入门级-欧亨利-失忆症（4）

一、，原文文章：
Her wonderful eyes looked carefully at my face

'No, ' she said quietly, 'you haven't forgotten. I told you that you could never forget.”

'I'm sorry,' I answered, 'but that's the trouble. I have forgotten. I've forgotten everything. '

She laughed. 'Did you know that l married six months after you did'? It was in all the newspapers. 'She was silent for a minute. Then she looked up at me again. 'Tell me one thing, Elwyn,' she said softly. 'Since that night fifteen years ago, can you touch, smell, or look at white roses-and not think of me?”

'I can only say that I don't remember any of this, ' I said carefully. 'I'm very sorry. 'I tried to look away from her.

She smiled and stood up to leave. Then she held out her hand to me, and I took it for a second. 'Oh yes, you remember, ' she said, with a sweet, unhappy smile.

'Goodbye, Elwyn Bellford. '

That night I went to the theatre and when I returned to my hotel, a quiet man in dark clothes was waiting for me. ''Mr Pinkhammer, ' he said, 'can I speak with you for a minute? There's a room here. '

I followed him into a small room. A man and a woman were there. The woman was still beautiful, but her face was unhappy and tired. l liked everything about her. The man, who was about forty, came to meet me.

'Bellford,' he said, 'I'm happy to see you again. l told you that you were working too hard. Now you can come home with us. You'll soon be all right.

''My name', I said, 'is Edward Pinkhammer. I've never seen you before in my life. '

The woman cried out, 'Oh, Elwyn! Elwyn! I'm your wife!' She put her arms round me, but I pushed them away.

'Oh, Doctor Volney! What is the matter with him?' the woman cried.

'Go to your room, ' the doctor said to her. 'He'll soon be well again.'

The woman left, and so did the man in the dark clothes. The man who was a doctor turned to me and said quietly, 'Listen. Your name is not Edward Pinkhammer. '

'I know that,' I replied, 'but a man must have a name. Why not Pinkhammer?'

'Your name', the doctor said, 'is Elwyn Bellford. You are one of the best lawyers in Denver一and that woman is your wife.'

'She's a very fine woman, ' I said, after a minute. 'I love the colour of her hair. '

'She's a very good wife, ' the doctor replied. 'When you Left two weeks ago, she was very unhappy. Then we had a telephone call from a man who saw you in a hotel here.'

I think I remember him,' I said. 'He called me "Bellford".Excuse me, but who are you'?'

'I'm Bobby Volney. I've been your friend for twenty years, and your doctor for fifteen years. Elwyn, try to remember.'

'You say you're a doctor,' I said. 'How can I get better? Does amnesia go slowly or suddenly?'

'Sometimes slowly. Sometimes suddenly. '

'Will you help me, Doctor Volney?' I asked.

'Old friend, ' he said, 'I'll do everything possible.'

'Very well. And if you're my doctor, you can't tell anybody what I say.'

'Of course not, ' Doctor Volney answered.

I stood up. There were some white roses on the tablet I went over to the table, picked up the roses and threw them far out of the window. Then I sat down again. 'I think it will be best, Bobby, ' I said, 'to get better suddenly. I'm a little tired of it all now. Go and bring my wife Marian in now. But, oh, Doctor,' I said with a happy smile. 'Oh, my good old friend-it was wonderful! '

二、动词marry：
1. 结婚的动作，娶、嫁：marry someone
2. 和谁结婚：married to someone


三、一词多义：
1. dark：黑色
2. dark：深色的
3. light：浅色的


四、英美不同：
英式拼法：colour harbour
美式拼法：color harbor


五、语法知识：
以字母f/fe结尾的名词变复数时，将f/fe改为ves，如knife-knives, wife-wives
有时直接在结尾加s，如safe-safes

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