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I don't want to tell Wayan about it, not until all the money has been raised. It's hard to keep a big secret like this, especially when she's in such constant worry about her future, but I don't want to get her hopes up until it is official. So for the whole week, I keep my mouth shut about my plans, and I keep myself occupied having dinner almost every night with Felipe the Brazilian, who doesn't seem to mind that I own only one nice dress.
在籌得所有的錢之前，我不打算告訴大姐這件事。保守這么大的秘密可不容易，尤其在她一天到晚擔心自身未來的時候，但在最終底定之前，我不希望讓她期望太高。因此整整一個禮拜，我閉口不提自己的計劃，讓自己幾乎天天晚上忙著和似乎不介意我只擁有一件洋裝的巴西人斐利貝吃晚飯。
I guess I have a crush on him. After a few dinners, I'm fairly certain I have a crush on him. He's more than he appears, this self-proclaimed "bullshit master" who knows everyone in Ubud and is always the center of the party. I asked Armenia about him. They've been friends for a while. I said, "That Felipe—he's got more depth than the others, doesn't he? There's something more to him, isn't there?" She said, "Oh, yes. He's a good, kind man. But he's been through a hard divorce. I think he's come to Bali to recover."
我想我有點迷戀他。吃過幾回晚飯后，我很確定自己迷戀上了他。這位自稱"臭屁大王"的認識烏布所有人的人，總是派對中的核心人物，但他這個人不僅僅像他所表現的那樣而已。我向亞美尼亞問起斐利貝，他們是好一陣子的朋友。我問："那個斐利貝——他比其他人更有深度，是吧？他身上有更多東西，對吧？"她說："喔，是的，他是個親切的好人。但他經歷過一次艱苦的離婚。我想他來巴厘島是為了讓自己痊愈。"
Ah—now this is a subject I know nothing about.
啊——這件事我可一無所知。
But he's fifty-two years old. This is interesting. Have I truly reached the age where a fiftytwo-year-old man is within my realm of dating consideration? I like him, though. He's got silver hair and he's balding in an attractively Picassoesque manner. His eyes are warm and brown. He has a gentle face and he smells wonderful. And he is an actual grown man. The adult male of the species—a bit of a novelty in my experience.
不過他是五十二歲的人，這很有趣。我怎么已屆這種年齡，將五十二歲男人列入約會對象的考慮？盡管如此，我還是喜歡他。他有銀白色的頭發，以不失迷人的畢加索方式漸漸禿頂。他有一雙溫暖的棕色眼睛。他面容柔和，而且聞起來很香。他是真正的成年男人。這種類型的成熟男子，對我而言是嶄新的體驗。
