The Sorrows of Young Werther

Chapter 4 3 ([-])
She continued: "A few years ago, I loved reading novels. Usually on Sundays, I would stay in a quiet place and read a book quietly, and my emotions would rise and fall with Miss Yanni's experience. It was really a blessing. I still like to read that kind of novel, but I don't have much time, so I have to choose some books that help me. In my opinion, the best writers can make people read their works Sometimes there is an immersive feeling, or resonance, and it cannot make readers feel serious and rigid. Although this kind of work is not necessarily the best, it has a huge impact on readers. People read this book. It’s like watching your own story, that feeling is wonderful.”

I could barely contain my excitement, but I knew I had to, but I finally let it out because Lotte talked about the Reverend Wakefield, and her sensible, objective comments about the Reverend made me uncontrollable I couldn't help being excited, and said all the words in my heart.After we finished our conversation, I found my dance partner and my cousin sitting there silently. I just remembered that I had neglected them. Lotte started chatting with them. My cousin looked at me with sarcasm and made unpleasant noises. , but I don't care.

The girls started talking about dancing.Lotte said: "I have a fanatical love for dancing. Even if you say I am obsessed, I don't care. In my opinion, there is nothing more interesting than dancing. When I am irritable and sad, if I use that The old piano plays a dance song, and the joy will come back again."

Her eyes are like stars in the sky, shining charmingly, and like black pearls in the sea.And her flexible lips and vivid face made me intoxicated, I looked at her obsessively, just looking at her, the surrounding sounds seemed to disappear.I believe you can understand how I feel.When the carriage stopped at the entrance of the playground where the dance was held, I was still immersed in boundless fantasy, and lost all perception of everything around me, and the music in the playground failed to wake me up.

The partner's cousin and Lotte had been helped out of the carriage by their respective partners, and they led the two girls into the venue, one of them was named Alderaine, and the other's name I can't remember, I don't have much energy To remember other people's names.I followed them with my partner.

The ball started, and we danced the minuet first, and we danced happily in pairs; I invited the girls to dance, and these girls were not very beautiful, and they were not easy-going, and they always rushed to dance with others.During the British dance, Lotte and her dance partner need to cooperate with us to make patterns, you must know how happy I am.She moves so beautifully, I wish you could see it.Every movement of her is just right, dancing is her life, and she doesn't care about everything else.

I invited her when the second round of dance was about to start, and she discussed with me whether we could dance the third round together, and she was very sincere when she spoke.She said: "German dance is my favorite dance. When we dance this dance, we stipulate that two people must dance together. My partner is not good at waltz, and neither can your partner. How about me and that dancer?" Say girl, and you tell my dance partner, let them sit and chat while dancing German dance, I think they will be very happy. Just saw your English dance is very good, I am looking forward to and You dance the German dance together." I agreed with her suggestion, so I shook her hand, and we agreed to dance the waltz together.

The waltz begins.Lotte and I kept changing various dance positions. She looks so beautiful, and how agile her body is when she spins!Because the waltz has only become popular not long ago, some people are not very good at dancing, so after those who are not very skilled have finished dancing, we walked from the edge of the dance floor to the center of the venue, and danced easily, O Derain and his partner danced with us all the time, it was an incredible feeling, I felt like I was flying in the sky.The girl in my arms is like a fairy who is not stained with dust. Her light covers everything. At that time, I had a thought in my heart, William, you must not guess it. I prayed in my heart that she would never dance with others again. Waltz, even if the devil uses this to take away my soul, I am not afraid!
After the dance, we walked slowly around the venue a few times, sat down after our breathing calmed down, and I brought some oranges, which I specially left for Lotte.She was very happy when she saw the oranges, but there was a girl sitting next to her. Out of courtesy, she handed the girl a petal of oranges. Very uncomfortable.

The English dance begins, and we are second in order.When we entered the arena, we held hands with each other, and I couldn't help but feel warm when I saw the innocent and joyful eyes in her eyes.When we were dancing, we passed by a woman who was not too young. Her expression was very coquettish, which impressed me deeply.Although she was smiling, she pointed her finger at Lotte menacingly, and she said "Albert" twice.

I asked Lotte suspiciously: "Excuse me, but who is Albert?" It happened that the dance team needed to form an "8" shape, and Lotte and I separated for a while, and I saw Lotte's expression Get a little serious.She said: "I should tell you that Albert is my fiancé." At this time we were dancing in the crowd, and she went on: "He is a good man." I heard this in the carriage. Didn't pay attention, but now I feel like this incident is like a bolt from the blue, sending me into the bottomless abyss.You can see that Lotte occupies an absolutely important place in my heart. Although the time I spent with her was very short, it was enough to make me fall in love with her madly.I became delirious, and my movements were out of control. I accidentally ran into someone else's line and almost ruined everyone's dance. Fortunately, Lotte quickly stopped me and prevented the dance from becoming chaotic.

Lightning is becoming more and more frequent, and when people are in high spirits, we have seen a lot of lightning before, but they are all far away from us. I comfort everyone, saying that those are just flashes without sound, but now , thunder and lightning gradually approached, and we could no longer hear the music.The order of the procession began to panic, the first three girls ran out, followed by their partners, and then there was a commotion and the music died away.People have horrified and strange expressions on their faces. This is a natural human reaction. When people are immersed in a pleasant environment, something frightening suddenly happens. Maybe the thing is not too scary, but it is in people's mind. It appeared without any precautions, so the impression on people will be very strong. Another reason is that people have dispersed all the sensory cells in the whole body in a pleasant environment. What happens after that, no matter how small it is in normal times The feeling that it brings to people at this moment is very strong.Now, the girls in the arena are very flustered. One girl squats in a corner with her hands covering her ears. In her arms is another girl's head. The two of them are side by side pitifully. Full of tears.Some people clamored to go home, some people had no idea at all, just prayed to the sky, young men rushed to kiss the girls when they were shaking, some calm men smoked outside, the hostess suggested that we Those who remained went to the rooms to wait, so we went into a room with shutters and curtains on the windows.After entering, Lotte first arranged the chairs in the room in a circle, and after everyone was seated, she invited everyone to play a game.Someone immediately talked about playing a kissing game, and many people pouted their mouths, looking intoxicated.Lotte smiled and said: "No! We play a counting game. I will go clockwise. You count from the beginning. Everyone reports the number that is their turn. The speed must be fast. If anyone makes a mistake or pause , I’ll just give him a slap in the face, and count to a thousand.” The room immediately boiled, and Lotte was ready to start walking in circles. The first person said “one”, and then everyone continued to count. go down.Lotte's speed gradually increased, and immediately someone said the wrong number, so he was slapped, and the people behind him laughed wantonly, but they were also slapped by Lotte.Lotte started circling again, faster and faster.I was also slapped twice during the game, and I found that when she hit me, she seemed to be stronger than others, which made me feel complacent.Before counting to a thousand, everyone couldn't stand up with laughter, and the game was over.The rain gradually subsided, and people chatted together in small groups, and I followed Lotte to the dance venue. She said as she walked: "Playing games can distract them from their fear of lightning." I agreed with silence.She added: "Actually, I am more afraid than anyone else, but I pretended to be brave, hoping to make everyone not feel afraid. In the end, I really became brave." There were bursts of thunder, raindrops hit the ground, and there was a fresh fragrance of flowers and plants in the air, which was refreshing.Lotte put her arm on the window sill, she looked at the grass and the sky first, then turned to look at me, I found crystal tears welling up in her eyes, she put her hand on mine, and looked at me Say, "Klopstock!" Immediately, that magnificent song came to my mind, and my heart throbbed with her words.I held her hand, I couldn't help but shed tears, I kissed her hand, and then I met her eyes, dear friend, I was very surprised and honored by the admiration in her eyes , she is mine, no one can take her away!
June [-]

I finished writing the last letter at two o'clock in the middle of the night. At that time, my will was a little fuzzy. I forgot where I stopped writing. I think if I talked with you at night by candlelight that day, I would definitely stay up all night.

Excuse me for not being able to tell what happened as we rode home after the ball, as time would not permit me.All in all, it was a wonderful journey. The sun had already risen in the sky, and the woods after the heavy rain looked particularly clean and refreshing.My dance partner and my cousin fell asleep, Lotte asked me if I needed a rest, and said I don't have to be too formal, I told her: "As long as you don't close your eyes, I will not sleep." Looking at her all the time, we were awake until the carriage stopped at the gate of the villa, and the maid opened the gate lightly. Lotte asked her family about the situation, and the maid said that they were still awake.When we were parting, I proposed to visit her again during the day, and she agreed, so I drove on in the carriage.The joy in my heart and the light on Lotte made me ignore everything around me. The sun and moon disappeared, and the trees and houses disappeared.

June 21

William, my friend, my days are as sweet as honey now, as must be the life of a believer in God?If my future life path is bumpy, I will not feel sad. The happy times in the past are enough for me to miss my whole life.I have decided to live in Waalheim, which is only half an hour from Lotte's house, and that is where my happiness lies.At first, I only came here occasionally to relax, but I didn't expect it to be so magical. I have seen that mountain villa in different places, but the feeling at those times is far less than the ecstasy I am now.

Dear friends, human beings have a never-ending drive. Everyone is not satisfied with the status quo, and longs to change themselves or to change others, but it is this drive that makes people live and struggle in a narrow place. Just keep indifferent to things outside of your own interests.

Now I am in a narrow place, where there are mountains and rivers, dense forests, wide fields and scenic valleys, I can't wait to fall into their embrace!I long to unleash all my passions in these picturesque places and fill my soul with the joy they bring me.

If hard work brings only bitterness and sadness, even the most unstable people will start to miss their hometown and finally return to their warm and happy home, where your wife and children are looking forward to your return.The joy that family brings you is far easier and more gratifying than the passion that traveling outside brings you.

When the dew still gathers on the blades of grass, I will go to the plantation in Waalheim to harvest peas in the clear sunshine, wash and choose after returning, and read a few pages of "Homer" by the way; Take out a pot, put a little butter, then pour the peas into it, boil it on fire, and the rest just need to stir the spoon a few times from time to time.When I indulge in the joy of cooking, I always think of Penelope's suitors slaughtering pigs and cows with great fanfare, and then cooking a pot of soup.This kind of life is undoubtedly peaceful and peaceful, and I am very grateful to God for allowing me to have this peaceful life.

Seeing the fruits and vegetables that I have worked so hard to turn into delicacies, everyone will feel happy, and I also feel this kind of joy at the moment, together with the scene of fertilizing and watering, it can make people smile, and the hard work has finally paid off .

June 29
The day before yesterday I was playing with her siblings at Lotte's house, when the doctor came to visit the judge, he saw me playing with the children indistinctly, they were climbing on me and playing tricks on me, and I didn't Keep tickling them, making them scream and laugh.Seeing all this, the serious and rigid doctor shook his head again and again. In his opinion, I simply lost my gentlemanly demeanor.I also can't understand how he always pulls his tie and cuffs when he talks, looking serious, let him say what he wants, I'm not afraid of him.During the fight, the children knocked down several stacked straight houses, so I re-stacked several houses.When the doctor returned to the city, he told everyone what he had seen at the judge's house. He said that the judge's children were wild, and Werther's presence made them even more wild.William, I always get along very well with children. I like to observe their every move and guess what they will achieve when they grow up. Their innocence, innocence, and kindness are what the world needs most.More than once, the words of famous people came to my mind: "We must regain our innocence and see things like children..." Now you know, dear friend, children are smarter than we think, and we should Learn more from them, but we foolishly think that they are naive and ignorant, relying on our rich experience, we willfully infringe on them.No one dares to deny my words, who hasn't done it?But God does not give us the right to harm them.The Son of God taught us to treat those around us in this way, including children, but we sneered at his words and continued to do our own way, so what is the point of our worship and admiration?That's all for now, I don't want to discuss it any further.William, dear friend, goodbye.

(End of this chapter)