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1、AfterTwentyYearsO.HenryPlotofthestoryBobandJimhadobviouslybeenclosefriendstwentyyearsagowhentheywereyoung.Beforetheirseparation,theymadeanappointmenttomeetagainatexactlythesameplaceandthesamehourtwentyyearslater.SettingofthestoryOnabusinessavenueofNewYo
2、rk:Thesamehour:teno’clockatnightThesameplace:‘BigJoe’Brady’srestaurant20yearsago—inthedoorwayofahardwarestorenowDetailedcontentWhenaboutmidwayofacertainblockthepolicemansuddenlyslowedhiswalk.Inthedoorwayofadarkenedhardwarestoreamanleaned,withanunlighted
3、cigarinhismouth.Asthepolicemanwalkeduptohimthemanspokeupquickly.在一家小店铺的门口，昏暗的灯光下站着一个男子。他的嘴里叼着一支没有点燃的雪茄烟。警察放慢了脚步，认真地看了他一眼，然后，向那个男子走了过去。"It'sallright,officer,"hesaid,reassuringly."I'mjustwaitingforafriend.It'sanappointmentmadetwentyyearsago.Soundsalittlef
4、unnytoyou,doesn'tit?Well,I'llexplainifyou'dliketomakecertainit'sallstraight.Aboutthatlongagothereusedtobearestaurantwherethisstorestands--'BigJoe'Brady'srestaurant.""Untilfiveyearsago,"saidthepoliceman."Itwastorndownthen."Themaninthedoorwaystruckamatcha
5、ndlithiscigar.Thelightshowedapale,square-jawedfacewithkeeneyes,andalittlewhitescarnearhisrighteyebrow.Hisscarfpinwasalargediamond,oddlyset."Twentyyearsagoto-night,"saidtheman,"Idinedhereat'BigJoe'Brady'swithJimmyWells,mybestchum,andthefinestchapinthewor
6、ld.HeandIwereraisedhereinNewYork,justliketwobrothers,together.IwaseighteenandJimmywastwenty.ThenextmorningIwastostartfortheWesttomakemyfortune.Youcouldn'thavedraggedJimmyoutofNewYork;hethoughtitwastheonlyplaceonearth.Well,weagreedthatnightthatwewouldmee
7、thereagainexactlytwentyyearsfromthatdateandtime,nomatterwhatourconditionsmightbeorfromwhatdistancewemighthavetocome.Wefiguredthatintwentyyearseachofusoughttohaveourdestinyworkedoutandourfortunesmade,whatevertheyweregoingtobe.““20年前的今天晚上，”男子继续说，“我和吉米·维尔斯
8、在这儿的餐馆共进晚餐。哦，吉米是我最要好的朋友。我们俩都是在纽约这个城市里长大的。从孩提时候起，我们就亲密无间，情同手足。当时，我正准备第二天早上就动身到西部去谋生。那天夜晚临分手的时候，我们俩约定：20年后的同一日期、同一时间，我们俩将来到这里再次相会。”Abouttwentyminuteshewaited,andthenatallmaninalongovercoat,withcollarturneduptohisears,hurriedacrossf
