After Twenty Years （O·Henry）
Cast:
Policeman
Bob
Narrator
Jimmy well
Background: 10 o'clock at night, New York, chilly gust predicting a rain
Narrator: It was barely 10 at night. Walkers are few since a rain was coming. A policeman was trying doors as he went, twirling his club with many intricate and artful movements, turning now and then to cast his watchful eye. The vicinity was peaceful. Suddenly, in the doorway of a darkened hardware store a man leaned, with an unlighted cigar in his mouth. As the policeman walked up to him the man spoke up quickly.
Bob: "It's all right, officer," "I'm just waiting for a friend. It's an appointment made twenty years ago. Sounds a little funny to you, doesn't it? Well, I'll explain if you'd like to make certain it's all straight. About that long ago there used to be a restaurant where this store stands--'Big Joe' Brady's restaurant."
zenvo st1Policeman炒土豆片: "Until five years ago, It was torn down then."
Bob struck a match and lit his cigar, inhale one puff
Narrator: The light showed a pale, square-jawed face with keen eyes, and a little white scar near his right eyebrow.
Bob: 大清后宫剧情"Twenty years ago to-night, I dined here at 'Big Joe' Brady's with Jimmy Wells, my best friend, and the finest chap in the world. He and I were raised here in New York, just like two brothers, together. I was eighteen and Jimmy was twenty. The next morning I was to start for the West to make my fortune. You couldn't have dragged Jimmy out of New York; he thought it was the only place on earth. Well, we agreed that night that we w
ould meet here again exactly twenty years from that date and time, no matter what our conditions might be or from what distance we might have to come. We figured that in twenty years each of us ought to have our destiny worked out and our fortunes made, whatever they were going to be."
Policeman: "It sounds pretty interesting, rather a long time between meets, though, it seems to me. Haven't you heard from your friend since you left?"
Bob: "Well, yes, for a time we corresponded, but after a year or two we lost track of each other. You see, the West is pretty and I kept hustling around over it pretty lively. But I know Jimmy will meet me here if he's alive, for he always was the truest old chap in the world. He'll never forget. I came a thousand miles to stand in this door to-night, and it's worth it if my old partner turns up."
Bob: (pulled out a handsome watch, the lids of it set with small diamonds) "Three minutes to ten, It was exactly ten o'clock when we parted here at the restaurant door."
发动机一直亮黄灯但一切正常Policeman: wow, expensive watch! You must have done pretty well out West, didn't you?"
Bob: "You bet! I hope Jimmy has done half as well. He was a kind of plodder, though, good fellow as he was. It was a hard time in west.
The policeman (twirled his club and took a step or two): "I'll be on my way. Hope your friend comes around all right. Going to call him on time sharp?"
Bob:"I should say not! I'll give him half an hour at least. If Jimmy is alive on earth he'll be here by that time. So long, officer."
新春快乐的祝福语Bob: "Good-night, sir.
香菇肉馅饺子的做法Narrator: There was now a fine, cold drizzle falling, and the wind got strong. The few foot passengers hurried dismally and silently along with coat collars turned high and pocketed hands. And in the door of the hardware store the man who had come a thousand miles to fill an appointment smoked his cigar and waited. About twenty minutes he waited, and the
n a tall man in a long overcoat, with collar turned up to his ears, hurried across from the opposite side of the street. He went directly to the waiting man.
Jimmy Well: "Is that you, Bob?"
Bob: "Is that you, Jimmy Wells?"
Jimmy Well: "Bless my heart!" (grasping both the other's hands with his own) . It's Bob, sure as fate. I was certain I'd find you here if you were still in existence. Well, well, well! --twenty years is a long time. The old gone, Bob; I wish it had lasted, so we could have had another dinner there. How has the West treated you, old man?"
Bob: "Bully; it has given me everything I asked it for. You've changed lots, Jimmy. I never thought you were so tall by two or three inches."
Jimmy Well: "Oh, I grew a bit after I was twenty."
Bob: "Doing well in New York, Jimmy?"
Jimmy Well: "Moderately. I have a position in one of the city departments. Come on, Bob; we'll go around to a place I know of, and have a good long talk about old times."
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