玛莎小姐的面包小店开在街角儿,店门前三步台阶,门上装着开门即叮当作响的门铃。玛莎小姐今年四十岁,嘴里镶着两颗假牙,她心地善良,银行里有二千美元的存款。许多结婚机会远不如玛莎小姐的人都己结了婚,可她还是独身一人。有一位顾客每周都要光顾她的小店两三次,玛莎开始对他发生了兴趣。这是一位中年男子,戴着眼镜,褐色的胡须修剪得十分整齐。他讲英语时带一口浓重的德国腔。他穿着一身旧衣服。有几处还打着补丁,虽然不修边幅,看上去却干净利索,彬 Miss Martha’s bakery was open at the corner of the street, three steps in front of the shop, and the door was clinking with a doorbell. Miss Martha, now 40, has two dentures in her mouth. She has a good heart and two thousand U.S. dollars in the bank. Many marriages are far less successful than Miss Martha, but she is still single. A customer patronized her shop twenty-three times a week, and Martha began to take an interest in him. This is a middle-aged man with glasses and a brown beard trimmed very neatly. He speaks a thick German language when speaking English. He is wearing old clothes. There are also several patches, although not trimming, it looks clean, Bin