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Tiare sighed.
蒂阿瑞嘆了口氣。
"Ah, I wish I were fifteen again."
“啊，我真希望我再回到十五歲的年紀?！?/div>
Then she caught sight of a cat trying to get at a dish of prawns on the kitchen table, and with a dexterous gesture and a lively volley of abuse flung a book at its scampering tail.
這時，她忽然看見一只貓正在廚房桌上偷對蝦吃，隨著連珠炮似的一串咒罵，她又麻利又準確地把一本書扔在倉皇逃跑的貓尾巴上。
"I asked him if he was happy with Ata.
“我問他同愛塔一起生活幸福不幸福?！?/div>
"'She leaves me alone,' he said. 'She cooks my food and looks after her babies. She does what I tell her. She gives me what I want from a woman.'
“‘她不打擾我，’他說?！o我做飯，照管孩子。我叫她做什么她就做什么。凡是我要求一個女人的，她都給我了。’”
"'And do you never regret Europe? Do you not yearn sometimes for the light of the streets in Paris or London, the companionship of your friends, and equals, que sais-je? for theatres and newspapers, and the rumble of omnibuses on the cobbled pavements?'
“‘你離開歐洲從來也沒有后悔過嗎？有的時候你是不是也懷念巴黎或倫敦街頭的燈火？懷念你的朋友、伙伴？還有我不知道的一些東西，劇院呀、報紙呀、公共馬車隆隆走過鵝卵石路的聲響？’”
"For a long time he was silent. Then he said:"'I shall stay here till I die.'
很久，很久，他一句話也沒有說。最后他開口道：“‘我愿意待在這里，一直到我死。’”
"'But are you never bored or lonely?' I asked.
“‘但是你就從來也不感到厭煩，不感到寂寞？’”我問道。
"He chuckled.
他咯咯地笑了幾聲。
"'Mon pauvre ami,' he said. 'It is evident that you do not know what it is to be an artist.'"
“‘我可憐的朋友，’他說，‘很清楚，你不懂作一個藝術家是怎么回事?！?/div>
Capitaine Brunot turned to me with a gentle smile, and there was a wonderful look in his dark, kind eyes.
布呂諾船長轉過頭來對我微微一笑，他的一雙和藹的黑眼睛里閃著奇妙的光輝。
"He did me an injustice, for I too know what it is to have dreams. I have my visions too. In my way I also am an artist."
“他這樣說對我可太不公平了，因為我也知道什么叫懷著夢想。我自己就也有幻想。從某一方面講，我自己也是個藝術家?！?/p>
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