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迟付款的戒指 迟付款的戒指 PAGE / NUMPAGES 迟付款的戒指 迟付款的戒指 One day， the boss of a gold shop received a letter. As he was very busy， the letter was on his desk till dinner time. When he opened it ， a $1000 note fell out onto the desk. With the note was a short letter ： Dear Sir， I got married forty years ago. Unfortunately1 ， at that time there was a lot of unemployment2 and I got no job. I was out of work for about six months before I got another one. Of course I was very short of money. I came to your shop to buy a wedding ring one day. The assistant brought some rings for me to have a look ， later she was called away for a moment ， and then I put one of the rings into my pocket. When she came back ， I said I did not know the size of my girlfriend ’s finger. So I left the shop with the ring but I didn’t pay for it. My wife died a month ago ， and the fact that I never paid for her ring has been on my conscience3 all these years. I always feel guilty4 about that. At that time the ring cost $100， and I think that is about ten times at today ’s price. Now ， I am sending you that amount. Yours truly， A customer After reading the letter ， the boss said， “Well， life is always full of surprise ！” 一天，一家金店的老板收到一封信。由于他很忙，这封 信向来放在桌上， 直到吃饭的时候才翻开那封信， 一张 1000 美元的支票掉到桌上，除了支票，还有一封短信： 敬爱的先生： 40 年前我要成婚的时候， 不幸那时失业率很高， 我没有 了工作。在我找到另一份工作以前，我已经六个月没有工作了。自然，我当时特别缺钱。 一天，我到达你的店里想买成婚戒指。店员拿给我一些戒指让我看，以后她走开了一会儿，而后，我把此中一枚戒指装进了自己的口袋。当她回来时，我说我不知道我女朋友手指的尺寸，于是没有付钱就走出了店。一个月以前，我的老婆逝世了，我一直没有付这个戒指的钱，这件事让我的良知这些年向来遇到斥责，我经常为此感觉内疚。那时，那枚戒指值 100 美元，我想此刻的价格是当初的十倍吧。 此刻，我把这笔钱归还给你。 你一位忠实的顾客 读完这封信， 金店的老板说道：“生活老是充满欣喜啊！ ”