You knew you had mail because you saw it in profile, leaning diagonally against the wall of your box, and years later, after I was gone from Ault, I dreamed sometimes that I saw that skinny shadow.

我走过去，要从侧面，斜对着你的信箱，才能看到里面有没有信。多年以后，离开了奥尔特，我依然还有时会梦见那斜斜的一条影子。