那套发梳

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"Don't get me wrong, Dell," he said. “别误会我，德尔，”他说，

"No haircut in the world could make me love my girl any less. “世上没有任何发型能让我少爱我的姑娘一点。

But if you open that package, 不过要是你拆开那个包裹，

you'll see why I was stunned at first." 就会明白我刚才为什么愣住了。”

Her white fingers tore at the string and paper. 她白皙的手指飞快地撕扯着细绳和包装纸。

Then came a scream of joy, 紧接着传来一声惊喜的尖叫，

and then, alas, a sudden change to tears. 但紧接着，唉，又突然转成了泪水。

For there lay The Combs, 因为那里放着的正是那套发梳——

the set of combs Della had admired for so long in a Broadway shop window. 就是德拉在百老汇橱窗里渴望了那么久的那套发梳。

Beautiful combs, pure tortoiseshell, with jeweled edges, 漂亮的纯玳瑁发梳，边缘还镶着珠宝，

just the right shade for her beautiful, vanished hair. 配她那头美丽却已不在的长发，颜色再合适不过了。

We often get what we wished for just when we can no longer use it. 我们往往总在再也用不上某样东西时，才终于得到了它。

At last she looked up with wet eyes and a smile. 终于，她抬起头，眼里噙着泪，脸上却带着笑。

"My hair grows so fast, Jim!" “我的头发长得可快了，吉姆！”

Then she jumped up. 接着她跳了起来。

Jim hadn't even seen his present yet. 吉姆甚至都还没看到属于他的礼物呢。