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My l4-year-old son, John, and I spotted the coat simultaneously. It was hanging on a rack at a secondhand clothing store in Northampton Mass, crammed in with shoddy trench coats and an assortment of sad, woolen overcoats -- a rose among thorns.


While the other coats drooped, this one looked as if it were holding itself up. The thick, black wool of the double-breasted chesterfield was soft and unworn, as though it had been preserved in mothballs for years in dead old Uncle Henry's steamer trunk. The coat had a black velvet collar, beautiful tailoring, a Fifth Avenue label and an unbelievable price of $28. We looked at each other, saying nothing, but John's eyes gleamed. Dark, woolen topcoats were popular just then with teenage boys, but could cost several hundred dollars new. This coat was even better, bearing that touch of classic elegance from a bygone era.


John slid his arms down into the heavy satin lining of the sleeves and buttoned the coat. He turned from side to side, eyeing himself in the mirror with a serious, studied expression that soon changed into a smile. The fit was perfect.


John wore the coat to school the next day and came home wearing a big grin. "Ho. did the kids like your coat?" I asked. "They loved it," he said, carefully folding it over the back of a chair and smoothing it flat. I started calling him "Lord Chesterfield" and "The Great Gatsby."


Over the next few weeks, a change came over John. Agreement replaced contrariness, quiet, reasoned discussion replaced argument. He became more judicious, more mannerly, more thoughtful, eager to please. “Good dinner, Mom," he would say every evening.

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约翰,我十四岁的儿子和我同时看上了一件外套。它挂在若桑普顿马斯的一个二手服装商场的架子上。夹在一排低档的外套和看不上眼羊毛大衣中－－荆棘中的一朵玫瑰！
当拨开其它的外套后，这件仿佛是自己展开的一样。这件厚实的黑色羊毛外套，前胸的皮革柔软，没有丝毫磨损，就像放在去世享瑞叔叔的大木相子里用障脑球保存了多年似的．这件大衣有黑色的天鹅绒衣领，优良的翦裁，十五大街的商标和今人难以至信的２８美元的价格．我们相互看着对方，没有说话，但约翰眼睛放着光彩．深黑的羊毛上装在少年中十分当道，但一件新的可能要花费几百美元．这是一件上好并与过去年代有着联系的优雅上衣．
约翰用胳膊伸进大衣袖子优质的缎子内里，扣好扣子．他转来转去，看着镜子中的一个严肃，深思的表情立刻被微笑所占据．这是件完美的大衣！
第二天约翰穿着它上学，咧着嘴知着回到家．“哦，孩子们喜欢你的外套吗？”我问道。“他们喜欢它，”他说，并且小心的将它套上并铺展开在椅背上。我开始叫他“Lord Chesterfield”和“The Great Gatsby”（不知如何译才合适）
几周后，一些变化发生在约翰的身上。得体代替了无续，安静、有礼的讨论替代了争论。它开始变的越来越有纪律，有礼貌，更爱思考，更乐于让人感到快乐。“非盛的晚餐，妈妈。”他每晚都会说。

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