漫漫长夜

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Loisel put his clothes back on. 卢瓦泽尔重新穿上了衣服。

"I'll retrace our whole route," he said, “我顺着咱们刚才走过的路线全找一遍，”他说，

"and see if I can find it." “看看能不能找着。”

She stayed in her ball gown, too weak to go to bed, 她连舞会礼服都没脱，软瘫得根本没力气上床，

slumped in a chair by the cold fireplace. 蜷缩在冰凉壁炉旁的椅子里。

He came back at seven in the morning. 他早晨七点才回来。

Nothing. 什么也没找着。

He went to the police, to the newspapers to offer a reward, 他去了警察局，去报社登了悬赏启事，

to the cab companies, anywhere a trace of hope led him. 又跑了出租马车行，只要有一丝希望的地方他全去了。

He came home that evening, his face hollow and pale. 那天傍晚他回到家，整个人面容枯槁、脸色煞白。

"You must write to your friend," he said, 他说：“你得给你朋友写封信，”

"and tell her you've broken the clasp and you're having it repaired. “就说项链的搭扣弄坏了，正在拿去修。

That'll give us time." 这样能给咱们争取点时间。”

A small lie can buy time, but it never pays the bill. 小谎虽能拖延时间，但该付的账终究赖不掉。

She wrote as he dictated. 他念一句，她就写一句。

By the end of the week, they had lost all hope. 到了周末，他们彻底绝望了。

Loisel, who seemed to have aged five years, 卢瓦泽尔仿佛一下子老了五岁，

said quietly, "We'll have to replace it." 轻声说：“咱们只能买一条新的赔给她了。”