锡德里克·埃罗尔和妈妈一起住在纽约。妈妈是美国人。爸爸来自英国,但是几年前去世了。锡德里克对爸爸的家庭一无所知。一天,一位英国律师来到纽约。他是多林考特伯爵的律师哈维沙姆先生,他给锡德里克和他妈妈带来一个消息。伯爵是锡德里克的祖父,而锡德里克的父亲已经去世,所以锡德里克现在是多林考特财产和家族姓氏的继承人。他必须离开纽约,告别朋友——食品杂货店老板霍布斯先生和擦皮鞋的男孩迪克——前往英格兰。作为伯爵的孙子,他现在的名字是方特勒罗伊爵爷,他必须和富有的老祖父一起住在城堡里。 但是有钱人不一定是快乐的或好相处的。多林考特伯爵是一个易怒、自私、坏脾气的老头儿,而且他讨厌美国和美国人。每个人都怕他。但是对锡德里克来说,祖父是要去爱的人。同时,伯爵也会从他来自美国的孙子身上学到很多…… Cedric Errol lives with his American mother in New York. His father came from England, but he died some years ago, and Cedric knows nothing about his father’s family. But one day an English lawyer comes to New York. He is Mr Havisham, lawyer to the Earl of Dorincourt, and he has news for Cedric and his mother. The Earl is Cedric’s grandfather, and because Cedric’s father is dead, Cedric is now the heir to the Dorincourt riches and family name. He must leave New York, say goodbye to his friends Mr Hobbs the grocery-man and Dick the boot-black, and go to England. As the Earl’s grandson, his name is now Lord Fauntleroy, and he must live in a castle with his rich old grandfather. But rich people are not always happy people, or nice people. The Earl of Dorincourt is an angry, selfish, bad-tempered old man, and he hates America and Americans. Everyone is afraid of him. But to Cedric, a grandfather is someone to love, and the Earl has a lot to learn from his American grandson...
Cedric Errol and his mamma were very good friends. This was important because there were only two of them. Cedric’s father was dead, and it was a sad day in the little house in New York when Mrs Errol told Cedric this news.
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Dear, dear Ceddie,’ she said. ’Your papa was very ill last week and – and he – he’s not coming home to us. He’s never coming home again because...’ And then she began to cry.
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Cedric was only seven years old, but he was a very loving little boy. He went at once to his mamma and put his little arms around her and his face next to her face. They did not need any more words.
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So Cedric and his mother were alone in the world. Mrs Errol’s mother and father were dead, and Mr Errol’s family was in England. Mr Errol’s father – Cedric’s grandfather – was an important man. He was the Earl of Dorincourt, the head of one of the oldest and most famous families in England. He lived at Dorincourt Castle, and was very rich.
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But he was not a nice person. He was an angry, bad-tempered old man – and he hated America and Americans. So when his youngest son, Cedric’s father, married an American girl in New York, a girl without money or family, just a nobody, the Earl was very angry. He wrote this letter to his son:
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Never come to Dorincourt Castle, and never write to me. I don’t want to see you again. Don’t ask me for help or money. You can live – or die; I don’t want to know. You are no longer my son.
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The Earl had two older sons, but they were bad, selfish men. They spent the Earl’s money on horses and women, never said a kind word, or did a good thing in their lives. Nobody liked them, and their father hated them. They were a black page in the book of the Dorincourt family.
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Cedric’s father was very different from his brothers. He had a beautiful face, was tall and strong, and had the kindest heart in the world. Everybody loved him.
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He was very sad when his father’s angry letter arrived. He loved his home in England, and he even loved his bad-tempered old father. But he was young and happy with his sweet young wife.
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Soon Cedric arrived, and there never was a happier child than little Ceddie. He slept well, he ate well, he smiled a lot, and never cried. And he had big brown eyes and beautiful golden-yellow hair.
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When he was older, he still smiled a lot, and he was the happiest, friendliest little boy in the world. Everybody liked him. Everybody liked to talk to him when they met him in the street. He had some good friends. There was Mr Hobbs, the grocery-man in the store at the end of their street. There were the children along the street, and there was Dick, the boot-black boy. And there was Bridget. Bridget had twelve children, and her husband was a builder. But he was often ill and could not work, and then there was no money for the rent. Cedric felt very sorry for them all when life was difficult.
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The Earl of Dorincourt was an angry, bad-tempered old man.
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Cedric’s best friend was his mamma. Her eyes were sad, and she always wore a black dress, but she was young and pretty, and she loved her little boy very much.
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So life went on for Cedric Errol and his friends. Then one day everything changed. Mrs Errol had a visitor from England. He was a tall old man, in dark clothes. His name was Mr Havisham, and he was the lawyer for the Earl of Dorincourt. He had some very surprising news for Cedric’s mother.
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You know that the Earl had three sons, Mrs Errol,’ he said. ’The two older sons, Bevis and Maurice, died two or three months ago – one in an accident, and the other from an illness. They were not married and they had no children. Your husband is dead too, and so his son is now the heir. Cedric Errol is now Lord Fauntleroy and the next Earl of Dorincourt after his grandfather dies.’
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Mrs Errol’s face went very white. ’Oh,’ she said, ’is the Earl going to take Cedric away from me? We are so happy together. I try to be a good mother to him.’
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Mr Havisham was not a family man. He was a lawyer, a cold man of business, but he saw that Mrs Errol was a loving mother. His next news was difficult to say.
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I must tell you, Mrs Errol,’ he said, ’that the Earl is not very friendly to you. He does not like America or Americans, and he was very angry when his son married you. I am sorry to say this, but he does not want to see you. He wants Lord Fauntleroy to live with him at Dorincourt Castle, but he wants you to live in a different house. He is giving you a house called Court Lodge, and there Lord Fauntleroy can visit you every day.’
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Mr Havisham watched Mrs Errol carefully. ’Is she going to cry?’ he thought. He did not know the right words to say to a crying woman.
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But Mrs Errol did not cry. She stood for a moment at the window, then turned and looked at the lawyer.
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My husband loved Dorincourt,’ she said quietly. ’He loved England, and everything English. He was very sad to leave it all. So I think Ceddie must go back, and learn how to be an English earl.’
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She looked at the lawyer with her sweet, sad eyes. ’I hope the Earl can learn to love Ceddie. He is only little, and he is a very loving child.’
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Mr Havisham thought about the old Earl. He was a bad-tempered, selfish old man, and did not love anyone. But the lawyer did not say this.
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Cedric’s best friend was his mamma.
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Mrs Errol,’ he said, ’the Earl wants the best of everything for his grandson. He wants him to be happy. Your son is going to have a very good life at Dorincourt.’
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A short time later Cedric came home from a visit to his friend Mr Hobbs, the grocery-man. He was very surprised to find a visitor in the sitting room. His mother ran to him and took his hands.
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Oh Ceddie,’ she cried. ’Dear, dear Ceddie!’
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Mr Havisham stood up and looked down at Cedric. ’And so this,’ he said slowly, ’is little Lord Fauntleroy.’