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我不知道为什么会这样，除非我们能从我们西方人的习惯中找到原因，即假设中国人在智力方面顶尖，却在道德方面欠缺。我只是提供了一个观察到的事实，如果你在翻阅一本书的时候遇到一些诸如“Chin Loo的狭长眼睛”之类的内容，你最好马上把它放下；这很糟糕。在我看来，唯一的例外是Ernest Hamilton勋爵的《Four Tragedies of Memworth》——当然可能还有其他的例外。
“Lord Ernest Hamilton's Four Tragedies of Memworth”，该书出版于1928年，已经绝版多年且没有电子版，其对中国人描写的真实情况如何我们已经较难得知。
简介：
'The Four Tragedies of Memworth' is a hard-to-find detective story. The prologue reveals why Dale Chantry's early perfidy in China Compels him to receive every 13th of January a red-written message of vengeance. In the main story, young Jack Cunningham, engaged as secretary to that aged philatelist, Lord Penfield, is shocked first by the murder of the heir, the said Dale Chantry, then by the suicide of the next-of- kin, Oliver Chantry, exasperated by public suspicion. Lord Penfield dies, and is succeeded by Hugh, an unknown Canadian relative, who, as Cunningham recognizes, has masqueraded in Memworth as a footman called William. Though Cunningham's life is twice endangered, possibly by Hugh, he develops a considerable affection for him. But the Canadian Earl, as a final tragedy, is found shot dead in his own park, presumably by a blackmailer.
“Lord Ernest Hamilton's Four Tragedies of Memworth”，该书出版于1928年，已经绝版多年且没有电子版，其对中国人描写的真实情况如何我们已经较难得知。
简介：
'The Four Tragedies of Memworth' is a hard-to-find detective story. The prologue reveals why Dale Chantry's early perfidy in China Compels him to receive every 13th of January a red-written message of vengeance. In the main story, young Jack Cunningham, engaged as secretary to that aged philatelist, Lord Penfield, is shocked first by the murder of the heir, the said Dale Chantry, then by the suicide of the next-of- kin, Oliver Chantry, exasperated by public suspicion. Lord Penfield dies, and is succeeded by Hugh, an unknown Canadian relative, who, as Cunningham recognizes, has masqueraded in Memworth as a footman called William. Though Cunningham's life is twice endangered, possibly by Hugh, he develops a considerable affection for him. But the Canadian Earl, as a final tragedy, is found shot dead in his own park, presumably by a blackmailer.
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