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"He's over there by the bookcase," she said. "Let's wait till those people get through talking to him. Well, I think you're simply marvelous, giving this perfectly marvelous party for him, and having him meet all these white people, and all. Isn't he terribly grateful?"
“他在那邊的書架旁，”她說，“我們等他和那些人說完了再過去吧。嗯，我覺得你真是太了不起了，為他舉辦了這么精彩的晚會，讓他和這些白人見面，這些全部棒極了。他是不是對你感激之至？”
"I hope not," said her host.
主人說：“我希望他不會。”
"I think it's really terribly nice," she said. "I do. I don't see why on earth it isn't perfectly all right to meet colored people. I haven't any feeling at all about it—not one single bit. Burton—oh, he's just the other way. Well, you know, he comes from Virginia, and you know how they are."
“我想這真是太棒了，”她說，“我真是這樣想的。我不明白與黑人見面究竟有什么不妥？對此我沒有絲毫反感——一丁點兒也沒有。伯頓——哦，就恰好相反。唉，你知道，他來自弗吉尼亞。你知道那里的人很反感黑人的。”
"Did he come tonight?" said her host.
“今晚他來了嗎？”主人問道。
"No, he couldn't," she said. "I'm a regular grass widow tonight. I told him when I left, 'There's no telling what I'll do,' I said. He was just so tired out, he couldn't move. Isn't it a shame?"
“沒有，他來不了，”她說，“我今晚沒有丈夫陪。出家門的時候我對他說：‘很難說我會做出什么事。’他可累壞了，動都不能動了。這難道不遺憾嗎？”
"Ah," said her host.
“是啊，”主人說道。
