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热爱生命-love of life(英文版)-第5章

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 giving up。  Surely it is a reasonable price。〃〃All right。〃  Womble rushed across the floor to the gold…sack。  〃Can't put this deal through too quick for me; you … you little worm!〃〃Now; there you err;〃 was the smiling rejoinder。  〃As a matter of ethics isn't the man who gives a bribe as bad as the man who takes a bribe?  The receiver is as bad as the thief; you know; and you needn't console yourself with any fictitious moral superiority concerning this little deal。〃〃To hell with your ethics!〃 the other burst out。  〃e here and watch the weighing of this dust。  I might cheat you。〃And the woman; leaning against the bunk; raging and impotent; watched herself weighed out in yellow dust and nuggets in the scales erected on the grub…box。  The scales were small; making necessary many weighings; and Messner with precise care verified each weighing。〃There's too much silver in it;〃 he remarked as he tied up the gold…sack。  〃I don't think it will run quite sixteen to the ounce。  You got a trifle the better of me; Womble。〃He handled the sack lovingly; and with due appreciation of its preciousness carried it out to his sled。Returning; he gathered his pots and pans together; packed his grub…box; and rolled up his bed。  When the sled was lashed and the plaining dogs harnessed; he returned into the cabin for his mittens。〃Good…by; Tess;〃 he said; standing at the open door。She turned on him; struggling for speech but too frantic to word the passion that burned in her。〃Good…by; Tess;〃 he repeated gently。〃Beast!〃 she managed to articulate。She turned and tottered to the bunk; flinging herself face down upon it; sobbing:  〃You beasts!  You beasts!〃John Messner closed the door softly behind him; and; as he started the dogs; looked back at the cabin with a great relief in his face。  At the bottom of the bank; beside the water…hole; he halted the sled。  He worked the sack of gold out between the lashings and carried it to the water…hole。  Already a new skin of ice had formed。  This he broke with his fist。  Untying the knotted mouth with his teeth; he emptied the contents of the sack into the water。  The river was shallow at that point; and two feet beneath the surface he could see the bottom dull…yellow in the fading light。  At the sight of it; he spat into the hole。He started the dogs along the Yukon trail。  Whining spiritlessly; they were reluctant to work。  Clinging to the gee…pole with his right band and with his left rubbing cheeks and nose; he stumbled over the rope as the dogs swung on a bend。〃Mush…on; you poor; sore…footed brutes!〃 he cried。  〃That's it; mush…on!〃  。 … 手机访问 m。………
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