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1、Unit3passage1BetterLatethanNever[1]Hewaslyingthereinthegrass,hidingandthinking.[2]Hehadstudiedthelittlegirl'shabits.Heknewshewouldcomeoutsidehergrandfather'shousemid-afternoontoplay.[3]Hehatedhimselfforthis.[4]Inhiswholemiserablelifehe'dneverconsideredanythingsocallousaskidnapping.[5]Y
2、etherehewas,lyinginthegrass,hiddenbytreesfromthehouse,waitingforaninnocent,red-haired,two-year-oldgirltocomewithinreach.[6]Itwasalongwait;therewastimetothink.[7]MaybeallhislifeHarlanhadbeenintoomuchofahurry.[8]HewasfivewhenhisHoosierfarmerfatherhaddied.[9]AtfourteenhedroppedoutofGreenw
3、oodSchoolandhittheroad.[10]Hetriedoddjobsasafarmhand,hatedit.[11]Triedbeingabusconductorandhatedthat.12]AtsixteenheliedabouthisageandjoinedtheArmy—andhatedthat,too.Whenhisone-yearenlistmentwasupheheadedforAlabama[N],triedblacksmithingandfailed.[13]Hebecamearailroadlocomotivefiremanwith
4、theSouthernRailroad.Helikedthat.Figuredmaybehehadfoundhimself.[14]Ateighteenhegotmarried,andwithinmonths,wouldn'tyouknowsheannouncedshewaspregnantthedayheannouncedhe'dbeenfiredagain?[15]Then,oneday,whilehewasoutjobhunting,hisyoungwifegaveawayalltheirpossessionsandwenthometoherparents.[
5、16]Thencamethedepression.17]Harlancouldn'twinforlosing,astheysaid.[18]Hereallytried.[19]Once,whileworkingatasuccessionofrailroadUnit3passage1jobs,hetriedstudyinglawbycorrespondence.[20]Buthedroppedoutofthat,too.[21]Hetriedsellinginsurance,sellingtires.[22]Hetriedrunningaferryboat,runni
6、ngafillingstation.Nouse.[23]Faceit—Harlanwasaloser.[24]AndnowherehewashidingintheweedsoutsideRoanoke,Virginia,planningakidnapping.[25]AsIsay,he'dwatchedthelittlegirl'shabits,andknewaboutherafternoonplaytime.[26]But,thisoneday,shedidnotcomeouttoplay,sohischainoffailuresremainedunbroken.
7、[27]LateinlifehebecamechiefcookandbottlewasheratarestaurantinCorbin.Anddidallrightuntilthenewhighwaybypassedtherestaurant.[28]Andthenhisexpectedlifespanranout.[29]Hewasnotthefirstmannorwouldhebethelasttoarriveatthetwilightoflifewithnothingtoshowforit.[30]Thebluebirdofhappiness,orwhat
