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In the Law School library, I prowled the rows of grinding students, looking and looking. Upand back, at least half a dozen times. Though I didn't utter a sound, I knew my glance was so intense, my face so fierce, I was disturbing the whole place. Who cares?
在法學院圖書館里，我在一排排專心學習的學生中間來回穿行，不停地東張西望。走過來又走過去，來回至少轉了六趟。盡管我一聲沒吭，我卻知道自己目光緊張，臉色嚇人，那地方全被我攪和了。管它呢！
But Jenny wasn't there.
但詹妮沒在那兒。
Then all through Harkness Commons,the lounge,the cafeteria. Then a wild sprint to look aroundAgassiz Hall at Radcliffe. Not there, either. I was running everywhere now, my legs trying to catch up with the pace of my heart.
接著我把哈克尼斯公共食堂、休息室、小吃部全都搜了個遍。然后又以全力沖刺的速度跑到拉德克利夫學院的阿加西斯樓，四處搜尋。那兒也沒有。于是我又到處奔跑，雙腿盡力想跟上我的心跳速度。
Paine Hall? (Ironic goddamn name!) Downstairs are piano practice rooms. I know Jenny. When she's angry, she pounds the keyboard. Right? But how about when she's scared to death?
潘恩樓？（該死的名字，還真有點兒諷刺意味!）樓下是練琴房。我知道詹妮的脾性。她發火時總是拼命敲打琴鍵。對不對？但是在她快被嚇死的時候又會怎么樣呢？
It's crazy walking down the corridor, practice rooms on either side. The sounds of Mozart and Bartok, Bach and Brahms filter out from the doors and blend into this weird infernal sound.
走廊兩側都是練琴房，在這種地方行走，真能讓人發瘋！莫扎特、巴爾托克、巴赫和勃拉姆斯的樂曲聲從門縫里泄出來，匯成這么一片古怪的鬼哭狼嚎似的聲音。
Jenny's got to be here!
詹妮肯定就在這兒！
Instinct made me stop at a door where I heard the pounding (angry?) sound of a Chopin prelude. I paused for a second. The playing was lousy —— stops and starts and many mistakes.At one pause I heard a girl's voice mutter, "Shit!" It had to be Jenny. I flung open the door.
我聽到一間琴房里，有人在(生氣地?)狠命彈著肖邦的一首前奏。出于直覺，我在門口收住了腳步。我遲疑了片刻。琴彈得糟透了，停停又開始，開始了又停下，錯誤百出。在一次停頓時，我聽到一個姑娘的聲音在嘟噥：“他媽的!”這肯定是詹妮。我砰地一聲把門推開。
