“Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain, and little, I am soulless and heartless?”

不經意間，谷秋莎背出這段簡·愛對羅切斯特所說的名言開頭，她相信眼前的男孩很難通過這輪考試，若能把中文翻譯出來謝天謝地了。

“You think wrong!”讓人意想不到，司望直接說出了后面的英文，“I have as much soul as you, and full as much heart! And if God had gifted me with some beauty and much wealth, I should have made it as hard for you to leave me, as it is now for me to leave you. I am not talking to you now through the medium of custom, conventionalities, nor even of mortal flesh; it is my spirit that addresses your spirit; just as if both had passed through the grave, and we stood at God's feet, equal, as we are!”

當他聲情并茂字正腔圓地背誦完畢，谷秋莎已不敢直視這孩子的雙眼。十年前，谷秋莎送給申明一本《簡·愛》的原版小說，那是她爸爸去美國考察時帶回來的，她記得申明反復背誦過這段英文。

“就仿佛我們兩人穿過墳墓?！?/p>

她情不自禁用中文念出這句，司望低垂眼簾，目光隱藏在長長的睫毛后面：“對不起，我看過英文原著，但只會背這段英文。”

“司望，你明白這句話的意思嗎？”

“明白?！?/p>

“就好像經歷過一樣？”

他停頓幾秒鐘，搖搖頭：“不知道?！?/p>

谷秋莎也不知該說什么好？兩人沉默著向前走去，在蘇州河邊最僻靜的那段，一輛破爛的吉普車停在路邊。

這輛車怎么看都有些眼熟，雖然四個輪子癟了兩個，車前臉差不多掉了，牌子車標也都沒了，只有一副外地牌照斜插在后面。她仍能看出這是一輛老款JEEP，后面車窗上畫著一朵紅玫瑰插在白骷髏中，雖然厚厚的灰塵與污垢令其暗淡，但可確定是原來車上的噴涂。