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the moon and sixpence, chapter 3

1. I just stepped onto the literary world.

I was eager and shy when I first entered the literary world in London. In the past, we were low-key and modest, and our speech was reserved.

2. My shyness when I was a guest in a literary family.

As I have just entered the literary world, I am not familiar with the literary world, so I feel shy and uneasy when I go to be a guest with my family in the literary world, and I even have a sweat in my heart, and I don't know how to answer their compliments to me.

3. The impression that writers gave me.

I was able to meet some writers, and found that they were different from what I had expected. I thought they might not look like real people.

4. I saw the witty conversation of artists.

I participated in the conversations of literati, and found that they were duplicitous, and they even laughed at their colleagues' personalities, appearances or works.

1. Rose Vattel Fuld takes good care of me.

At a tea party held by Rose Vattel Fuld, I got to know Mrs. Strickland, a lady who caters for lunch. Vattel Fuld also taught me not to be shy. I should take the initiative to sell and introduce myself, so that my wife can know herself and try to be invited to lunch with her.

2. Mrs. Strickland sent me an invitation.

Mrs. Strickland asked for my address and sent me an invitation to her home for lunch. Because of my shy personality, I didn't dare to go too early. I walked around the cathedral three times before I entered her door, only to know that she had hosted many writers for dinner.

3. I left Mrs. Strickland's house.

After the party at Mrs. Strickland's house, I left with Miss Vattel Fuld. I walked with her and talked about Mrs. Strickland. I learned that Mrs. Strickland likes to associate with writers, and her heart is simple.

4. Mr. Strickland is a man without humor.

Mrs. Strickland and her husband love each other, but her husband is quiet and boring, and he is not interested in literature and art.

1. Mrs. Strickland is compassionate.

Mrs. Strickland is considerate and compassionate, and she uses this strength appropriately, unlike others who abuse this skill.

2. Mrs. Strickland is an able housewife, a good wife and a good mother.

Mrs. Strickland keeps her apartment very clean. There are always flowers in the room, which makes her feel very comfortable at home. Her children's photos are also neatly placed in the living room, which shows that she is a very loving mother.

1. Mrs. Strickland invited me to fill in for the absent guests.

Since the guests invited by Mrs. Strickland couldn't attend, she invited me to dinner to fill the vacancy and get to know Mrs. Strickland's husband.

2. I went to Mrs. Strickland's house.

When I arrived at Mrs. Strickland's house, other guests came. After they greeted me, I was left aside. When all the guests arrived, I chatted with a female guest and wondered why they wasted their lives on this boring social entertainment.

3. Mrs. Strickland is a distinguished guest.

The guests invited by Mrs. Strickland are very noble. It can be seen that they don't need to be particular about their clothes. Maybe they don't need to please anyone else at all. They know their noble status and show great superiority.

4. Mrs. Strickland's guests are very lively.

every guest hosted by Mrs. strickland seemed to want the banquet to be lively, and the conversation was so loud that the room was noisy. They talked about politics, golf, children's education and the latest play.

5. Mr. Strickland accompanies the male guests.

Mr. Strickland continued to drink red wine and smoke cigars with his male guests in the house, and talked about wine making and tobacco with his guests. I had to sit and pretend to be polite because I was unfamiliar with them.

1. I met Mrs. Strickland's children.

The social season is drawing to a close. On the last day of my stay in London, I met Mrs. Strickland and her son and daughter. We went to the park to eat cold food together. Her two children are more attractive than the photos. They are very beautiful, healthy and lively.

2. Mrs. Strickland and her family have gone back.

After playing with Mrs. Strickland's family for an hour, they got into the carriage and went home, leaving me alone. I felt a little lonely and envied their happy family life.

3. Mrs. Strickland's family is very happy.

Their family often tells jokes that outsiders can't understand. The family is very happy. The wife is a lovely woman, and her husband is a wise man in their environment and has his own successful career. I thought: Maybe they will live happily all their lives.

1. I think of the Stricklands again.

When I have a certain social status and experience, I will think back to the Stricklanders and always think that I didn't understand them enough.

2. I met Miss Rose Vattel Fuld.

fourteen hours after I returned to London, I met Rose Vattel Fuld. Her eyes sparkled with schadenfreude and told me that Charles Strickland had left his wife. Then, like an artist, she threw me a theme and said that she didn't know the details, and the rest had to rely on my own ability to dig or collect materials.

3. I got the news of Mrs. Strickland.

Before I learned the unfortunate news of Mrs. Strickland and her husband, I had written to her that I would come to her house for tea on a certain day of the month. Later, I met Vattel Fuld, and when I learned the news, I got into trouble, fearing that visiting her house would upset her.

4. I've come to visit Mrs. Strickland.

I pretended that nothing had happened and went to her home. I saw her eyes were red and swollen with tears, and her face turned gray. Now there was almost no room full of life, and there were no flowers. The comfortable and pleasant room looked lonely and cold.

5. Mrs. Strickland can't find the cigarette case.

When I saw Mrs. Strickland crying, I was shocked. It suddenly occurred to me that cigarettes had always been bought by her husband. I was afraid that it had aroused her pain, and I felt like I had stabbed her in the wound. I didn't know what to do.

6. The colonel advised Mrs. Trickland to divorce.

He said that Mr. Strickland left his wife without a penny, and he was trying to persuade her to divorce her husband.

1. I left with Colonel mcandrew.

After leaving Mrs. Strickland's house, I walked and talked with Colonel mcandrew. He told me that my wife's husband was very cunning and cold-blooded. After being married to his wife for 17 years, he could run away from home for no reason, without even leaving a penny, regardless of the life and death of his wife and children. The colonel said he would go to Paris to find the evidence himself.

1. Mrs. Strickland sent me a letter.

after receiving my wife's letter, I went to her home, only to know that she intended me to help her go to Paris to see how her husband was doing.

2. Mrs. Strickland asked me to go to Paris.

Mrs. Strickland said that Colonel mcandrew wanted to go to Paris, but she didn't think he was the best candidate. She thought I was more suitable, so she asked me to help her go to Paris.

3. Mrs. Strickland told me about them.

I thought it would be heartless if I refused to help Mrs. Strickland, so I agreed to let her tell me all the details of them in order to get things done. After all, I haven't known them for a long time.

4. Mrs. Strickland cried.

My wife told me that she remembered their relationship for 17 years, and that their children were so sad that she began to cry again. She repeatedly asked me to bring her husband home, saying that she could forgive him for everything.

5. Mrs. Strickland showed me the letter.

Mrs. Strickland handed me the letter written by her husband, and sure enough, there was no explanation. She went on to say that Colonel mcandrew had already discovered her husband's abnormality, because he often pretended to play bridge, but he was not in the bridge club, so he could guess that he was fooling around with women.

6. I promised to go to Paris.

Mrs. Strickland taught me what to talk about when I got there, told me everything I should say, thought about what Strickland might say, and taught me how to answer him. I looked at her tears and felt very sad. I was angry at her husband's sudden change of heart. I promised Mrs. Strickland that I would do everything I could to get him back.

1. These two people seem to be two figures on an old tapestry, which is difficult to distinguish from the background; If you look at it from a distance, you can't even tell the outline, only a group of colorful colors are left.

2. Like cells in the body, they are absolutely indispensable to the body, but as long as they exist healthily for one day, they will be swallowed up in a great whole.

3. She laughed, and her eyes showed a gloating flash that I was already familiar with. This means that she has heard another scandal of one of her friends, and the woman writer's intuition is already in a state of extreme vigilance.

4. It reminds people of a calm river, which meanders through the lush pastures, shaded by gloomy trees, and finally pours into the misty sea. But the sea is always so calm, always silent and silent, and you will suddenly feel a sense of uneasiness.

5. It's really puzzling that a civilized society wastes its short life on boring entertainment like this.