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The restaurant wasn't crowded — it was the off-season in Port Angeles. The host was female, and I understood the look in her eyes as she assessed Edward. She welcomed him a little more warmly than necessary. I was surprised by how much that bothered me. She was several inches taller than I was, and unnaturally blond.
餐廳里并不擁擠——現在是天使港的淡季。店主是女的，當她審視著愛德華的時候，我讀出了她眼里的神情。她熱情地有些過火地歡迎他的光臨。我吃驚地發現，這居然會讓我如此心煩意亂。她比我高幾英寸，漂亮得簡直違背了自然規律。
"A table for two?" His voice was alluring, whether he was aiming for that or not. I saw her eyes flicker to me and then away, satisfied by my obvious ordinariness, and by the cautious, no-contact space Edward kept between us. She led us to a table big enough for four in the center of the most crowded area of the dining floor.
“有兩個人的位置嗎？”不管他是有意的還是無意的，他的聲音都太誘人了。我看見她的眼睛飛快地瞥了我一眼，然后移開了。顯然她對我的相貌平平，還有愛德華出于謹慎，在我們之間保持著的毫無身體接觸的距離感到相當地滿意。她把我們帶到用餐區里人最多的地方的正中，一張足以坐下四個人的桌子旁。
I was about to sit, but Edward shook his head at me.
我正要坐下，愛德華卻向搖了搖頭。
"Perhaps something more private?" he insisted quietly to the host. I wasn't sure, but it looked like he smoothly handed her a tip. I'd never seen anyone refuse a table except in old movies.
“也許換個更私密些的地方？”他安靜地向店主堅持著。我不太敢肯定，但看上去他熟練地給了她一點小費。我從沒見過有人拒絕一個座位，除了在老電影里。
"Sure." She sounded as surprised as I was. She turned and led us around a partition to a small ring of booths — all of them empty. "How's this?"
“當然。”她聽起來和我一樣吃驚。她轉身領著我們繞過一堵隔墻，走到小小的一圈卡座前——所有的卡座都是空的。“這里怎么樣？”
"Perfect." He flashed his gleaming smile, dazing her momentarily.
“好極了。”他熠熠生輝的笑容一閃而過，立刻把她迷住了。
"Um" — she shook her head, blinking — "your server will be right out." She walked away unsteadily.
“呃。”——她搖了搖頭，眨著眼睛——“你的侍者馬上就到。”她步伐不穩地走開了。
"You really shouldn't do that to people," I criticized. "It's hardly fair."
“你真的不應該對別人這樣做。”我批評道。“這太不公平了。”
"Do what?"
“做什么？”
"Dazzle them like that — she's probably hyperventilating in the kitchen right now."
“像那樣迷得她們暈頭轉向——她現在可能正在廚房里大口大口地喘氣呢。”
He seemed confused.
他似乎很困惑。
《暮光之城》
與圖書題目相得益彰的是，“暮光之城”系列別具匠心的封面設計則很好地傳達出了每本書內在的深遠寓意。斯蒂芬妮·梅爾指出《暮色》封面上的蘋果代表“創世紀” 內善惡樹上的禁果。象征貝拉和愛德華之間人類與吸血鬼禁忌的愛戀。在書的開頭引用了“創世紀”217頁的內容：“只是分別善惡樹上的果子，你不可吃，因為你吃的日子必定死。”這同時也代表了貝拉如何分辨善惡——選擇是否吃下那顆禁忌的果實，這比喻了選擇跟愛德華在一起或遠離他。
