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第27章 这就是纽约HEREISNEWYORK2（第1页）

第27章这就是纽约HEREISNEWYORK（2）

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&downtoluesagoIhemansittiome（abouteighteeninchesawayalongthewall）wasFredStoeeniheaionthatNewYorkprovidesforitsinhabitants。MyohFredStoIsawhiminTheWizardofOzaroundthebeginniury。ButourwaiterfeltthesamestimulusfrombeioamanfromOz，aoheroomthewaitertoldmethatwheer）wasayoungmanjustarrivedinthisdbeforehederstandawlish，hehadtakenhisgirlfortheirfirsttheaterdatetoTheWizardofOz。Itwasawonderfulshow，thewaiterrecalled-amanofstraw，amanoftin。Wonderful！（Andstilloeeninchesaway。）“Mr。Stoyeater，”saidthewaiterthoughtfully，twiththisfragilepartiihislinkwithOz。

NewYorkbleofprivacywiththeextofparti;ahanmostdeiesitsuinsulatingtheindividual（ifhewantsit，andalmosteverybodywa）againstallenormousaandwohataretakingplaceeveryminute。Sitinginthismiasmicairshaft，agoodmanyrathersplashyeventshaveotown。Amanshotandkilledhiswifeinafitofjealousy。Itostiroutsidehisbloallmentioninthepapers。Ididnotattend。Sincemyarrival，thegreatestairshediookpla。Ididn’tatteherdidmostoftheeightmillioants，althoughtheysaytherewasquiteacrowd。Ididn’tevenhearaacoupleofwestboundercialairlihabituallyusethisairshafttestogshipsolanticarrivedaed。Ididhemaherdidmostotheroldthisisthegreatestseaportintheworld，with650milesofwaterfront，andshipsgherefrommaids，buttheonlyboatI’vehappeicemyarrivaltagoutoftheEastRiveroiealkingacrosstheBre。IheardtheQueenMaryblowo，though，andthesouhewholehistoryofdepartureandlongingandloss。TheLionshavebeeiooneLion。Afrieoldmeabouthim。（Hewaslame，andwasweariheballgroundsahegreatestspspectacleshavebeeed。Isalayer，hegoverowhesirehatwasalltherewastothat-aeen-inagain。Amanwaskilledbyafallingiotapartytedy，andagaiedheavily。