As I stood at the door guard asked,"Was the old lady able to help you"
在門口的時候，保安問我:「那位老婦人對您有什麼幫助嗎?」
I told him she had given a lead"At least I have a last name. But I probably won't pursue it further for a while I explained that I had spent almost the whole day trying to find the wallet's owner.
我說她給了我一些提示「至少，我知道了失主的名字。但近期內我可能無法繼續追查下去了」我跟他說我一整天都在找錢包的主人
While we talked, I pulled out the bruwn-leather case with its red-lanyard lacing and showed it to the guard. I 1e looked at it cluscly and said, "tley, I'd know that anywhere. That's Mr. Goldstein's. He's always losing it. I found it in the hall at least three times"
說話的時候，我拿出了那個鑲著紅短花邊的黃皮錢包給保安看他湊到跟前看了一眼說:「晦，我知道這是誰的它是戈爾茨坦先生的，他經常弄丟我在大廳至少撿到過3次」
"Who's Mr. Goldstein?" I asked. "He's one of the old-timers on the eighth floor. That's Mike Goldstein's wallet, for sure. He goes out for a walk quite often."
我問道:「戈爾茨坦先生是誰?」「他是住在八樓的一位老人。這肯定是麥可一戈爾茨坦的錢包，他經常出去散步。」
I thanked the guard and ran back to the director's office to tell him what the guard had said. He accompanied me to the eighth floor. I prayed that Mr. Goldstein would be up.
我謝過保安，回到主任的辦公室，告訴了他保安的話。他陪我來到了八層。我希望戈爾茨坦先生還沒有睡覺。
"I think he's still in the day room," the nurse said. "He likes to read at night...a darling old man."
護士說:「我想他一定還在休息室。他喜歡在晚上讀書……是一位非常可愛的老人。」
We went to the only room that had lights on, and there was a man reading a book. The director asked him "Goodness if he had lost his wallet. Michael Goldstein looked up, felt his back pocket and then said, it is missing."
我們來到還亮著燈的房間，有位老人在那裡看書。主任問他是否丟了錢包，麥可一戈爾茨坦找了找，翻了翻背包，然後說:「天哪!竟然丟了。」
"This kind gentleman found a wallet. Could it be yours?"
「這位好心的先生檢到了一個錢包。是您的嗎?」
The second he saw it, he smiled with relief. "Ye afrernoon. I want to give you a reward."
他一看到它便如釋重負，說道「是的。就是它。一定是今天下午丟的。我要給您報酬。」
"Oh, no, thank you," I said. "But I have to tell finding out who owned the wallets," he said, "that's it. Must have dropped it this you something. I read the letter in the hope of finding out who owned the wallet."
我說「不，謝謝。但是我要告訴您一件事情。我讀了裡面的信，希望能找到錢包的主人。」
The smile on his face disappeared. "You read that letter'?"
他臉上的笑容頓時消失了:「你讀過那封信?」
"Not only did I read it. I think 1 know where Hannah is."
「我不僅讀過，而且知道漢娜在哪兒。」
He grew pale. "Hannah'? You know where she is`? How is she? Is she still as pretty as she was？」
他頓時臉色蒼白:「漢娜?你知道漢娜在哪兒?她過得怎麼樣?她是否和年輕時一樣漂亮
I hesitated.
我沒有說話。
"Please tell me!" Michael urged.
麥可催促著說:「請告訴我!」
"She's fine,and just as pretty as when you knew her."
「她很好，和您認識她時一樣美麗」
"Could you tell me where she is'? I want to call her tomorrow." He grabbed my hand and said,"You know something'? When that letter came:, my life ended. I never married. I guess I've always loved her."
「您能告訴我她在哪兒嗎?我想明天給她打電話」他抓住我的手說:「您一定知道些什麼。在我收到信的那一天，我的生活便結束了。我從未結婚，我想我一直愛著她」
「Michaelaid. "Come with me』The three of us took the elevator to the third ,We walked toward the day room where Hannahw，as sitting. still watching TV. The director went over to her. "Hannah，」he said softly. "Do you know this man"
我說:「麥可，跟我來.」我們三個人乘電梯來到了只層我們走進休息室，發現漢娜還在看電視主任過去告訴她說:「漢娜，您認識這個人嗎?」
Michael and I stood waiting in the doorway.
麥可和我站在門口等待她的回答。
She adjusted her glasses, looked for a moment, but didn't say a word
她扶一下眼鏡，看了一會，但是沒有說話
"Hannah, it's Michael. Michael Goldstein. Do you remember'?"
「漢娜，我是麥可，麥可一戈爾茨坦，你不記得了嗎?」
"Michael'? Michael? It's you!"
「麥可?麥可?真的是你?」
He walked slowly to her side. She stood and they embraced. Then the two of them sat on a couch, held hands and started to talk. The director and walked out, both of us crying.「See how the good Lord works， it will be said philosophically. "If it's meant to be,it will be."
他慢慢走到她的旁邊。他們相互擁抱，然後沙發雙手緊緊地握在一起，開始交談。主任和我走了出去，我們兩個人都禁不住流下了眼淚我意味深長地說:「真是天意啊天意如此就該如此.
Three week, later, I got a call from the director who asked,"Can you break away on Sunday to attend a wedding?"He didn't wait ibr an answer."Yup. Michael and 1-lannah arc booing to tir the knot"
3個星期後，我接到主任的電話，他問:「這周日你能否抽出時間參加婚禮?」他沒等我回答，便說:「是這樣，麥可和漢娜終於喜結良緣了」
It as a wedding with all the people at the nursing home joining in the celebration.Hannah wore a beige dress and looked beautiful Michacl wore a dark blue suit and stood tall.The hume gave them their own room, and if you ever wanted to see a 76-year-old bride and a 78-year old groom acting like two teen-agers, yuu had to sec this couple
那是一場非常感人的婚禮，養老院所有的人都參加廠、漢娜穿著一身米色禮服，看起來非常美麗一麥可穿著深藍色的西裝，顯得非常高大養老院為他們提供了單獨的房間，如果您想見見76歲的新娘和78歲的新郎像年輕人一樣，就來看看他們吧.
A perfect ending for a love affair that had lasted nearly 60 years.
這個持續了60年的愛情故事終於有了圓滿的結局