第25封信 - 1951.04.09

“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

MARES & CO., Booksellers London, W.C. 2 9th April, 1951

Miss Helene HanfF 14 East 95th Street U.S.A.

Dear Miss HanfF,

I expect you are getting a bit worried that we have not written to thank you for your parcels and are probably thinking that we are an ungrateful lot. The truth is that I have been chasing round the country in and out of various stately homes of England trying to buy a few books to fill up our sadly depleted stock. My wife was starting to call me the lodger who just went home for bed and breakfast, but of course when I arrived home with a nice piece of MEAT, to say nothing of dried eggs and ham, then she thought I was a fine fellow and all was forgiven.It is a long time since we saw so much meat all in one piece.

We should like to express our appreciation in some way or other, so we are sending by Book Post today a little book which I hope you will like. I remember you asked me for a volume of Elizabethan love poems some time ago— well, this is the nearest I can get to it.

Yours faithfully,

Frank Doel

For MARKS & CO.

中文翻译

亲爱的汉芙小姐：

我猜您大概已经开始担心，我们竟然这么久都没写信谢谢您寄来的包裹，心里头一定正在嘀咕：真是一群不知好歹的家伙。实际上，我刚离开伦敦到乡间跑了一大圈，到处拜访私人宅第，搜寻待售的藏书，努力补充店里捉襟见肘的库存。我太太已经开始把我当成房客来招呼了——我总是只回家睡觉，一吃完早餐又不见人影。不过，当我带着您送的肉(鸡蛋、火腿就更不用说了)回到家里，她就会觉得我毕竟也非一无是处。当然，所有的不开心也就随之烟消云散。说实在的，我们已经太久没能见到一块完整的肉了。

我们总得想点儿法子，表达我们对您的感激。于是，我们将另行寄上一本小书，希望您会喜欢它。我还记得您曾经想买一本情诗集，这是我所能找到尽可能符合您的要求的了。全体同仁为您献上此书，盼您笑纳。

马克斯与科恩书店

弗兰克·德尔敬上

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