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躺在麦迪逊广场的长凳上,索比不安地辗转反侧。
每当雁群在夜空中引吭高歌时,每当没有海豹皮外套的女人跟她们的丈夫越来越亲热时,每当索比在公园的长凳上辗转反侧时,你就该知道,冬天快要来了。
一片枯叶飘落在索比的膝盖上,那是严寒先生——杰克·弗洛斯特的名片。
对麦迪逊广场的常客们,杰克十分友好,每年冬天来访前,他都事先通知。
在十字街头,他把自己的名片交给北风先生——“露天大厦”
的守门人,好让大厦里的房客们做好准备。
索比逐渐意识到这个事实,是时候为自己组织“个人财务委员会”
,以抵御即将来临的严寒气候了。
因此他在长凳上辗转不已。
对躲避寒冬,索比的奢望不算太高。
他既没考虑地中海游轮之旅,也没考虑那熏人欲睡的南方天空,更没考虑去维苏威海湾漂流,他想的仅仅是在岛上待上三个月。
三个月有饭吃,有床睡,又有意气相投的同伴,还能安全地躲过北风之神勃瑞艾斯和巡警。
在索比看来,这就足够了。
很多年来,热情的布莱克韦尔岛监狱都是索比的冬季寓所。
就像比他幸运得多的纽约人,每年冬天都买票去棕榈滩和里维埃拉一样,索比只能为他一年一次的海岛避冬做一些简单的安排。
而现在,又到这个时候了。
前一晚,他睡在古老广场喷泉旁的长凳上,把三份星期日的报纸塞在外套下,盖住脚踝和膝盖仍不能御寒。
这时,那岛就在他的脑海里及时地涌现出来。
索比鄙视那些以慈善为名给城里无依靠的人供应的必需品。
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