IN THE CARQUINEZ WOODS(在卡圭尼茲森林)

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1、INTHECARQUINEZWOODSINTHECARQUINEZWOODSbyBretHarte1INTHECARQUINEZWOODSCHAPTERI.ThesunwasgoingdownontheCarquinezWoods.Thefewshaftsofsunlightthathadpiercedtheirpillaredgloomwerelostinunfathomabledepths,orsplinteredtheirineffectuallancesontheenormoustrunksoftheredwoods.Foratimethedullredoft

2、heirvastcolumns,andthedullredoftheircast-offbarkwhichmattedtheecholessaisles,stillseemedtoholdafaintglowofthedyingday.Buteventhissoonpassed.Lightandcolorfledupwards.Thedarkinterlacedtreetops,thathadalldaymadeanimpenetrableshade,brokeintofirehereandthere;theirlostspiresglittered,faded,an

3、dwentutterlyout.Aweirdtwilightthatdidnotcomefromtheouterworld,butseemedbornofthewooditself,slowlyfilledandpossessedtheaisles.Thestraight,tall,colossaltrunksrosedimlylikecolumnsofupwardsmoke.Thefewfallentreesstretchedtheirhugelengthintoobscurity,andseemedtolieonshadowytrestles.Thestrange

4、breaththatfilledthesemysteriousvaultshadneithercoldnessnormoisture;adry,fragrantdustarosefromthenoiselessfootthattrodtheirbark-strewnfloor;theaislesmighthavebeentombs,thefallentreesenormousmummies;thesilencethesolitudeofaforgottenpast.Andyetthissilencewaspresentlybrokenbyarecurringsound

5、likebreathing,interruptedoccasionallybyinarticulateandstertorousgasps.Itwasnotthequick,panting,listeningbreathofsomestealthyfelineorcanineanimal,butindicatedalarger,slower,andmorepowerfulorganization,whoseprogresswaslesswatchfulandguarded,orasifafragmentofoneofthefallenmonstershadbecome

6、animate.Attimesthislifeseemedtotakevisibleform,butasvaguely,asmisshapenly,asthephantomofanightmare.Nowitwasasquareobjectmovingsideways,endways,withneitherheadnortailandscarcelyvisiblefeet;thenanarchedbulkrollingagainstthetrunksofthetreesandrecoilingagain,oranuprightcylindricalmass,butal

7、waysoscillatingandunsteady,andstrikingthetreesoneitherhand.Thefrequentoccurrenceofthemovementsuggestedthefiguresofsomeweirdrhythmicdancetomusicheardbytheshapealone.Suddenlyiteitherbecamemotionlessorfadedaway.Therewasthefrightenedneighingofahorse,thesuddenjinglingof2INTHECARQUIN

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