At the end of the dinner party,I returned to the hotel with Hastings.He talked about his problems,but I didn't listen to him.I was thinking about Portia the whole time.
When we arrived at the hotel,Hastings said,"Let me just stand here and look at this marvelous hotel.It's a palace! What expensive fruniture!You have evertything you want.You are rich,Henry.And I am poor."
His words scared me .I,too ,was poor.I didn't have a cent in the world,and I had debts to pay.I needed to win the gentleman's bet.This was my last hope.Henry,just a tiny part of your income can save me.I 'm desperate!"Hastings cried.
"My dear Hastings,sit down here and drink this hot whiskey.Now tell me your whole story,every word of it."
"Do you want to hear my story again?"
"But,you never told me your story."
"Of course I told you my story, as we walked to the hotel.Don't you remebmer?"
"I didn't hear one word of it."
"Henry,are you ill?Is something wrong with you?What did you drink at the dinner party?"
"Oh,Hastings,I'm in love! I can only think about my sweet Portia.This is why I didn't hear your story befor."
Hastings got up from his chair,shook my hand and laughed."I'm very happy for you ,Henry,very happy,"he said smiling."I'll tell you the whole story again."So he sat down and patiently started to teel me his story.
To make a long story short,the owners of the Gould and Curry Gold Mine sent Lloyd to England,to sell the shares of the mine for one million dollars.Any money he received over one million dollars was his to keep.Hastings's dream was to sell the shares for more than one million dollars,and become rich.He had only one month to sell the shares.He had done everyting to sell them, but nobody wanted to buy them.
Then he jumped up and cried,"Henry,you can help me!Will you do it?"
"Tell me how."
"Give me a million dollars and I'll sell you all the shares.You will be the new owner of the gold mine.Don't,don't refuse."
I did not know what to say.I wanted to tell Hastings the truth.But then,an intelligen idea came to me.I thought about it for a moment and then calmly said,"I will save,Lloyd."
"Then I am already saved!How can I thank you-"
"Let me finish,Lloyd.I will save you,but not in that way.I have a better way.I konw everything about that mine.I konw its great value.You will sell the shares by using my name.You can send anyone to me,since people in London know me.I will guarantee the gold mine.In a week or two,you will sell the shares for three million dollars,by using my name.And we'll share the money you earn.Half to you and half to me."Lloyd was very happy and excited.He danced around the room and laughed.
"I can use your name！You name -think of it .The rich Londoners will run to buy these shares.I'm saved! And I'll never forget you.Henry!
一個百萬鈔票的主意
晚宴結(jié)束之后，我跟漢斯汀回到了酒店。他說了很多他的問題，但是我都沒有聽進(jìn)去。我在想和portia度過的時光。
當(dāng)我們到達(dá)酒店的時候，漢斯汀說“讓我站在這里看一看這套豪華酒店吧。這真是個宮殿！多么昂貴的家具！你擁有你想要的一切，你是一個富有的人。亨瑞，而我卻這么貧窮。”
這個詞讓我感到了恐懼。我也是一個貧窮的人。在這個世界上我沒有一分錢，我擁有的只是負(fù)債。我需要贏得老先生的賭約。這是我最后的希望。漢斯汀不知道這些真相。
“亨瑞，只需要一點點的你的收入就可以救助我。我很絕望?！睗h斯汀祈求到。
“我親愛的漢斯汀，做下來喝杯熱的威斯基?，F(xiàn)在告訴我你所有的事情，包括每一個字?！?/p>
“你想再聽一遍我的事情？”
“你從來沒有跟我說過你的事情啊?！?/p>
“我當(dāng)然跟你說了我的事情，在我們步行回酒店的時候。你不記得了？”
“我一個字也沒有聽到啊。”
“亨瑞，你是不是生病了？是不是發(fā)生了什么事情？你在晚宴上喝了什么？”
“歐，漢斯汀，我戀愛了，我想的只有親愛的portia，這就是我之前為什么沒有聽到你說的話的原因?！?/p>
漢斯汀從他椅子上起來，搖著我的手笑著說：“我為你高興，亨瑞，非常高興?！彼χf：“我再給你講一遍我的事情。”他坐了下來耐心的告訴我他的故事。
長話短說，古爾德卡里金礦山的老板送勞愛德去英國，以100萬美金的價格賣出礦山的股份。超過一百萬的錢歸他所有。漢斯汀夢想將股份賣到超過一百萬，然后變的富有。他只有一個月來賣股權(quán)。他已經(jīng)做了一切推銷他們的事情，但是沒有人想買。
他跳了起來祈求說：“亨瑞，你可以幫助我，你愿意幫我嗎？”
“告訴我怎么幫。”
“給我一百萬，我將賣給你所有的股權(quán)。你將是那個金礦的新礦主。千萬不要拒絕我?！?/p>
我不知道要說什么。我想告訴漢斯汀真想，但是我突然想到一個聰明的主意。我想了一會然后平靜的說：“我會救助你，勞愛德。”
“那么我已經(jīng)被你救了。我要怎么感謝你-”
“讓我說完，勞愛德。我會救助你，但是不是這種方法。我有一個更好的辦法。我知道關(guān)于我的所有的事情，我知道這很有用。你將以我的名義去賣那些股票。你可以你可以跟任何人說我，倫敦所有的人都知道我。我將擔(dān)保這個礦山。在一兩周，你將以三百萬的價格賣出股票，用我的名義。然后我們平分這些錢?！眲趷鄣路浅８吲d興奮，他在房間里大笑跳舞。
“我可以用你的名字，你的名字-想一下。一個富有的倫敦人會跑來買下這些股權(quán)，我得救了，我將永遠(yuǎn)不會忘記你。亨瑞?！?/p>
