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爱德华·博克：爱德华·博克自传·补录 293
爱德华·博克《爱德华·博克自传》· The Americanization of Edward Bok · 领导
It was a happy visit. Field was all kindness, and, of course, the entire party was charmed by his personality. But the boy in him could not be repressed. He had kept it down all through the visit. "No, not a joke-cross my heart," he would say, and then he invited the party to lunch with him on their way to the train when they were leaving for home. "But we shall be in our travelling clothes, not dressed for a luncheon," protested the women. It was an unfortunate protest, for it gave Field an idea! "Oh," he assured them, "just a goodbye luncheon at the club; just you folks and Julia and me." They believed him, only to find upon their arrival at the club an assembly of over sixty guests at one of the most elaborate luncheons ever served in Chicago, with each woman guest carefully enjoined by Field, in his invitation, to "put on her prettiest and most elaborate costume in order to dress up the table!"
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定位：Additional excerpt 293 · 核对日期：2026-10-19 · 核验：短摘录
白话
那次拜访很愉快，菲尔德热情周到，大家都被他的魅力折服。但他孩子气的一面压不住，整个访问期间一直憋着。他反复说“不搞恶作剧，我发誓”，然后邀请大家在去车站回家前一起吃午饭。女士们抗议说穿着旅行装，不适合午餐。这抗议反而给了菲尔德灵感！他保证“就是俱乐部里的告别午餐，就你们和朱莉娅和我”。大家信了，结果到俱乐部一看，是六十多位宾客的盛大午宴，芝加哥最讲究的之一，而且菲尔德在邀请函里特意叮嘱每位女宾“穿上最漂亮最华丽的服装来装点餐桌”。这说明：爱开玩笑的人承诺往往不可靠，重要场合要留个心眼；同时，善意的惊喜需要提前沟通，否则可能让人尴尬。
上下文
同书片段，菲尔德以告别午餐为名，把简单聚会变成盛大宴会，让客人措手不及。
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如果你要给人惊喜，会提前考虑对方的着装和感受吗？
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