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1、MyFinancialCareerbyStephenLeacockWhenIgointoabankIgetrattled.Theclerksrattleme;thewicketsrattleme;thesightofthemoneyrattlesme;everythingrattlesme.ThemomentIcrossthethresholdofabankandattempttotransactbusinessthere,Ibecomeanirresponsibleidiot.Iknewthisbeforehand,butmys
2、alaryhadbeenraisedtofiftydollarsamonthandIfeltthatthebankwastheonlyplaceforit.SoIshambledinandlookedtimidlyroundattheclerks.Ihadanideathatapersonabouttoopenanaccountmustneedsconsultthemanager.Iwentuptoawicketmarked"Accountant."Theaccountantwasatall,cooldevil.Theverysi
3、ghtofhimrattledme.Myvoicewassepulchral."CanIseethemanager?"Isaid,andaddedsolemnly,"alone."Idon'tknowwhyIsaid"alone.""Certainly,"saidtheaccountant,andfetchedhim.Themanagerwasagrave,calmman.Iheldmyfifty-sixdollarsclutchedinacrumpledballinmypocket."Areyouthemanager?"Isai
4、d.GodknowsIdidn'tdoubtit."Yes,"hesaid."CanIseeyou,"Iasked,"alone?"Ididn'twanttosay"alone"again,butwithoutitthethingseemedself-evident.Themanagerlookedatmeinsomealarm.HefeltthatIhadanawfulsecrettoreveal."Comeinhere,"hesaid,andledthewaytoaprivateroom.Heturnedthekeyinthe
5、lock."Wearesafefrominterruptionhere,"hesaid;"sitdown."Webothsatdownandlookedateachother.Ifoundnovoicetospeak."YouareoneofPinkerton'smen,Ipresume,"hesaid.HehadgatheredfrommymysteriousmannerthatIwasadetective.Iknewwhathewasthinking,anditmademeworse."No,notfromPinkerton'
6、s,"Isaid,seemingtoimplythatIcamefromarivalagency."Totellthetruth,"Iwenton,asifIhadbeenpromptedtolieaboutit,"Iamnotadetectiveatall.Ihavecometoopenanaccount.Iintendtokeepallmymoneyinthisbank."Themanagerlookedrelievedbutstillserious;heconcludednowthatIwasasonofBaronRoths
7、childorayoungGould."Alargeaccount,Isuppose,"hesaid."Fairlylarge,"Iwhispered."Iproposetodepositfifty-sixdollarsnowandfiftydollarsamonthregularly."Themanagergotupandopenedthedoor.Hecalledtotheaccountant."Mr.Montgomery,"hesaidunkindlyloud,"thisgentlemanisopeninganaccount
8、,hewilldepositfifty-sixdollars.Goodmorning."Irose.Abigirondoorstoodopenatthesideoftheroom."Goodmorning,"Isaid,andsteppedinto
