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今天读的. 在甲板的天蓬下——杰克伦敦【英文版】 CAN any man—a gentleman, I mean—call a woman a pig?" The little man   flung this challenge forth to the whole group, then leaned back in his   deckchair, sipping lemonade with an air commingled of certitude and   watchful belligerence. Nobody made an answer. They were used to the   little man and his sudden passions and high elevations.        "I repeat, it was in my presence that he said a certain lady,   whom none of you knows, was a pig. He did not say swine. He grossly   said that she was a pig. And I hold that no man who is a man could   possibly make such a remark about any woman."        Doctor Dawson puffed stolidly at his black pipe. Matthews, with   knees hunched up and clasped by his arms, was absorbed in the flight   of a guny. Sweet, finishing his Scotch and soda, was questing about   with his eyes for a deck-steward.        "I ask you, Mr. Treloar, can any man call any woman a pig?"        Treloar, who happened to be sitting next to him, was startled by   the abruptness of the attack, and wondered what grounds he had ever   given the little man to believe that he could call a woman a pig.        "I should say," he began his hesitant answer, "That it—er— depends on the—er—the lady."        The little man was aghast.        "You mean ——" he quavered.        "That I have seen female humans who were as bad as pigs—and   worse."        There was a long, painful silence. The little man seemed   withered by the coarse brutality of the reply. In his face was   unutterable hurt and woe.        "You have told of a man who made a not nice remark, and you have   classified him," Treloar said in cold, even tones. "I shall now tell   you about a woman—I beg your pardon—a lady—and when I have finished   I shall ask you to classify her. Miss Caruthers I shall call her,   principally for the reason that it is not her name. It was on a P. &   O. boat, and it occurred several years ago.        "Miss Caruthers was charming. No; that is not the word. She was   amazing. She was a young woman and a lady. Her father was a certain   high official whose name, if I mentioned it, would be immediately   recognized by all of you. She was with her mother and two maids at the   time, going out to join the old gentleman wherever you like to wish in   the East.        "She—and pardon me for repeating—was amazing. It is the one  
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