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I don't know what to do about that kid. my father said at dinner one evening. Piquette Tonnerre, I mean.
我真不知道該怎樣去幫助那孩子，我父親有一天吃晚飯的時候說，我指的是皮格特坦納瑞。
The damn bone's flared up again. I've had her in hospital for quite a while now, and it's under control all right, but I hate like the dickens to send her home again.
她的骨結(jié)核又惡化了，我在醫(yī)院里給她治療好長一段時間了，病情自然是控制住了，但我真他媽不愿打發(fā)她回到她那個家里去。
Couldn't you explain to her mother that she has to rest a lot? my mother said.
你難道就不會對她媽媽說說她應(yīng)該好好保養(yǎng)嗎?我母親問道。
The mother's not there my father replied. She took off a few years back. Can't say I blame her.
她媽媽不在了，我父親回答說。幾年前她就離家出走了。也不能怪她。
Piquette cooks for them, and she says Lazarus would never do anything for himself as long as she's there.
皮格特為他們燒火做飯，她說只要她在家拉扎魯便什么也不干。
Anyway, I don't think she'd take much care of herself, once she got back.
不管怎么說，只要她一回到家里，我看她就很難保養(yǎng)好自己的身體了。
She's only thirteen, after all. Beth, I was thinking—What about taking her up to Diamond Lake with us this summer?
畢竟她才十三歲呀。貝絲，我在想--咱們?nèi)胰ャ@石湖避暑時把她也一道帶去，你看怎么樣?
A couple of months rest would give that bone a much better chance.
好好休養(yǎng)兩個月會使她的骨病治愈的希望大大增加。
My mother looked stunned.
我母親滿臉驚訝的神色。
But Ewen-what about Roddie and Vanessa?
可是艾文-羅迪和凡乃莎怎么辦呢?
She's not contagious , my father said. And it would be company for Vanessa.
她的病并不是傳染性的，我父親說。這樣凡乃莎還會多一個伙伴。
Oh dear, my mother said in distress, I'll bet anything she has nits in her hair.
天哪!我母親無可奈何地說，我敢保證她頭上一定有虱子。
For Pete's sake, my father said crossly, do you think Matron would let her stay in the hospital for all this time like that? Don't be silly, Beth.
看在圣彼得的份上，我父親生氣地說，你以為護(hù)士長會讓她一直那樣在醫(yī)院里住下去嗎?別太天真了，貝絲。
Grandmother MacLeod, her delicately featured face as rigid as a cameo , now brought her mauve-veined hands together as though she were about to begin prayer.
麥克里奧祖母那清秀的臉上此時顯得像玉石雕像般的冷峻，她那紫紅色血管鼓起的雙手此時也合到一起，像是準(zhǔn)備做禱告的樣子。
Ewen, if that half breed youngster comes along to Diamond Lake, I'm not going, she announced. I'll go to Morag's for the summer.
艾文，如果那個混血兒要去鉆石湖的話，那我就不去了，她聲明說。我要去莫拉格家度夏。
