【經(jīng)典名著閱讀】《德伯家的苔絲》第八章(上)
作者:托馬斯·哈代
2011-10-12 11:21
'Safe, thank God, in spite of your fooling!' said she, her face on fire.
“雖然你這樣莽撞,不過總算安全了,謝天謝地!”她說,臉上都是激動的神情。
'Tess - fie! that's temper!' said d'Urberville.
“苔絲——別說啦!也別發(fā)脾氣啦!”德貝維爾說。
'Tis truth.'
“我說的可是真話?!?/div>
'Well, you need not let go your hold of me so thanklessly the moment you feel yourself out of danger.'She had not considered what she had been doing; whether he were man or woman, stick or stone, in her involuntary hold on him. Recovering her reserve she sat without replying, and thus they reached the summit of another declivity.
“好啦,你不應(yīng)該剛一覺得危險過去了,連謝謝都不說一聲就撒開了手呀。”她先前并沒有意識到她剛才干了些什么;在她不自覺地?fù)е臅r候,她并沒有想到他是男人還是女人,是根子還是石頭。她又恢復(fù)了她的矜持冷淡,坐在那兒不再搭話,他們就這樣一直走到另一個山坡的頂上。
'Now then, again!' said d'Urberville.
“喂,又要下山啦!”德貝維爾說。
'No, no!' said Tess. 'Show more sense, do, please.'
“不要亂來,不要亂來!”苔絲說:“請你一定要多一些理智,先生。”
'But when people find themselves on one of the highest points in the county, they must get down again,' he retorted.
“不過,當(dāng)人到了這個地區(qū)最高的山頂上,都肯定要沖下山去的,”他反駁說。
He loosened rein, and away they went a second time. D'Urberville turned his face to her as they rocked, and said, in playful raillery: 'Now then, put your arms round my waist again, as you did before, my Beauty.'
他把韁繩索一松,第二次向山下沖去。他們在車?yán)飺u晃著,德貝維爾把臉扭向苔絲,嘻皮笑臉地說:“喂,你用胳膊抱著我的腰吧,就像你剛才抱著的那樣,我的美人?!?/div>
'Never!' said Tess independently, holding on as well as she could without touching him.
“決不!”苔絲堅決地說,一面盡力堅持住自己,不去碰他。
'Let me put one little kiss on those holmberry lips, Tess, or even on that warmed cheek, and I'll stop - on my honour, I will!'
“你要是讓我親一親你那兩片冬青漿果似的嘴唇①,苔絲,要不就讓我親一親你那發(fā)熱的臉,我就停下來——我用人格擔(dān)保我會停下來的?!?/div>
Tess, surprised beyond measure, slid farther back still on her seat, at which he urged the horse anew, and rocked her the more.
苔絲驚奇得無以形容,在她的座位上向后挪得更遠(yuǎn)了些,德貝維爾又催馬跑了起來,把苔絲搖晃得更加厲害了。
①原文Hollyberry,意為冬青漿果。Holly為一種冬青樹,常綠灌木中的一種,葉失而硬,有光澤,其樹枝被用來作圣誕節(jié)的裝飾。Hollyberry即冬青樹冬季結(jié)的漿果,色鮮紅,美艷。
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