jefferson（1743—1862，the third president of america）andhis young bride ，after the marriage ceremony ，set out for theirmonticello home.the road thither was a rough mountain track，upon which lay the snow to a depth of two feet.
at sunset they reached the house of one of their neighborseight miles distant from monticello .they arrived at their desti－nation late at night thoroughly chilled with the cold.they foundthe fires all out，not a light burning，not a morsel of food in thelarder ，and not a creature in the house.the servants had allgone to their cabins for the night，not expecting their master andmistress.
but the young couple，all the world to each other ，mademerry of this sorry welcome to a bride and bridegroom，andlaughed heartily over it.
婚礼之后，杰弗逊（1743-1862，美国第三任总统）和他年轻的新娘出发到他们在蒙蒂塞洛的新家。到那儿去的路是一条崎岖的山路，上面还覆盖着两英尺深的雪。
太阳落山时他们到了离蒙蒂塞洛还有八英里的他们的一个邻居家。等他们深夜到了目的地时几乎要冻僵了。他们发现所有的火都灭了，没有一盏灯亮着，食橱里没有一口吃的，房子里没有一个人。所有的仆人都回到他们的小屋睡觉去了，他们的男女主人不会回来。
这对感觉对方才是最重要的年轻夫妇来说，对这种令人遗憾的欢迎感到很快乐，他们开心地大笑起来。