“你怎么连是非观都改变了？”

“你不知道饥饿的滋味！”

他们向North End的Salem街走去，老北教堂漂亮的白色尖塔一路吸引着经国的视线。他们顺着狭窄的Salem街走到深处，在朴素的红砖教堂前分手，“如果从陆路来，点一盏灯；如果从海路来，点两盏灯”，经国说，“我走了！”

文茵点头，“小心啊！”

“放心！”他决绝地转身，不顾女孩脸上的凄凉。

“Then he said ‘Good night’ and with muffled oar,

Silently rowed to the Charles town shore,

Just as the moon rose over the bay......”

（然后他道了声“晚安”，伴着压低的桨声

悄悄划向查尔斯镇的岸边，

月亮刚好升上海湾，）

经国听到身后文茵在吟诵，那是诗人朗费罗的名篇《Paul Revere’s Ride》。

“......through the gloom and the light,

The fate of a nation was riding that night,

And the spark struck out by that speed, in his flight,

Kindled the land into flame with its heat.”

（穿过黑暗，穿过光明，