182.第五輯 情寄尺牘兩相知（15）

摩摩

十八日

empressofcanada

june23rd，1928

darling：

thisisthe8thdayonboardandihaven’ttoldyoumuchaboutwhatitfeelstobeonboardsuchabigshipastheempressofcanada．thefactisweverymuchregrethavingtakentothisboatinsteadofoneofthedollar－lineboats．thisisacanadaship，abritisher，notamerican．consequentlytheatmosphereonboardispervadedwiththatbritishchillwhichismadedoublyworsebytheseachillofthenorthernpacific．youmeantotellmethisissummertime？yes，exceptinthesightofhereandtherebarelysurvivingwhiteflannelsandwhitecanvasshoesonefindsitextremelydifficulttomakeoutanytraceofsummer．enterthedrawingroomsandyoufeel（notsurprisedly）thegoodoftheradiatorsheartilyatworkagain；gotothedecksandyoufeelthegoodofcapsandovercoatsandheavyshawlsandthicksteamshiprugstightlytuggedroundyoursides；lookattheseaandyouareconfrontedwithindifferentmassesofsteelywaterhemmedinbyhazyhorizonsandovercastwithamistyfirmamentthatpromisesneithersunlightnorglad-huedclouds．andyoumeantotellmethatthisissummer，themonthofjune？

wempsjustproposedastarplantouswhich，ifsuccessfullycarriedoutwillcombineartandmoney。“gotojointhehollywoodcrowdandmakeamilliongolddollarsoffortuneoutofsaythreeyears’work”hesayshecanthinkofnobetterplanthanthat．

眉眉：

我說些笑話給你聽：這一個禮拜每晚上，我都躲懶，穿上中國大褂不穿禮服，一樣可以過去。昨晚上文伯說：這是星期六，咱們試試禮服罷。他早一個鐘頭就動手穿，我直躺着不動，以為要穿就穿，那用着多少時候。但等到動手的時候，第一個難關就碰到了領子；我買的幾個硬領尺寸都太小了些，這罪可就受大了，而且是笑話百出。因為你費了多大勁把它放進了一半，一不小心，它又out了！簡直弄得手也酸了，胃也快翻了，領子還是扣不進去。沒法想，只得還是穿了中國衣服出去。今天趕一個半鐘點前就動手，左難右難，哭不是，笑不是的麻煩了足足一個時辰，才把它扣上了。現在已經吃過飯，居然還不鬧亂子，還沒有out！這文明的麻煩真有些受不了。到美國我真想常穿中國衣，但又只有一件新做的可穿，我上次信要你替我去做，不知行不？