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时尚女魔头 穿普拉达的恶魔 英文原版-第6部分

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  hell had I e up with that one? This was being an out…of…body 
  experience。

  Things progressed with the same relative ease until she asked her 
  final question: Which magazines did I read regularly? I leaned 
  forward eagerly and began to speak: “Well; I only subscribe toThe 
  New Yorker andNewsweek; but I regularly readThe Buzz 。 
  SometimesTime; but it’s dry; andU。S。 News is way too conservative。 
  Of course; as a guilty pleasure; I’ll skimChic; and since I just 
  returned from traveling; I read all of the travel magazines and 。 。 
  。”

  “And do you readRunway; Ahn…dre…ah?” she interrupted; leaning over 
  the desk and peering at me even more intently than before。

  It had e so quickly; so unexpectedly; that for the first time 
  that day I was caught off…guard。 I didn’t lie; and I didn’t 
  elaborate or even attempt to explain。

  “No。”

  After perhaps ten seconds of stony silence; she beckoned for Emily 
  to escort me out。 I knew I had the job。


  3

  “It sure doesn’t sound like you have the job;” Alex; my boyfriend; 
  said softly; playing with my hair as I rested my throbbing head in 
  his lap after the grueling day。 I’d gone straight from the interview 
  to his apartment in Brooklyn; not wanting to sleep on Lily’s couch 
  for another night and needing to tell him about everything that had 
  just happened。 I’d thought about staying there all the time; but I 
  didn’t want Alex to feel suffocated。 “I don’t even know why you’d 
  want it。” After a moment or two; he reconsidered。 “Actually; it does 
  sound like a pretty phenomenal opportunity。 I mean; if this girl 
  Allison started out as Miranda’s assistant and is now an editor at 
  the magazine; well; that’d be good enough for me。 Just go for it。”

  He was trying so hard to sound really excited for me。 We’d been 
  dating since our junior year at Brown; and I knew every inflection 
  of his voice; every look; every signal。 He’d just started a few 
  weeks earlier at PS 277 in the Bronx and was so worn down he could 
  barely speak。 Even though his kids were only nine years old; he’d 
  been disappointed to see how jaded and cynical they already were。 He 
  was disgusted that they all spoke freely about blow jobs; knew ten 
  different slang words for pot; and loved to brag about the stuff 
  they stole or whose cousin was currently residing in a tougher jail。 
  “Prison connoisseurs;” Alex had taken to calling them。 “They could 
  write a book on the subtle advantages of Sing Sing over Rikers; but 
  they can’t read a word of the English language。” He was trying to 
  figure out how he could make a difference。

  I slid my hand under his T…shirt and started to scratch his back。 
  Poor thing looked so miserable that I felt guilty bothering him with 
  the details of the interview; but I just had to talk about it with 
  someone。 “I know。 I understand that there wouldn’t be anything 
  editorial about the job whatsoever; but I’m sure I’ll be able to do 
  some writing after a few months;” I said。 “You don’t think it’s 
  pletely selling out to work at afashion magazine; do you?”

  He squeezed my arm and lay down next to me。 “Baby; you’re a 
  brilliant; wonderful writer; and I know you’ll be fantastic 
  anywhere。 And of course it’s not selling out。 It’s paying your dues。 
  You’re saying that if you put in a year atRunway you’ll save 
  yourself three more years of bullshit assistant work somewhere 
  else?”

  I nodded。 “That’s what Emily and Allison said; that it was an 
  automatic quid pro quo。 Work a year for Miranda and don’t get fired; 
  and she’ll make a call and get you a job anywhere you want。”

  “Then how could you not? Seriously; Andy; you’ll work your year and 
  you’ll get a job atThe New Yorker 。 It’s what you’ve always wanted! 
  And it sure sounds like you’ll get there a whole lot faster doing 
  this than anything else。”

  “You’re right; you’re totally right。”

  “And besides; it would guarantee that you’re moving to New York; 
  which; I have to say; is very appealing to me right now。” He kissed 
  me; one of those long; lazy kisses it seemed we had personally 
  invented。 “But stop worrying so much。 Like you said yourself; you’re 
  still not sure you have the job。 Let’s wait and see。”

  We cooked a simple dinner and fell asleep watching Letterman。 I was 
  dreaming about obnoxious little nine…year…olds having sex on the 
  playground while they swigged forties of Olde English and screamed 
  at my sweet; loving boyfriend when the phone rang。

  Alex picked it up and pressed it to his ear but didn’t bother to 
  open his eyes or say hello。 He quickly dropped it next to me。 I 
  wasn’t sure I could muster the energy to pick it up。

  “Hello?” I mumbled; glancing at the clock and seeing that it was 
  7:15A 。M。 Who the hell would call at such an hour?

  “It’s me;” barked a very angry…sounding Lily。

  “Hi; is everything OK?”

  “Do you think I’d be calling you if everything was OK? I’m so 
  hungover I could die; and I finally stop puking long enough to fall 
  asleep; and I’m awakened by a scarily perky woman who says she works 
  in HR at Elias…Clark。 And she’s looking for you。 Atseven…fifteen in 
  the freakin’ morning。 So call her back。 And tell her to lose my 
  number。”

  “Sorry; Lil。 I gave them your number because I don’t have a cell 
  yet。 I can’t believe she called so early! I wonder if that’s good or 
  bad?” I took the portable and crept out of the bedroom; quietly 
  closing the door as I went。

  “Whatev。 Good luck。 Let me know how it goes。 Just not in the next 
  couple hours; OK?”

  “Will do。 Thanks。 And sorry。”

  I looked at my watch again and couldn’t believe I was about to have 
  a Business conversation。 I put on a pot of Coffee and waited until 
  it had finished brewing and brought a cup to the couch。 It was time 
  to call。 I had no choice。

  “Hello; this is Andrea Sachs;” I said firmly; although my voice 
  betrayed me with its deep; raspy; just…woke…up…ness。

  “Andrea; good morning! Hope I didn’t call too early;” Sharon sang; 
  her own voice full of sunshine。 “I’m sure I didn’t; my dear; 
  especially since you’ll have to be an early bird soon enough! I have 
  some very good news。 Miranda was very impressed with you and said 
  she’s very much looking forward to working with you。 Isn’t that 
  wonderful? Congratulations; dear。 How does it feel to be Miranda 
  Priestly’s new assistant? I imagine that you’re just—”

  My head was spinning。 I tried to pull myself off the couch to get 
  some more Coffee; water; anything that might clear my head and turn 
  her words back into English; but I only sank further into the 
  cushions。 Was she asking me if I would like the job? Or was she 
  making an official offer? I couldn’t make sense of anything she’d 
  just said; anything other than the fact that Miranda Priestly had 
  liked me。

  “—delighted with this news。 Who wouldn’t be; right? So let’s see; 
  you can start on Monday; right? She’ll actually be on vacation then; 
  but that’s a great time to start。 Give you a little time to get 
  acquainted with the other girls—oh; they’re all such sweeties!” 
  Acquainted? What? Starting Monday? Sweetie girls? It was refusing to 
  make sense in my addled brain。 I picked a single phrase that I’d 
  understood and responded to it。

  “Um; well; I don’t think I can start Monday;” I said quietly; hoping 
  I’d indeed said something coherent。 Saying those words had shocked 
  me into semiwakefulness。 I’d walked through the Elias…Clark doors 
  for the very first time the day before; and was being awakened from 
  a deep sleep to listen to someone tell me that I was to begin work 
  in three days。 It was Friday—at seven o’clock in the goddamn 
  morning—and they wanted me to start on Monday? It began to feel like 
  everything was spiraling out of control。 Why the ridiculous rush? 
  Was this woman so important that she needed me so badly? And why 
  exactly did Sharon herself sound so scared of Miranda?

  Starting Monday would be impossible。 I had nowhere to live。 Home 
  base was my parents’ house in Avon; the place I’d grudgingly moved 
  back to after graduation; and where most of my things remained while 
  I’d traveled during the summer。 All of my interview…related clothes 
  were piled on Lily’s couch。 I’d been trying to do the dishes and 
  empty her ashtrays and buy pints of Hä;agen…Dazs so she wouldn’t hate 
  me; but I thought it only fair to give her a much…needed break from 
  my unending presence; so I camped out on weekends at Alex’s。 That 
  put all of my weekend going…out clothes and fun makeup at Alex’s in 
  Brooklyn; my laptop and mismatched suits at Lily’s Harlem studio; 
  and the rest of my life at my parents’ house in Avon。 I had no 
  apartment in New York and didn’t particularly understand how 
  everyone knew that Madison Avenue ran uptown but Broadway ran down。 
  I didn’t actually know what uptown was。 And she wanted me to start 
  Monday?

  “Um; well; I don’t think I can do this Monday because I don’t 
  currently live in New York;” I quickly explained; clutching the 
  phone; “and I’ll need a couple days to find an apartment and buy 
  some furniture and move。”

  “Oh; well; then。 I suppose Wednesday would be OK;” she sniffed。

  After a few more minutes of haggling; we finally settled on November 
  17; a week from Monday。 That left me a little more than eight days 
  to find and furnish a Home in one of the craziest real estate 
  markets in the world。

  I hung up and flopped back down on the couch。 My hands were 
  trembling; and I let the phone drop to the floor。 A week。 I had a 
  w
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