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1、1DorisLessingTheGoldenNotebookFirstpublishedin19622FREEWOMEN:1AnnameetsherfriendMollyinthesummerof1957afteraseparationTHENOTEBOOKSFREEWOMEN:2Twovisits,sometelephonecallsandatragedyTHENOTEBOOKSFREEWOMEN:3Tommyadjustshimselftobeingblindwhiletheolderpeopletrytohe
2、lphimTHENOTEBOOKSFREEWOMEN:4AnnaandMollyinfluenceTommy,forthebetter.MarionleavesRichard.AnnadoesnotfeelherselfTHENOTEBOOKSTHEGOLDENNOTEBOOKFREEWOMEN:5MollygetsmarriedandAnnahasanaffair3FREEWOMEN:1AnnameetsherfriendMollyinthesummerof1957afteraseparationTHEtwowo
3、menwerealoneintheLondonflat.'Thepointis,'saidAnna,asherfriendcamebackfromthetelephoneonthelanding,'thepointis,thatasfarasIcansee,everything'scrackingup.'Mollywasawomanmuchonthetelephone.Whenitrangshehadjustenquired:'Well,what'sthegossip?'Nowshesaid,'That'sRich
4、ard,andhe'scomingover.Itseemstoday'shisonlyfreemomentforthenextmonth.Orsoheinsists.''WellI'mnotleaving,'saidAnna.'No,youstayjustwhereyouare.'Mollyconsideredherownappearance-shewaswearingtrousersandasweater,boththeworseforwear.'He'llhavetotakemeasIcome,'sheconc
5、luded,andsatdownbythewindow.'Hewouldn'tsaywhatit'sabout-anothercrisiswithMarion,Isuppose.''Didn'thewritetoyou?'askedAnna,cautious.'BothheandMarionwrote-eversuchbonhomousletters.Odd,isn'tit?'Thisodd,isn'tit?wasthecharacteristicnoteoftheintimateconversationsthey
6、designatedgossip.Buthavingstruckthenote,Mollyswervedoffwith:'It'snousetalkingnow,becausehe'scomingrightover,hesays.''He'llprobablygowhenheseesmehere,'saidAnna,cheerfully,butslightlyaggressive.Mollyglancedather,keenly,andsaid:'Oh,butwhy?'Ithadalwaysbeenundersto
7、odthatAnnaandRicharddislikedeachother;andbeforeAnnahadalwaysleftwhenRichardwasexpected.NowMollysaid:'ActuallyIthinkheratherlikesyou,inhisheartofhearts.Thepointis,he'scommittedtolikingme,onprinciple-he'ssuchafoolhe'salwaysgottoeitherlikeordislikesomeone,soallth
8、edislikehewon'tadmithehasformegetspushedoffontoyou.'4'It'sapleasure,'saidAnna.'Butdoyouknowsomething?IdiscoveredwhileyouwereawaythatforalotofpeopleyouandIarepracticallyinterchangea