Lesson 3 Rope《绳》by Katherine Anne Porter(15)

黄源深English Book7 第3课 Lesson Three Rope的部分译文

样地住在这地方，他们确实需要那么许多东西，唉，她就恨不得哭，就是怎么回事。她看上去可怜巴巴、这么失魂落魄、这么绝望，他简直没法相信，只因为一条绳竟然引起这场争吵。看在老天份上，到底是怎么回事？

Oh, would he please hush and go away, and stay away, if he could, for five minutes? By all means, yes, he would. He'd stay away indefinitely if she wished. Lord, yes, there was nothing he'd like better than to clear out and never come back. She couldn't for the life of her see what was holding him, then. It was a swell time. Here she was, stuck, miles from a railroad, with a half-empty house on her hands, and not a penny in her pocket, and everything on earth to do; it seemed the God-sent moment for him to get out from under. She was surprised he