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in #easy6 years ago

Ib tug poj niam nyob rau hauv ib lub hnab hnav gingham hnav thiab nws tus txiv, hnav ris tsho hauv hom khaub ncaws threadbare, tawm hauv lub tsheb ciav hlau hauv Boston thiab taug kev tosly tsis tuaj yeem teem caij mus rau hauv Harvard University Thawj Tswj Hwm lub hoob kas.

Tus tuav ntaub ntawv tuaj yeem qhia nyob rau hauv ib lub sij hawm ntawd xws li backwoods, lub teb chaws hicks tsis muaj lag luam hauv Harvard thiab tej zaum tsis tsim nyog yuav tsum tau nyob rau hauv Cambridge.

"Peb xav pom tus thawj tswj hwm," tus txiv neej hais tias softly.

"Nws yuav tsis khoom txhua hnub," tus tuav ntaub ntawv hais.

"Peb mam li tos," tus poj niam teb tias.

Rau cov sij hawm tus kws qhia ntawv tsis quav ntsej lawv, vam tias nkawm niam txiv yuav thaum kawg ua rau poob siab thiab ploj mus. Lawv tsis tau thiab tus ceev xwm loj hlob ntxhov siab thiab thaum kawg txiav txim siab los cuam tshuam rau tus thawj tswj hwm, txawm tias nws yog ib txoj hauj lwm nws pheej regretted.

"Tej zaum yog tias koj pom lawv rau ob peb feeb, lawv mam li tawm mus," nws hais rau nws.

Nws sighed hauv exasperation thiab tig nodded. Ib tug neeg ntawm nws qhov tseem ceeb obviously tsis muaj lub sij hawm siv nrog lawv, tab sis nws detested gingham dresses thiab homespun suits cluttering li nws cov chav ua hauj lwm.

Tus Tuam Thawj, lub ntsej muag muag thiab nrog meej mom, strutted mus rau ob peb.

Tus poj niam hais rau nws, "Peb muaj ib tug tub uas kawm Harvard tau ib xyoos. Nws nyiam Harvard. Nws zoo siab nyob ntawm no. Tab sis txog ib xyoos dhau los, nws tau raug tua tuag. Kuv tus txiv thiab kuv xav tsa ib lub memorial rau nws, ib qho twg hauv tsev kawm ntawv. "

Tus thawj coj tsis tau kov ... Nws xav tsis thoob li.

"Niam," nws hais tias, "Peb tsis tuaj yeem tsim ib lub rooj rau txhua tus neeg uas kawm Harvard thiab tuag. Yog tias peb tau ua, qhov chaw no yuav zoo li ib lub tojntxas. "

"Huag, tsis muaj," tus poj niam piav qhia sai sai. "Peb tsis xav kom tsa ib tug pej thuam. Peb xav tias peb xav muab lub tsev rau Harvard. "

Thawj coj hais dov nws lub qhov muag. Nws ntsia ntawm hnav ris tsho Gingham thiab homespun ce, thiab tom qab ntawd qw hais tias, "Ib lub tsev! Koj puas muaj lub tswv yim hauv ntiaj teb no ntau npaum li cas rau tsev? Peb muaj tshaj xya thiab ib nrab ntawm lab ntawm cov vaj tse nyob ntawm Harvard. "

Rau ib pliag tus poj niam ntawd ntsiag to.

Tus thawj coj tau txaus siab. Tej zaum nws yuav tshem tau lawv tam sim no.

Tus poj niam tig mus rau nws tus txiv thiab hais tias ntsiag to, "Yog tag nrho nws cov nqi pib ib lub tsev kawm ntawv? Vim li cas ho tsis cia peb pib peb tus kheej? "Nws tus txiv ncaws hnyav.

Thawj coj ntawm lub ntsej muag wilted nyob rau hauv tsis meej pem thiab bewilderment. Mr. thiab Mrs. Leland Stanford tau nce thiab taug kev mus, mus rau Palo Alto, California qhov chaw lawv tsim lub tsev kawm ntawv uas lawv lub npe, Stanford University, nco txog ib tug tub uas Harvard tsis mob siab txog.

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