Jumping

他拨了乡下的那个号码等着。厨房电话铃响时弗朗西丝卡正在后廊喂狗。第二下还没来得及响时她拿起听筒:“约翰逊家。”

“喂，我是罗伯特·金凯德。”

她体内又跳动起来，像昨天一样。好像有一根什么东西东西从胸部插到腹部。

“收到你的纸条了，W.B.叶芝做信使，以及种种一切。我接受邀请，不过可能要晚一点。天气很好，所以我计划拍摄--让我想想叫什么来着？杉树桥......今晚拍。完事可能要九点钟之后了，然后我还要洗一洗，所以到这儿可能要九点半到十点。行吗？”

不行，她不愿等这么长。不过她还是说：“当然可以，把工作做完吧，那才是重要的。我来做一点很方便的东西，等你来了一热就行了。”

然后他又说：“如果你愿意来看我拍照也很好，不会妨碍我的，我可以在大约五点半来接你。”

He dialed the rural number and waited. Francesca was feeding the dog on the back porch when the phone rang in the kitchen. She caught it at the front of the second ring:“Johnson's."

"Hi, this is Robert Kincaid."

Her insides jumped again, just as they had yesterday. A little stab of something that started in her chest and plunged to her stomach.

“Got your note.W.B.Yeats as a messenger and all that. I accept the invitation, but it might be late. The weather's pretty good, so I'm planning on shooting the--let's see,what's it called?-the Cedar Bridge…… this evening.It could be after nine before I'm finished. Then I'll want to clean up a bit.So I might not be there until nine-thirty or ten.Is that all right?”

No,it wasn't all right. She didn't want to wait that long, but she only said,"Oh, sure. Get your work done; that's what's important. I'll fix something that'll be easy to warm up when you get here."

Then he added,“If you want to come along while I'm shooting,That's fine.It won't bother me.I could stop by for you about fivr-thirty."