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Mark?Twain马克·吐温I?was?at?a?dinner?in?London?given?in?honor?of?one?of?the?most?celebrated?English?military?menof?his?time.?I?do?not?want?to?tell?you?his?real?name?and?titles.?I?will?just?call?him?LieutenantGeneral?Lord?Arthur?Scoresby.?I?cannot?describe?my?excitement?when?I?saw?this?great?andfamous?man.?There?he?sat,?the?man?himself,?in?person,?all?covered?with?medals.?I?could?not?takemy?eyes?off?him.?He?seemed?to?show?the?true?mark?of?greatness.?His?fame?had?no?effect?onhim.?The?hundreds?of?eyes?watching?him,?the?worship?of?so?many?people?did?not?seem?to?makeany?difference?to?him.事情发生在伦敦的一次宴会上。这次宴会是为当代英国威名显赫的两三位军事将领之一举行的。由于下面即将说明的原因，我将不提他的真实姓名和各种头衔。我将称他为陆军中将阿瑟·斯考兹比勋爵、皇家护卫骑士、巴斯爵士，等等，等等，等等。鼎鼎大名的人物具有多大的魅力130年前他在克里米亚战役中崭露头角，名声大噪，历久不衰。从那时以后我曾无数次听见人们谈到他，而此刻他本人就坐在那儿。我盯着这位半神半人似的人物，看呀，看呀，看呀，好像这就是我的美酒佳肴。我注视着他，搜寻他的一切特点并默记在心：他的面部表情安详、矜持、高贵、严肃；他的气质中具有朴素、诚实的品格，这是一眼就看得出的；他对自己的丰功伟绩虽然踌躇满志，但却不露声色——好像不知道成百双充满崇敬之情的眼睛正注视着他；好像不知道出自人们内心的一股深厚的爱慕之情，一种真诚的崇拜，正朝他涌来。Next?to?me?sat?a?clergyman,?who?was?an?old?friend?of?mine.?He?was?not?always?a?clergyman.During?the?first?half?of?his?life?he?was?a?teacher?in?the?military?school?at?Woolwich.?There?was?astrange?look?in?his?eye?as?he?leaned?toward?me?and?whispered?– Privately?–?he?is?a?completefool.?He?meant,?of?course,?the?hero?of?our?dinner.坐在我左边的牧师是我的老相识。他现在是牧师，可前半辈子却是在戎马生涯中度过的，而且还当过伍立奇军事学校的教官。就在我刚谈到的这个时刻，他眼中隐隐约约闪现出一种十分离奇的目光，一边用手势指着宴会上的那位英雄，一边俯过头来轻轻地，但却是满有把握地对我说：“私下说说一他是个头号大傻瓜。”This?came?as?a?shock?to?me.?I?looked?hard?at?him.?I?could?not?have?been?more?surprised?if?hehas?said?the?same?thing?about?Nepoleon,?or?Socrates,?or?Solomon.?But?I?was?sure?of?two?thingsabout?the?clergyman.?He?always?spoke?the?truth.?And,?his?judgment?of?men?was?good.Therefore,?I?wanted?to?find?out?more?about?our?hero?as?soon?as?I?could.这个评语使我大吃一惊。如果他说的是拿破仑、苏格拉底或是所罗门，我也不会感到更惊奇了。有两点我是清楚的：这位牧师说话句句真实可靠；而且他很有知人之明。因此我断定，毫无疑问，世人是错看了这位英雄：他的确是个傻瓜。于是我就想在方便的时候向这位孤身独处的牧师问清楚，他是怎样发现这个秘密的。Some?days?later?I?got?a?chance?to?talk?with?the?clergyman,?and?he?told?me?more.?These?are?hisexact?wo