第29封信 - 1951.09.15

“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 September 15,1951
Maxine, bless your golden heart, what a peachy description you write better than I do.
I called your mother for your address, she said to tell you the sugar cubes and Nestle bars are on the way, I thought you were dieting?
I don’t like to sound bitter, but I would like to know what YOU ever did that the good Lord lets YOU browse around my bookshop while I’m stuck on 95th St. writing the TV “Adventures of Ellery Queen.” Did I tell you we’re not allowed to use a lipstick-stained cigarette for a clue? We’re sponsored by the Bayuk Cigar Co. and we’re not allowed tomention the word “cigarette.” We can have ashtrays on the setbut they can’t have any cigarette butts in them. They can’t have cigar butts either, they’re not pretty. All an ashtray can have in it is a wrapped, unsmoked Bayuk cigar.
And you hobnobbing with Gielgud at Claridge’s.
Write me about London—the tube, the Inns of Court.Mayfair, the corner where the Globe Theatre stood, anything, I’m not fussy. Write me about Knightsbridge, it sounds green and gracious in Eric Coates’ London Suite. Or London Again Suite.
xxxx
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中文翻译
东95街14号 1951 年 9 月 15 日
玛克辛,保佑你的金子般的心,你写得比我写得更好。
我打电话给你妈妈要你的地址,她说告诉你方糖和雀巢巧克力棒正在路上,我以为你在节食呢?
我不想听起来很痛苦,但我想知道当我被困在第95街写电视剧《埃勒里·奎因历险记》时,上帝让你在我的书店里逛逛,你到底做了什么。我有没有告诉过你我们不能用沾有口红的香烟来寻找线索?我们由巴尤克雪茄公司赞助,我们不被允许提及“香烟”这个词。我们可以在片场放烟灰缸,但里面不能有烟头。他们也不能有雪茄烟头,他们不漂亮。烟灰缸里只能放一根包装好的、未吸过的巴尤克雪茄。
而你在克拉里奇酒店与吉尔古德交往密切。
给我写一些关于伦敦的事——地铁、法院旅馆、梅费尔、环球剧院所在的角落,任何东西,我都不挑剔。写信给我有关骑士桥的事,在埃里克·科茨的《伦敦组曲》中听起来绿色而亲切。或者伦敦的房字。
xxxx
海莲·汉芙
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