她的脸色变得苍白。接着，她向楼梯望去，用微弱的声音说道：“我从没走过这个楼梯。你看，昨天我出差了。哦，哈里！”然后她用手臂搂紧他的脖子，开始哭了起来。
过了一会儿，她往后站了站，用手指着车站最北头说：“哈里，3年来，整整3年，我就在那儿——这个车站的站长办公室当打字员。”
LotheinUnionStationasIam，Iseeeverybodythatesupthestairs。
Harryalittleoverthreeyearsagoaheheadofthestairsforthepassehe9：05train。
IrememberseeingHarrythatfirstevening。Hewasn'tmuchmorethanathin，anxiouskidthen。HewasalldressedupandIkinghisgirlandthattheywouldbemarriedtweershearrived。
&hepassengersdIhadtogetbusy。Ididn'tlooktowardthestairsagaiimeforthe9：18andIwasverysurprisedtoseethattheyoungfellowwasstillthere。
Shedidn'teoher，noronthe9：40，ahepassehe10：02hadallarriveda，Harrylookedprettydesperate。PrettysooomywindowsoIcalledoutandaskedhimwhatshelookedlike。
"She'ssmallanddark，"hesaid，"aeenyearsoldahewayshewalks。Shehasaface，"hesaid，thinkingamihathaslotsofspirit。Imeamadbutsheaysmadf，andhereyebrowsetoalittlepointinthemiddle。She'sgotabrownfur，butmaybesheisn&#it。"
Iemberseeinganybodylikethat。
Heshowedmethetelegramhe'dreceived：ARRIVETHURSDAY。MEETMEATSTATION。LOVELOVELOVELOVE。MAY。ItwasfromOmaha，Nebraska。
"Well，"Ifinallysaid，"whydon'tyouphooyourhome？She'sprobablycalledthereifshegotinaheadofyou。"
Hegavemeasicklook。"I'veooeweregoihendrivedownSouthwhereI'vegotajob。Shehasn'tanyaddressforme。"Hetouchedthetelegram。
Wheytheday，hewasstillthereandcameoverassoonashesawme。
"Didsheworka;Iasked。
He;Sheist。Itelegraphedherformerboss。Alltheyknowisthatsheleftherjobtogetmarried。"
Harrymeteverytraihreeorfourdays。Ofcourse，therailroadliinedthepolicelookedinobodywasanyrealhelp。IcouldseethattheyallfiguredthatMayhadsimplyplayedatri。ButIhat，somehow。
&erabouttwoweeks，HarryaalkingandItoldhimaboutmytheory。"Ifyou'lljustwaitlongenough，"Isaid，"you'llseeheringupthosestairssomeday。"Heturnedahestairsasthoughhehadhembefore。
&daywheoworkHarrywasbehierofTony'smagaziand。Helookedatmerathersheepishlyandsaid，"Well，Ihadtogetajobsomewhere，didn'tI？"SohebegantoworkasaclerkforTony。WeneverspokeofMayaherofusevermeheory。ButIHarryalersohestairs。
Towardtheeonywaskilledi，andTony'swidowleftHarryieagaziamarriedagaier，Harryboughtthestandfromher。Heborrowedmoneyandinstalledasodafountaiysoonhehadaverylebusiness。
Theerday。Iheardadalotofthingsfalling。ThecrywasfromHarryahingsfalliofdollsahingswhichhehadupsetwhileheiheter。Heranadgrabbedagirlfrommyassmallanddarkandhereyebrowscametoalittlepointinthemiddle。
Forawhiletheyjusthuoeachanddsayingthingswithoutmeaning。She'dsayafewwordslike，"Itwasthebusstatio;andhe'dkissherspeedtellherthemanythingshehaddoofiapparentlyhadhappehreeyearsbeforewasthatMayhadebybus，notbytrain，aelegramshemeant"busstation"，not"railroadstation"。ShehadwaitedatthebusstationfordaysaallhermtofindHarry。Fiajobtyping。
"What？"saidHarry，"haveyoubeenwintowime？"
Shenodded。
"Well，heavens。Didn'tyoueveredowhestation？"Hepointedaagaziand。"I'vebeehetime。Iownit。I'vewatchedeverybodythatcameupthestairs。"
&olookalittlepale。Prettysoonshelookedoveratthestairsandsaidinaweakvoice，"Ihestairsbefore。Yousee，Iwentoutoftowerdayonashortbusirip。Oh，Harry！"Thehrewherarmsaroundhisnedreallybegantocry。
&eshebackedaoiifflytowardthehestation。"Harry，forthreeyears，forthreesolidyears，I'vebeenrightrightiion，typing，intheofficeofthestatio;