“我想开车出去溜一下。”他对妻子说,“大概一两个小时后回来。”他很少离开这个屋子很长时间,一般不超过去邮局或上商店所需的那几分钟。他总是在家里东游西荡,干些零活——“修理工”,他妻子这样叫他——而且虽不经常,有时他也画画——这是他的谋生手段。“去吧。”他妻子高兴地说,这似乎是她丈夫给她 “I’d like to drive out and take a dip,” he told his wife. “I’ll be back in about an hour or two.” He seldom left the room for a long time, usually not more than a few minutes to go to the post office or shop. He always traveled around the house, doing odd jobs - the “mechanic,” his wife called him - and, though infrequent, sometimes he painted - was his means of earning a living. “Go,” said his wife happyly, as if her husband had given her