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时尚女魔头 穿普拉达的恶魔 英文原版-第24部分

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  intellectually stimulating by the minute!

  “Hey; Rich!” Emily called brightly; fakely; to the pipe…chomping 
  dispatcher I’d met my first day。 “This is Andrea。 She’ll be taking 
  the Book every night; so make sure she gets a good car; OK?”

  “Will do; Red。” He pulled the pipe out of his mouth and motioned 
  toward me。 “I’ll take good care of Blondie over here。”

  “Great。 Oh; and can you have another car follow us to Miranda’s? 
  Andrea and I are going separate places after we drop off the Book。”

  Two massive Town Cars pulled up just at that moment; and the mammoth 
  driver in the first car barreled out of the front seat and opened 
  the back door for us。 Emily climbed in first; immediately whipped 
  out her Cell Phone; and called out; “Miranda Priestly’s apartment; 
  please。” He nodded and threw the car in gear and we were off。

  “Is it always the same driver?” I asked; wondering how he knew where 
  to go。

  She motioned me to be quiet as she left a message for her roommate。 
  She then said; “No; but there are only so many drivers who work for 
  the pany。 I’ve had them all at least twenty times; so they know 
  their way by now。” She went back to her dialing。 I looked behind us 
  and saw the second empty Town Car carefully mimicking our turns and 
  stops。

  We pulled up in front of a typical Fifth Avenue doorman building: 
  immaculate sidewalk; well…kept balconies; and what looked like a 
  gorgeous; warmly lit lobby。 A man in a tuxedo and hat immediately 
  came to the car and opened the door for us; and Emily got out。 I 
  wondered why we weren’t just going to leave the Book and the clothes 
  with him。 As far as I understood—and it wasn’t a lot; especially 
  when it came to this strange city—that’s what doormen were for。 As 
  in; that’s their job。 But Emily pulled a leather Louis Vuitton key 
  chain from her Gucci logo tote and handed it to me。

  “I’ll wait here。 You take the stuff up to her apartment; Penthouse 
  A。 Just open her door and leave the book on the table in the foyer 
  and hang the clothes on the hooks by the closet。 Notin the closet;by 
  the closet。 And then just leave。 Whatever you do; don’t knock or 
  ring the doorbell。 She doesn’t like to be disturbed。 Just let 
  yourself in and out and be quiet!” She handed me the tangle of wire 
  hangers and plastic and opened her Cell Phone again。All right; I can 
  handle this。 Why so much drama for a book and some pants?

  The elevator man smiled kindly at me and silently pressed the PH 
  button after turning a key。 He looked like a battered wife; dejected 
  and sad; as though he couldn’t fight any longer and had just made 
  peace with his unHappiness。

  “I’ll wait here;” he said softly; staring at the floor。 “You 
  shouldn’t be more than a minute。”

  The carpet in the hallways was a deep burgundy color; and I almost 
  toppled over when one of my heels got stuck in the loops。 The walls 
  were papered in a thick; cream…colored fabric that had tiny cream 
  pinstripes running the length; and there was a suede cream bench 
  pushed against the wall。 The French doors directly in front of me 
  said PH B; but I swiveled and saw identical doors with PH A。 It took 
  every ounce of restraint not to ring the bell; but I remembered 
  Emily’s warning and slid the key in the lock。 It clicked right away; 
  and before I could fix my hair or wonder what was on the other side; 
  I was standing in a large; airy foyer and smelling the most amazing 
  scent of lamb chops。 And there she was; delicately bringing a fork 
  to her mouth while two identical; black…haired little girls yelled 
  at each other across the table and a tall; rugged…looking man with 
  silver hair and a broad; face…enpassing nose read a newspaper。

  “Mum; tell her that she can’t just walk in my room and take my 
  jeans! She won’t listen to me;” one of them pleaded of Miranda; 
  who’d set down her fork and was taking a sip of what I knew to be 
  Pellegrino with a lime; from theleft side of the table。

  “Caroline; Cassidy; enough。 I simply don’t want to hear it anymore。 
  Tomas; bring out some more mint jelly;” she called。 A man I presumed 
  to be the chef hurried into the room holding a silver bowl on a 
  silver serving platter。

  And then I realized that I’d been standing there for nearly thirty 
  seconds; observing them all having dinner。 They hadn’t seen me yet; 
  but would as soon as I moved toward the hall table。 I did so 
  gingerly but felt them all turn to look。 Just as I was about to 
  offer some sort of greeting; I remembered making a gigantic ass out 
  of myself at our first meeting earlier today; stammering and 
  stumbling like an idiot; and I kept my mouth shut。Table; table; 
  table 。 There it was。Deposit book on table 。 And now for the 
  clothes。 I looked around frantically for the place I was supposed to 
  hang the dry cleaning; but I couldn’t focus。 The dinner table had 
  grown silent; and I could feel them all watching me。 No one said 
  hello。 It didn’t seem to bother the girls that there was a perfect 
  stranger standing in their apartment。 Finally; I saw a small coat 
  closet tucked away behind the door; and I managed to get every 
  twisted; slippery hanger on the rod。

  “Not in the closet; Emily;” I heard Miranda call out; slowly; 
  deliberately。 “On the hooks that are provided for this exact 
  occasion。”

  “Oh; um; hi there。”Idiot! Shut up! She’s not looking for a response; 
  just do what she says! But I couldn’t help it。 It was just too weird 
  that no one had said hello or wondered who I might be; or in any way 
  acknowledged that someone had just let herself into their apartment 
  and was prowling around。 AndEmily? Was she kidding? Blind? Could she 
  really not tell that I was not the girl who’d worked for her for 
  over a year already? “I’m Andrea; Miranda。 I’m your new assistant。”

  Silence。 All…pervasive; unbearable; never…ending; deafening; 
  debilitating silence。

  I knew I shouldn’t keep talking; knew that I was digging my own 
  grave; but I just couldn’t help myself。 “Um; well; sorry about the 
  confusion。 I’ll just put these on the hooks; like you said; and let 
  myself out。”Stop narrating! She doesn’t give a shit what you’re 
  doing。 Just do it and get out 。 “OK; then; have a nice dinner。 Nice 
  meeting all of you。” I turned to leave and realized that not only 
  was the mere act of talking ridiculous; but I was also saying stupid 
  things。Nice to meet you? I hadn’t been introduced to a single one of 
  them。

  “Emily!” I heard just as my hand reached the doorknob。 “Emily; let 
  this not happen tomorrow night。 We’re not interested in the 
  interruption。” And the doorknob turned itself in my hand and I was 
  finally in the hallway。 The entire thing had taken less than a 
  minute; but I felt like I’d just swum the entire length of an 
  Olympic…size pool without ing up for air。

  I slumped onto the bench and took long; controlled breaths。 That 
  bitch! The first time she called me Emily could’ve been a mistake; 
  but the second was undoubtedly deliberate。 What better way to 
  belittle and marginalize someone than to insist on calling them the 
  wrong name; after you’ve refused to so much as acknowledge their 
  presence in your own Home? I knew I was the lowest…ranking life…form 
  at the magazine already—as Emily hadn’t yet lost an opportunity to 
  impress upon me—but was it really so necessary for Miranda to make 
  sure I was aware of it; too?

  It wouldn’t have been outside the realm of reality to sit there all 
  night and shoot mental bullets at the PH A doors; but I heard a 
  throat clearing and looked up to find the sad little elevator man 
  watching the floor and patiently waiting for me to join him。

  “Sorry;” I said as I shuffled aboard。

  “No problem;” he near…whispered; intently studying the wood…paneled 
  floor。 “It’ll get easier。”

  “What? I’m sorry; I didn’t hear what you—”

  “Nothing; nothing。 Here you are; miss。 Have a nice evening。” The 
  door opened to the lobby; where Emily was loudly chattering on her 
  Cell Phone。 She clicked it closed when she saw me。

  “How’d it go? No problem; right?”

  I thought about telling her what had transpired; wished fervently 
  that she could be a sympathetic coworker; that we could be a team; 
  but I knew I’d just be setting myself up for another verbal 
  lashing。So not interested right now。

  “It was totally fine。 No problems at all。 They were eating dinner 
  and I just left everything exactly where you said。”

  “Good。 Well; that’s what you’ll do every night。 Then just take the 
  car Home and you’re done。 Anyway; have fun at Marshall’s party 
  tonight。 I’d definitely go; but I have a bikini wax appointment I 
  just can’t cancel—do you believe they’re booked for the next two 
  months? And it’s the middle of winter; too。 It must be all the 
  people who are going on winter vacations。 Right? I just can’t 
  understand why every woman in New York needs a bikini wax right now。 
  It’s just so strange; but hey; what can you do?”

  My head pounded to the tempo of her voice; and it seemed that no 
  matter what I did or how I responded; I was sentenced to forever 
  listen to her talk about bikini waxes。 It may have been better to 
  have her scream at me about interrupting Miranda’s dinner。

  “Yeah; what can you do? Well; I’d better get going; I told James I’d 
  meet him at nine and it’s already ten after。 See you tomorrow?”

  “Yep。 Will do。 Oh; just so you know; now that you’re pretty much 
  trained; you’ll still get in at seven; but I don’t e in until 
  eight。 Miranda knows—it’s understood that the senior assistant es 
  in later since she works so much harder。” I almost lunged at her 
  throat。 “So just go through the morning routine like I taught you。 
  Call me if you have to; but you should know the drill by now。 ’Bye!” 
  She hopped into the backseat of the second car that was waiting in 
  front of the building。

  “’Bye!” I trilled; a giant fake smile plastered on my face。 The 
  driver made a move to get out of the car and open the door for me; 
  but I told him I was fine to let myself into the backseat。 “The 
  Plaza; please。”

  James had been waiting for me on the stairs outside even though it 
  couldn’t have been more than twenty degrees。 He’d gone Home to 
  change and looked very; very skinny in black suede pants and a white 
  ribbed tank top; which showed off his expertly applied midwinter 
  bottle tan。 I still looked appropriately amateurish in my Gap 
  miniskirt。

  “Hey; Andy; how’d the Book dropping…off go?” We waited in line to 
  ch
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