《长腿叔叔》第一章[1]_美文_双语阅读-查字典英语网

《长腿叔叔》第一章[1]

“那只是他的希望。结果到底怎样，以后自然会知道。他会给你足够的零用钱，对一个从没处理过钱财的女孩子来说，实在是太大方了。但是他把这些琐事安排得很周全，我几乎不能提出什么异议。这个夏天你继续留在这里，好心的普丽查小姐答应帮你添置新衣服，你的食宿与学费都由那位先生直接付给学校，在上学的4年期间，你每个月还有35美元的零用钱，足以使你跟其他学生平起平坐。每个月，这位先生的私人秘书会将这笔钱寄给你，你则每个月要给他写一封信。并不是需要你向他道谢，他对此毫不在意，你要写信告诉他人你学习的内容和日常生活的细节，就像写给你的父母一样，如果他们还在世的话。”

'These letters will be addressed to Mr. John Smith and will be sent in care of the secretary. The gentleman's name is not John Smith, but he prefers to remain unknown. To you he will never be anything but John Smith. His reason in requiring the letters is that he thinks nothing so fosters facility in literary expression as letter-writing. Since you have no family with whom to correspond, he desires you to write in this way; also, he wishes to keep track of your progress. He will never answer your letters, nor in the slightest particular take any notice of them. He detests letter-writing and does not wish you to become a burden. If any point should ever arise where an answer would seem to be imperative--such as in the event of your being expelled, which I trust will not occur--you may correspond with Mr. Griggs, his secretary. These monthly letters are absolutely obligatory on your part; they are the only payment that Mr. Smith requires, so you must be as punctilious in sending them as though it were a bill that you were paying. I hope that they will always be respectful in tone and will reflect credit on your training. You must remember that you are writing to a Trustee of the John Grier Home.'