年轻律师的假期

鸭绒25（译）

2024年8月23日

三年来，这位年轻的律师一直在这家乡村旅馆度过他短暂的假期。最后一次，他终于和旅馆老板的女儿暗通情愫。

这次，他拖着行李箱走上旅馆的阶梯，期待着接下来的几天里，那令人兴奋的时光。突然，他停住了脚步。

他的情人正坐在那里，怀里抱着一个婴儿！

“海伦，你知道自己怀孕后，为什么不写信告诉我？”他大声喊道，“我会立即赶过来。我们可以结婚，孩子会跟我同名！”

“是这样的。”她说，“当我的父母知道我的情况后，我们整晚坐在一起讨论。最后决定，家里有个私生子，要比有个律师更好。”

原文： Young Attorney's Vacations

For three years，the young attorney had been taking his brief vacations at this country inn。The last time he'd finally managed an affair with the innkeeper's daughter。

Looking forward to an exciting few days，he dragged his suitcase up the stairs of the inn，then stopped short。

There sat his lover with an infant on her lap！

“Helen，why didn't you write when you learned you were pregnant？”he cried，“I would have rushed up here，we could have gotten married，and the baby would have my name！”

“Well，”she said，“when my folks found out about my condition，we sat up all night talkin' and talkin' and decided it would be better to have a bastard in the family than a lawyer。”