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He had no choice but to demonstrate his indifference to her. Quietly, thoroughly, he washed the rest of the dishes. Then he dried them and put them away. He wiped the counters and the stove.
他別無選擇，只好也對她表現(xiàn)出滿不在乎的樣子。他一聲不響地洗完了剩下的盤子，然后把它們擦干放好。他還擦了擦臺面和灶臺。
While he was at it, he decided, he might as well mop the floor. When he was done the kitchen looked new, the way it looked when they were first shown the house.
擦洗的時候，他決定不如把地也拖一拖。所有活都干完了，廚房里煥然一新，看起來和當(dāng)初他們來看房子時一樣。
He picked up the garbage pail and went outside. The night was clear and he could see a few stars to the west, where the lights of the town didn't blur them out. On El Camino the traffic was steady and light, peaceful as a river. He felt ashamed that he had let his wife get him into a fight. In another thirty years or so they would both be dead. What would all that stuff matter then? He thought of the years they had spent together, and how close they were, and how well they knew each other, and his throat tightened so that he could hardly breathe.
他拿起垃圾桶走了出去。夜空清朗，他可以看到西邊的天空有幾顆星星在閃爍，城市的燈火并沒有掩蓋它們的光芒。在埃爾卡米諾大街上，車輛不多，寧靜得像一條河流。他覺得很羞愧，他居然和妻子吵了一架。再過30來年，他們可能都不在人世了。那這些問題還有什么重要的呢？他想起了他們共同走過的日子，想起了那時的他們是多么親密，多么了解對方啊！想到這兒，他感到喉嚨發(fā)緊，幾乎不能呼吸了。
The house was dark when he came back inside. She was in the bathroom. He stood outside the door and called her name. "Ann, I'm really sorry," he said. "I'll make it up to you. I promise."
當(dāng)他回來時，家里一片漆黑。妻子在浴室里。他站在門口，叫了她的名字?！鞍玻鎸Σ黄?，”他說，“我會彌補我的過錯。我保證?！?/div>
"How?" she said.
“怎么彌補？”她說。
He knew that he had to come up with the right answer. He leaned against the door. "I'll marry you," he whispered.
他知道他必須作出正確的回答。他倚在門上，低聲對她說：“我會娶你?！?/p>
