沿着东西走向的柯克兰街,从剑桥镇的哈佛大学往东走,快到与灯塔街交会的地方时,人行道上立着一个标明镇界的锈迹斑斑的铁牌,说明:穿过与灯塔街交会的十字路口,再往前走,就进入了华盛顿街,这已是萨姆维尔镇的界地了。如果说剑桥镇是一个大学镇的话,那么,与之相邻的萨姆维尔镇就是大学生们寻找自己住处的地方。我最初是从马尔柯姆·考利所著的《流放者归来》中知道萨姆 Along the east-west Kirkland Street, east of Harvard University in Cambridge, approaching the Beacon Street, there is a rusty iron sign on the sidewalk signifying the town’s boundaries, stating: Intersection of the street intersection, go forward, entered the Washington Street, which is the town of the town of Sumwell. If Cambridge is a college town, the neighboring town of Summersville is where college students look for their place of residence. I first learned about Sam from The Return of Exiles by Malcolm Cowley