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CHAPTER第三longenoughinhermidmorningflurrytowhispertoTherese,"Ifwedon'tsellthistwenty-fourninety-fivesuitcasetoday,it'llbemarkeddownMondayandthedepartment'lltakeatwo-dollarloss!"Robertanoddedatthebrownpastsuitcaseonthecounter,thrustherloadofgrayboxesintoMissMartucci'shands,andhurriedon.特·，是玩具店最年輕的部門管理者，大上午的，她消了一會然后匆匆（跑過去跟耳語“假如今天我們賣不掉這個2495手提箱，星期一就會降價，商店要損失2。”了其手里，匆匆走了，Downthelongaisle,Theresewatchedthesalesgirlsmakewayfor看到長走道上的女售貨員給特讓路Robertaflewupanddowncountersandfromonecornerofthefloortotheother,fromnineinthemorninguntilsixatnight.TheresehadheardthatRobertawastryingforanotherpromotion.Sheworeredharlequinglasses,andunliketheothergirls,alwayspushedthesleevesofhergreensmockupaboveherelbows.TheresesawherflitacrossanaisleandstopMrs.Hendricksonwithanexcitedmessagedeliveredwithgestures.特在柜子上飛上飛下的，從一個角落飛奔到另外一個角落，從。上9點一直忙到晚上6點聽說她想再次升職她戴著紅色框眼鏡不像其他子她總是把綠色工作服的袖子擼到手肘的地方看到她輕快地掠過走道攔住了里克斯太太打了手勢，傳遞了一個興奮的消息。。Mrs.Hendricksonnoddedagreement,Robertatouchedhershoulderfamiliarly,andTheresefeltasmallstartoflousy.lousy,thoughshedidn'tcareintheleastforMrs.Hendrickson,evendislikedher.，，澤感覺起了一絲醋意想她一點都不會吃里克斯太太的醋，"Doyouhaveadollmadeofcloththat“這有那種布制的哭泣的娃娃么Theresedidn'tknowofsuchadollinstock,butthewomanwaspositiveFrankenberg'shadit,becauseshehadseenitadvertised.Theresepulledoutanotherbox,fromthelastspotitmightpossiblybe,anditwasn't.不知道倉庫里是否有這種娃娃但是這個女人肯定克貝（商場有這種娃娃因為她在登的上看到過這種娃娃她拉（人描述的那個娃娃）"Wotchalookin'fuh?"MissSantiniaskedher.MissSantinihada“你在找什么？”圣蒂尼問她，圣蒂尼得了感冒，（所以音有點鼻音，發(fā)音不是很清楚"AdollmadeofcloththatcriesTheresesaid.MissSantinihadbeenespeciallycourteoustoherlay.Thereserememberedthestolenmeat.禮貌。想起那被偷走ButnowMissSantinionlyliftedhereyebrows,stuckoutherbrightredunderlipwithashrug,andshewenton.但是現(xiàn)在只是抬了抬眉毛，嘟著她火紅的下嘴唇，了一下肩，然后走了"Madeofcloth?Withpigtails?"MissMartucci,alean,stragglyhairedItaliangirlwithalongnoselikeawolf'slookedatTherese."Don'tletRobertahearyou,"MissMartuccisaidwithaglancearoundher."Don'tletanybodyhearyou,butthosedollsareinthebasement."“布料做的？有豬尾巴么？”其，是一個瘦瘦的，頭發(fā)糟糟的意大利像狼一樣長長的鼻子一邊一邊看著”不要讓特知道了，其一邊一邊掃視了她一圈，“不要讓任何人知道，這些娃娃都是放在室?！?Oh."Theupstairstoydepartmentwasatwarwiththebasementtoydepartment.Thetacticsweretothecustomerintobuyingontheseventhfloor,whereeverythingwasmoreexpensive.Theresetoldthewomanthedollswereinthebasement.“噢”樓上玩具店 室玩具店在交戰(zhàn)狀態(tài)，目的是為了驅(qū)使顧到7樓買東西，（因為）7樓的所有東西都要貴些。告訴那個"Tryandsellthistoday,"MissDavissaidtoherasshesidledpast,slapthebatteredimitationalligatorsuitcasewithherred-nailedhand.Therese“試試，今天把這個賣掉，”當達滑過身邊的時候，點點頭"Doyouhaveanystiff-leggeddolls?Onethatstands“這有那種有著硬邦邦的腿的玩偶么，就是那種能站起來的玩偶？”Thereselookedatthemiddle-agedwomanwiththecrutchesthatthrusthershouldershigh.Herfacewasdifferentfromalltheotherfacesacrossthecounter,gentle,withacertaincognizanceintheeyesasiftheyactuallysawwhattheylookedat.看著這個中年婦女，她撐著拐杖，高高地抬著肩。臉不看到了它們所要尋找的東西。"That'salittlebiggerthanIwanted,"thewomansaidwhenThereseshowedheradoll."I'msorry.Doyouhaveasmallerone?"“這個比我要的那種要大一點點，”那個女人說， 給她展一個娃娃的時候，“對不起，你還有更小的么"Ithinkso."Theresewentfartherdowntheaisle,andwasawarethatthewomanfollowedheronhercrutchescirclingthepressofpeopleatthecounter,soastosaveTheresewalkingbackwiththedoll.SuddenlyTheresewantedtotakeinfinitepains,wantedtofindexactlythedollthewomanwaslookingfor.Butthenextdollwasn'tquiteright,either.“有的?！蓖叩栏钐幾呷ィ莻€女人撐著拐杖跟她，繞過柜臺前的人群，這樣倒是省的拿著玩偶再回來了。這個也不是很像（她說的那個）Thedolldidn'thaverealhair.Theresetriedinanotherceandfoundthesamedollwithrealhair.Itevencriedwhenitbentover.Itwasexactlywhatthewomanwanted.Thereselaidthedolldowncarefullyinfreshtissueinanewbox.。。個同樣的而且還有真頭發(fā)。當它彎腰的時候，它看起來真地像在哭，這個就是那個女人想要的那種玩偶，的用紙張包裹起來，放到新的盒子里。"That'sjustperfectthewomanrepeated."I'msendingthistoafriendinAustraliawho'sanurse.Shegraduatedfromnursingschoolwithme,soImadealittleuniformlikeourstodressadollin.Thankyousomuch.（士服）給它穿上，非常謝謝你。AndIwishyouamerry圣誕節(jié)快樂"MerryChristmastoyou!"Theresesaid,smiling.ItwasthefirstmerryChristmasshehadheardfromacustomer.“圣誕節(jié)快樂，”說，微笑著，這是她從一個顧客嘴里聽到第一句圣誕節(jié)快樂"Haveyouhadyourreliefyet,MissBelivet?"Mrs.Hendricksonaskedher,assharplyasifshereproachedher.“你歇了口氣么，？”太太問她，聲音好像她好像在責罵她一樣Theresehadn'thadit.Shegotherpocketbookandthenovelshewasreadingfromtheshelfunderthewrapcounter.ThenovelwasJoyce'sPortraitoftheasaYoungMan,whichRichardwasanxiousforhertoread.HowanyonecouldhavereadGertrudeSteinwithoutreadinganyJoyce,Richardsaid,hedidn'tknow.ShefeltabitinferiorwhenRichardtalkedwithheraboutbooks.Shehadbrowsedalloverthebookshelvesatschool,butthelibraryassembledbytheOrderofSt.還沒喘口氣，她拿過包，和她放在在包裹的柜臺下面的子上閱讀的那本書。這本書是寫的，《一個年藝術(shù)家的肖像》，極力要求讓她讀的一個已經(jīng)讀過 斯泰（ 作家與詩人作品的人怎么能沒讀過的書呢？說他不理解。當跟她談?wù)摃臅r候她覺著自己有點lo（沒文化，她已經(jīng)瀏覽了學校里書架上的所有的書，但是館是天主蓋的。Margarethadbeenfarfromcatholic,sherealizednow,thoughithadincludedsuchunexpectedwritersasGertrudeStein.瑪格麗特已經(jīng)遠離了天主，她現(xiàn)在知道了，但是它曾經(jīng)也囊括一些讓人意外的作家如·斯泰因Thehalltotheemployees'restroomswasblockedbybigshipcartspiledhighwithboxes.Theresewaitedtogetthrough.大廳到員工休息室的通道被一大串壘得高高的盒子給堵住了等著過"Pixie!"oneoftheshipcartboysshoutedto“小仙子！”其中一個推著購物車的男孩子向她叫喚inthebasement,theyyelled"Pixie!"athermorningandnight."Pixie,waitingforme?"theraw-edgedvoiceroaredagain,overthecrashandbumpofthestockcarts.微微地笑，因為（他們這種）傻，即使是在室的衣間，他們還是朝夕叫喊著她“小仙“小仙子在等我么？一個嘶啞又開始咆哮了蓋過了拖的乒乒乓乓。Shegotthrough,anddodgedashipcartthathurtledtowardwithaclerk來。"Nosmokinghereshoutedaman'svoicetheverygrowlyvoiceofanexecutive,andthegirlsaheadofTheresewhohadlightedcigarettesblewtheirsmokeintheairandsaidloudlyinchorusjustbeforetheyreachedtherefugeofthewomen'sroom,WhodoeshethinkheisMrFrankenberg?"“不要在這兒抽煙！”一個男聲音大聲響起，是一個管理人員的聲，在前面有幾個，她們點了煙，朝著空氣中吐著煙，“呀呼，小仙"Ah'mjussbahdinmahtahm,“啊，。。。。。小仙子Ashipcartskiddedinfrontofher,andshestruckherlegagainstitsmetalcorner.Shewentonwithoutlookingdownatherleg,thoughpainbegantoblossomthere,likeaslowexplosion.Shewentonintothedifferentchaosofwomen'svoices,women'sfigures,andthesmellofdisinfectant.Bloodwasrunningtohershoe,andherstockingwastorninajaggedhole.Shepushedsomeskinbackintoce,andfeelingsickened,leanedagainstthewallandheldtoawaterpipe.Shestayedthereaseconds,listeningtotheconfusionofvoicesamongthegirlsatthemirror.Thenshewettoiletpaperanddaubeduntiltheredwasgonefromherstocking,buttheredkeptcoming.一輛購物車滑過面前，腿撞到了金屬角上。她繼續(xù)（前行到處都彌散著水的味道長筒襪被撕開了一個參差不齊的洞。"It'sallright,thanks,"shesaidtoagirlwhobentoverherforamoment,andthegirlwentaway.“沒事謝謝你她跟一個彎（看發(fā)生了什么的說Finally,therewasnothingtodobutbuyasanitarynapkinfromtheslotmachine.Sheusedalittleofthecottonfrominsideit,andtieditonherlegwiththegauze.Andthenitwastimetogobacktothecounter.最終，沒辦法，她只好去投放硬幣自動售賣機那兒去買衛(wèi)生，（傷口候回柜臺了。Theireyesmetatthesameinstant,Thereseglancingupfromaboxwasopening,andthewomanjustturningherheadsoshelookeddirectlyatTherese.Shewastallandfair,herlongfiguregracefulintheloosefurcoatthatsheheldopenwithahandonherwaist.Hereyesweregray,colorless,yetdominantaslightorfire,andcaughtbythem,Theresecouldnotlookaway.Sheheardthecustomerinfrontofherrepeataquestion,andTheresestoodthere,mute.ThewomanwaslookingatTherese,too,withapreoccupiedexpressionasifhalfhermindwereonwhateveritwasshemeanttobuyhere,andthoughtherewereanumberofsalesgirlsbetweenthem,Theresefeltsurethewomanwouldcometoher.她聽到她前面的顧客在重復著一個問題，就站那，啞口無言，在那同一瞬間她們目光交匯了從她打開的一個盒子那兒眼一瞥那個女人剛好轉(zhuǎn)過頭這樣她就目光直直地看著樣閃耀雙眼盯著雙眼再也移不開了那個女人也正看著她全神貫注的表情好像一半思（沉浸在她打算在店里的東西上，確定那個女的會向她走過去。，ThenTheresesawherwalkslowlytowardthecounter,heardherheartstumbletocatchupwiththemomentithadletpass,andfeltherfacegrowhotasthewomancamenearerandnearer.然后看到她慢慢地柜臺聽到自己的心跳漏了一拍當那個女人（離她）越來越近的時候，她感覺臉越來越熱。"MayIseeoneofthosevalises?"thewomanasked,andleanedonthecounter,lookingdownthroughtheglasstop.“我這種旅行箱么？”女人問，她靠著柜臺，通過（柜臺的玻璃端面往下看Thedamagedvaliselayonlyayardaway.Thereseturnedaroundandgotaboxfromthebottomofastack,aboxthathadneverbeenopened.Whenshestoodup,thewomanwaslookingatherwiththecalmgrayeyesthatTheresecouldneitherquitefacenorlookawayfrom.。。個女人平靜的灰色眼睛正看著她既沒有轉(zhuǎn)過臉也沒有看向的（地方躲避眼神）。"That'stheoneIlike,butIdon'tsupposeIcanhaveitcanIshesaid,noddingtowardthebrownvaliseintheshowwindowbehindTherese.“這個就是要的那個，但是我不知道我可不可以買下它，我可么？她說一邊朝著身后儲窗里的那只棕色的旅行箱點（意）Hereyebrowswereblond,curvingaroundthebendofherforehead.Hermouthwasaswiseashereyes,Theresethought,andhervoicewaslikehercoat,richandsupple,andsomehowfullofsecrets.，眉毛是金色的，繞著眉骨曲線彎曲 嘴 ，，睛一樣聲音像外衣一樣飽滿而柔軟，莫名地充滿著神秘感。（這里有一些詞需要解釋一下，wise本來是明智聰明的意思，但是如果用來形容眼睛和嘴巴似乎不太搭配，所以用的，rich本，“可以”回答Theresewentbacktothestockroomforthekey.Thekeyhungjustinsidethedooronanail,andnoonewasallowedtotouchitbutMrs.，回到倉庫拿就掛在門背后的釘子上，除了里，斯太太誰都不能碰MissDavissawherandgasped,butTheresesaid,"Ineedit,"andwent需要它”然后就出去Sheopenedtheshowwindowandtookthesuitcasedownandlaiditonthecounter.她打開了儲窗，把旅行箱拿下來，放在柜臺上"You'regivingmetheoneondisy?"She dasifshe”你是要給我展示一下么？“她微笑著好像她了解（似的Shesaidcasually,leaningbothforearmsonthecounter,studyingthecontentsofthevalise,"They'llhaveafit,won'tthey?"她說得很隨意，雙肘撐在柜臺上，研究著旅行箱的東西?！八鼈兒芴?，不是么？”（它們指的是旅行箱里的東西"Itdoesn'tmatter,"Therese“是的。”說"Allright.I'dlikethis.That'sC.O.D.Andwhataboutclothes?Dothesecomewithit?"“好的，我要這個，貨到付款，那些衣服怎么辦呢？這些衣服是和行箱一起賣的Therewerecellophanewrappedclothesinthelidofthesuitcase,withapricetagonthem.Theresesaid,"No,they'reseparate.Ifyouwantdollclothes--thesearen'tasgoodastheclothesinthedolls'clothingdepartmentacrosstheaisle."在旅行箱的蓋子里有些玻璃紙包裹的衣服，上面還有價格。特（賣沒有過道對面那家專門賣玩偶衣服的店子里的衣服好。"Oh!WillthisgettoNewJerseybefore”噢，這個圣誕之前能送到"Yes,it'llarriveMonday."Ifitdidn't,Theresethought,shewoulddeliveritherself.“可以的，這個星期一會到。 想，如果星期一沒到，她就自"Mrs.H.F.Aird,"thewoman'ssoft,distinctvoicesaid,andTheresebegantoprintitonthegreenC.O.D.Slip.“H.F.艾爾德夫人，”女人柔軟而獨特，在綠色的貨付款的上開始打印這個（收件人名字）Thename,theaddress,thetownappearedbeneaththepencilpointlikeasecretTheresewouldneverforget,likesomethingstamitselfinhermemoryforever.名字，地址，城鎮(zhèn)就出現(xiàn)在筆尖之下，像一個，絕不會記，它就像某些東西地烙印在中"Youwon'tmakeanymistakes,willyou?"thewoman'svoice“你不會搞錯，對吧？”女人問Theresenoticedthewoman'sperfumeforthefirsttime,andinsteadofreplying,couldonlyshakeherhead.Shelookeddownatthesliptowhichshewaslaboriouslyaddingthenecessaryfigures,andwishedwithallherpowertowishanything,thatthewomanwouldsimplycontinueherlastwordsandsay,第一次注意的這個女人的香水，沒有回答他，只能看著那竭盡全力地添加一些特征希望能用盡她所有的力量去希望一些事情（就是那個女的還能再告訴她多一點信息），（希望）那個女在她簡單的話語后面，接著再繼續(xù)說下去。"Areyoureallysogladtohavemetme?Thenwhycan'tweseeeachagain?Whycan'tweevenhavelunchtogethertoday?"Hervoicewassocasualandshemighthavesaiditsoeasily.Butnothingcameafterthe"willyou?"nothingtorelievetheshameofhavingbeenrecognizedasanewsalesgirl,hiredfortheChristmasrush,inexperiencedandliabletomakemistakes.Thereseslidthebooktowardherforhersignature.“你真地很高興見到那我們?yōu)楹尾辉僖娚弦幻婺兀恳唤裉熳屓穗y堪的了。把賬簿推過去給她讓她簽名。Thenthewomanpickedupherglovesfromthecounter,andturned,andslowlywentaway,andTheresewatchedthedistancewidenandwiden.Heranklesbelowthefurofthecoatwerepaleandthin.Sheworeinblacksuedeshoeswithhighheels.然后那個女人從柜臺上撿起了手套，轉(zhuǎn)過身，慢慢地走遠了。小。她穿著高跟純黑色的羊皮鞋"That'saC.O.D.“這是發(fā)貨的訂單ThereselookedintoMrs.Hendrickson'sugly,meaninglessface."Yes,Mrs.Hendrickson."看到 太 臉“是的 太。"Don'tyouknowyou'resupposedtogivethecustomerthestripatthetop?Howdoyouexpectthemtoclaimthepurchasewhenitcomes?Where'sthecustomer?Canyoucatchher?"“你不知道你應該把上面那一聯(lián)給顧客么？當貨到的時候（有那個你怎么能期待顧客會認領(lǐng)的東西？顧客去哪了能找到么？”"Yes."Shewasonlytenfeetaway,acrosstheaisleatthedolls'clothingcounter.Andwiththegreenslipinherhand,shehesitatedamoment,thencarrieditaroundthecounter,forcingherselftoadvance,becauseshewassuddenlyabashedbyherappearance,theoldblueskirt,thecotton-whoeverassignedthegreensmockshadmissed--andthehumiliatingflatshoes.Andthehorriblebandagethroughwhichthebloodwasprobablyshowingagain.“能的，”她距離（這兒）只有10英尺遠，到過道對面買玩偶衣的柜臺那手里拿著綠色的她猶豫了一會然后再拿著它在柜臺旁強迫自己上前因為她忽然為穿者打扮感到難為情"I'msupposedtogiveyouthis,"shesaid,layingthemiserablelittlescrapbesidethehandontheedgeofthecounter,andturningaway. 臺邊緣上的那只手里，然后轉(zhuǎn)身走Behindthecounteragain,Theresefacedthestockboxesslidingthemthoughtfullyoutandback,asifshewerelookingforsomething.Theresewaiteduntilthewomanmusthavefinishedatthecounterandgoneaway.又回到了柜臺，她面對著倉庫里的盒子，認真地把它們都抽來放回去好像她在找什么一直等到那個女人買完了東西走了Shewasconsciousofthemomentspassinglikeirrevocabletime,irrevocablehappiness,forintheselastseconds,shemightturnandseethefaceshewouldneverseeagain.Shewasconscious,too,dimlynowandwithadifferenthorror,oftheold,unceasingvoicesofcustomersatthecountercallingforassistance,callingtoher,andofthelow,hummingrrrrrofthelittletrain,partofthestormthatwasclosinginandseparatingherfromthewoman.她才，流逝的時刻像無可挽回的時間和快樂，因為在最后的秒鐘她可能轉(zhuǎn)過臉看到的那張臉將見不到了現(xiàn)在她也不消停的顧客的尋求幫助正向她求助，那小火車的轟鳴聲，部分風聲很低，卻把她與那個女人開來了。Butwhensheturnedfinally,shelookeddirectlyintothegrayeyesagain.Thewomanwaswalkingtowardher,andasiftimehadturnedback,sheleanedonthecounteragainandgesturedtoadollandaskedtoseeit.當最終轉(zhuǎn)過身來的時候，她又直直地看到了那雙灰色的眼睛。Theresegotthedollanddroppeditwithaclatterontheglasscounter,andthewomanglancedather.拿到了玩偶，伴隨著嘩啦一聲，玩偶掉到了玻璃柜臺瞥了她一樣"Soundsunbreakable,"thewoman”聽聲音，好像沒有壞”女人說Thereses微"Yes,I'llgetthis,too,"shesaidinthequietslowvoicethatmadeapoolofsilenceinthetumultaroundthem.Shegavehernameandaddressagain,andTheresetookitslowlyfromherlips,asifshedidnotalreadyknowitbyheart."ThatreallywillarrivebeforeChristmas?"“是的，我也要這個?！彼f，低沉，在她們周圍的喧鬧中，離起一個四周寂靜空間她又告訴了名字和地址從口中慢慢地記錄下來好像她心里還不知道一樣“在圣誕前，東西真的能到么？”，"It'llcomeMondayatthelatest.That'stwodaysbefore“最遲星期一會到，那是圣誕節(jié)的兩天前"Good.Idon'tmeantomakeyou“好的，我并不是故意讓你緊張的Theresetightenedtheknotinthestringshehadputaroundthedollbox,andtheknotmysteriouslycameopen."No,"shesaid.Inanembarrassmentsoprofoundtherewasnothinglefttodefend,shegottheknottiedunderthewoman'seyes.著用繩子把玩偶盒子綁起來打了一個結(jié)，那個結(jié)神奇地不”她說，太囧了，都無處遁形，她在女人眼皮打緊這個結(jié)"It'sarottenjob,isn't“這個工作不好做，是么"Yes."TheresefoldedtheC.O.D.slipsaroundthewhitestring,andfastenedthemwithapin.“是的，”把貨到付款的紙片塞到白色繩子下面，然后用一針給它訂住"Soforgivemeforcom“所以原諒我的抱怨Thereseglancedather,andthesensationreturnedthatsheknewherfromsomewhere,thatthewomanwasabouttorevealherself,andtheywouldbothlaughthen,andunderstand."You'renotcomining.ButIknowit'llgetthereThereselookedacrosstheaisle,wherethewomanhadstoodbefore,andsawthetinyslipofgreenpaperstillonthecounter.望了她一眼，那種感覺回來了，（好像）她在某個地方就認了她個女人也向（這個事情她們倆個又笑起來（里怨看著過道女人之前站的地方看見那張小小綠色的紙片依然放在柜臺上。"YoureallyaresupposedtokeepthatC.O.D.“真希望你保留那張貨到付款的。Hereyeschangedwithhersnow,brightenedwithagray,colorlessfirethatTheresealmostknew,almostcouldce."I'vegottenthingsbeforewithoutthem.Ialwayslosethem."ShebenttosignthesecondO.D.，眼睛現(xiàn)在都帶著笑意明亮而閃動著灰色純凈的火焰乎知道幾乎是杰作“之前沒有貨到付款的我也拿到過東西，我總是把給丟了?！彼龔澭灹说诙仑浀礁犊畹?。，，Theresewatchedhergoawaywithastepasslowaswhenshehadcome,sawherlookatanothercounterasshepassedit,andslapherblackglovesacrossherpalmtwice,threetimesThenshedisappearedintoanelevator.看著她走遠了，一步一步跟她來的時候走得一樣慢，到當她經(jīng)過另外一個柜臺的時候，她看了一下，拿著黑色手套拍了兩三次手掌，然后她就在樓梯口AndThereseturnedtothenextcustomer.Sheworkedwithanindefatigablepatience,butherfiguresonthesalesslipsborefainttailswherethepenciljerkedconvulsively.ShewenttoMr.Logan'soffice,whichseemedtotakehours,butwhenshelookedattheclock,onlyminuteshadpassed,andnowitwastimetowashupforlunch.Shestoodstifflyinfrontoftherotatingtowel,dryingherhands,feelingunattachedtoanythingoranyone,isolated.Mr.LoganhadaskedherifshewantedtostayonafterChristmas.Shecouldhaveajobdownstairsinthecosmeticdepartment.Theresehadsaidno.轉(zhuǎn)向下一個顧客。她工作的時候很有耐心，但是筆尖忽然斷了在銷售單上的數(shù)字后面拖出一條條淡淡的尾巴她前往先生的這似乎要花上個把小時但是當她看鐘的時候才花了分鐘現(xiàn)在是時候洗手吃午飯了她僵硬地站在旋轉(zhuǎn)的前面擦的手先生問她圣誕節(jié)過后她是否想留下來她可以去樓下的化妝品部上班，了。Inthemiddleoftheafternoon,shewentdowntothefirstfloorandboughtacardinthegreeting-carddepartment.Itwasnotaveryinterestingcard,butatleastitwassimple,ininblueandgold.Shestoodwiththepenpoisedoverthecard,thinkingofwhatshemighthavewritten--"Youaremagnificent"oreven"Iloveyou"--finallywritingquicklytheexcruciatinglydullandimal:"SpecialsalutationsfromFrankenberg's."Sheaddedhernumber645-Ainlieuofasignature.Thenshewentdowntothepostofficeinthebasement,hesitatedattheletterdrop,losinghernervesuddenlyatthesightofherhandholdingtheletterhalfintheslot.Whatwouldhappen?Shewasgoingtoleavethestoreinafewdays,anyway.WhatwouldMrs.H.F.Airdcare?Theblondeyebrowswouldperhapsliftalittle,shewouldlookatthecardamoment,thenforgetit.Theresedroppedit.中午的時候，她去一樓的賀卡店買了一張賀卡。非常中規(guī)中矩的那（正想著她應該寫點什么---最終她還是苦惱快速地寫上了那些無聊而不帶個彩的話“克的特別問候在簽名處寫上了工序號然后她就去了室的郵局塞信封的時候她猶豫了看到她捏HF。還是把信封丟進去了。Onthewayhome,anideacametoherforastageset,ahouseinteriorwithmoredepththanbreadth,withakindofvortexdownthecenter,fromwhichroomswouldgooffoneitherside.Shewantedtobeginthecardboardmodelthatnight,butatlastsheonlyelaboratedonherpencilsketchofit.Shewantedtoseesomeone--notRichard,notJackorAliceKellydownstairs,maybeSla,SlaOverton,thestagedesignershehadmetduringherfirstweeksinNewYork.Theresehadnotseenher,sherealized,sinceshehadcometothecocktailpartyTheresehadgivenbeforesheleftherotherapartment.Slawasoneofthepeoplewhodidn'tknowwhereshelivednow.Theresewasonherwaydowntotheephoneinhall,whensheheardtheshortquickringsofherdoorbellthatmeanttherewasacallforher.在回家的，忽然冒出一個舞臺場景的主意，一棟房子，長度比。。-不是不是樓下的杰克和愛麗絲凱利也許是斯特拉歐文頓她是在紐約第一周遇到的一個舞臺設(shè)計者意識自己在離開那個公寓之前舉辦過一次聚會那次她了之后就再也沒見過她了斯特拉是不知道她現(xiàn)在住址的人員之一要去大廳打（半聽到門鈴短暫的響聲這表示有人來了。。。"Thankyou,"TheresecalleddowntoMrs.“謝謝你”跟奧本尼太太打招ItwasRichard'susualcallaroundnineo'clock.Richardwantedtoknowifshefeltlikeseeingamovietomorrownight.ItwasthemovieattheSuttontheystillhadn'tseen.Theresesaidshewasn'tnganything,butshewantedtofinishapillowcover.AliceKellyhadsaidshecouldcomedownandusehersewingmachinetomorrownight.Andbesides,shehadtowashherhair.這是的，他通常9點左右的樣子打過來。他打來是知道她明天晚上是否想去看是一部在薩（的他們還沒看過。絲說她明天晚上可以下來使用縫紉機除此之外她不不洗頭發(fā)。"Washittonightandseemetomorrownight,"Richard“今天晚上洗頭發(fā)，明天晚上見我?！闭f"It'stoolate.Ican'tsleepifmyhead's“太晚了，如果我頭是濕的，我會睡不著。"I'llwashittomorrownight.Wewon'tusethetub,justacoupleof“我明天晚上（幫你）洗頭發(fā)，我們可以不用那個浴盆，只用一倆桶就夠了。Shesd."Ithinkwe'dbetternot."ShehadfallenintothetubthetimeRichardhadwashedherhair.Richardhadbeenimitatingthetubdrainwithwrithingsandgluggings,andshehadlaughedsohard,herfeetslippedonthefloor.她微笑，“我們最好還是不要?！睅退搭^發(fā)，那次她"Well,whataboutthatartshowSaturday?It'sopenSaturday“好，那星期六去看藝術(shù)怎么樣？星期六下午開幕。"ButSaturday'sthedayIhavetoworktonine.Ican'tgetawaytillnine“但是星期六那天我要一直工作到9點，9:30之前我不能離開"Oh.Well,I'llstayaroundschoolandmeetyouonthecorneraboutninethirty.Forty-andFifth.Allright?"“噢，好吧，那我一直待著學校，9：30的樣子，我在44街和5街交匯處的街角等你，好么"All“好的"Anythingnew“今天發(fā)生了什么新鮮事情"No.With“沒有，你呢"No.I'mgoingtoseeaboutboatreservationstomorrow.I'llcallyoutomorrownight."“沒有，我明天去問問訂船票的事情，明晚 給你。TheresedidnotephoneSlaat沒有 ThenextdaywasFriday,thelastFridaybeforeChristmas,andthebusiestdayTheresehadknownsinceshehadbeenworkingatFrankenberg's,thougheveryonesaidtomorrowwouldbeworse.Peoplewerepressedalarminglyhardagainsttheglasscounters.Customersshestartedtowaitongotsweptawayandlostintheglueycurrentthatfilledtheaisle.Itwasimpossibletoimagineanymorepeoplecrowdingontofloor,buttheelevatorskeptemptyingpeople，，明天是星期五是圣誕節(jié)前的最后一個星期五自從她在克糟糕的一天人們被擠在玻璃柜臺之間等著服務(wù)的顧客終擠過去了在過道的擁擠的人群中根本無法想象還有的人涌上樓來，但是電梯送上一波又一波的人。，，”"Idon'tseewhytheydon'tclosethedoorsdownstairs!"ThereseremarkedtoMissMartucci,whentheywerebothstoobyastockshelf.“我就不明白了他們?yōu)樯恫话褬窍碌拈T給關(guān)了！跟”說，當她們倆彎著腰靠在貨架"What?"MissMartuccianswered,unableto“什么？”其問，根本聽不見"MissBelivet!"Somebodyyelled,andawhistle“碧利薇”某個人在叫喊著，伴隨一聲哨ItwasMrs.Hendrickson.Shehadbeenusingawhistletogetattentiontoday.Theresemadeherwaytowardherpastsalesgirlsandthroughemptyboxesonthefloor.這是太太，今天她就吹過哨聲讓人們注意。她繞過女售員和地板上的空盒子她"You'rewantedontheephone,"Mrs.Hendricksontoldher,pointingtotheephonebythewraptable.“你 太太告訴她，指向被包裹著的桌面上的話TheresemadeahelplessgesturethatMrs.Hendricksonhadnotimeto做了一個無助的手勢，但是太太沒有時間看Itwasimpossibletohearanythingonaephonenow.AndsheknewitwasprobablyRichardbeingfunny.Hehadcalledheroncebefore.這個時候 根本聽不清什么東西。她知道可能是鬧著（打過來的），他以前就打過一次"o?"she“喂？”她"o,isthisco-workersixforty-fiveA,ThereseBelivet?"theoperator'svoicesaidoverclickingsandbuzzings."Goahead."“喂，這是員工645A，· 滴滴嗡嗡的噪音后，接線員說“請繼續(xù)。"o?"sherepeated,andbarelyheardananswer.Shedraggedtheephoneoffthetableandintothestockroomafewfeetaway.Thewiredidnotquitereach,andshehadtostooponthefloor."o?" 想拖到幾尺外的庫房去聽，但 線不夠長，她不得不彎腰，匍到地板上“喂"o,"thevoicesaid."Well--IwantedtothankyoufortheChr