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About twenty minutes he waited, and then a tall man in a long overcoat, with collar turned up to his ears, hurried across from the opposite side of the street. He went directly to the waiting man.

"Is that you, Bob?" he asked, doubtfully.
"Is that you, Jimmy Wells?" cried the man in the door.

"Bless my heart! "exclaimed the new arrival, grasping both the other's hands with his own. "It's Bob, sure as fate. I was certain I'd find you here if you were still in existence. Well, well, well! — twenty years is a long time. The old restaurant's gone, Bob; I wish it had lasted, so we could have had another dinner there. How has the West treated you, old man?"

"It has given me everything I asked it for. You've changed lot, Jimmy. I never thought you would get so tall."
"Oh, I grew a bit after I was twenty."
"Doing well in New York, Jimmy?"
"Moderately. I have a position in one of the city departments. Come on, Bob; we'll go around to a place I know of, and have a good long talk about old times."

The two men started up the street, arm in arm. The man from the West, full of pride at his success, was beginning to outline the history of his career. The other, hidden in his overcoat, listened with interest.
At the corner stood a chemist's, brilliant with electric lights. When they came into this brightness each of them turned simultaneously to gaze upon the other's face.

参考译文

他等了大约20分钟，这时候，一个高高的男子从街对面匆匆走来，他披着一件长雨衣，领子高高地竖起，一直到耳朵。他径直走到男子面前。

“你是Bob吗？”他怀疑地问道。
“是你吗，吉米.威尔斯？”门口的男子叫道。

“上帝保佑！”来者抓住男子的双手叫道。“我是Rob，千真万确。我相信，如果你还活着，我肯定能找到你的。啧，啧，啧！20年是个不短的时间啊！你看，鲍勃！原来的那个饭馆已经不在啦！要是它没有被拆除，我们再一块儿在这里面共进晚餐该多好啊！鲍勃，你在西部的情况怎么样？”

“幄，我已经设法获得了我想要的一切东西。你的变化不小啊，吉米。我原来根本没有想到你会长这么高的个子。”
“哦，20岁后，我是长高了一点儿。”
“吉米，你在纽约混得不错吧？”
“一般，一般。我在市政府的一个部门里上班，坐办公室。来，鲍勃，咱们去转转，找个地方好好叙叙往事。”

两人臂挽臂向街上走去，来自西部的男子，得意洋洋地讲着自己的发家史，高个子把自己深裹在雨衣里，颇有兴致地听着。

街角是一家药店，店内发出强烈的亮光，来到亮处以后，这两个人都不约而同地转过身来看了看对方的脸。

词汇释义

1.doubtfully adv. 怀疑地, 含糊地

例句：
Gerald shook his head doubtfully.
吉拉德怀疑地摇了摇头。

2.existence n. 存在,生存

例句：
According to some philosopher, everything in existence is reasonable.
某位哲学家认为, 存在的事物都是合理的。

3.outline n. 大纲,轮廓,概要 v. 描画轮廓,描述要点

例句：
The flower was clearly outlined in the light of the lamp.
花朵在阳光下清晰地显现出轮廓。