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I could see him beginning to consider it.
.我看得出，他開始思考這件事。
"Meet you where?"
“在哪里見你？”
"Phoenix." Of course.
“鳳凰城。”當然。
"No. He'll hear that's where you're going," he said impatiently.
“不行。他會聽到你要去的地方。”他不耐煩地說道。
"And you'll make it look like that's a ruse, obviously. He'll know that we'll know that he's listening. He'll never believe I'm actually going where I say I am going."
“很顯然，你可以把這看成一種策略。他知道我們知道他在聽。他絕對不會相信我要去的確實就是我所說的地方。”
"She's diabolical," Emmett chuckled.
“她是個惡魔。”艾美特輕笑起來。
"And if that doesn't work?"
“如果這不管用呢？”
"There are several million people in Phoenix," I informed him.
“鳳凰城有幾百萬人口。”我告訴他。
"It's not that hard to find a phone book."
“找本電話簿不是什么難事。”
"I won't go home."
“我不會回家的。”
"Oh?" he inquired, a dangerous note in his voice.
“哦？”他訊問道，語氣里有著危險的意味。
"I'm quite old enough to get my own place."
“我的年紀足夠大了，我能找到自己能待的地方。”
"Edward, we'll be with her," Alice reminded him.
“愛德華，我們會和她在一起。”愛麗絲提醒他。
"What are you going to do in Phoenix?" he asked her scathingly.
“你在鳳凰城要做什么？”他嚴厲地問她。
"Stay indoors."
“閉門不出。”
"I kind of like it." Emmett was thinking about cornering James, no doubt.
“我有點喜歡這件事。”毫無疑問，艾美特正在思索著怎樣把詹姆斯逼進絕路。
"Shut up, Emmett."
“閉嘴，艾美特。”
"Look, if we try to take him down while she's still around, there's a much better chance that someone will get hurt — she'll get hurt, or you will, trying to protect her. Now, if we get him alone…" He trailed off with a slow smile. I was right.
“看吧，如果我們試圖在她仍在周圍的時候就去阻攔他，有人受傷的可能性會更大——她會受傷，或者是你，在竭力保護她時掛彩。現在，如果我們讓他獨自一人……”他的話尾消失在一個慢慢綻開的笑容中。我是對的。
The Jeep was crawling slowly along now as we drove into town. Despite my brave talk, I could feel the hairs on my arms standing up. I thought about Charlie, alone in the house, and tried to be courageous.
當我們開進鎮里的時候，越野車在路上慢慢地行駛著。雖然方才我說出了那么勇敢的話，但我依然能感覺到自己胳膊上的毛發根根直立著。我在想著查理，他正獨自一人待在家里。我試圖讓自己更勇敢些。
"Bella." Edward's voice was very soft. Alice and Emmett looked out their windows. "If you let anything happen to yourself— anything at all — I'm holding you personally responsible. Do you understand that?"
“貝拉。”愛德華的聲音異常地溫柔。愛麗絲和艾美特看著各自的窗外。“如果你讓自己發生任何意外——不管是什么樣的意外——我都會唯你是問。你明白了嗎？”
"Yes," I gulped.
“明白。”我吞咽了一下。
He turned to Alice.
他轉頭看著愛麗絲。
"Can Jasper handle this?"
“賈斯帕能駕馭這樣的狀況嗎？”
"Give him some credit, Edward. He's been doing very, very well, all things considered."
“給他點信任，愛德華。綜合考慮各方面的因素，他已經做得非常，非常好了。”
"Can you handle this?" he asked.
“你能駕馭這樣的狀況嗎？”
And graceful little Alice pulled back her lips in a horrific grimace and let loose with a guttural snarl that had me cowering against the seat in terror.
優雅的小巧的愛麗絲，蜷曲起她的嘴唇，作出一個猙獰的鬼臉，從喉嚨里吼出一聲咆哮。我嚇得縮進了座位了。
Edward smiled at her. "But keep your opinions to yourself," he muttered suddenly.
愛德華沖她一笑。“不過，你的意見只能你自己知道。”他忽然喃喃低語道。
《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。
