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P.T. 巴纳姆：奋斗与胜利·补录 316
P.T. 巴纳姆《奋斗与胜利》· Struggles and Triumphs · 领导
After spending a pleasant evening in her drawing-room, she invited us into the parlor, where the “surprise” awaited us. Each person commenced opening the packages bearing his or her address, and although every individual had one or more pretty presents, she had prepared a joke for each. Mr. Benedict, for instance, took off wrapper after wrapper from one of his packages, which at first was as large as his head, but after having removed some forty coverings of paper, it was reduced to a size smaller than his hand, and the removal of the last envelope exposed to view a piece of cavendish tobacco. One of my presents, choicely wrapped in a dozen coverings, was a jolly young Bacchus in Parian marble, intended as a pleasant hit at my temperance principles!
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定位：Additional excerpt 316 · 核对日期：2026-10-19 · 核验：短摘录
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在客厅愉快地度过一晚后，她邀请我们进 Parlor，那里藏着“惊喜”。每人开始拆写有自己名字的包裹，虽然都有漂亮礼物，但她为每个人准备了一个玩笑。比如本尼迪克特先生拆了一个又一个包装，最初有脑袋那么大，拆了四十层纸后变得比手还小，最后一层露出的是块卡文迪什烟草。我的一份礼物包了十几层，是个大理石酒神小雕像，故意调侃我的戒酒主张。她用幽默让礼物变成互动游戏，既表达心意又制造欢乐。
上下文
巴纳姆在自传中回忆珍妮·林德在巡演期间为剧团成员准备圣诞礼物的趣事。
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你能否用一点幽默让一次普通的赠礼变得令人难忘？
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