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1、1.ADay’sWaitE.HemingwayTEXTHecameintotheroomtoshutthewindowswhilewewerestillinbedandIsawhelookedill.Hewasshivering,hisfacewaswhite,andhewalkedslowlyasthoughitachedtomove.“What’sthematter,Schatz?”“I’vegotaheadache.”“Youbettergobacktobed.”“No.I’mallright.”“Yougotobe
2、d.I’llseeyouwhenI’mdressed.”ButwhenIcamedownstairshewasdressed,sittingbythefire,lookingaverysickandmiserableboyofnineyears.WhenIputmyhandonhisforeheadIknowhehadafever.“Yougouptobed,”Isaid,“you’resick.”“I’mallright,”hesaid.Whenthedoctorcamehetooktheboy’stemperature
3、.“whatisit?”Iaskedhim.“Onehundredandtwo.”Downstairs,thedoctorleftthreedifferentmedicinesindifferentcolouredcapsuleswithinstructionsforgivingthem.Onewastobringdownthefever,anotherapurgative,thethirdtoovercomeanacidcondition.Thegermsofinfluenzacanonlyexistinanacidco
4、ndition,heexplained.Heseemedtoknowallaboutinfluenzaandsaidtherewasnothingtoworryaboutifthefeverdidnotgoaboveonhundredandfourdegrees.Thiswasalightepidemicoffluandtherewasnodangerifyouavoidedpneumonia.BackintheroomIwrotetheboy’stemperaturedownandmadeanoteofthetimeto
5、givethevariouscapsules.“Doyouwantmetoreadtoyou?”“Allright.Ifyouwantto,”saidtheboy.Hisfacewasverywhiteandthereweredarkareasunderhiseyes.Helaystillinthebedandseemedverydetachedfromwhatwasgoingon.IreadaloudfromHowardPyle’sBookofPrivates;butIcouldseehewasnotfollowingw
6、hatIwasreading.“Howdoyoufeel,Schatz?”Iaskedhim.“Justthesame,sofar,”hesaid.IsatatthefootofthebedandreadtomyselfwhileIwaitedforittobetimetogiveanothercapsule.Itwouldhavebeennaturalforhimtogotosleep,butwhenIlookeduphewaslookingatthefootofthebed,lookingverystrangely.“
7、Whydon’tyoutrytosleep?I’llwakeyouupforthemedicine.”“I’dratherstayawake.”Afterawhilehesaidtome,“Youdon’thavetostayinherewithme,Papa,ifitbothersyou.”“Itdoesn’tbotherme.”“No,Imeanyoudon’thavetostayifit’sgoingtobotheryou.”Ithoughtperhapshewasalittlelightheadedandafter
8、givinghimtheprescribedcapsulesateleveno’clockIwentoutforawhile.Itwasabright,coldday,thegroundcoveredwithasleetthathadfrozensothatitseemedasifallthebaret
