1949年春天,莱辛抱着两岁的儿子来到伦敦一家典当行。她从怀里掏出一沓文稿,犹豫地说:“我想用它来当些钱,可以吗?”老板马克摇了摇头,他从未做过这样的生意。莱辛伤心地讲起自己的悲惨遭遇,她哀求着说:“我只剩下这本手稿了,要是您不收下,我真不知道怎么活下去。”马克同情地说:“你把小说先放下,我让懂的人看看再说。”两天后,马克把专家的意见告诉了她:“作品还不成熟,实在抱歉。”莱辛连夜修改完,又来找马克。马克请专家再看, In the spring of 1949, Lessing took her two-year-old son to a pawn shop in London. She pulled out a pile of papers from her arms and said hesitantly: “I want to use it for money, can I?” The boss Mark shook his head and he had never done such a business. Lessing sadly speaking of his tragic loss, she begged: “I have only this manuscript, and if you do not accept it, I really do not know how to survive.” Mark said sympathetically: You put down the novel first, let me know who to look at. “” Two days later, Mark told her expert advice: “The work is not yet mature, I’m sorry. ” Lessing revised night, again to find mark. Mark please experts look again,