aid ntly, “let it go what about yesterday?”

“我醒來的時候感覺不太舒服。我非常……”—— 他似乎在找一個詞 ——“非常宿醉未醒。”

“i woke up not feelg very well i was terribly”—he seed to be lookg for a word—“terribly hung over”

“你再說一遍？” 傑克問。

“how’s that aga?” jake asked

“沒關係，” 海倫說，“這個詞用得恰到好處。繼續。”

“never d,” helene said “it’s exactly the right word go on”

“非常沮喪。該死，我不知道為什麼，但我就是這樣。所以我起床後喝了幾杯。聽著，我不是在為喝醉找藉口，但我確實很沮喪。”

“very depressed daned if i know why, but i was i took a few drks when i got up look here, i’ not akg exces for ttg drunk, but i was depressed”

，！

“沒關係，” 傑克說，“有五百萬個理由，這和其他任何理由一樣好。”

“that’s all right,” jake said “there’s five illion reans, and that’s as good a one as any”

“但是到午飯的時候我感覺好多了，有點興奮，但還不錯。午飯後我又感到沮喪和非常孤獨。你知道的。就像那隻老鳥在柱子上待了那麼久。西蒙什麼的。”

“but by nchti i felt pretty good,” the young an went on, “a little buzzy, but pretty good after nch i felt depressed aga and very litary you know like the old bird who stayed up on the pilr all that ti sion thg-or-other”

“最初的旗杆靜坐者，” 馬龍說，“你做了什麼，爬上了一根電線杆嗎？”

“the origal fgpole sitter,” alone said “what did you do, go clib up a telephone pole?”

羅斯?麥克勞林咧嘴一笑，“我回到我的房間又喝了幾杯。” 笑容消失了。“我不記得了 —— 事情又變得模糊了。最近不知為什麼，我似乎忘記了我喝酒的時候發生的事情。昨天……” 他皺起眉頭。“我和洛特斯說了幾句話。不記得說了什麼。還有別的事情。關於一個男人 —— 我想他是黑頭髮，捲髮，戴著眼鏡。”

ross cur grned, “i went up to y roo and had a few drks” the gr faded “i don’t—thgs t vague aga for rean tely i see to fet what happened when i was drkg yesterday—” he frowned