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1、BreakfastatTiffany'sTrumanCapote,1958IamalwaysdrawnbacktoplaceswhereIhavelived,thehousesandtheirneighborhoods.Forinstance,thereisabrownstoneintheEastSeventieswhere,duringtheearlyyearsofthewar,IhadmyfirstNewYorkapartment.Itwasoneroomcrowdedwithatticfurniture,asofaandfatchairsupholsteredinthatitchy,p
2、articularredvelvetthatoneassociateswithhotdaysonatram.Thewallswerestucco,andacolorratherliketobacco-spit.Everywhere,inthebathroomtoo,therewereprintsofRomanruinsfreckledbrownwithage.Thesinglewindowlookedoutonafireescape.Evenso,myspiritsheightenedwheneverIfeltinmypocketthekeytothisapartment;withallit
3、sgloom,itstillwasaplaceofmyown,thefirst,andmybookswerethere,andjarsofpencilstosharpen,everythingIneeded,soIfelt,tobecomethewriterIwantedtobe.ItneveroccurredtomeinthosedaystowriteaboutHollyGolightly,andprobablyitwouldnotnowexceptforaconversationIhadwithJoeBellthatsetthewholememoryofherinmotionagain.
4、HollyGolightlyhadbeenatenantintheoldbrownstone;she'doccupiedtheapartmentbelowmine.AsforJoeBell,heranabararoundthecorneronLexingtonAvenue;hestilldoes.BothHollyandIusedtogotheresix,seventimesaday,notforadrink,notalways,buttomaketelephonecalls:duringthewaraprivatetelephonewashardtocomeby.Moreover,JoeB
5、ellwasgoodabouttakingmessages,whichinHolly'scasewasnosmallfavor,forshehadatremendousmany.Ofcoursethiswasalongtimeago,anduntillastweekIhadn'tseenJoeBellinseveralyears.Offandonwe'dkeptintouch,andoccasionallyI'dstoppedbyhisbarwhenpassingthroughtheneighborhood;butactuallywe'dneverbeenstrongfriendsexcep
6、tinasmuchaswewerebothfriendsofHollyGolightly.JoeBellhasn'taneasynature,headmitsithimself,hesaysit'sbecausehe'sabachelorandhasasourstomach.Anyonewhoknowshimwilltellyouhe'sahardmantotalkto.Impossibleifyoudon'tsharehisfixations,ofwhichHollyisone.Someothersare:icehockey,Weimaranerdogs,OurGalSunday(asoa
7、pserialhehaslistenedtoforfifteenyears),andGilbertandSullivan--heclaimstoberelatedtooneortheother,Ican'trememberwhich.Andsowhen,latelastTuesdayafternoon,thetelephonerangandIheard"JoeBellhere,"Iknewitmustbeab