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小职员之死 The Death of a Government Clerk（第1页）

小职员之死TheDeathofaGoverClerk

安东·契诃夫AntonChekhov

Onefineevening，anolessficlerkcalledIvanDmitritchTchervyakovwassittinginthesedrowofthestalls，gazingthroughanlassattheClochesdeeville。Hegazedaheacmeofbliss。Butsuddenly。。。Instoriesoswiththis"Butsuddenly"。Theauthht:lifeissofullofsurprises!Butsuddenlyhisfacepuckeredup，hiseyesdisappeared，hisbreathingwasarrested。。。hetookthelassfromhiseyes，bentoverand。。。"Aptchee!!!"hesneezedasyouperceive。Itisnotreprehensibleforaosneezeassneezeandsodopolites，aimesevenprivyechervyakovwasfused，hewipedhisfacewithhishandkerdlikeapolitemaoseewhetherhehaddisturbedanyonebyhissthenhewasoverewith。Hesawthatalemansittinginfrontofhimirowofthestallswascarefullywipinghisbaldheadahhisgloveandmutteriohimself。Ileman，TchervyaknizedBrizzhalov，ageneralservimentofTransport。

"Ihavespatteredhim，"thoughtTchervyakov，"heisnottheheadofmydepartment，butstillitisawkward。Imustapologise。"

Tchervyakovgaveathiswholepersonforeredinthegeneral'sear。

"Pardon，yourExcy，Ispatteredyouatally。。。"

"Nevermind，nevermind。"

&quoodnesssakeexcuseme，I。。。Idido。"

"Oh，please，sitdowen!"

Tbarrassed，hesmiledstupidlyaogaziage。Hegazedatitbutwasnbliss。Hebegaroubledbyuheinterval，hewentuptoBrizzhalov，walkedbesidehim，andhisshyered:

"Ispatteredyou，yourExe。。。yousee。。。Ididn'tdoitto。。。"

"Oh，that'senough。。。I&#ottenit，andyoukeeponaboutit!"saidthegeneral，movinghislowerlipimpatiently。

"Hehasfotten，butthereisafiendishlightihoughtTchervyakov，lookingsuspiciouslyatthegeneral。"Awanttotalk。Ioughttoexplaintohim。。。thatIreallydidn'tihatitisthelawofnatureorelsehewillthiospitonhim。Hedoesn'tthinksonow，buthewillthi;

&ichervyakovtoldhiswifeoodmaruckhimthathiswifetooktoofrivolousaviewofthei;shewasalittlefrightewhehatBrizzhalovwasidepartment，shewasreassured。

"Still，youhadbettergoandapologise，"shesaid，"orhewillthinkyoudon'tknowhoublic。"

"That'sjustit!Ididapologise，buthetookitsomehowqueerly。。。hedidn'tsayawordofseherewasn'ttimetotalkproperly。"

&chervyakovputonanewuniform，hadhishairdwenttoBrizzhalov'stoexplain;goingintothegeneral'srehesawthereaitionersandamohegeneralhimself，whowasbeginnihem。Afterquestioieneralraisedhiseyesachervyakov。

"YesterdayattheArcadia，ifyourecollect，yourExcy，"thelatterbegan，"Isneezedand。。。atallyspattered。。。Exc。。。"

"What'sbeyondanything!WhatIdoforyou，"saidthegeneraladdressiioner。

"Hewon'tspeak，"thoughtTchervyakpale;"thatmeansthatheisangry。。。No，it'tbeleftlikethis。。。Iwillexplaintohim。"

&hegeneralhadfinishedhisversatioofthepetitionersandwasturningtowardshisimeookasteptowardshimandmuttered:

"YourExcy!IfIveroubleyourExcy，itissimplyfromafeelingImaysayret!。。。Itwasionalifyouwillgraciouslybelieveme。"

Thegeneralmadealachrymosefadwavedhishand。

"lymakingfunofme，sir，"hesaidasheclosedthedoorbehindhim。

"Where'sthemakingfuninit?"thoughtTchervyakov，"thereisnothi!Heisagehe'tuand。IfthatishowitisIamnotgoingtoapologisetothatfanfarohedeviltakeshim。I'llwritealettertohim，butIwon'tgo。ByJove，Iwon't。"

SothoughtTchervyakovashewalkedhome;hedidertothegeneral，heponderedandponderedandakeupthatletter。Hehadtogooexplaininperson。

"IveurbyourExcyyesterday，"hemuttered，wheedenquiringeyesuponhim，"nottomakefunasyouwerepleasedtosay。Iologizingfspatteredyouinsneezing。。。andIdidnotdreamofmakingfunofyou。ShouldIdaretomakefunofyou，ifweshouldtaketomakingfuherewouldbeforpersons，therewouldbe。。。"

"Beoff!"yelledthegeurningsuddenlypurple，andshakingallover。

"What?"askedTchervyakov，iurningnumbwithhorror。