第48章带家具出租的房间(3)
Ohecharactersraphbeeexplicit,thelittlesighefurnishedroom'sproofguestsdevelopedasighreadbarespatheruginfrontofthedressertoldthatlovelywomenhadmarthethrong。Tisontheokeoflittlepristofeeltheirwaytosunandair。Asplatteredstain,rayiheshadowbomb,witnessedwhereahurledglassorbottlehadsplistsagainstthewall。Acrossthepierglasshadbeehadiamondiersthe;Marie"。Itseemedthatthesuofdwellersinthefurnishedroomhadturnediemptedbeyondforbearasgarishess—atheirpassioureedahecouch,distortedbyburstingsprings,seemedahorriblemohadbeenslainduriressofsomegrotesqueorepotentupheavalhadagreatsliarblemantel。Eakinthefloorowspartitandshriekasfromaseparateandindividualagony。Itseemediallthismalijuryhadbeenwroughtupontheroombythosewhohadcalleditforatimetheirhome;amayhavebeeedhomeinstinctsurvivingblifulrageatfalsehouseholdgodsthathadkih。Ahutthatisouroeepandadornandcherish。
&enantinthechairallowedthesethoughtstofile,soft-shhhismiheredriftedintotheroomfurnishedsoundsandfurs。Heheardiitteringandi,slacklaughter;ihemonologueofascofdice,alullaby,anddully;abovehimabahspirit。Dedsomewhere;theelevatedtraiermittently;aiserablyuponabadhebreathedthebreathofthehouse—adanksavourratherthanasmell—austyeffluviumasfrroundvaultsmihereekiionsoflinoleumatenwoodwork。
Then,suddehere,theroomwasfilledwiththestrocameasupoofwindwithsuessandfragrahatitalmostseemedalivingvisitant。Andthemancriedaloud,"What,dear?"asifhehadbeendsprangupaherichtohimandedhimarouhisarmsforit,allhissehetimefusedandingled。Howebeperemptorilycalledbyanodour?Surelyitmusthavebeenasound。But,wasithathadtouched,thathadcaressedhim?
"Shehasbeeninthisroom,"hedhesprafromitatoken,forheknewhewthingthathadbeloshehadtouched。Thisenvelopiofmigheodourthatshehadlovedandmadeherow?
Theroomhadbeenbutcarelesslysetieredupontheflimsydresserscarfwerehalfadozenhairpi,indistinguishablefriendsofwomankind,feminineofgender,infiniteofmoodandunueheseheignored,sciousoftheirtriumphantlatity。Ransagthedrawersofthedresserheadiscarded,tiny,raggedhandkerchief。Hepressedittohisface。Itwasrasolerope;hehurledittothefloor。Inanotherdrawerhefoundoddbuttoreprogramme,apawnbroker'sarshmallows,abookoiohelastwasawoman'sblahairbow,whichhaltedhim,poisedbetweenidfire。Buttheblahairbowalsoisfemininity'sdemure,impersonal,eales。