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发信人: in (robbe), 信区: English
标 题: Jellu-Bean
发信站: 大红花的国度 (Tue Jun 13 09:56:12 2000), 转信
发信人: tanso (哑哑·卖身求荣), 信区: EnglishWorld
标 题: Jelly-Bean by Fitzgerald (7)
发信站: BBS 水木清华站 (Fri Dec 31 17:42:31 1999)
A minute later Clark approached him, bright-eyed and glowing.
"Hi, old man," he cried with some lack of originality. "How you making out?"
Jim replied that he was making out as well as could be expected.
"You come along with me," commanded Clark. "I've got something that'll put an
edge on the evening."
Jim followed him awkwardly across the floor and up the stairs to the locker-
room where Clark produced a flask of nameless yellow liquid.
"Good old corn."
Ginger ale arrived on a tray. Such potent nectar as "good old corn" needed
some disguise beyond seltzer.
"Say, boy," exclaimed Clark breathlessly, "doesn't Nancy Lamar look beautiful?"
Jim nodded.
"Mighty beautiful," he agreed.
"She's all dolled up to a fare-you-well to-night," continued Clark. "Notice
that fellow she's with?"
"Big fella? White pants?"
"Yeah. Well, that's Ogden Merritt from Savannah. Old man Merritt makes the
Merritt safety razors. This fella's crazy about her. Been chasing after her
all year.
"She's a wild baby," continued Clark, "but I like her. So does everybody.
But she sure does do crazy stunts. She usually gets out alive, but she's got
scars all over her reputation from one thing or another she's done."
"That so?" Jim passed over his glass. "That's good corn."
"Not so bad. Oh, she's a wild one. Shoots craps, say, boy! And she do like
her high-balls. Promised I'd give her one later on."
"She in love with this--Merritt?"
"Damned if I know. Seems like all the best girls around here marry fellas
and go off somewhere."
He poured himself one more drink and carefully corked the bottle.
"Listen, Jim, I got to go dance and I'd be much obliged if you just stick this
corn right on your hip as long as you're not dancing. If a man notices I've
had a drink he'll come up and ask me and before I know it it's all gone and
somebody else is having my good time."
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tanso最大的愿望,就是在明年夏天,和一个穿着
裙子的女孩吃饭……
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