接讀朋友的來信，尤其是遠自海外猶帶著異國風情的航空信件，如果無須回信的話，確是人生一大快事。回信，是讀信之樂的一大代價，久不回信，屢不回信，接信之樂必然就相對減少，以至于無，這時友情便暫告中斷了，直到有一天在贖罪的心情下，你毅然回起信來，蹉跎了這么久，接信之樂早變成欠信之苦，我便是這么一位累犯的罪人，交友干百，幾乎每一位朋友都數得出我的前科來。
Receiving friends’ letters, especially those exotic airmail letters from overseas, is absolutely a satisfaction in life, if you don’t have to write back. A letter in reply costs much of the pleasure of reading a letter. Not writing back in time or rarely writing back diminishes or eliminates the fun of receiving letters. Then, it means a temporary break of friendship, until one day you make up your mind to answer letters, impulsed by the mood of expiating. After so long a period of time, the fun of hearing from friends has turned itself into the suffering of owing them letters. I am such a “jailbird” that any of my numerous friends can obviously list my shameful records.
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