It was at
five o’clock tea. A young man came
the hostess
apologize
his lateness.
“So good
you
come, Mr.Jones,and where
your brother?”
“You see we're very busy
the office
only one
us could come,so we tossed up
it.”
“How nice!And so original, too! And you won?”
“No,” said
young man absently,“I lost.”
五点钟,下午茶
时间,
年轻人因为迟到向女主人致歉。
“您能来可真好,琼斯先生,您
兄弟在哪儿呢?”
“您知道我们在办公室里
非常忙,我们俩只能来
,所以就掷币来决定由谁来。”
“太
意思
!还那么
独创性!那您赢
?”
“
,”年轻人心
在焉地说,“我输
。”