德国的格林威塞尔是一座普通的小城。城里人互相认识。如果市长家多烧一道菜,全城人在吃午饭时,都会知道。一个陌生人迁入这座城市,租了幢空房子,独自居住。他不像别人那样下午去玩九柱戏,晚上去酒馆抽烟,谈论时事。市长、法官、医生轮流请他吃饭、喝咖啡,都被他谢绝。 Greenwesel in Germany is an ordinary town. City people know each other. If the mayor cook more home cooking, the city people will know when eating lunch. A stranger moved into the city, rented a dwelling house, living alone. He did not go to the skittles in the afternoon like other people did, smoking in pubs at night and talking about current affairs. The mayor, judge, and doctor took turns to ask him to eat and drink coffee, all of whom he declined.