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时尚女魔头 穿普拉达的恶魔 英文原版-第26部分

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  Book was a large wire…bound collection of pages as big as a 
  phonebook; in which each current issue ofRunway was mocked up and 
  laid out。 She explained that no substantial work could get done each 
  day until after Miranda left; because all of the art people and 
  editorial people spent all day long consulting with her; and she 
  changed her mind every hour。 Therefore; when Miranda left around 
  five each day to spend some time with the twins; the real day’s work 
  would begin。 The art department would craft their new layout and 
  input any new photos that had e in; and editorial would tweak and 
  print any copy that had finally; finally; gotten Miranda’s 
  approval—a giant; looping “MP” scrawled across the entire first 
  page。 Every editor would send all the day’s new changes to the art 
  assistant; who; hours after nearly everyone else had left; would run 
  the images and layouts and words through a small machine that waxed 
  the backs of the pages and pressed them onto their appropriate page 
  in the Book。 It was then my job to take the Book up to Miranda’s 
  apartment whenever it was finished—anywhere in the eight to elevenP 
  。M。 range; depending on where in the production process we were—at 
  which point she’d mark it all up。 She’d bring it back the next day; 
  and the entire staff would go through the whole thing again。

  When Emily overheard me tell James that I’d go to the party with him 
  after all; she jumped right in。 “Um; you know you can’t go anywhere 
  until the Book’s finished; right?”

  I stared。 James looked as though he might tackle her。

  “Yeah; I have to say; this is the part of your job I’m most happy to 
  be done with。 It can get really; really late sometimes; but Miranda 
  needs to see it every single night; you know。 She works from Home。 
  Anyway; I’ll wait with you tonight and show you how to do it; but 
  then you’re on your own。”

  “OK; thanks。 Any idea when it’ll be finished tonight?”

  “Nope。 Changes every night。 You’d really have to ask the art 
  department。”

  The Book was finally ready on the earlier side; at eight…thirty; and 
  after I’d retrieved it from an exhausted…looking art assistant; 
  Emily and I walked down to 59th Street together。 Emily was holding 
  an armful of freshly dry…cleaned clothes on hangers; encased in 
  plastic; and she explained to me that dry cleaning always 
  acpanied the Book。 Miranda would bring her dirty clothes to the 
  office; where; as my luck would have it; it was my job to call the 
  cleaners and let them know we had a pickup。 They would send someone 
  to the Elias…Clark building immediately; pick up the clothes; and 
  return them in perfect condition a day later。 We stored them in our 
  office closet until we could either hand them off to Uri or take 
  them to her apartment ourselves。 My job was getting more 
  intellectually stimulating by the minute!

  “Hey; Rich!” Emily called brightly; fakely; to the pipe…chomping 
  dispatcher I’d met my first day。 “This is Andrea。 She’ll be taking 
  the Book every night; so make sure she gets a good car; OK?”

  “Will do; Red。” He pulled the pipe out of his mouth and motioned 
  toward me。 “I’ll take good care of Blondie over here。”

  “Great。 Oh; and can you have another car follow us to Miranda’s? 
  Andrea and I are going separate places after we drop off the Book。”

  Two massive Town Cars pulled up just at that moment; and the mammoth 
  driver in the first car barreled out of the front seat and opened 
  the back door for us。 Emily climbed in first; immediately whipped 
  out her Cell Phone; and called out; “Miranda Priestly’s apartment; 
  please。” He nodded and threw the car in gear and we were off。

  “Is it always the same driver?” I asked; wondering how he knew where 
  to go。

  She motioned me to be quiet as she left a message for her roommate。 
  She then said; “No; but there are only so many drivers who work for 
  the pany。 I’ve had them all at least twenty times; so they know 
  their way by now。” She went back to her dialing。 I looked behind us 
  and saw the second empty Town Car carefully mimicking our turns and 
  stops。

  We pulled up in front of a typical Fifth Avenue doorman building: 
  immaculate sidewalk; well…kept balconies; and what looked like a 
  gorgeous; warmly lit lobby。 A man in a tuxedo and hat immediately 
  came to the car and opened the door for us; and Emily got out。 I 
  wondered why we weren’t just going to leave the Book and the clothes 
  with him。 As far as I understood—and it wasn’t a lot; especially 
  when it came to this strange city—that’s what doormen were for。 As 
  in; that’s their job。 But Emily pulled a leather Louis Vuitton key 
  chain from her Gucci logo tote and handed it to me。

  “I’ll wait here。 You take the stuff up to her apartment; Penthouse 
  A。 Just open her door and leave the book on the table in the foyer 
  and hang the clothes on the hooks by the closet。 Notin the closet;by 
  the closet。 And then just leave。 Whatever you do; don’t knock or 
  ring the doorbell。 She doesn’t like to be disturbed。 Just let 
  yourself in and out and be quiet!” She handed me the tangle of wire 
  hangers and plastic and opened her Cell Phone again。All right; I can 
  handle this。 Why so much drama for a book and some pants?

  The elevator man smiled kindly at me and silently pressed the PH 
  button after turning a key。 He looked like a battered wife; dejected 
  and sad; as though he couldn’t fight any longer and had just made 
  peace with his unHappiness。

  “I’ll wait here;” he said softly; staring at the floor。 “You 
  shouldn’t be more than a minute。”

  The carpet in the hallways was a deep burgundy color; and I almost 
  toppled over when one of my heels got stuck in the loops。 The walls 
  were papered in a thick; cream…colored fabric that had tiny cream 
  pinstripes running the length; and there was a suede cream bench 
  pushed against the wall。 The French doors directly in front of me 
  said PH B; but I swiveled and saw identical doors with PH A。 It took 
  every ounce of restraint not to ring the bell; but I remembered 
  Emily’s warning and slid the key in the lock。 It clicked right away; 
  and before I could fix my hair or wonder what was on the other side; 
  I was standing in a large; airy foyer and smelling the most amazing 
  scent of lamb chops。 And there she was; delicately bringing a fork 
  to her mouth while two identical; black…haired little girls yelled 
  at each other across the table and a tall; rugged…looking man with 
  silver hair and a broad; face…enpassing nose read a newspaper。

  “Mum; tell her that she can’t just walk in my room and take my 
  jeans! She won’t listen to me;” one of them pleaded of Miranda; 
  who’d set down her fork and was taking a sip of what I knew to be 
  Pellegrino with a lime; from theleft side of the table。

  “Caroline; Cassidy; enough。 I simply don’t want to hear it anymore。 
  Tomas; bring out some more mint jelly;” she called。 A man I presumed 
  to be the chef hurried into the room holding a silver bowl on a 
  silver serving platter。

  And then I realized that I’d been standing there for nearly thirty 
  seconds; observing them all having dinner。 They hadn’t seen me yet; 
  but would as soon as I moved toward the hall table。 I did so 
  gingerly but felt them all turn to look。 Just as I was about to 
  offer some sort of greeting; I remembered making a gigantic ass out 
  of myself at our first meeting earlier today; stammering and 
  stumbling like an idiot; and I kept my mouth shut。Table; table; 
  table 。 There it was。Deposit book on table 。 And now for the 
  clothes。 I looked around frantically for the place I was supposed to 
  hang the dry cleaning; but I couldn’t focus。 The dinner table had 
  grown silent; and I could feel them all watching me。 No one said 
  hello。 It didn’t seem to bother the girls that there was a perfect 
  stranger standing in their apartment。 Finally; I saw a small coat 
  closet tucked away behind the door; and I managed to get every 
  twisted; slippery hanger on the rod。

  “Not in the closet; Emily;” I heard Miranda call out; slowly; 
  deliberately。 “On the hooks that are provided for this exact 
  occasion。”

  “Oh; um; hi there。”Idiot! Shut up! She’s not looking for a response; 
  just do what she says! But I couldn’t help it。 It was just too weird 
  that no one had said hello or wondered who I might be; or in any way 
  acknowledged that someone had just let herself into their apartment 
  and was prowling around。 AndEmily? Was she kidding? Blind? Could she 
  really not tell that I was not the girl who’d worked for her for 
  over a year already? “I’m Andrea; Miranda。 I’m your new assistant。”

  Silence。 All…pervasive; unbearable; never…ending; deafening; 
  debilitating silence。

  I knew I shouldn’t keep talking; knew that I was digging my own 
  grave; but I just couldn’t help myself。 “Um; well; sorry about the 
  confusion。 I’ll just put these on the hooks; like you said; and let 
  myself out。”Stop narrating! She doesn’t give a shit what you’re 
  doing。 Just do it and get out 。 “OK; then; have a nice dinner。 Nice 
  meeting all of you。” I turned to leave and realized that not only 
  was the mere act of talking ridiculous; but I was also saying stupid 
  things。Nice to meet you? I hadn’t been introduced to a single one of 
  them。

  “Emily!” I heard just as my hand reached the doorknob。 “Emily; let 
  this not happen tomorrow night。 We’re not interested in the 
  interruption。” And the doorknob turned itself in my hand and I was 
  finally in the hallway。 The entire thing had taken less than a 
  minute; but I felt like I’d just swum the ent
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