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1、Double,DoubleElleryQueenTuesday,April4ELLERYHADTHOUGHThewasthroughwithWrightsville.Hehadevendevelopedanostalgiaaboutit,likethemanwholooksbackonhisboyhoodhomethroughthefilteringlensofasentimentaleye.Helikedtosaythat,althoughhewasborninNewYorkCity,Wrightsvillew
2、ashisspiritualbirthplace—atownofcomplacentelms,wanderingcobbles,andcrookedsidestreetsnestledinthelapofafanners’valleyandleaningagainstthemotherlyabdomenofoneofNewEngland’smostmatriarchalmountainranges.Hereitwasalwaysforestgreenorimmacu-latewithsnow.Orderlyfie
3、ldstolookat,spicedairtobreathe,theunfoldingsatisfactionofthehills.Thewholeplaceglitteredinhismemorylikeadiamond,oranemerald.Neveraruby,becausethebloodcolorwasuncomfortablyclosetothemark.Theenvelopecastarubyglow,Elleryexamineditagain,nottouchingitscontents.Itw
4、asalongenvelopeofflawedslickbluishpaper,thecorrespondenceofferingofeveryfive-and-tencentstoreinAmerica.Thisone,hefeltsure,camefromthestationerycounteroftheHighVillageFive-and-Dime.AfewdoorsawaydozedJ.C.Pettigrew,RealEstate,andattheFive-and-Dime’sUpperWhistlin
5、gsideglaredMissSally’sTeaRoome,wheretheladiesofWrightsville’shautmondeforgathereddailytosampleMissSally’scelebratedcaloricspecialty,PineappleMarshmallowNutMousse.OWrightsville!IfyousightedduewestalongLowerMainfromtheentranceoftheFive-and-Dimeyoucouldjustmakeo
6、utthelimybronzebackofFounderJezreelWrightlordingitovertherustcakedhorsetroughinthecenteroftheSquare(whichwasround)andbeyond,ontheSquare’swesternarc,thenewmarqueeoftheoldHollisHotel,incertainofwhoseroomscouldstillbefoundtheforthrightchinarecept-acleswhichthema
7、nagementinanearliergenerationhadprovidedforthenighttimeconvenienceofitsguests.Andifyoulookedacrossthestreet,nextdoortoLouieCahan’sBijouyousawthecheapwhiteglareoftheKut-RateDrugCo.Thundermugsandfluorescence—infocus,thiswasWrightsville;andratherpeevishlyElleryf
8、lippedovertheenvelopewhichhadphotographedhisillusion.Therewasnoreturnaddress.Ofcoursetherewouldn’tbe.Peoplewhoaddressedanenvelopeinpenciledcapitals,deliberatelycrude,announcedtheirpassion
