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1、3.THENAVY-BLUEBLAZERIdonotrecallwearingajacketbeforetheageofthirteen.Thatfreedomcametoanendinthespringof1960whenI,alongwithmyparents,wasinvitedtotheweddingofmymother'sformerpharmaceuticalassistant,ayoungwomanwhohadoftentakencareofmewhenIwassmall,prov
2、idingmewithaviewoftheworldandsocietythatwasdifferentfrommymother's.Itwasdecidedthat,forthisoccasion,Iwouldbeboughtapairofgreytrousersandanavy-blueblazer.Iwasalreadywearinglongtrousers,butpossessednojacketorblazer.Thepurchasewasmadeinthebiggestmenswea
3、rshopinthesouthernsuburbswherewethenlived.Icanstillheartheobsequiousvoiceoftheshopassistantasheironicallyremarkedthat'theyoungmanisratherrotund'.Whathemeantwasthatmythighswerethickformyage.Thepurchaseofthetrousersneverthelessproceededwithoutanyproble
4、m.Thatwasnotthecasewiththeblazer;anditwasmyfault.Iwouldhavepreferredadouble-breastedblazerwhich,Ithought,hadsomethingofthelookofanadmiralorevenapilot,buttheodiousshop-assistantconvincedmymotherthatIwastoochubbyforsuchagarment.Soitwastobeasingle-breas
5、tedblazer;andIwasnotpleasedaboutit.Thetroublewasnotsomuchitsshapeasitscolour.1hadnoticedthatinthisshop,despiteitbeingwellstocked,thesinglesbreastedblazersforadolescentswereofanavy-bluethatwaslessnavythanthedouble-breastedones.Notmuch,tobesure,but1was
6、alreadysensitivetocoloursandtheirdifferentshades,andIvaguelyfeltthatanavy-bluethatwasnotverydarkwasnotatruenavy-blue.SeveralofmyfriendsfrommorebourgeoisfamiliesthanminewerealreadywearingblazersandIknewthattheirbluewasdifferentfromthatwhichwasproposed
7、forme:itwasdarker,denser,lesspurplish-inaword,less'vulgar'.Adolescentshavetheirownideasaboutvulgarity.Inmanycasestheywouldbehardputtoittoexplainthemortosharethemwithadultsbutthereissomethingaboutvulgarity—theirversionofvulgarity-thatisabsolutelyunacc
8、eptable.Suchwasthecaseofthis'almostnavy-blue'.Inmyeyes,itwasunwearable,hideousandwouldprobablymakemelookevenfatter!Itwastriedon,rejected,discussed,compared,triedonagain.Anothershop-assistantexpressedhisopinion,andthentheheadofthedepartmentdidso.Hewas
