美国第三十任总统卡尔文·柯立芝,曾与一个小偷有过一段耐人寻味的情谊。那是1923年8月下旬的一天,柯立芝总统和夫人住在华盛顿维拉德饭店三楼的套房里。黎明前的黑暗尽管短暂,但格外地黑暗。朦胧中的柯立芝被一阵细碎的声音惊醒。他睁开眼睛,发现潜入卧室里的一个人正在翻弄他的衣服,从衣袋里把钱包掏出来,还拿到了一块表。柯立芝没有惊动还在熟睡的夫人,更没有呼叫特工保 Calvin Coolidge, the thirtieth president of the United States, had had an intriguing friendship with a thief. It was one day in late August 1923, when President Coolidge and his wife lived in a suite on the third floor of the Willard Hotel in Washington. The darkness before dawn, though short, is especially dark. Coolidge was hazy in a burst of awakened sound. He opened his eyes and found that a man who had slipped into the bedroom was tossing his clothes, pulling his wallet out of his pocket and grabbing a watch. Coolidge did not disturb the wife is still sleeping, but did not call agent Paul