Caleb's Crossing

And that college had proved itself the greatest thief of all. It was, I now think, a cursed place.

教育即掠夺主线，plot 92。

I will not ask of you anything that my own dear wife Barbara did not do, full willingly, to keep these boys in health and heart.

寄宿照料关系，cast 92。

I had written to grandfather seeking his permission to remain in Cambridge, and the letter I had back from him dealt with the matter in half a sentence

书信跳切节拍，pace 88。

Like Eve, I thirsted after forbidden knowledge

圣经声口，prose 93。

while my father and Makepeace whisper together on the far side of the blanket that divides our chamber.

殖民家庭空间，world 95。

Though my father has not seen fit to give me the news, I have the whole of it.

窃听得讯开钩，hook 91。

I am not a hero. Life has not required it of me. But neither will I go to my grave a coward

女声证言框架，innov 90。

let these last pages be my death song—even if at the end it is no paean, but as it must be: a dissonant and tragical lament.

挽歌自证收束，ending 94。