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Chapter 40
第四十章
For the next month, occupied with my own affairs, I saw no one connected with this lamentable business, and my mind ceased to be occupied with it. But one day, when I was walking along, bent on some errand, I passed Charles Strickland. The sight of him brought back to me all the horror which I was not unwilling to forget, and I felt in me a sudden repulsion for the cause of it. Nodding, for it would have been childish to cut him, I walked on quickly; but in a minute I felt a hand on my shoulder.
在施特略夫離開以后的一個月里，我忙于自己的事務(wù)，再也沒有見到過哪個同這件悲慘事件有關(guān)的人，我也不再去想它了。但是有一天，正當(dāng)我出外辦事的時候，卻在路上看到了查理斯·思特里克蘭德。一見到他，那些我寧肯忘掉的令人氣憤的事馬上又回到我的腦子里來，我對這個造成這場禍?zhǔn)碌娜烁械揭魂囅訍骸５茄鹧b不見也未免大孩子氣，我還是對他點(diǎn)了點(diǎn)頭，然后加快了腳步，繼續(xù)走自己的路。可是馬上就有一只手搭在我的肩膀上。
"You're in a great hurry," he said cordially.
“你挺忙啊。”他熱誠地說。
It was characteristic of him to display geniality with anyone who showed a disinclination to meet him, and the coolness of my greeting can have left him in little doubt of that.
對于任何一個不屑于理他的人他總是非常親切，這是思特里克蘭德的一個特點(diǎn)；從我剛才同他打招呼時的冷淡態(tài)度，他清楚地知道我對他的看法。
"I am," I answered briefly.
“挺忙。”我的回答非常簡短。
"I'll walk along with you," he said.
“我同你一起走一段路。”他說。
"Why?" I asked.
“干什么？”我問。
"For the pleasure of your society."
“因為高興同你在一起。”
I did not answer, and he walked by my side silently. We continued thus for perhaps a quarter of a mile. I began to feel a little ridiculous. At last we passed a stationer's, and it occurred to me that I might as well buy some paper. It would be an excuse to be rid of him.
我沒有說什么，他默不作聲地伴著我走。我們就這樣走了大約四分之一里路。我開始覺得有一點(diǎn)滑稽。最后我們走過一家文具店，我突然想到我不妨進(jìn)去買些紙，這樣我就可以把他甩掉了。
"I'm going in here," I said. "Good-bye."
“我要進(jìn)去買點(diǎn)東西，”我說，“再見。”
"I'll wait for you."
“我等著你。”
I shrugged my shoulders, and went into the shop. I reflected that French paper was bad, and that, foiled of my purpose, I need not burden myself with a purchase that I did not need. I asked for something I knew could not be provided, and in a minute came out into the street.
我聳了聳肩膀，便走進(jìn)文具店去。我想到法國紙并不好，既然我原來的打算已經(jīng)落空，自然也就用不著買一些我不需要的東西增加負(fù)擔(dān)了。于是我問了一兩樣他們準(zhǔn)不會有的東西，一分鐘以后就走出來了。
