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Chapter 29
第二十九章
I kept silence for a little while, thinking of what Stroeve had told me. I could not stomach his weakness, and he saw my disapproval. "You know as well as I do how Strickland lived," he said tremulously. "I couldn't let her live in those circumstances—I simply couldn't."
我沉默了一會，思索著施特略夫對我講的事情。我無法忍受他這種懦弱，他也看出來我對他這個做法不以為然?！澳愀抑赖靡粯忧宄继乩锟颂m德過的是什么日子，”他聲音顫抖著說，“我不能讓她在那種環境里過活——我就是不能。”
That's your business, I answered.
“這是你的事。”我回答。
What would you have done? he asked.
“如果這事叫你遇上，你會怎么做？”他問。
She went with her eyes open. If she had to put up with certain inconveniences it was her own lookout.
“她是睜著眼睛自己走開的。如果她不得不吃些苦頭，也是自找。”
Yes; but, you see, you don't love her.
“你說得對，但是，你知道，你并不愛她?！?/div>
?
Do you love her still?
“你現在還愛她嗎？”
Oh, more than ever. Strickland isn't the man to make a woman happy. It can't last. I want her to know that I shall never fail her.
“??！比以前更愛。思特里克蘭德不是一個能使女人幸福的人。這件事長不了。我要讓她知道，我是永遠不會叫她的指望落空的?！?/div>
Does that mean that you're prepared to take her back?
“你的意思是不是說，你還準備收留她呢？”
I shouldn't hesitate. Why, she'll want me more than ever then. When she's alone and humiliated and broken it would be dreadful if she had nowhere to go.
“我將絲毫也不躊躇。到那時候她就會比過去任何時候都更需要我了。當她被人拋棄，受盡屈辱，身心交瘁，如果她無處可以投奔，那就太可怕了?！?/div>
He seemed to bear no resentment. I suppose it was commonplace in me that I felt slightly outraged at his lack of spirit. Perhaps he guessed what was in my mind, for he said:
施特略夫似乎一點也不生她的氣。也許我這人太平凡了，所以對他這種沒有骨氣竟有一些惱火。他可能猜到我的想法了，因為他這么說：
I couldn't expect her to love me as I loved her. I'm a buffoon. I'm not the sort of man that women love. I've always known that. I can't blame her if she's fallen in love with Strickland.
“我不能希望她象我愛她那樣愛我。我是滑稽角色。我不是那種叫女人鐘情的男子漢。這一點我早就知道。如果她愛上了思特里克蘭德，我不能責怪她?！?/div>
You certainly have less vanity than any man I've ever known, I said.
“我還從來沒見到過有誰象你這樣沒有自尊心的呢，”我說。
| 重點單詞 | 查看全部解釋 | |||
| certain | ['sə:tn] |
想一想再看 adj. 確定的，必然的，特定的 |
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| vanity | ['væniti] |
想一想再看 n. 虛榮心，浮華，自負，無價值的東西 |
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| slightly | ['slaitli] |
想一想再看 adv. 些微地，苗條地 |
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| commonplace | ['kɔmənpleis] |
想一想再看 adj. 平凡的，陳腐的 |
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| resentment | [ri'zentmənt] |
想一想再看 n. 怨恨，憤恨 |
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| disapproval | [.disə'pru:vəl] |
想一想再看 n. 不贊成 |
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| weakness | ['wi:knis] |
想一想再看 n. 軟弱 |
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| silence | ['sailəns] |
想一想再看 n. 沉默，寂靜 |
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| humiliated |
想一想再看 v. 屈辱（humiliate的過去式）；使…丟臉，使… |
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| blame | [bleim] |
想一想再看 n. 過失，責備 |
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