【英中对照】Springtime a la Carte 菜单上的春天 欧·亨利(16)
接着从楼下大厅传来宏亮的声音，萨拉跳起来去开门，书掉在了地板上，显然，这是熊的第一个回合。 你猜对了。萨拉跑到楼梯口时，她的农民正一步三级地奔上楼来，把她收藏在怀里，拾穗人休想捡到半点东西。
"Why haven't you written--oh, why?" cried Sarah.
“你为什么不写信？哦，为什么？”萨拉大声说。
"New York is a pretty large town," said Walter Franklin. "I came in a week ago to your old address. I found that you went away on a Thursday. That consoled some; it eliminated the possible Friday bad luck. But it didn't prevent my hunting for you with police and otherwise ever since!
“纽约可真是个大城市啊，”沃尔特•富兰克林说。“一星期前我就照老地址来找你了。我打听到你是星期四离开那儿的。多少给了我一点儿安慰，排除了黑色星期五的可怕霉运。不过，那也没有妨碍我一直通过警察和其他渠道寻找你！”
"I wrote!" said Sarah, vehemently.
“我给你写了信呀！”萨拉感情激烈地说。
"Never got it!"
“根本没收到过！”
"Then how did you find me?"
“那你怎么找到我的呢？”
The young farmer smiled a springtime smile. "I dropped into that Home Restaurant next door this evening," said he. "I don't care who knows it; I like a dish of some kind of greens at this time of the year. I ran my eye down that nice typewritten bill of fare looking for something in that line. When I got below cabbage I turned my chair over and hollered for the proprietor. He told me where you lived."
"Why haven't you written--oh, why?" cried Sarah.
“你为什么不写信？哦，为什么？”萨拉大声说。
"New York is a pretty large town," said Walter Franklin. "I came in a week ago to your old address. I found that you went away on a Thursday. That consoled some; it eliminated the possible Friday bad luck. But it didn't prevent my hunting for you with police and otherwise ever since!
“纽约可真是个大城市啊，”沃尔特•富兰克林说。“一星期前我就照老地址来找你了。我打听到你是星期四离开那儿的。多少给了我一点儿安慰，排除了黑色星期五的可怕霉运。不过，那也没有妨碍我一直通过警察和其他渠道寻找你！”
"I wrote!" said Sarah, vehemently.
“我给你写了信呀！”萨拉感情激烈地说。
"Never got it!"
“根本没收到过！”
"Then how did you find me?"
“那你怎么找到我的呢？”
The young farmer smiled a springtime smile. "I dropped into that Home Restaurant next door this evening," said he. "I don't care who knows it; I like a dish of some kind of greens at this time of the year. I ran my eye down that nice typewritten bill of fare looking for something in that line. When I got below cabbage I turned my chair over and hollered for the proprietor. He told me where you lived."
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