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1多年以前,约翰意外得到一大笔遗产,于是辞去大学教职,买下森林里的一所房子,过起隐居生活。约翰八十六岁,正是跨进古代诗人所谓的“年老之门”①的年纪。约翰的前妻玛丽安决定打破三十年的沉寂去看他。她走进约翰的房子,看见整洁的窗帘,明媚的鲜花,静谧的光线。没有风,因为没有任何流动。但门一扇扇自行关闭。约翰的世界被弃绝在空间以外。
A year ago, John accidentally got a large legacy, so he resigned from college faculty, bought a house in the forest and lived a secluded life. John is eighty-six years old and is exactly the age at which the ancient poets call the “old door.” John’s ex-wife Marian decided to break thirty years of silence to see him. She walked into John’s house, saw neat curtains, bright flowers, quiet light. No wind, because there is no flow. But the door a fan shut down. John’s world was renounced outside space.