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I said that a Radcliffe music major could probably compose a nice little negative RSVP without professional guidance.
我說(shuō)，一個(gè)拉德克利夫?qū)W院音樂(lè)專業(yè)的學(xué)生要寫一封婉言謝絕的短信，大概無(wú)須行家指點(diǎn)吧。
"Listen,Oliver," she said, "I've probably lied or cheated in my life. But I've never deliberately hurt anyone. I don't think I could. "
“聽著，奧利佛，”她說(shuō)，“我這輩子可能撒過(guò)謊，騙過(guò)人，可我從來(lái)沒有存心傷害過(guò)什么人。這種事兒我想我是干不來(lái)的。”
Really, at that moment she was only hurting me, so I asked her politely to handle the RSVP in whatever manner she wished, as long as the essence of the message was that we wouldn't show unless hell froze over. I returned once again to The State v. Percival.
事實(shí)上，她此時(shí)此刻卻正在傷害我，于是我客客氣氣地請(qǐng)她全權(quán)處理“請(qǐng)賜回示”的事兒，隨她用什么方式都行，只要回示的實(shí)質(zhì)是：除非地獄封凍，我們決不赴宴。說(shuō)完，我便再次回過(guò)頭來(lái)對(duì)付“珀西瓦爾公訴案”。
"What's the number?" I heard her say very softly. She was at the telephone.
“號(hào)碼是多少?”我聽到她輕聲細(xì)氣地問(wèn)。她已站在電話機(jī)旁。
"Can't you just write a note?"
“你就不能寫個(gè)便條嗎?”
"In a minute I'll lose my nerve. What's the number?"
“再過(guò)一分鐘我就沒有勇氣了。號(hào)碼是多少?”
I told her and was instantly immersed in Percival's appeal to the Supreme Court. I was not listening to Jenny. That is, I tried not to. She was in the same room, after all.
我告訴了她，旋即潛心研讀起珀西瓦爾呈交最髙法院的上訴書。我沒去聽詹妮打電話。確切地說(shuō)，我盡量不去聽。可她畢竟是在同一間屋子里。
"Oh — good evening, sir,"I heard her say.
“哦——晚上好，先生，”我聽見她在說(shuō)。
She had her hand over the mouthpiece.
她用手捂住話筒。
"Ollie, does it have to be negative?"
“奧利，非回絕不可嗎?”
The nod of my head indicated that it had to be,the wave of my hand indicated that she should hurry up.
我點(diǎn)點(diǎn)頭，表示非回絕不可；我又揮揮手，表示她得趕快把事兒了結(jié)。
"I'm terribly sorry," she said into the phone. "I mean, we're terribly sorry,sir …"
“我很抱歉，”她朝電話里說(shuō)。“我是說(shuō)，我們感到很抱歉，先生……”
