【正文】 xt m orni ng I’d just about gi ven mysel f up for l sot when I was spotted by a shi p. O li ver: And i t was the shi p that brought you to Engl and. Henry: Yes. The fact i s that I earned m y passage by working as an unpai d hand, whi ch accounts for my appearance. I went to the Am eri can em bassy to seek help, but … ( The brothers sm il e at each other. ) Roderick: Wel l, you m ustn’t worry about that. It’s an advantage. Henry: I’m afrai d I don’t qui te fol l ow you, si r. Roderi ck: Tel l us, Mr Adam s, what sort of work di d you do i n Ameri ca. H enry: I worked for a m ini ng apany. Coul d you offer m e some ki ne of work here? Roderi ck: Pati ence, Mr Adam s. If you don39。s two orders of ham and eggs, two extra thi ck steaks, two l arge gal sses of beer, two cups of coffee and two desserts. H enry: (l ooki ng at the cl ock on the wal ) Woul d you m i nd wai ti ng just a few mi nutes? Wai ter: (in a rude manner) What’ s there to wai t for? O wner: Al ri ght, H orace. I’l l take care of thi s. H enry: (to owner) That was a wonderful m eal. It’s am azi ng how m uch pl easure you get out of the sim pl e thi ns i n li fe, especi al ly you can’t have them for a whil e. O wner: Yes, very i nteresing. Now perhaps, si r, if you pay you bil l I can hel p the other custom ers. H enry: (l ooki ng at the cl ock on the wal agai n) Wel , I see i t’s two o’cl ock. ( he opens the envel ope and hol ds a m il li on pound bank N orel co i n hi s hands H enry i s very surpri sed but the owner and wai ter are shocked) I’m sorry. But…I…I don’t have anythi ng smal er. O wner: (stil l shocked and nervous) Wel l …er…just on m om ent. Maggi e, l ook! ( the hostess screams, the other custom ers l ook at her and she puts a hand to her m outh) Do you thi n i t’s genui ne? H ostess: O h, dear, I don’t know. I sim pl y don’t know . O wner : Wel, I di d hear that the Bank of Engl and had i sued two notes i n this am ount… Anyway, I don’t thi nk i t can be a fake. Peopl e woul d pay too nuch attenti on to a bank note of thi s am ount. N o thi ef woul d want that to happen. H ostess: But he’s i n rags! O wner: Perhaps he’s a very strange, ri ch m an. ( as i f he has di scovered som ethi ng for the fi rst tim e) Why, yes! That m ust be it! H ostess: (hits her husband’s arm) And you put him i n the back of the restaurant! Go an see hi m at one. O wner: ( to H enry) I’m sorry, si r, so sorry, but I cannot change thi s bank note. H enry: But it’s al l I have on m e. O wner: O h, please, don’t worry, si r. Doesn39。t fear jail . Dressed i n the fi nest cl othes, he drove by the brothers’ house i n Portl and Pl ace and, seei ng they were back, went to get Porti a at her fri ennd’s hom e. Henry: My dear, the way you l ook today, i t woul d be a crim e not to ask for a good sal ary for the job they’l l gi ve to m e. Porti a: O h, pl ease rem em ber that if we ask for too m uch we may get no sal ary at al 。t know whether I coul d survi ve until m orni ng. The next m orni ng I’d just about gi ven mysel f up for l sot when I was spotted by a shi p. O li ver: And i t was the shi p that brought you to Engl and. Henry: Yes. The fact i s that I earned m y passage by working as an unpai d hand, whi ch accounts for my appearance. I went to the Am eri can em bassy to seek help, but … ( The brothers sm il e at each other. ) Roderick: Wel l, you m ustn’t worry about that. It’s an advantage. Henry: I’m afrai d I don’t qui te fol l ow you, si r. Roderi ck: Tel l us, Mr Adam s, what sort of work di d you do i n Ameri ca. H enry: I worked for a m ini ng apany. Coul d you offer m e some ki ne of work here? Roderi ck: Pati ence, Mr Adam s. If you don39。s two orders of ham and eggs, two extra thi ck steaks, two l arge gal sses of beer, two cups of coffee and two desserts. H enry: (l ooki ng at the cl ock on the wal ) Woul d you m i nd wai ti ng just a few mi nutes? Wai ter: (in a rude manner) What’ s there to wai t for? O wner: Al ri ght, H orace. I’l l take care of thi s. H enry: (to owner) That was a wonderful m eal. It’s am azi ng how m uch pl easure you get out of the sim pl e thi ns i n li fe, especi al ly you can’t have them for a whil e. O wner: Yes, very i nteresing. Now perhaps, si r, if you pay you bil l I can hel p the other custom ers. H enry: (l ooki ng at the cl ock on the wal agai n) Wel , I see i t’s two o’cl ock. ( he opens the envel ope and hol ds a m il li on pound bank N orel co i n hi s hands H enry i s very surpri sed but the owner and wai ter are shocked) I’m sorry. But…I…I don’t have anythi ng smal er. O wner: (stil l shocked and nervous) Wel l …er…just on m om ent. Maggi e, l ook! ( the hostess screams, the other custom ers l ook at her and she puts a hand to her m outh) Do you thi n i t’s genui ne? H ostess: O h, dear, I don’t know. I sim pl y don’t know . O wner : Wel, I di d hear that the Bank of Engl and had i sued two notes i n this am ount… Anyway, I don’t thi nk i t can be a fake. Peopl e woul d pay too nuch attenti on to a bank note of thi s am ount. N o thi ef woul d want that to happen. H ostess: But he’s i n rags! O wner: Perhaps he’s a very strange, ri ch m an. ( as i f he has di scovered som ethi ng for the fi rst tim e) Why, yes! That m ust be it! H ostess: (hits her husband’s arm) And you put him i n the back of the restaurant! Go an see hi m at one. O wner: ( to H enry) I’m sorry, si r, so sorry, but I cannot change thi s bank note. H enry: But it’s al l I have on m e. O wner: O h, please, don’t worry, si r. Doesn39。t fear jail . Dressed i n the fi nest cl othes, he drove by the brothers’ house i n Portl and Pl ace and, seei ng they were back, went to get Porti a at her fri ennd’s hom e. Henry: My dear, the way you l ook today, i t woul d be a crim e not to ask for a good sal ary for the job they’l l gi ve to m e. Porti a: O h, pl ease rem em ber that if we ask for too m uch we may ge