最終更新日:2022/12/24
After a week of anxiously watching the mailbox through little Japanese binoculars his wife had given him for a going-away present (she'd left him the day after he was pink-slipped) and getting nothing but sucker-list stuff through the regular deliveries that came each noon, he was jolted out of a boozy, black-and-white dream of jumping off The Stack into rush-hour traffic, by an insistent banging at the door.
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After
a
week
of
anxiously
watching
the
mailbox
through
little
Japanese
binoculars
his
wife
had
given
him
for
a
going-away
present
(she'd
left
him
the
day
after
he
was
pink-slipped)
and
getting
nothing
but
sucker-list
stuff
through
the
regular
deliveries
that
came
each
noon,
he
was
jolted
out
of
a
boozy,
black-and-white
dream
of
jumping
off
The
Stack
into
rush-hour
traffic,
by
an
insistent
banging
at
the
door.