myself; though he has been a perfidious



wretch to me。







WAIT。  Perfidious to you?







LADY。  O Sir Rowland; the hours that he has died away at my feet;



the tears that he has shed; the oaths that he has sworn; the



palpitations that he has felt; the trances and the tremblings; the



ardours and the ecstasies; the kneelings and the risings; the heart…



heavings and the hand…gripings; the pangs and the pathetic regards



of his protesting eyes!Oh; no memory can register。







WAIT。  What; my rival?  Is the rebel my rival?  A dies。







LADY。  No; don't kill him at once; Sir Rowland:  starve him



gradually; inch by inch。







WAIT。  I'll do't。  In three weeks he shall be barefoot; in a month



out at knees with begging an alms; he shall starve upward and



upward; 'till he has nothing living but his head; and then go out in



a stink like a candle's end upon a save…all。







LADY。  Well; Sir Rowland; you have the way;you are no novice in



the labyrinth of love;you have the clue。  But as I am a person;



Sir Rowland; you must not attribute my yielding to any sinister



appetite or indigestion of widowhood; nor impute my complacency to



any lethargy of continence。  I hope you do not think me prone to any



iteration of nuptials?







WAIT。  Far be it from me …







LADY。  If you do; I protest I must recede; or think that I have made



a prostitution of decorums; but in the vehemence of compassion; and



to save the life of a person of so much importance …







WAIT。  I esteem it so …







LADY。  Or else you wrong my condescension …







WAIT。  I do not; I do not …







LADY。  Indeed you do。







WAIT。  I do not; fair shrine of virtue。







LADY。  If you think the least scruple of causality was an ingredient











WAIT。  Dear madam; no。  You are all camphire and frankincense; all



chastity and odour。





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