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At meals there were frequently two or three other guests, sometimes neighbors or relatives, sometimes colleagues, lawyers, doctors, the rich and famous who’d drop by to see my father on their way to their own summer houses. Sometimes we’d even open our dining room to the occasional tourist couple who’d heard of the old villa and simply wanted to come by and take a peek and were totally enchanted when asked to eat with us and tell us all about themselves, while Mafalda, informed at the last minute, dished out her usual fare. My father, who was reserved and shy in private, loved nothing better than to have some precocious rising expert in a field keep the conversation going in a few languages while the hot summer sun, after a few glasses of rosatello, ushered in the unavoidable afternoon torpor. We named the task dinner drudgery—and, after a while, so did most of our six-week guests.
用餐时刻往往会多两三位客人，有时候是邻居或亲戚，有时候是同事、律师、医生等等名流，在前往自家的夏季别墅前顺路来探访我的父亲。有时候我们甚至开放餐厅给偶尔来访的夫妻或情侣旅客，他们因耳闻这栋老别墅，单纯想来一窥究竟。这些人受邀与我们共餐时，简直心醉神迷，然后热情地闲聊关于自己的一切。总在最后一分钟才接到这种临时通知的玛法尔达则会端上她的拿手菜。私底下内敛害羞的父亲其实最喜欢听在某些领域学有专长的新星以数种语言高谈阔论；伴着几杯玫瑰红下肚，坐在午后炎热的夏日阳光下，人不免变得呆滞。我们总把这段时光称为“正餐苦差”——过不了多久，那些即将长住六周的访客也会这么说。
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