While I must have matured.

“Tell me: Do I really look old?” I ask, a few miles farther down the road. I fix my eyes on the thin gray strip of tar[16] ahead. As a writer in a country where spreading falsehoods can land you in jail, truth is my husband’s core business.[17] He weighs every word he types, checks every date in his carefully maintained set of diaries. I know that every word he says is true, or as near to the truth as he can get it. I wait with bated[18] breath.

“You look lovely,” my husband says. Mollified[19], I settle back into the passenger seat, congratulating myself on my choice of a mate. I will forgive the security guard and the police officer for their small mistake, I think. I am sorry I ever suspected my husband of using my face cream.

The world looks rosy again. I watch as vendors hold out perfectly balanced pyramids of shiny tomatoes as our car skims past.[20]

“You could always dye your hair bright red,” he says suddenly. “You know you’ve always wanted to.”

Vocabulary

1. picture: 描绘，描述。

2. accompany: 伴随，陪同;Zimbabwe: 津巴布韦，非洲南部国家。

3. 我正尽情享受有某人快步跑到面包货台后返回购物推车，再跑开去找醋后再返回来之时，而我却优哉游哉地凝视着花生酱。

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