gossip girl 10 英文

第9部分 (第4/7頁)

d　packing　tape。　He　dug　at　the　wrapping　with　his　fingernail；

anxiously　going　over　the　events　of　the　night　before。　How　far　had　he　gone　with　Greg　exactly？　How

had　he　gotten　back　home？　He　had　almost　no　memory　of　putting　himself　to　bed。　And　he？d　woken

up　in　just　his　favorite　pair　of　red　Gap　boxer　shorts？had　he　been　wearing　them　yesterday？　He

couldn？t　remember。

Rufus　had　a　faraway　look　in　his　eye　as　he　continued：　？I　remember　this　one　afternoon；　out　on　the

lake；　things　got　pretty　heated。　We　were　all　out　skinny…dipping　and　I　had　this　very　passionate

argument　with　Crews　Whitestone？you　know；　the　playwright。　We　were　arguing　about　the　elemental

nature　of　truth；　and　things　just　got　so　heated；　wouldn？t　you　know　it；　before　long　there　we　were；

rolling　around　on　the　beach；　wrestling　one　another　to　the　ground；　each　trying　to　get　the　other　to

admit　that　his　conception　of　the　truth　was　the　superior　one。？

Dan　was　only　half…listening　to　his　dad？s　pornographic　mumblings。　He？d　found　a　gap　in　the

bubble　wrap　and　unwound　it　from　the　long；　ceramic　。　。　。　thing。

？Yeah；　your　literary　get…togethers　today　are　probably　much　more　dignified；　aren？t　they？？　Rufus

went　on。　？But　that？s　how　we　liked　it　then：　naked；　vibrant；　duking　it　out　over　the　truth。　God；　those

were　the　days。？

Still　trying　to　tune　out　his　dad；　Dan　tossed　the　excess　wrapping　aside　and　considered　the　vessel　in

his　hands：　it　was　a　long；　hollow；　tapered　column　of　white　ceramic；　finished　in　a　soft；　inviting　glaze。

It　was　about　eighteen　inches　tall；　and　open　at　the　top；　so　it　must　have　been　a　vase。　At　the　base　were

two　small；　rounded　pieces；　one　on　either　side；　which　helped　stabilize　the　tall；　central　shaft。　It　was