Text B The Reading Public A Book Store Study（第2页）
[21]“It’saremelyp，”saidMr。Sellyer，“infact，masterly。Thecriticsaresayingthatit’sperhapsthemostpowerfulbookoftheseason。Ithasa—，”andhereMr。Sellyerpaused，andsomehowhismannerremindedmeofmyownlainingtoauyethingthatIdon’tkhasa-apower，sotospeak，averyexalpower;infaaysaywithoutexaggerationitisthemostpowerfulbookofthemonth。Indeed，”headded，gettingontround，“it’shavilywonderfulsale。”
[22]“Youseemtohaveagreatmanyofthem，”saidthelady。
[23]“Oh，wehaveto，”ahemahere’saregularrushonthebook。Indeed，youknowit’sabookthatisbouion。Infaquarters，theyaresayingthatit’sabookthatoughtnotto—”AndhereMr。Sellyer’svoicebecamesolowandingratiatingthatI’theartherestofthesentence。
[24]“Oh，really!”saidMrs。Rasselyer。“Well，IthinkI’lltakeittheoseewhatthesetalked-ofthi，any>
[25]Shehadalreadybeguntobuttloves，aherfeatherboa，withwhichshehadbeenknogtheEastercardsofftheter。Thenshesuddenlyrememberedsomething。
[26]“Oh，Iwasf，”shesaid。“WillyouseothehouseforMr。Rasselyeratthesametime?He’sgoingdiniafortheva。Youknowthekindofthinghelikes，doyounot?”
[27]“Oh，perfectly，madam，”saidthemanager。“Mr。Rasselyergenerallyreadsworksof—er—Ithinkhebuysmostlybookson—er—”
[28]“Oh，travelandthatsortofthing，”saidthelady。
[29]“Precisely。Ithinkwehavehere，”aedtothetheleft，“whatMr。Rasselyerwaedarowofhandsomebooks—”SeveheSahara，sevendollars;SixMonthsinaWaggon，six-fiftyernoonsinanOx-es，four-thirty，withtwentyoff。”
[30]“Ithinkhehasreadthose，”saidMrs。Rasselyer。“Atleastthereareagoodmaseemlikethat。”
[31]“Oh，verypossibly。Buthere，now，AmongtheibalsofCorfu—yes，thatIthinkhehashad—Amo，too，Ithink。ButthisIamhewouldlike，justinthism，AmongtheMonkeysofendollars，。”
[32]AndwiththisMr。SellyerlaidhishandonapileofnearentlyashehugepileofGoldenDreams。
Notes
&heexTheReadingPublic:aBookStoreStudybyStephenButlerLeacock，whoisthebestknownhumoristinadaaswellasinEnglish-speakingtries。
2。UniversalKnowledgefromAristotletoArthurBalfour:《通用知识：从亚里士多德到亚瑟·贝尔福》
3。DialoguesofPlato:《柏拉图对话》
&ionsfordis。
1）Whatisthesettiory?
2）Whatisthefirstimpressionofthesalesmahebookstore?
3）Whydidthemanagerreendbookswithlowprices?
4）Whilereadiore，whatdidthenarratornotiaversation?
5）Doyouthinkthesalesmanagerreadhynot?
6）Whatdoyouthinkoftheirreendedbooks?