Коханець леді Чаттерлей
Chapter 4
Setthemindandthereasontocockitovertherest,andalltheycandoistocriticize,andmakeadeadness.Isayalltheycando.Itisvastlyimportant.MyGod,theworldneedscriticizingtoday...criticizingtodeath.Thereforelet’slivethementallife,andgloryinourspite,andstriptherottenoldshow.But,mindyou,it’slikethis:whileyouliveyourlife,youareinsomewayanOrganicwholewithalllife.Butonceyoustartthementallifeyouplucktheapple.You’veseveredtheconnexionbetweentheappleandthetree:theorganicconnexion.Andifyou’vegotnothinginyourlifebutthementallife,thenyouyourselfareapluckedapple...you’vefallenoffthetree.Andthenitisalogicalnecessitytobespiteful,justasit’sanaturalnecessityforapluckedappletogobad.’
Cliffordmadebigeyes:itwasallstufftohim.Conniesecretlylaughedtoherself.
’Wellthenwe’reallpluckedapples,’saidHammond,ratheracidlyandpetulantly.
’Solet’smakeciderofourselves,’saidCharlie.
’ButwhatdoyouthinkofBolshevism?’putinthebrownBerry,asifeverythinghadleduptoit.
’Bravo!’roaredCharlie.’WhatdoyouthinkofBolshevism?’
’Comeon!Let’smakehayofBolshevism!’saidDukes.
’I’mafraidBolshevismisalargequestion,’saidHammond,shakinghisheadseriously.
’Bolshevism,itseemstome,’saidCharlie,’isjustasuperlativehatredofthethingtheycallthebourgeois;andwhatthebourgeoisis,isn’tquitedefined.ItisCapitalism,amongotherthings.
