第21封信 - 1951.02.25
“细品每一封信，感受日期，感受人类的长情。”
寄语
《84, Charing Cross Road》
从前的日色变得慢
车、马、邮件都慢
一生只够爱一个人
细品每一封信
感受书信的缓慢
感受人类的长情
英文原文
14 East 95th St.
February 25,1951
Dear Cecily-
Yorkshire Pudding out of this world, we have nothing like it, I had to describe it to somebody as a high, curved, smooth, empty waffle.
Please don’t worry about what the food parcels cost, I don’t know whether Overseas Asso. is non-profit or duty-free or what, but they are monstrous cheap, that whole Christmas parcel cost less than my turkey. They do have a few rich parcels with things like standing rib-roasts and legs of lamb, but even those are so cheap compared with what they cost in the butcher shops that it kills me not to be able to send them. I have such a time with the catalogue, I spread it out on the rug and debate the relative merits of Parcel 105 ( includes-one-dozen-eggs-and-a-tin-of -sweet-biscuits ) and Parcel 217B ( two-dozen-eggs-and-NO-sweet-biscuits ) , I hate the one-dozen egg parcels, what istwo eggs for anybody to take home? But Brian says the pow-dered ones taste like glue. So it’s a problem.
A producer who likes my plays ( but not enough to produce them) just phoned. He’s producing a TV series, do I want to write for television? “Two bills,” he said carelessly, which it turned out means $200. And me a $40-a-week -reader! I go down to see him tomorrow, keep your fingers crossed.
Best—
helene
中文翻译
东95大街14号 1951年02月25日
亲爱的塞西莉：
约克郡布丁简直太棒了！因为我们这儿从没人见识过这玩意儿，我后来只好向别人形容成高高的、弯曲的、光滑的、空的华夫饼。
请不要担心食品包裹的价格是多少。我自己也觉得不可思议，那家海外邮购公司也不晓得是不是非营利机构，抑或是商品可以免税什么的吧？总之，他们的东西都便宜得很，我自己买的那只火鸡都还比寄给你们的那一大箱圣诞包裹贵哩。他们的确有一些价格比较高的商品，比如大块的烤肋排，或是一整只羊腿之类的。不过，即使是那些东西，也比跟这儿的肉贩买要便宜许多，如果真得那样，把我剁了也没法子寄东西给你们。现在正浏览着目录，我把它摊在地毯上，琢磨着两个旗鼓相当的商品组合：编号105的包裹(内含鸡蛋一打外加甜面饼一箱)和编号217B的包裹(内含鸡蛋两打、没有甜面饼)，我实在不甘心寄一打装的鸡蛋，让你们每人各分得两只能干吗？不过布莱恩跟我说，粉末干燥蛋吃起来味同嚼蜡，还真伤脑筋。
有一位制作人刚打电话给我，说他蛮喜欢我写的剧本(还没喜欢到要把它搬上舞台的程度)。他正打算制作一出电视剧集，问我是否有兴趣编电视剧本，他漫不经心地说：“一集给两张！”搞了半天才弄明白他的意思是：每一集的稿费两百元。我原先为剧团修改剧本，一周的酬劳也才不过四十元！明天要去和他详谈，快祝我好运吧！
祝福你
海莲
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