火车上的女孩

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1、火车上的女孩　　IhadthecompartmentonthetraintomyselfuptoRohana，andthenagirlgoton.Thecoupleseeingheroffwereprobablyherparents，theyseemedveryanxiousabouthercomfort，andthewomangavethegirldetailedinstructionsastowheretokeepherthings，whennottoleanoutofwindows，andhowtoa

2、voidspeakingtostrangers.　　AsIhadbecomeblindbythen，Icouldnottellwhatthegirllookedlike，butIknewsheworeslippersfromthewaytheyslappedagainstherheels，andIlikedthesoundofhervoice.　　“AreyougoingallthewaytoDehraDun？”Iaskedherasthetrainpulledoutofthestation.　　Imust

3、havebeensittinginadarkcorner，becausemyvoicestartledher.Shegavealittleexclamation，andsaid，“Ididn’tknowanyoneelsewashere.”　　Well，itoftenhappensthatpeoplewithgoodeyesightfailtoseewhatisrightinfrontofthem.Theyhavetoomuchtoobserve，Isuppose，whereasthosewhocannot

4、seetakeinwhatregistersmosttellingontheirremainingsenses.　　“Ididn’tseeyoueitheratfirst，”Isaid.“ButIheardyoucomein.”IwonderedifIwouldbeabletopreventherfromdiscoveringthatIcouldn’tsee.Ithought，providedIkeeptomyseat，itshouldn’tbetoodifficult.　　“I’mgettingdowna

5、tSaharanpur，”thegirlsaid.“Myauntismeetingmethere.Whereareyougoing？”　　“ToDehraDun，andthentoMussoorie，”Ireplied.“Oh，luckyyou！IwishIweregoingtoMussoorie.Ilovethemountains.EspeciallyinOctober.”　　“Yes，thisisthebesttime.”Isaid，callingonmymemorieswhenIcouldsee.“T

6、hehillsarecoveredwithwilddahlias，thesunisdelicious，andatnightyoucansitinfrontofalogfireanddrinkalittlebrandy.　　Mostofthetouristshavegone，andtheroadsarequietandalmostdeserted.“　　Shewassilent，andIwonderedifmywordshadtouchedher，orwhethershethoughtmearomanticf

7、ool.ThenImadeamistake.“Whatisitlikeoutside？”Iasked.　　Sheseemedtofindnothingstrangeinthequestion.HadshenoticedalreadythatIcouldnotsee？Buthernextquestionremovedmydoubts.　　“Whydon’tyoulookoutofthewindow？”sheaskedquitenaturally.　　Imovedeasilyalongtheberthandfe

8、ltforthewindowledge.ThewindowwasopenandIfacedit，makingapretenseofstudyingthelandscape.Inmymind’seye，Icouldseethetelegraphpostsflashingby.“Haveyounoticed，”Iventured，“thatthetreesseemtobemovingwhileweseemtobest