双语故事:深情凝眸（Staring Me In The Face）(9)

　　One lunchtime I just decided to brave it and ask Malcolm who I reminded him of.

　　"Met her while I was a student," he said.

　　"Was she studying too?"

　　"Oh, heavens, no. That was what attracted me to her. She was ... so different."

　　"What were you like?" I asked.

　　"Like? Much as I am now. Nose in books, bit of a loner. Not very interesting. Not for a live wire like she was."

　　"Go on," I said.

　　"She fell pregnant. I was very happy until she told me she didn't want my help. Thought she'd change her mind, though, as the pregnancy advanced but when I attempted to see her, she told me to leave her be. I was very hurt but accepted her refusal to involve me. A few months later, I took a job I'd been offered in New York. Salary was dreadful but I thought it would be for the best."

　　"Was it? " I asked.

　　"No. When I returned, they'd moved. Left no forwarding address."

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　　"So you never knew whether it was a boy or ...? "

　　"A girl?" asked Malcolm.

　　I nodded.

　　"A boy," he said. "Had the approximate date and went to the Registry of Births to look it up."

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