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待客、划船、用餐、打獵。每一種服裝都有上百種不同的剪裁、式樣、顏色、質地和麵料;香水、鐘錶、照明燈、雕像、化妝品、蠟燭、畫像、相機、運動器具、花瓶、沙發、水壺、智力玩具、枕頭、洋娃娃、過濾器、踏腳墊、珠寶、地毯、牙籤、日曆、水晶把的白金撥浪鼓，電動削筆器、鑲著鑽石數字的腕錶;各式各樣華而不實的小雕像、紀念品和其他小玩意兒，要麼本來就沒有用處，要麼就把用途掩藏在花哨的裝飾之下;此外還有無數的奢華品，無數的廢物。謝維克在第一幢大樓前駐足，眼前是一個閃閃發光的陳列著服裝和珠寶的櫥窗。他看到櫥窗正中央有一件帶有斑點、毛茸茸的外套。&ldo;那件大衣要八千四百元?&rdo;他難以置信地問道，因為他最近剛在報紙上看到&ldo;基本生活工資&rdo;是每年兩千元。&ldo;哦，沒錯，那是真正的皮草，現在很少見了，因為那種動物現在已經是保護動物了。&rdo;帕伊說，&ldo;很漂亮，是吧?女人都喜歡皮草。&rdo;然後他們繼續往前走。又走過一幢大樓之後，謝維克感覺筋疲力盡。他沒法再看下去了，恨不得掩上自己的眼睛。

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