celine： so i saw your picture on the calendar about a month ago and that you were going to be here. its funny， because i read an article on your book and it sounded 1）vaguely familiar. jesse： vaguely？

celine： yes. but i didnt put it all together until i saw your photo. so...

jesse： did you have a chance to read it？

celine： yes， i... i was really， really surprised， as you can imagine. i mean， i had to read it twice， actually.

jesse： yeah？

celine： yeah.

jesse： comme ci comme ca？

celine： no， i liked it. its very romantic. i usually dont like that， but its really well-written. its really well-written. congratulations.

jesse： thank you.

celine： wait.

jesse： what？

celine： before we go anywhere， i have to ask you...

jesse： sure. what？

celine： did you show up in vienna that december？

jesse： did you？

celine： no， i couldnt. but did you？ i need to know. its so

important to me.

jesse： why， if you didnt？

celine： well， did you？

jesse： no.

celine： thank god you didnt.

jesse： oh， my god.

celine： thank god you didnt.

jesse： i mean i didnt and you didnt. i mean if one of us had showed up there alone， that would have sucked.

celine： i know， i know， i was so concerned with that. i always felt horrible about not being there， but i couldnt. you know， my grandma died a few days before. and she was buried that day， december 6th.

jesse： the one in 2）budapest？

celine： yes. you remember that？

jesse： yeah， i remember everything.

celine： of course， it was in your book. but anyway， i was about to fly to vienna， you know， and we heard the news about her， and of course i had to go to the funeral with my parents.

jesse： yeah， im sorry to hear that.

celine： i know. but you werent there anyway. wait. why werent you there？ i would have been there if i could have. i made plans. and wait， you better have a good reason. what？ oh， no. no， you were there， werent you？ oh， no， thats terrible！ i know im laughing， but i dont mean it. did you hate me？ you mustve hated me. have you been hating me all this time？ you have.

jesse： no.

celine： yes， you have.

jesse： no.

celine： but you cant hate me now， right？ i mean， my grandma...

jesse： i dont hate you. come on. its no big deal， all right？ i flew all the way over there， you blew the thing off. and my lifes been a big 3）nosedive since then， but its not a problem.

celine： no， youre kidding.

jesse： no， im kidding.

celine： dont say that. i cant believe it. you must have been so angry with me. im so sorry. i really wanted to be there， more than anything in the world. i swear…

jesse： honestly…

celine： i swear…

celine： you cant be angry， my grandmother...

jesse： i know. i know. i honestly thought that something like that might have happened. i was definitely 4）bummed， but…mostly i was just mad we hadnt exchanged any phone numbers or any information.

celine： i know. that was so stupid. no way to get in touch. i didnt even know your last name.

jesse： nothing to go on. i know， i know. i mean， remember we were both afraid if we started writing and calling that it would slowly， you know， fade out.

celine： yeah， it definitely wasnt a slow fade.

jesse： no， it sure wasnt.

celine： i know， we wanted to pick it up where we left off.

jesse： which would have been fine if it had worked.

celine： yes， a good idea.

jesse： oh well.

赛琳：那么我一个月前在日历安排上看到你的照片，得知你要到这儿来。有意思的是，我读过你的书，一小段而已，有种朦胧的似曾相识感。

杰西：朦胧的？

赛琳：是啊，直到我看到你的照片才把这些联系起来，所以……

杰西：你读了我的书吗？

赛琳：是啊，我……我真的真的很惊喜，正如你能想象到的那样。我是说，事实上，我读了两次。

杰西：是吗？

赛琳：是啊。

杰西：马马虎虎？（注：法语）

赛琳：不，我很喜欢，非常浪漫。我通常不读这类书，但是真的写得很好，真的很好，恭喜你。

杰西：谢谢。

赛琳：等等。

杰西：怎么了？

赛琳：在我们出发前，我必须得问你……

杰西：问吧，什么问题？

赛琳：那年12月你去维也纳了吗？

杰西：你去了吗？

赛琳：没，我没去，但是你呢？我必

须得知道，这对我很重要。

杰西：为什么？既然你没去的话。

赛琳：呃，你去了吗？

杰西：没去。

赛琳：谢天谢地你没去。

杰西：噢，天啊。

赛琳：谢天谢地你没去.

杰西：我的意思是，我没去，你也没去。我是说，如果我们中只有一人去的话，那就太糟糕了。

赛琳：我知道，我知道，我一直担心这个。不能去那儿我很内疚，但我确实没法去。你知道，我外婆去世了，她的葬礼就在那一天，12月6日。

杰西：在布达佩斯的那位吗？

赛琳：是啊，你记得？

杰西：是的，所有的事我都记得。

赛琳：当然了，你还写在书里了。但是无论如何，我是准备飞去维也纳的，你知道，当我们听到这个噩耗，我们当然必须去参加葬礼。

杰西：是的，听到这个消息我很难过。

赛琳：我知道。但是无论如何你也没去啊。等等，你为什么没去？如果可以的话，我一定会去的。我都计划好了。等等，你最好有一个好的借口。怎么了？噢，不是吧。不，你去了，是吗？噢，不是吧，太糟糕了！我知道我在笑，但是我不是有意的。你恨我吧？你一定很恨我。这段时间以来你在恨我吗？一定是的。

杰西：没有。

赛琳：你恨我。

杰西：没有。

赛琳：但是现在你不能恨我了，是吧？我是说，是因为我外婆的事……

杰西：我不恨你。这没什么大不了的，对吧？我千里迢迢飞到那，你却放我鸽子。我的人生从此陷入低谷，但不是什么大问题。

赛琳：不，你在开玩笑吧。

杰西：不，我在开玩笑。

赛琳：别那么说，我不相信。你一定很生我气。对不起，我真的想去那儿，这世上没什么事更重要的了，我发誓……

杰西：老实说……

赛琳：我发誓……

赛琳：你不能生我气，我的外婆……

杰西：我知道，我知道。老实说，我想到了你可能是被什么事情缠住了。尽管我很失望，但是……最让我抓狂的是我们竟然没交换电话号码和任何信息。

赛琳：我知道，瞧瞧我们干的傻事，没办法保持联系。我甚至都不知道你姓什么。

杰西：没办法联系。我知道，我知道，我是说，记得我们都担心（如果这么做的话，）会开始写信、通电话，然后慢慢地，你知道的，感情就淡了。

赛琳：是啊，而且肯定不会慢慢变淡的。

杰西：不，肯定不会。

赛琳：我知道，我们都怀念曾经拥有的感觉。

杰西：如果这份感觉可以永存的话，就再好不过了。

赛琳：是啊，是个好主意。

杰西：噢，好吧。