這是真的。
有個村莊的小康之家的女孩子，生得美，有許多人來做媒，但都沒有說成。那年她不過十五六歲吧，是春天的晚上，她立在後門口，手 扶著桃樹。她記得她穿的是一 件月白的衫子。對門住的年輕人同她見過面，可是從來沒有打過招呼的，他走了過來。離得不遠，站定了，輕輕的說了一聲：〔噢，你也在這裡嗎？〕她沒有說什 麼，他也沒有再說什麼，站了一會，各自走開了。
就這樣就完了。
後來這女人被親眷拐子賣到他鄉外縣去作妻，又幾次三番地被轉賣，經過無數的驚險的風波，老了的時候她還記得從前那一回事，常常說起，在那春天的晚上，在後門口的桃樹下，那年輕人。
於千萬人之中遇見你所遇見的人，於千萬年之中，時間的無涯的荒野裡，沒有早一步，也沒有晚一步，剛巧趕上了，那也沒有別的話可說，唯有輕輕地問一聲：〔噢，你也在這裡嗎？〕
- 張愛玲
Friday, September 01, 2006
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louis, this is prudence. Hope this random piece of comment didnt ruin the beauty of your entry. I love the passage actually.
Am now in stockholm, working, and here I met someone called kaifeng, do you know her? she used to study in the same place as yours.
Just tried to reach you through email but it seems it is not working. Would you give me your new address?
by the way, where are you now?
I had been reading some Zhang Ailing before I came, regretably I didnt bring them along.
Prudence
hi prudence, it's been a long time... everything alright there in stockholm? it's just one step away from where your favourite director is (he's a finnish as i remember?), u must be grumbling about getting a day-off for a pilgrimage i guess... : )
yes we called her Kai when we met each other... what a small world, and how rootless could it be as a student studying in europe! she's doing well?
i've been back from paris for a week, ripped off from the context and the language environment where i always wanted to be in - the non-anglophonic environment. donc profite de ton séjour là-bas prudence, ça fait du bien pour toi je suis sûr : )
i planned to write something about this coincidence thing proposed by Eileen Chang - "le hasard" in french, which ironically has a tinge of danger after perceived by our english-affected mind. however to me, meeting somebody "par hasard" is exactly what all these suggest - the beauty lies in the venom itself. drink it or leave it.
write to me if you want -
searchinglouis@yahoo.com.hk
好辛苦~~
By the way, thx tonight~
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