A Room with a View — Page 10

「我对乔治了解不多，因为他还没学会说话。他看起来是个不错的人，我觉得他很聪明。当然，他有他父亲所有的习惯，很有可能他也会成为一个社会主义者。」

"I hardly know George, for he hasn't learnt to talk yet. He seems a nice creature, and I think he has brains. Of course, he has all his father's mannerisms, and it is quite possible that he, too, may be a Socialist."

「哦，您让我放心了，」巴特利特小姐说道。「那么您认为我应该接受他们的提议？您觉得我太狭隘、太多疑了吗？」

"Oh, you relieve me," said Miss Bartlett. "So you think I ought to have accepted their offer? You feel I have been narrow-minded and suspicious?"

「完全不是，」他回答道，「我从来没有这样暗示过。」

"Not at all," he answered; "I never suggested that."

「但无论如何，我难道不应该为我表面上的无礼道歉吗？」

"But ought I not to apologize, at all events, for my apparent rudeness?"

他有些不耐烦地回答说完全没有必要，然后从座位上站起身，走向吸烟室。

He replied, with some irritation, that it would be quite unnecessary, and got up from his seat to go to the smoking-room.

「我让他感到厌烦了吗？」巴特利特小姐在他一消失便问道。「露西，你为什么不说话呢？我确信他喜欢年轻人。我真希望我没有独占他。我本希望你能整个晚上都陪着他，就像整个晚餐时那样。」

"Was I a bore?" said Miss Bartlett, as soon as he had disappeared. "Why didn't you talk, Lucy? He prefers young people, I'm sure. I do hope I haven't monopolized him. I hoped you would have him all the evening, as well as all dinner-time."

「他人很好，」露西叫道。「跟我记忆中一模一样。他似乎能看到每个人身上的优点。没有人会把他当成一个牧师。」

"He is nice," exclaimed Lucy. "Just what I remember. He seems to see good in everyone. No one would take him for a clergyman."

「我亲爱的露西娅——」

"My dear Lucia—"

「好吧，你知道我的意思。而且你也知道牧师们通常是怎么笑的；比比先生笑起来就像个普通人一样。」

"Well, you know what I mean. And you know how clergymen generally laugh; Mr. Beebe laughs just like an ordinary man."

「真是个有趣的姑娘！你真让我想起你的母亲。我不知道她是否会喜欢比比先生。」

"Funny girl! How you do remind me of your mother. I wonder if she will approve of Mr. Beebe."

「我确信她会的；弗雷迪也会的。」

"I'm sure she will; and so will Freddy.