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|like the enlightened thousands of his class and generation in this great|giống như hàng ngàn giác ngộ của lớp và thế hệ của ông ở thành phố lớn |
|city of London, who no longer believe in red velvet chairs, and know |của Luân Ðôn, người không còn tin vào ghế nhung đỏ, và biết rằng các nhóm|
|that groups of modern Italian marble are ‘vieux jeu,’ Soames Forsyte |đá cẩm thạch Ý hiện đại "Vieux Jeu, Soames Forsyte người ở một ngôi nhà |
|inhabited a house which did what it could. I open outwards, hanging |mà đã làm những gì nó có thể. Tôi mở ra phía ngoài, treo các hộp hoa đầy |
|flower boxes filled with fuchsias, and at the back (a great feature) a |fuchsias, và ở mặt sau (một tính năng tuyệt vời) một tòa án nhỏ lát gạch |
|little court tiled with jade-green tiles, and surrout owned a copper |với gạch xanh ngọc bích, và surrout đã sở hữu một người đánh cửa đồng |
|door knocker of individual design, windows which had been altered to |thiết kế cá nhân, cửa sổ đã bị thay đổi nded bởi màu hồng hoa cẩm tú cầu |
|nded by pink hydrangeas in peacock-blue tubs. Here, under a |trong bồn tắm màu xanh, con công.Tại đây, dưới một tấm chắn màu giấy da |
|parchment-coloured Japanese sunshade covering the whole end, inhabitants|Nhật Bản bao gồm toàn bộ kết thúc, người dân hoặc du khách có thể được |
|or visitors could be screened from the eyes of the curious while they |sàng lọc từ mắt tò mò của, trong khi họ uống trà và kiểm tra lúc rảnh rỗi|
|drank tea and examined at their leisure the latest of Soames’s little |mới nhất của hộp bạc ít Soames.Trang trí bên trong theo thiên hướng của |
|silver boxes. |đế chế đầu tiên và William Morris. Đối với kích thước của nó, ngôi nhà đã|
|The inner decoration favoured the First Empire and William Morris. For |được rãi, có vô số ngóc ngách giống như tổ chim, và những điều nhỏ làm |
|its size, the house was commodious; there were countless nooks |bằng bạc đã được gửi như trứng |
|resembling birds’ nests, and little things made of silver were deposited| |
|like eggs |Trong hoàn thiện chung hai loại fastidiousness có chiến tranh. Có sống ở |
|In this general perfection two kinds of fastidiousness were at war. |đây có tình nhân những người đã có ở daintily trên một hòn đảo sa mạc, |
|There lived here a mistress who would have dwelt daintily on a desert |một bậc thầy mà chọn lựa, như nó là một đầu tư, trồng của chủ sở hữu đối |
|island; a master whose daintiness was, as it were, an investment, |với tiến bộ của mình, phù hợp với pháp luật cạnh tranh. Trong hoàn thiện |
|cultivated by the owner for his advancement, in accordance with the laws|chung hai loại fastidiousness có chiến tranh. Có sống ở đây có tình nhân |
|of competition. This competitive daintiness had caused Soames in his |những người đã có ở daintily trên một hòn đảo sa mạc, một bậc thầy mà |
|Marlborough days to be the first boy into white waistcoats in summer, |chọn lựa, như nó là một đầu tư, trồng của chủ sở hữu đối với tiến bộ của |
|and corduroy waistcoats in winter, had prevented him from ever appearing|mình, phù hợp với pháp luật cạnh tranh. Chọn lựa cạnh tranh này đã gây ra|
|in public with his tie climbing up his collar, and induced him to dust |Soames trong ngày Marlborough của mình là cậu bé đầu tiên vào áo gilê |
|his patent leather boots before a great multitude assembled on Speech |trắng vào mùa hè, và áo gilê nhung trong mùa đông, đã ngăn cản anh ta từ |
|Day to hear him recite Moliere. |bao giờ xuất hiện trước công chúng với cà vạt leo lên cổ áo của mình, và |
|Skin-like immaculateness had grown over Soames, as over many Londoners; |gây ra anh ta để bụi bằng sáng chế của mình da khởi động trước khi một |
|impossible to conceive of him with a hair out of place, a tie deviating |đám đông lắp ráp vào ngày Speech để nghe ông đọc thuộc lòng Molière. |
|one-eighth of an inch from the perpendicular, a collar unglossed! He |Da immaculateness đã phát triển hơn Soames, như trên nhiều London, không |
|would not have gone without a bath for worlds — it was the fashion to |thể thụ thai của ông với một sợi tóc ra khỏi vị trí, một tie sai lệch một|
|take baths; and how bitter was his scorn of people who omitted them! |phần tám của một inch vuông góc, một cổ áo unglossed! Ông sẽ không đi mà |
|But Irene could be imagined, like some nymph, bathing in wayside |không có một bồn tắm cho thế giới - đó là thời trang tắm, và cách cay |
|streams, for the joy of the freshness and of seeing her own fair body. |đắng đã khinh miệt của những người bỏ qua cho họ! Trong cuộc xung đột này|
|In this conflict throughout the house the woman had gone to the wall. As|khắp nhà người phụ nữ đã đi vào tường. Như trong cuộc đấu tranh giữa |
|in the struggle between Saxon and Celt still going on within the nation,|Saxon và Celt vẫn còn xảy ra trong phạm vi quốc gia, tính khí ấn tượng |
|the more impressionable and receptive temperament had had forced on it a|hơn và dễ tiếp thu có buộc vào một cấu trúc thượng tầng thông thường. |
|conventional superstructure. |Vì vậy, nhà đã có được một sự tương đồng gần gũi với hàng trăm nhà khác |
|Thus the house had acquired a close resemblance to hundreds of other |với khát vọng cao như nhau, có trở thành: "Đó là ngôi nhà rất duyên dáng |
|houses with the same high aspirations, having become: ‘That very |ít Forsytes Soames, khá cá nhân, thân yêu của tôi - thực sự thanh lịch." |
|charming little house of the Soames Forsytes, quite individual, my dear |Đối với Soames Forsyte - Peabody đọc James, Thomas Atkins, hoặc Emmanuel |
|— really elegant.’ |Spagnoletti, tên thực tế của bất kỳ trên tầng lớp trung lưu người Anh ở |
| |London với bất kỳ vọng để hương vị, và mặc dù các trang trí khác nhau, |
|For Soames Forsyte — read James Peabody, Thomas Atkins, or Emmanuel |cụm từ chỉ là. |
|Spagnoletti, the name in fact of any upper-middle class Englishman in |Vào tối 08 tháng 8, một tuần sau khi chuyến thám hiểm đến Robin Hill, |
|London with any pretensions to taste; and though the decoration be |trong phòng ăn của ngôi nhà này khá cá nhân, thân yêu của tôi - thực sự |
|different, the phrase is just. |elegant'-Soames và Irene đã được ngồi trong bữa ăn. Một bữa tối nóng vào |
|On the evening of August 8, a week after the expedition to Robin Hill, |ngày chủ nhật là một chút phân biệt sang trọng phổ biến ngôi nhà này và |
|in the dining-room of this house —‘quite individual, my dear — really |nhiều người khác. Đầu năm Soames cuộc sống hôn nhân đã đặt các quy tắc: |
|elegant’— Soames and Irene were seated at dinner. A hot dinner on |"Các công chức phải cung cấp cho chúng tôi ăn tối nóng vàongày Chủ nhật -|
|Sundays was a little distinguishing elegance common to this house and |họ đã không có gì để làm nhưng chơi phong cầm nhỏ. Tập quán sản xuất |
|many others. Early in married life Soames had laid down the rule: ‘The |không có cuộc cách mạng. Đối với - Soames một dấu hiệu chứ không phải |
|servants must give us hot dinner on Sundays — they’ve nothing to do but |đáng trách - công chức đã được dành cho Irene, người, thách thức của tất |
|play the concertina.’ |cả các truyền thống an toàn, xuất hiện để công nhận quyền của họ để chia |
|The custom had produced no revolution. For — to Soames a rather |sẻ một trong những điểm yếu của bản chất con người. |
|deplorable sign — servants were devoted to Irene, who, in defiance of |Cặp đôi hạnh phúc đang ngồi, không đối diện nhau, nhưng rectangularly, |
|all safe tradition, appeared to recognise their right to a share in the |tại bàn gỗ hồng sắc đẹp trai, họ ăn tối mà không có một mảnh vải - một |
|weaknesses of human nature. |phân biệt sang trọng - và cho đến nay đã không nói một từ. |
|The happy pair were seated, not opposite each other, but rectangularly, |Soames thích nói chuyện trong khi ăn tối về kinh doanh, hoặc những gì ông|
|at the handsome rosewood table; they dined without a cloth — a |đã được mua, miễn là ông đã nói chuyện của sự im lặng Irene đã không đau |
|distinguishing elegance — and so far had not spoken a word. |khổ anh. Tối nay, ông đã tìm thấy nó không thể nói chuyện. Quyết định xây|
|Soames liked to talk during dinner about business, or what he had been |dựng đã được đè nặng lên tâm trí của mình tất cả các tuần, và ông đã thực|
|buying, and so long as he talked Irene’s silence did not distress him. |hiện lên tâm trí của mình để nói với cô ấy. Lo lắng của ông về công bố |
|This evening he had found it impossible to talk. The decision to build |thông tin này bị kích thích sâu sắc, cô đã không có kinh doanh để làm cho|
|had been weighing on his mind all the week, and he had made up his mind |anh ta cảm thấy như thế - một người vợ và một người chồng là một người. |
|to tell her. |Cô đã không nhìn anh một lần kể từ khi họ ngồi xuống, và anh tự hỏi những|
|His nervousness about this disclosure irritated him profoundly; she had |gì trên trái đất, cô đã suy nghĩ về tất cả các thời gian. |
|no business to make him feel like that — a wife and a husband being one |Cứng, khi một người đàn ông làm việc như ông đã làm, kiếm tiền cho cô ấy |
|person. She had not looked at him once since they sat down; and he |- có, và với một cơn đau trong trái tim của mình rằng cô nên ngồi đó, |
|wondered what on earth she had been thinking about all the time. It was |nhìn trông như thể cô nhìn thấy bức tường của căn phòng đóng cửa. đủ để |
|hard, when a man worked as he did, making money for her — yes, and with |làm cho một người đàn ông đứng dậy và rời khỏi bàn. |
|an ache in his heart — that she should sit there, looking — looking as |Ánh sáng từ đèn tăng-tô bóng giảm trên cổ và cánh tay của cô - Soames |
|if she saw the walls of the room closing in. It was enough to make a man|thích của mình để ăn cơm trưa trong một chiếc váy thấp, nó đã cho anh ta |
|get up and leave the table. |một cảm giác khôn tả ưu cho đa số người quen của mình, có vợ đã hài lòng |
|The light from the rose-shaded lamp fell on her neck and arms — Soames |với frocks cao tốt nhất của họ hoặc với trà áo, khi họ ăn tối ở nhà. Theo|
|liked her to dine in a low dress, it gave him an inexpressible feeling |đó ánh sáng màu hồng, hổ phách màu tóc và làn da trắng tương phản kỳ lạ |
|of superiority to the majority of his acquaintance, whose wives were |với đôi mắt màu nâu sẫm của cô. |
|contented with their best high frocks or with tea-gowns, when they dined|Có thể một người đàn ông của riêng bất cứ điều gì đẹp hơn so với bảng này|
|at home. Under that rosy light her amber-coloured hair and fair skin |ăn với tints sâu, đầy sao, hoa hồng mềm petalled, kính màu hồng ngọc, và |
|made strange contrast with her dark brown eyes. |bạc cổ kính trang trí nội thất; có thể một người đàn ông của riêng bất cứ|
|Could a man own anything prettier than this dining-table with its deep |điều gì đẹp hơn người phụ nữ ngồi ở đó ? Lòng biết ơn là không có đạo đức|
|tints, the starry, soft-petalled roses, the ruby-coloured glass, and |trong Forsytes, người, cạnh tranh, và đầy đủ ý nghĩa thông thường, không |
|quaint silver furnishing; could a man own anything prettier than the |có dịp cho nó, và Soames chỉ có kinh nghiệm một cảm giác bực tức lên đau |
|woman who sat at it? Gratitude was no virtue among Forsytes, who, |đớn, rằng ông không sở hữu cô như nó đã được quyền của mình , rằng ông có|
|competitive, and full of common-sense, had no occasion for it; and |thể không, như bằng cách kéo căng tay ra đã tăng, nhổ của mình và đánh |
|Soames only experienced a sense of exasperation amounting to pain, that |hơi những bí mật của trái tim cô. |
|he did not own her as it was his right to own her, that he could not, as|Trong số tài sản khác của ông, trong số tất cả những điều ông đã thu |
|by stretching out his hand to that rose, pluck her and sniff the very |thập, bạc của mình, hình ảnh của mình, nhà của ông, đầu tư của ông, ông |
|secrets of her heart. |có một bí mật và cảm giác thân mật của cô, ông nhận con số không. |
|Out of his other property, out of all the things he had collected, his |Ông đã kết hôn với người phụ nữ này, chinh phục của mình, của chính mình,|
|silver, his pictures, his houses, his investments, he got a secret and |và nó dường như anh ta trái với cơ bản nhất của tất cả các luật, pháp |
|intimate feeling; out of her he got none. |luật sở hữu, rằng ông có thể làm không có nhiều hơn cơ thể của chính mình|
|In this house of his there was writing on every wall. His business-like |- nếu thực sự ông có thể làm điều đó , ông bắt đầu nghi ngờ . |
|temperament protested against a mysterious warning that she was not made|nếu thực sự ông có thể làm điều đó, mà ông đã bắt đầu nghi ngờ. Nếu bất |
|for him. He had married this woman, conquered her, made her his own, and|kỳ ai đã yêu cầu anh ta nếu anh ta muốn sở hữu linh hồn của mình, câu hỏi|
|it seemed to him contrary to the most fundamental of all laws, the law |sẽ có vẻ như với anh ta vô lý và tình cảm. Tuy nhiên, ông đã làm như vậy,|
|of possession, that he could do no more than own her body — if indeed he|và viết cho biết ông không bao giờ. |
|could do that, which he was beginning to doubt. If any one had asked him| |
|if he wanted to own her soul, the question would have seemed to him both| |
|ridiculous and sentimental. But he did so want, and the writing said he |Cô đã bao giờ im lặng, thụ động, duyên dáng không thích, như thể sợ hãi |
|never would. |vì sợ rằng từ, chuyển động, hoặc dấu hiệu cô ấy có thể dẫn anh ta tin |
|She was ever silent, passive, gracefully averse; as though terrified |rằng cô ấy thích anh ta, và ông tự hỏi: Tôi có phải luôn luôn đi về như |
|lest by word, motion, or sign she might lead him to believe that she was|thế này? |
|fond of him; and he asked himself: Must I always go on like this? |Giống như các độc giả cuốn tiểu thuyết nhất của thế hệ của ông (và Soames|
|Like most novel readers of his generation (and Soames was a great novel |là một độc giả cuốn tiểu thuyết tuyệt vời), văn học màu điểm của ông về |
|reader), literature coloured his view of life; and he had imbibed the |cuộc sống, và ông đã hấp thụ những niềm tin rằng nó chỉ là một vấn đề |
|belief that it was only a question of time. |thời gian. |
|In the end the husband always gained the affection of his wife. Even in |Cuối cùng người chồng luôn luôn đạt được tình cảm của người vợ. Ngay cả |
|those cases — a class of book he was not very fond of — which ended in |trong những trường hợp một lớp học của cuốn sách, ông không phải là rất |
|tragedy, the wife always died with poignant regrets on her lips, or if |thích kết thúc trong thảm kịch, người vợ luôn luôn chết với hối tiếc sâu |
|it were the husband who died — unpleasant thought — threw herself on his|sắc trên môi, hoặc nếu nó là người chồng đã chết - khó chịu nghĩ quăng |
|body in an agony of remorse. |mình trên cơ thể của mình trong một đau đớn hối hận. |
|He often took Irene to the theatre, instinctively choosing the modern |Ông thường lấy Irene nhà hát, theo bản năng lựa chọn Plays xã hội hiện |
|Society Plays with the modern Society conjugal problem, so fortunately |đại với các vấn đề xã hội hiện đại vợ chồng, may mắn khác nhau từ bất kỳ |
|different from any conjugal problem in real life. He found that they too|vấn đề vợ chồng trong cuộc sống thực. Ông tìm thấy rằng họ cũng luôn luôn|
|always ended in the same way, even when there was a lover in the case. |kết thúc trong cùng một cách, ngay cả khi có một người yêu trong trường |
|While he was watching the play Soames often sympathized with the lover; |hợp. |
|but before he reached home again, driving with Irene in a hansom, he saw|Trong khi ông đang xem chơi thường Soames thông cảm với người yêu, nhưng |
|that this would not do, and he was glad the play had ended as it had. |trước khi ông đến nhà một lần nữa, lái xe với Irene trong một xe ngựa hai|
|There was one class of husband that had just then come into fashion, the|bánh, ông thấy rằng điều này sẽ không làm, và ông rất vui chơi đã kết |
|strong, rather rough, but extremely sound man, who was peculiarly |thúc vì nó đã có. |
|successful at the end of the play; with this person Soames was really |Có một lớp học của chồng chỉ sau đó đã đi vào thời trang, mạnh mẽ, khá |
|not in sympathy, and had it not been for his own position, would have |thô, nhưng người đàn ông cực kỳ âm thanh, những người khác thường thành |
|expressed his disgust with the fellow. But he was so conscious of how |công ở cuối của vở kịch này Soames người thực sự không cảm thông, và đã |
|vital to himself was the necessity for being a successful, even a |không được cho vị trí riêng của mình, đã bày tỏ sự ghê tởm của mình với |
|‘strong,’ husband, that he never spoke of a distaste born perhaps by the|đồng nghiệp. Tuy nhiên, ông rất có ý thức quan trọng đối với chính mình |
|perverse processes of Nature out of a secret fund of brutality in |như thế nào là sự cần thiết cho thành công, thậm chí một "mạnh mẽ", |
|himself. |chồng, rằng ông không bao giờ nói về một sự chán ghét sinh ra có lẽ bởi |
|But Irene’s silence this evening was exceptional. He had never before |các quá trình sai lầm của thiên nhiên của một quỹ bí mật của sự tàn bạo |
|seen such an expression on her face. And since it is always the unusual |trong chính mình . Tuy nhiên, Irene của sự im lặng này buổi tối là đặc |
|which alarms, Soames was alarmed. He ate his savoury, and hurried the |biệt. Ông đã không bao giờ trước khi nhìn thấy một biểu hiện trên khuôn |
|maid as she swept off the crumbs with the silver sweeper. When she had |mặt của cô. Và kể từ khi nó luôn luôn là bất thường mà hệ thống báo động,|
|left the room, he filled his glass with wine and said: |Soames đã được báo động. Ông ăn mặn của mình, và vội vã giúp việc khi cô |
|“Anybody been here this afternoon?” |quét các mẩu quét bạc. Khi cô ấy đã rời khỏi phòng, ông đầy kính của mình|
|“June.” |với rượu vang và nói: |
| |“ Ai đã ở đây chiều nay?” |
| |“ June” |

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