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第32章 浪漫路曲曲折折（第2页）

她的脸色变得苍白。接着，她向楼梯望去，用微弱的声音说道：“我从没走过这个楼梯。你看，昨天我出差了。哦，哈里！”然后她用手臂搂紧他的脖子，开始哭了起来。

过了一会儿，她往后站了站，用手指着车站最北头说：“哈里，3年来，整整3年，我就在那儿——这个车站的站长办公室当打字员。”

LotheinUnionStationasIam，Iseeeverybodythatesupthestairs。

Harryalittleoverthreeyearsagoaheheadofthestairsforthepassehe9：05train。

IrememberseeingHarrythatfirstevening。Hewasn'tmuchmorethanathin，anxiouskidthen。HewasalldressedupandIkinghisgirlandthattheywouldbemarriedtweershearrived。

&hepassengersdIhadtogetbusy。Ididn'tlooktowardthestairsagaiimeforthe9：18andIwasverysurprisedtoseethattheyoungfellowwasstillthere。

Shedidn'teoher，noronthe9：40，ahepassehe10：02hadallarriveda，Harrylookedprettydesperate。PrettysooomywindowsoIcalledoutandaskedhimwhatshelookedlike。

"She'ssmallanddark，"hesaid，"aeenyearsoldahewayshewalks。Shehasaface，"hesaid，thinkingamihathaslotsofspirit。Imeamadbutsheaysmadf，andhereyebrowsetoalittlepointinthemiddle。She'sgotabrownfur，butmaybesheisn&#it。"

Iemberseeinganybodylikethat。

Heshowedmethetelegramhe'dreceived：ARRIVETHURSDAY。MEETMEATSTATION。LOVELOVELOVELOVE。MAY。ItwasfromOmaha，Nebraska。

"Well，"Ifinallysaid，"whydon'tyouphooyourhome？She'sprobablycalledthereifshegotinaheadofyou。"

Hegavemeasicklook。"I'veooeweregoihendrivedownSouthwhereI'vegotajob。Shehasn'tanyaddressforme。"Hetouchedthetelegram。

Wheytheday，hewasstillthereandcameoverassoonashesawme。

"Didsheworka;Iasked。

He;Sheist。Itelegraphedherformerboss。Alltheyknowisthatsheleftherjobtogetmarried。"

Harrymeteverytraihreeorfourdays。Ofcourse，therailroadliinedthepolicelookedinobodywasanyrealhelp。IcouldseethattheyallfiguredthatMayhadsimplyplayedatri。ButIhat，somehow。

&erabouttwoweeks，HarryaalkingandItoldhimaboutmytheory。"Ifyou'lljustwaitlongenough，"Isaid，"you'llseeheringupthosestairssomeday。"Heturnedahestairsasthoughhehadhembefore。

&daywheoworkHarrywasbehierofTony'smagaziand。Helookedatmerathersheepishlyandsaid，"Well，Ihadtogetajobsomewhere，didn'tI？"SohebegantoworkasaclerkforTony。WeneverspokeofMayaherofusevermeheory。ButIHarryalersohestairs。

Towardtheeonywaskilledi，andTony'swidowleftHarryieagaziamarriedagaier，Harryboughtthestandfromher。Heborrowedmoneyandinstalledasodafountaiysoonhehadaverylebusiness。

Theerday。Iheardadalotofthingsfalling。ThecrywasfromHarryahingsfalliofdollsahingswhichhehadupsetwhileheiheter。Heranadgrabbedagirlfrommyassmallanddarkandhereyebrowscametoalittlepointinthemiddle。

Forawhiletheyjusthuoeachanddsayingthingswithoutmeaning。She'dsayafewwordslike，"Itwasthebusstatio;andhe'dkissherspeedtellherthemanythingshehaddoofiapparentlyhadhappehreeyearsbeforewasthatMayhadebybus，notbytrain，aelegramshemeant"busstation"，not"railroadstation"。ShehadwaitedatthebusstationfordaysaallhermtofindHarry。Fiajobtyping。

"What？"saidHarry，"haveyoubeenwintowime？"

Shenodded。

"Well，heavens。Didn'tyoueveredowhestation？"Hepointedaagaziand。"I'vebeehetime。Iownit。I'vewatchedeverybodythatcameupthestairs。"

&olookalittlepale。Prettysoonshelookedoveratthestairsandsaidinaweakvoice，"Ihestairsbefore。Yousee，Iwentoutoftowerdayonashortbusirip。Oh，Harry！"Thehrewherarmsaroundhisnedreallybegantocry。

&eshebackedaoiifflytowardthehestation。"Harry，forthreeyears，forthreesolidyears，I'vebeenrightrightiion，typing，intheofficeofthestatio;