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His expression shifted instantly to chagrin. "Are you very angry with me?"
他的神情立刻變得苦惱起來。“你很生我的氣嗎？”
"That depends!" I felt and sounded like I'd had the breath knocked out of me.
“那得看情況！”我感覺到，也能聽到，我在大口大口地喘息著。
He waited.
他等待著。
"On?" he urged.
“基于？”他催促著。
"What you heard!" I wailed.
“你聽到了什么！”我哀號道。
Instantly, silently, he was at my side, taking my hands carefully in his.
一轉眼，他已經悄無聲息地站到我身旁，雙手小心地握住我的手。
"Don't be upset!" he pleaded. He dropped his face to the level of my eyes, holding my gaze. I was embarrassed. I tried to look away.
“別生氣！”他懇求道。他俯下臉，和我的眼睛落在同一水平線上，對上了我的目光。我很窘迫，想要移開視線。
"You miss your mother," he whispered. "You worry about her. And when it rains, the sound makes you restless. You used to talk about home a lot, but it's less often now. Once you said, 'It's too green.'" He laughed softly, hoping, I could see, not to offend me further.
“你很思念你的母親。”他耳語道。“你在擔心她。下雨的時候，那聲音總讓你休息不好。你原來常在說家里的事，但現在少多了。有一次你說，‘這里太綠了。’”他溫和地笑著，期待著——我能看出來——不致于太過冒犯我。
"Anything else?" I demanded.
“沒有別的了？”我詰問道。
He knew what I was getting at. "You did say my name," he admitted.
他知道我說的是什么。“你確實說過我的名字。”他坦白道。
I sighed in defeat. "A lot?"
我挫敗地嘆息著。“經常？”
"How much do you mean by 'a lot,' exactly?"
“更確切些，你的‘經常’是指多頻繁？”
"Oh no!" I hung my head.
“哦不！”我垂下頭。
He pulled me against his chest, softly, naturally.
他把我拉到他的胸前，動作是那么的溫柔，那么的自然。
"Don't be self-conscious," he whispered in my ear. "If I could dream at all, it would be about you. And I'm not ashamed of it."
“別難為情，”他在我的耳畔低語著。“如果我能做夢，那一定都是關于你的夢。而且我也不會為此感到羞愧的。”
《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。
