"It's well for you," she said.

"If I go," I said, "I will bring you something."

What innumerable follies laid waste my waking and sleeping thoughts after that evening! I wished to annihilate the tedious intervening days. I chafed against the work of school. At night in my bedroom and by day in the classroom her image came between me and the page I strove to read. The syllables of the word Araby were called to me through the silence in which my soul luxuriated and cast an Eastern enchantment over me. I asked for leave to go to the bazaar on Saturday night. My aunt was surprised, and hoped it was not some Freemason affair. I answered few questions in class. I watched my master's face pass from amiability to sternness; he hoped I was not beginning to idle. I could not call my wandering thoughts together. I had hardly any patience with the serious work of life which, now that it stood between me and my desire, seemed to me child's play, ugly monotonous child's play.

On Saturday morning I reminded my uncle that I wished to go to the bazaar in the evening. He was fussing at the hallstand, looking for the hat-brush, and answered me curtly:

"Yes, boy, I know."

As he was in the hall I could not go into the front parlour and lie at the window. I felt the house in bad humour and walked slowly towards the school. The air was pitilessly raw and already my heart misgave me.

sleeping [´sli:piŋ]   n.&a.睡着(的)   (初中英语单词)

beginning [bi´giniŋ]   n.开始，开端；起源   (初中英语单词)

patience [´peiʃəns]   n.忍耐(力)；耐心；坚韧   (初中英语单词)

humour [´hju:mə]   n.幽默，诙谐   (初中英语单词)

innumerable [i´nju:mərəbəl]   a.无数的，数不清的   (高中英语单词)

strove [strəuv]   strive的过去式   (高中英语单词)

annihilate [ə´naiəleit]   vt.歼灭；消灭   (英语四级单词)

tedious [´ti:diəs]   a.冗长的；乏味的   (英语四级单词)

enchantment [in´tʃɑ:ntmənt]   n.迷惑；妖术；魅力   (英语四级单词)

monotonous [mə´nɔtənəs]   a.单(音)调的   (英语四级单词)