月亮和六便士 第四十一章(7)

 I was silent for a while. 我沉默了一会儿。

"What did you expect her to do when you left her?" “你离开她以后想到她要做什么吗？”

"She could have gone back to Stroeve," he said irritably¹. "He was ready to take her." “她满可以回到施特略夫身边去的，”他气冲冲地说，“施特略夫巴不得她回去的。”

"You're inhuman," I answered. “你不通人性，”我回答说。

"It's as useless to talk to you about these things as to describe colours to a man who was born blind." “同你谈这些事一点用也没有，就象跟瞎子形容颜色一样。”

He stopped in front of my chair, and stood looking down at me with an expression in which I read a contemptuous amazement². 他在我的椅子前边站住，低下头来望着我；我看出来他脸上的表情满含轻蔑，又充满了惊诧。

"Do you really care a twopenny damn if Blanche Stroeve is alive or dead?" “勃朗什·施特略夫活着也好，死了也好，难道你真的那么关心吗？”

I thought over his question, for I wanted to answer it truthfully, at all events to my soul. 我想了想他提出的这个问题，因为我想真实地回答，无论如何一定要是我的真实思想。

"It may be a lack of sympathy in myself if it does not make any great difference to me that she is dead. “如果说她死了对我一点儿也无所谓，那我也未免太没有人心了。

Life had a great deal to offer her. 生活能够给她的东西很多，

I think it's terrible that she should have been deprived of it in that cruel way, and I am ashamed because I do not really care." 她这样残酷地被剥夺去生命，我认为是一件非常可怕的事。但是我也觉得很惭愧，因为说实在的，我并不太关心。”

"You have not the courage of your convictions. “你没有勇气坦白承认你真正的思想。

Life has no value. 生命并没有什么价值。

Blanche Stroeve didn't commit suicide because I left her, but because she was a foolish and unbalanced woman. 勃朗什·施特略夫自杀并不是因为我抛弃了她，而是因为她太傻，因为她精神不健全。

But we've talked about her quite enough; she was an entirely³ unimportant person. 但是咱们谈论她已经够多的了，她实在是个一点也不重要的角色。

Come, and I'll show you my pictures." 来吧，我让你看看我的画。”

1 irritably   

ad.易生气地

参考例句：

• He lost his temper and snapped irritably at the children. 他发火了，暴躁地斥责孩子们。
• On this account the silence was irritably broken by a reproof. 为了这件事，他妻子大声斥责，令人恼火地打破了宁静。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹

2 amazement   

n.惊奇，惊讶

参考例句：

• All those around him looked at him with amazement.周围的人都对他投射出惊异的眼光。
• He looked at me in blank amazement.他带着迷茫惊诧的神情望着我。

3 entirely   

ad.全部地，完整地；完全地，彻底地

参考例句：

• The fire was entirely caused by their neglect of duty. 那场火灾完全是由于他们失职而引起的。
• His life was entirely given up to the educational work. 他的一生统统献给了教育工作。