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尼克和凯伦从弗吉尼亚州开车回纽约,用了不到六个小时。他们时间掌握得很好,一路都赶在下雨之前,所以现在人已经坐在餐厅里了,雨才落下来。他们同斯蒂芬妮和赛米这对朋友在乡下度过了一个愉快的夏日周末,但尼克担心凯伦只是出于同情才答应和他同去。她最近在和另一个男人交往,尼克提议度周末的时候,她有些犹豫。后来她说愿意,他觉得她是看在老交情的分上才让步的。他们开的是她的车——一辆白色雷鸟敞篷车。他每开一次,就多一分羡慕。她有很多东西是他羡慕的:一件黑色塔夫绸里子的松鼠毛大衣、一对皂石雕刻的书挡,用来夹床头柜上放的几本
Nick and Karen drove back to New York from Virginia, in less than six hours. They have a good grasp of time, all the time before the rain, so now people are sitting in the restaurant, the rain came down. They had a nice summer weekend in the country with their friends Stephanie and Seymour, but Nick worried that Karen had promised to go with him only with sympathy. She was somewhat hesitant when she was dating another man lately, Nick suggested. Later, she said yes, he thought she was looking at the old friendship points only concessions. They drive her car - a white Thunderbird convertible. Every time he opens, he will envy more. She has a lot of things that he envies: a squirrel coat in a black taffeta, a pair of bookshelf carved in soap stone,