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说元稹的其他作品，大家却都没反应，我害怕她会被校长批评，而她平时待我还不错，因此就想帮帮她，课堂上总得有人回答老师的问题吧--正好，我也对元稹非常熟悉。”

这孩子的眼神如此真诚，让谷秋莎打消了之

前的犹疑。

“我相信你看过许多古典诗词，那么你爱看小说吗？”

“阿姨，你在考我吗？”

她半蹲下来，揉着男孩漂亮的脸颊说：“你可以叫我谷小姐。”

“好吧，谷小姐。”

“你看过《简·爱》吗？”

虽然，这本书对于小学生来说太成人了，但谷秋莎要考验他的并非这个。

“看过啊。”

“Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain, and little, I am soulless and heartless?”

不经意间，谷秋莎背出这段简·爱对罗切斯特所说的名言开头，她相信眼前的男孩很难通过这轮考试，若能把中文翻译出来谢天谢地了。

“You think wrong!”让人意想不到，司望直接说出了后面的英文，“I have as much soul as you, and full as much heart! And if God had gifted me with some beauty and much wealth, I should have made it as hard for you to leave me, as it is now for me to leave you. I am not talking to you now through the medium of custom, conventionalities, nor even of mortal flesh; it is my spirit that addresses your spirit; just as if both had passed through the grave, and we stood at God's feet, equal, as we are!”

当他声情并茂字正腔圆地背诵完毕，谷秋莎已不敢直视这孩子的双眼。十年前，谷秋莎送给申明一本《简·爱