Early on a brilliant, summer sunday morning, my wife, Lynn, and I turned onto Rural Route 381 and drove into South Carolina between endless cotton fields.

• 夏季，一个阳光明媚的星期日清晨，我和妻子林思驱车转上381号乡村公路，在一望无边的棉田中驶入南卡罗来纳州。