1.导言

    "TheAppoiinSamarra"asretoldbyW.SomersetMaugham[1933][1]

    ThespeakerisDeath

    “TherewasamertinBagdadwhosenthisservanttomarkettobuyprovisionsandinalittlewhiletheservantcameback,whiteandtrembling,andsaid,Master,justnowwhenIwasinthemarketpceIwasjostledbyawomaninthecrowdaurnedIsawitwasDeaththatjostledme.Shelookedatmeandmadeathreateniure,now,lendmeyourhorse,andIwillrideawayfromthiscityandavoidmyfate.IwillgotoSamarraandthereDeathwillnotfihemertlenthimhishorse,andtheservantmou,andhedughisspursinitsfnksandasfastasthehorsecouldgallophewent.Thewentdowntothemarketpdhesawmestandinginthecrowdandhecametomeandsaid,Whydidyoumakeathreatiuretomyservantwhenyousawhimthism?Thatwasnot