第2章（第1页）

&ot;darlg，howrightyouare!it&39;sneveritethesaafterward，isit?&ot;

thetelephoneshrilledandlwenttoit

&ot;yes?yes?&ot;

thebutler&39;svoiceansweredher

&ot;issdebellefortisontheleshalliputherthrough?&ot;

&ot;bellefort?oh，ofurse，yes，putherthrough&ot;

aclickandavoice，anear，ft，slightlybreathlessvoice:&ot;hullo，isthatissridway?l!&ot;

&ot;jackiedarlg!ihaven&39;theardanythgofyouforasandas!&ot;

&ot;iknowit&39;sawfull，iwanttoseeyouterribly&ot;

&ot;darlg，can&39;tyouedownhere?ynewtoyi&39;dlovetoshowittoyou&ot;

&ot;that&39;sjtwhatiwanttodo&ot;

&ot;well，juptoatraoracar&ot;

&ot;right，iwillafrightfullydilapidatedo-seateriboughtitforfifteenpounds，anddaysitgoesbeautifullybutithasoodsifihaven&39;tarrivedbyteatiyou&39;llknowit&39;shadaoodlong，ysweet&ot;

lreplacedthereceiver射crossedbacktojoanna

&ot;that&39;syoldestfriend，jaceledebellefortweweretotheratanventparis射&39;shadtheostterriblybadckherfatherwasafrenchunt，herotherwasarican-authernerthefatherwentoffwithwoan，andherotherlostallheroneythewallstreetcrashjackiewasleftabtelybrokeidon&39;tknowhow射&39;sanadtotalongthelastoyears&ot;

joannawaspoli112yqherdeep-blood-lourednailswithherfriend&39;snailpad射leantbackwithherheadononesidescrutizgtheeffect

&ot;darlg，&ot;射drawled，&ot;won&39;tthatberathertire?ifanyisfortuneshappentoyfriendsialwaysdroptheatonce!itundsheartless，butitsavessuchalotoftroublelater!theyalwayswanttoborrowoneyoffyou，orelsetheystartadressakgbessandyouhavetottheostterribleclothesfrotheortheypatlapshades，ordobatikscarves&ot;

&ot;ifilostallyoney，you&39;ddroptoorrow?&ot;

&ot;yes，darlg，iwouldyoucan&39;tsayi&39;nothonestaboutit!ionlylikesuessfulpeopleandyou&39;llfdthat&39;strueofnearlyeverybody-onlyostpeoplewon&39;taditittheyjtsaythatreallytheycan&39;tputupwitharyoreilyorpalaanyore!&39;hertroubleshaveadeherbitterandpeculiar，poordear!&ot;&39;

&ot;howbeastlyyouare，joanna!&ot;

&ot;i&39;onlyontheake，likeeveryoneelse&ot;