At midnight, the departure board at the airport shows one word, over and over: "Delayed". Marlo has been here since nine, and he has already read every sign in the building. His own flight leaves at five, so he has nowhere to go until then.
午夜时分，机场的出发信息屏上一遍又一遍地只显示一个词：“延误”。马洛从九点就待在这里了，大楼里的每一块标牌他都已经读过了。他自己的航班五点起飞，在那之前他无处可去。
Across from him, a young woman is sitting with a small blue backpack. She keeps pressing the button on her phone, but the screen stays black. She stands up, walks to a closed information desk, and comes back looking worried.
在他对面，一位年轻女子坐着，身边放着一个蓝色的小背包。她不停地按手机上的按钮，屏幕却一直是黑的。她站起身，走到一个已经关门的问询台，又带着忧虑的神情走回来。
Marlo watches her for a while. He knows how it feels to be alone in an airport at night. He tells himself that it isn't his business. Then she puts her head in her hands, and he stops arguing with himself.
马洛看了她一会儿。他知道一个人夜里待在机场是什么滋味。他对自己说，这不关他的事。接着她把头埋进了双手里，他便不再跟自己争辩了。
"Excuse me," he says. "I have a power bank, if that helps."
“打扰一下，”他说，“我有充电宝，要是有用的话。”
She looks up, surprised. "Thank you. My phone died on the plane. My aunt is meeting me here, but I don't know her number by heart. Everything is on the phone."
她抬起头，有些意外。“谢谢您。我的手机在飞机上没电了。我姨妈要来这里接我，可我记不住她的号码。所有东西都在手机里。”
"That's the trouble with phones," Marlo says. He plugs her phone into the power bank. "It needs a few minutes before it turns on. Do you know her email address? You could write to her from mine."
“手机就是这点麻烦，”马洛说。他把她的手机接到充电宝上。“要充几分钟才能开机。你知道她的邮箱地址吗？你可以用我的手机给她写信。”
She does, and she types a short message on his phone. Flight late, phone dead, waiting near gate twelve. Nothing comes back. It is nearly one o'clock, and her aunt might be asleep.
她知道，于是在他的手机上输入了一条简短的消息。航班晚点，手机没电，在12号登机口附近等候。没有任何回音。已经快一点了，她姨妈也许睡着了。
"She'll see it when she wakes up," the young woman says. She doesn't sound sure.
“她醒来就会看到的，”年轻女子说。她听起来并不确定。
"Then we'll wait," Marlo says.
“那我们就等着，”马洛说。
So they wait. She tells him this is her first trip alone. She is going to study in a new city. He tells her about his daughter, who is the same age and who also hates airports. They share a bag of nuts. Twice, the board changes, and twice it says the same word again.
于是他们等着。她告诉他，这是她第一次独自出远门。她要去一座新的城市读书。他向她讲起自己的女儿，和她同龄，也讨厌机场。他们分着吃一袋坚果。信息屏换了两次，两次显示的又是同一个词。
At ten to two, her phone finally comes back to life, and it shows eleven missed calls. At two o'clock, a woman in a long coat comes running through the hall, calling out a name. The young woman jumps up, and the two of them hold each other for a long time.
一点五十分，她的手机终于重新亮了起来，显示有十一个未接来电。两点整，一位穿长大衣的女人跑着穿过大厅，嘴里喊着一个名字。年轻女子一跃而起，两个人久久地抱在一起。
"Thank you," the aunt says to Marlo. "I was so afraid."
“谢谢您，”姨妈对马洛说，“我真是吓坏了。”
The young woman gives him back the power bank. "It's empty," she says, laughing.
年轻女子把充电宝还给他。“它没电了，”她笑着说。
Marlo sits down again and looks at the board. Then he checks his own phone, which has five percent left, and goes to find a plug.
马洛重新坐下，望着信息屏。然后他看了看自己的手机，只剩百分之五的电量，于是起身去找插座。
