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He duly summoned me to his presence in the evening.
傍晚時他按時把我叫了去。
I had prepared an occupation for him; for I was determined not to spend the whole time in a tête-à-tête conversation.
我早已準備了事兒讓他干，因為我決不想整個晚上跟他這么促膝談心。
I remembered his fine voice; I knew he liked to sing -- good singers generally do.
我記得他的嗓子很漂亮，還知道他喜歡唱歌--好歌手一般都這樣。
I was no vocalist myself, and, in his fastidious judgment, no musician, either;
我自己不會唱歌，而且按他那種苛刻的標準，我也不懂音樂；
but I delighted in listening when the performance was good.
但我喜歡聽出色的表演。
No sooner had twilight, that hour of romance, began to lower her blue and starry banner over the lattice,
黃昏薄暮的浪漫時刻，剛把星光閃爍的藍色旗幟降到窗格上，
than I rose, opened the piano, and entreated him, for the love of heaven, to give me a song.
我便立起身來，打開鋼琴，求他一定得給我唱個歌。
He said I was a capricious witch, and that he would rather sing another time;
他說我是個捉摸不透的女巫，他還是其他時候唱好，
but I averred that no time was like the present.
但我口口聲聲說沒有比現在更合適了。
