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J. D. Salinger The Heart of a Broken Story Esquire XVI, September 1941, Page 32, 131-133 The Heart of a Broken Story EVERY day Justin Horgenschlag, thirty-dollar-a-week printer’s assistant, saw at close quarters approximately sixty women whom he had never seen before. Thus in the few years he had lived in New York, Horgenschlag had seen at close quarters about 75,120 different women. Of these 75,120 women, roughly 25,000 were under thirty years of age and over fifteen years of age. Of the 25,000 only 5,000 weighed between one hundred five and one hundred twenty-five pounds. Of these 5,000 only 1,000 were not ugly. Only 500 were reasonably attractive; only 100 of these were quite attractive; only 25 could have inspired a long, slow whistle. And with only 1 did Horgenschlag fall in love at first sight. 贾斯汀·霍根施拉格，周薪30美元的印刷⼩⼯，每天有差不多60来个陌⽣⼥⼈从 他眼前经过。由此推算，在霍根施拉格住在纽约的这⼏年⾥，眼前要经过⼤约75120个 不同的⼥⼈。在这75120个⼥⼈⾥，⼤概有25000个在15~30岁之间。在这25000个⾥只 有5000个体重在105~125磅之间（注：约为47.6~56.7公⽄）。在这5000个⾥只有1000 个长得还过得去。只有500个有⼀定魅⼒；只有100个相当迷⼈；只有25个能引来⼀声 长⽽缓的⼜哨声。但只有⼀个让霍根施拉格⼀见钟情。 Now, there are two kinds of femme fatale. There is the femme fatale who is a femme fatale in every sense of the word, and there is the femme fatale who is not a femme fatale in every sense of the word. 通常，有两种⼥⼈可称为“致命的⼥⼈”。有种致命的⼥⼈是通杀型的，也有种致 命的⼥⼈不是通杀型的。 THE HEART OF A BROKEN STORY 1 Her name was Shirley Lester. She was twenty years old (eleven years younger than Horgenschlag), was five-foot-four (bringing her head to the level of Horgenschlag’s eyes), weighed 117 pounds (light as a feather to carry). Shirley was a stenographer, lived with and supported her mother, Agnes Lester, an old Nelson Eddy fan. In reference to Shirley’s looks people often put it this way: “Shirley’s as pretty as a picture.” 这个⼥⼈的名字是雪莉·莱斯特。她⼆⼗岁（⽐霍根施拉格⼩⼗⼀岁），⾝⾼五 英尺四英⼨（注：约1.