回家吧 英语经典文章(5)

早上，他们醒来时汽车停在另一个约翰逊连锁餐馆前，这回温格也进去了。那个女孩极力邀请他参加他们的团体。但他看起来很腼腆，当那班年轻人谈论着在海滨该怎么过夜时，他则独自一人呆在一边喝黑咖啡，还不停地抽烟，显得有些局促不安。当他们回到车上时，那个女孩又坐到他身边，过了一会儿，温格才缓慢而且痛楚地诉说起他的经历。他在纽约的监狱里呆了四年，现在他假释回家了。
“Are you married?”
“你结婚了吗?”
“I don"t know.”
“我不知道。”
“You don"t know?” she said.
“你不知道?”那女孩很奇怪。
“Well, when I was in jail I wrote to my wife,” he said. “ I told her that I was going to be away a long time, and that if she couldn"t stand it, if the kids kept asking questions, if it hurt too much, well, she could just forget me, I"d understand. Get a new guy, I saidshe‘s a wonderful woman,really somethingand forget about me. I told her she didn"t have to write me for nothing. And she didn‘t. Not for three and a half years.”