小沃和你说“晚安”-84, Charing Cross Road 2
一个偶然的机会
在美国纽约的海莲开始写信求书
而在英国伦敦的马克斯与科恩书店
也给予了认真的回应
故事也便开始了
84, Charing Cross Road 2
看收到书的海莲
如何回复
14 East 95th St.
New York City
November 3, 1949
纽约市
东九十五大街14号
1949年11月3日
MARKS & CO.
84, Charing Cross Road
London, W.C.2
England
马克斯与科恩书店
英国伦敦中西二区
查令十字街84号
Gentlemen:
诸位先生：
The books arrived safely, the Stevenson is so fine it embarrasses my orange-crate bookshelves, I'm almost afraid to handle such soft vellum and heavy cream-colored pages. Being used to the dead-white paper and stiff cardboardy covers of American books, I never knew a book could be such a joy to the touch.
今天收到你们寄来的书，斯蒂文森的书真是漂亮！把它放进我用水果箱权充的书架里，实在太委屈它。我捧着它，深怕污损它那细致的皮装封面和米黄色的厚实内页。看惯了那些用惨白纸张和硬纸板大量印制的美国书，我简直不晓得一本书竟也能这么迷人，光抚摸着就教人打心里头舒服。
A Britisher whose girl lives upstairs translated the ￡1/17/6 for me and says I owe you $5.30 for the two books. I hope he got it right. I enclose a $5 bill and a single, please use the 70￠ toward the price of the New Testaments, both of which I want.
住在楼上的女孩儿凯特，她的英国男朋友布莱恩帮我将账单上列的书价一英镑十七先令六便士换算成美金五元三角，希望他没算错。我寄了五元和一元的钞票各一张，多出来的七角请用来支付《新约全书》，那两本我都要买。
Will you please translate your prices hereafter? I don't add too well in plain American, I haven't a prayer of ever mastering bilingual arithmetic.
你们可否行行好？下回先将书价换算成美金。我连加减美金都一塌糊涂了，要我把英镑换算成美金真是阿弥陀佛。
Yours,
Helene Hanff
海莲·汉芙
I hope "madam" doesn't mean over there what it does here.
我希望在你们那边，“夫人”的意思和我们这边指的是两码事。
MARKS & CO., Booksellers
84, Charing Cross Road
London, W.C. 2
马克斯与科恩书店
伦敦中西二区查令十字街84号
9th November, 1949
1949年11月9日
Miss Helene Hanff
14 East 95th Street
New York 28, New York
U. S. A.
海莲·汉芙小姐
美国
纽约州，纽约市28
东九十五大街14号
Dear Miss Hanff,
敬爱的汉芙小姐：
Your six dollars arrived safely, but we should feel very much easier if you would send your remittances by postal money order in future, as this would be quite a bit safer for you than entrusting dollar bills to the mails.
您寄来的六元书款已悉数收到，不过我们建议您不妨改以邮政划拨的方式付款，如此不但对你我双方都较为便利；亦比直接将钞票放入信封内要保险得多。
We are very happy you liked the Stevenson so much. We have sent off the New Testaments, with an invoice listing the amount due in both pounds and dollars, and we hope you will be pleased with them.
我们非常高兴得知您如此喜欢那本斯蒂文森的书。两本《新约全书》已于今日付邮，账单亦一并附上，同时依照您的嘱咐，将书款分别以英镑与美金计价。我们期盼您也会喜欢此次寄去的两本书。
Yours faithfully,
FPD
For MARKS & CO.
马克斯与科恩书店
FPD敬上
“二十年间缘悭一面，
相隔万里莫逆于心。”
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《查令十字街84号》
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