乡间有两位女士写信给我,想知道在复活节休假时,她们到伦敦来应该去哪些名胜古迹参观。我希望她们玩得很快乐。我希望她们喜欢地铁,去参观纪念塔时天气晴朗,到圣保罗大教堂的回音廊成功地彼此悄声谈话,还看到伦敦塔里的地牢,威斯敏斯特的权力所在地,然后带着大量欢乐的回忆返回家去。但是我可以向她们断言,有一处名胜她们看不到。她们看不到我。她们对休假的概念是游览伦敦。我对休假的概念是忘却有伦敦这么一个地方。这并不是说我不喜欢伦敦。我倒喜欢看看它。我早就向自己保证过要看看 Two ladies from the country wrote to me to find out which monuments they should visit to London on Easter holidays. I hope they have a good time. I hope they enjoy the subway, the weather is fine when visiting the memorial tower, whispered to the echo gallery in St. Paul’s Cathedral, the dungeon in Tower of London, the seat of power in Westminster, and a lot of fun The memories go home. But I can assert to them that there is a place of attraction they can not see. They can not see me. Their concept of vacation is to visit London. My concept of vacation is to forget that there is such a place in London. This does not mean that I do not like London. I like to see it. I have already promised myself to see