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1、Awomanonaroof Itwasduringtheweekofhotsun,thatJune.Threemenwereatworkontheroof,wheretheleadsgotsohottheyhadtheideaofthrowingwaterontocoolthem.Butthewatersteamed,thensizzled;andtheymakejokesaboutgettinganeggfromsomewomanintheflatsundertheflatsunderthem,top
2、oachitfortheirdinner.Bytwoitwasnotpossibletotouchthegutteringtheywerereplacing,andtheyspeculatedaboutwhatworkmendidinregularlyhotcountries.Perhapstheyshouldborrowkitchengloveswiththeegg?Theywereallabitdizzy,notusedtotheheat;andtheyshedtheircoatsandstoods
3、idebysidesqueezingthemselvesintoafootwidepatchofshadeagainstachimney,carefultokeeptheirfeetinthethicksocksandbootsoutofthesun.Therewasafineviewacrossseveralacresofroofs.Notfaroffamansatinadeckchairreadingthenewspapers.Thentheysawher,betweenchimneys,about
4、fiftyyardsaway.Shelayfacedownonabrownblanket.Theycouldseethetoppartofher:blackhair,aflushedsolidback,armsspreadout.“She’sstarknaked,”saidStanley,soundingannoyed.Harry,theoldest,amanofaboutforty-five,said:“Lookslikeit.”YoungTom,seventeen,saidnothing,buthe
5、wasexcitedandgrinning.Stanleysaid:“Someone’llreportherifshedoesn’twatchout.”“Shethinksnoonecansee,”saidTom,craninghisheadallwaystoseemore.Atthispointthewoman,stilllyingprone,broughthertwohandsupbehindhershoulderswiththeendsofascarfinthem,tieditbehindherb
6、ack,andsatup.Sheworearedscarftiedaroundherbreastsandbriefredbikinipants.Thisbeingthefirstdayofthesunshewaswhite,flushingred.Shesatsmoking,anddidnotlookupwhenStanleyletoutawolfwhistle.Harrysaid:“Smallthingsamusesmallminds,”leadingthewaybacktotheirpartofth
7、eroof,butitwasscorching.Harrysaid:“Wait,I’mgoingtorigupsomeshade,”anddisappeareddowntheskylightintothebuilding.Nowthathe’dgone,StanleyandTomwenttothefarthestpointtheycouldtopeeratthewoman.Shehadmoved,andalltheycouldseeweretwopinklegsstretchedontheblanket
8、.Theywhistledandshoutedbutthelegsdidnotmove.Harrycamebackwithablanketandshouted:“Comeon,then.”Hesoundedirritatedwiththem.TheyclamberedbacktohimandhesaidtoStanley:“Whataboutyourmissus?”Stanleywasnewlymarried,aboutthreemonth
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