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时尚女魔头 穿普拉达的恶魔 英文原版-第77部分

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  a whole city or out of a dozen newspapers with few to no clues 
  about its genuine origin; how to pander to preteenage girls 
  who’d already had more life experiences than both my parents 
  bined; how to plead with; scream at; persuade; cry to; 
  pressure; cajole; or charm anyone; from the immigrant food 
  delivery guy to the editor in chief of a major publishing 
  house to get exactly what I needed; when I needed it; and; of 
  course; how to plete just about any challenge in under an 
  hour because the phrase “I’m not sure how” or “that’s not 
  possible” was simply not an option。 It had been nothing if not 
  a learning…rich year。

  “Oh; of course;” I gushed。 “I’ve learned more in one year 
  working for you than I could’ve hoped to have learned in any 
  other job。 It’s been fascinating; really; seeing how a 
  major—themajor—magazine runs; the production cycle; what all 
  the different jobs are。 And; of course; being able to observe 
  the way you manage everything; all the decisions you make—it’s 
  been an amazing year。 I’m so thankful; Miranda!” So thankful 
  that two of my molars had been aching for weeks; too; but I 
  wasn’t ever able to get in to see a dentist during working 
  hours; but whatever。 My newfound; intimate knowledge of Jimmy 
  Choo’s handicraft had been well worth the pain。

  Could this possibly sound believable? I stole a glance; and 
  she seemed to be buying it; nodding her head gravely。 “Well; 
  you know; Ahn…dre…ah; that if ah…fter a year my girls have 
  performed well; I consider them ready for a promotion。”

  My heart surged。 Was it finally happening? Was this where she 
  told me that she’d already gone ahead and secured a job for me 
  atThe New Yorker ? Never mind that she had no idea I would 
  kill to work there。 Maybe she had just figured it out because 
  she cares。

  “I have my doubts about you; of course。 Don’t think I haven’t 
  noticed your lack of enthusiasm; or those sighs or faces you 
  make when I ask you to do something that you quite obviously 
  don’t feel like doing。 I’m hoping that’s just a sign of your 
  immaturity; since you do seem reasonably petent in other 
  areas。 What exactly are you interested in doing?”

  Reasonably petent! She may as well have announced I was the 
  most intelligent; sophisticated; gorgeous; and capable young 
  woman she’d ever had the pleasure of meeting。 Miranda Priestly 
  had just told me I was reasonably petent!

  “Well; actually; it’s not that I don’t love fashion; because 
  of course I do。 Who wouldn’t?” I rushed on to say; keeping a 
  careful appraisal of her expression; which; as usual; remained 
  mostly unchanged。 “It’s just that I’ve always dreamt of 
  being a writer; so I was hoping that might; uh; be an area 
  I could explore。”

  She folded her hands in her lap and glanced out the window。 It 
  was clear that this forty…five…second conversation was already 
  beginning to bore her; so I had to move quickly。 “Well; I 
  certainly have no idea if you can write a word or not; but I’m 
  not opposed to having you write a few short pieces for the 
  magazine to find out。 Perhaps a theater review or a small 
  writeup for the Happenings section。 As long as it doesn’t 
  interfere with any of your responsibilities for me; and is 
  done only during your own time; of course。”

  “Of course; of course。 That would be wonderful!” We were 
  talking; really municating; and we hadn’t so much as 
  mentioned the words “breakfast” or “dry cleaning” yet。 Things 
  were going too well not to just go for it; and so I said; 
  “It’s my dream to work atThe New Yorker one day。”

  This seemed to catch her now drifting attention; and once 
  again she peered at me。 “Why ever would you want to do that? 
  No glamour there; just nuts and bolts。” I couldn’t decide if 
  the question was rhetorical; so I played it safe and kept my 
  mouth shut。

  My time was about twenty seconds from expiring; both because 
  we were nearing the hotel and her fleeting interest in me was 
  fading fast。 She was scrolling through the ining calls on 
  her Cell Phone; but still managed to say in the most 
  offhanded; casual way; “Hmm;The New Yorker 。 Condé Nast。” I 
  was nodding wildly; encouragingly; but she wasn’t looking at 
  me。 “Of course I know a great many people there。 We’ll see how 
  the rest of the trip goes; and perhaps I’ll make a call over 
  there when we return。”

  The car pulled up to the entrance; and an exhausted…looking 
  Monsieur Renaud eclipsed the bellman who was leaning forward 
  to open Miranda’s door and opened it himself。

  “Ladies! I hope you had a lovely evening;” he crooned; doing 
  his best to smile through the exhaustion。

  “We’ll be needing the car at nine tomorrow morning to go to 
  the Christian Dior show。 I have a breakfast meeting in the 
  lobby at eight…thirty。 See that I’m not disturbed before 
  then;” she barked; all traces of her previous humanness 
  evaporating like spilled water on a hot sidewalk。 And before I 
  could think how to end our conversation or; at the very least; 
  kiss up a little more for having had it at all; she walked 
  toward the elevators and vanished inside one。 I shot a weary; 
  understanding look to Monsieur Renaud and boarded an elevator 
  myself。

  The small; tastefully arranged chocolates on a silver tray on 
  my bedside table only highlighted the perfection of the 
  evening。 In one random; unexpected night; I’d felt like a 
  model; hung out with one of the hottest guys I’d seen in the 
  flesh; and had been told by Miranda Priestly that I was 
  reasonably petent。 It felt like everything was finally 
  ing together; that the past year of sacrifice was showing 
  the first early signs of potentially paying off。 I collapsed 
  on top of the covers; still fully dressed; and gazed at the 
  ceiling; still unable to believe that I’d told Miranda 
  straight up that I wanted to work atThe New Yorker; and she 
  hadn’t laughed。 Or screamed。 Or in any way; shape; or form 
  freaked out。 She hadn’t even scoffed and told me that I was 
  ridiculous for not wanting to get promoted somewhere 
  withinRunway 。 It was almost as though—and I might be 
  projecting here; but I don’t think so—she had listened to me 
  andunderstood 。 Understood andagreed 。 It was almost too much 
  to prehend。

  I undressed slowly; making sure to savor every minute of 
  tonight; going over and over in my mind the way Christian had 
  led me from room to room and then all over the dance floor; 
  the way he looked at me through those hooded lids with the 
  persistent curl; the way Miranda had almost; imperceptibly; 
  nodded when I’d said what I really wanted was to write。 A 
  truly glorious night; I had to say; one of the best in recent 
  history。 It was already three…thirty in the morning Paris 
  time; making it nine…thirty New York time—a perfect time to 
  catch Lily before she went out for the night。 Although I 
  should’ve just dialed with no regard for the insistent; 
  blinking light that announced—surprise; surprise—that I had 
  messages; I cheerfully pulled out a pad of the Ritz stationery 
  and got ready to transcribe。 There were bound to be long lists 
  of irritating requests from irritating people; but nothing 
  could take away my Cinderella…esque evening。

  The first three were from Monsieur Renaud and his assistants; 
  confirming various drivers and appointment for the next day; 
  always remembering to wish me a good night as though I were 
  actually a person instead of just a slave; which I 
  appreciated。 Between the third and the fourth message I found 
  myself both wishing and not wishing that one of the messages 
  to e was from Alex; and as a result; was both delighted and 
  anxious when the fourth was from him。

  “Hi; Andy; it’s me。 Alex。 Listen; I’m sorry to bother you over 
  there; I’m sure you’re incredibly busy; but I need to talk to 
  you; so please call me on my Cell Phone as soon as you get 
  this。 Doesn’t matter how late it is; just be sure to call; OK? 
  Uh; OK。 ’Bye。”

  It was so strange that he hadn’t said he loved me or missed me 
  or was waiting for me to get back; but I guess all those 
  things fall squarely into the “inappropriate” category when 
  people decide to “take a break。” I hit delete and decided; 
  rather arbitrarily; that the lack of urgency in his voice 
  meant I could wait until tomorrow—I just couldn’t handle a 
  long “state of our relationship” conversation at three o’clock 
  in the morning after as wonderful a night as I’d just had。

  The last and final message was from my mom; and it; too; 
  sounded strange and ambiguous。

  “Hi; honey; it’s Mom。 It’s about eight our time; not sure what 
  that makes it for you。 Listen; no emergency—everything’s 
  fine—but it’d be great if you could call me back when you hear 
  this。 We’ll be up for a while; so anytime is fine; but tonight 
  is definitely better than tomorrow。 We both hope you’re having 
  a wonderful time; and we’ll talk to you later。 Love you!”

  This was definitely strange。 Both Alex and my mother had 
  called me in Paris before I’d gotten a chance to call either 
  of them; and both had requested that I call them back 
  regardless of what time I got the message。 Considering my 
  parents defined a late night by whether or not they managed to 
  stay awake for Letterman’s opening monologue; I knew something 
  had to be up。 But at the same time; no one sounded 
  particularly panicked or even a little frantic。 Perhaps I’d 
  take a long bubble bath with some of the Ritz products 
  provided and slowly work up the energy to call everyone back; 
  the n
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