唱《有一點天堂》，之後沒人能阻止他背誦《羅伯特·埃米特輓歌》。他和他新結識的朋友們（之後他一個也記不起來）會去很多其他酒吧，最後在某個偏僻的地方結束，很可能是在西塞羅。會有一場爭鬥，他的襯衫領子會被一個來自聖路易斯的完全陌生的人扯掉，最後他要麼因行為不檢而被關進監獄，要麼在某個女人的公寓裡醒來，而這個公寓結果會是離盧普區有四十五分鐘火車車程的地方。

he sighed once ore he uld foresee exactly how the eveng was gog to end jake and helene would go ho, leavg hi alone he was gog to be drawn to nversation with of the n at the bar people would start buyg drks for each other he would borrow enty bucks fro joe the anl he would assist an iproptu artette arrannt of there’s a little bit of heaven, after which no one uld s hi fro recitg the “elegy of robert et” he and his newfound friends, none of who he would reber ter, would ove to a nuber of other bars, endg up obscure pce, probably cicero there would be a fight, and he would t the lr torn off his shirt by perfect stranr fro st louis, and he would end up either jailed for dirderly nduct or wakg up woan’s apartnt that would turn out to be a forty-five-ute tra ride fro the loop

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他知道這個晚上會以那樣的方式結束，因為每次都是那樣。

he knew the night was gog to end that way becae that was the way it always did

在所有這些開始發生之前，還有一件事要做。

before all that started happeng, there was one thg still to be done

他把手伸進口袋，拿出莫娜·麥克萊恩在他們離開房子前剛剛交給他的那個長長的白色信封，遞給了傑克。

he reached his pocket and drew out the long white envelope ona ne had given hi jt before they left the hoe and gave it to jake

傑克把手從海倫溫暖的肩膀上移開足夠長的時間來開啟它。

jake took his hand off helene’s war shoulder jt long enough to o