Madame, large, too white, chilly, hardly looked the "Sofronie."
“Will you buy my hair?” asked Della.
“I buy hair,” said Madame. "Take yer hat off and let's have a sight at the looks of it."
Down rippled the brown cascade.
"Twenty dollars," said Madame, lifting the mass with a practised hand.
"Give it to me quick," said Della.
Oh, and the next two hours tripped by on rosy wings. She was ransacking the stores for Jim's present.
She found it at last - a simple, chaste platinum fob chain that properly proclaimed its value by substance alone, not by ornamentation. It was worthy of The Watch. It cost twenty-one dollars, and she hurried home with the 87 cents.
With that chain on his watch, Jim might be properly anxious about the time in any company. His old leather strap was sometimes a concern due to its appearance.
When Della reached home, she began to repair the ravages made by generosity and love, transforming her appearance. Her reflection in the mirror was carefully considered.
"If Jim doesn't kill me," she thought, "before he takes a second look at me, he'll say I look like a Coney Island chorus girl. But what could I do with a dollar and eighty-seven cents?"
At 7 o'clock, the coffee was m
《麦琪的礼物》是美国著名文学家欧·亨利写的一篇短篇小说，它通过写在圣诞节前一天，一对小夫妻互赠礼物，结果阴差阳错，两人珍贵的礼物都变成了无用的东西，而他们却得到了比任何实物都宝贵的东西——爱，告诉人们尊重他人的爱，学会去爱他人，是人类文明的一个重要表现。《麦琪的礼物》也是姜武，袁立主演，梦继导演的都市情感电视剧名。
