Kate and Dick were classmates. They (相处) well with each other and later fell in love. After getting m, they found it difficult to (谋生).
Finally, they decided run a small restaurant near the railway station. The restaurant often stayed o until after midnight, because people came to drink there while they were (等待) trains.
At two o'clock one morning, man was still sitting at a table in the restaurant. He was [ə'sli:p]. Kate wanted to go to bed. She looked at the table several times, and each time the man was still there. Then, (最终) she went to her h and said to him, "You've talked to that man three times, and he isn't drinking any more. haven't you sent him away? After , it's so late."
"Oh, no, I don't want to send him away," a Dick with a smile. "You see, whenever I (叫醒) the man, he asks for the bill, and when I bring it to him, he p it. Then he goes back to sleep again."