I hope it will be of use to my worthy friend Johnston, and that while he laments my personal absence, this journal may in some measure supply that defect and make him happy.

• 事情看上去好得不像真的，那大抵也不是真的，亦舒说。真相是我们的窗明几净必须要靠自己亲手洗、抹、拖、再洗再抹再拖。