A Room with a View — Page 13
她没有继续深究此事，因为比伯先生重新出现了，神情十分愉快。
She proceeded no further into things, for Mr. Beebe reappeared, looking extremely pleasant.
「巴特利特小姐，」他喊道，「房间的事解决了。我真高兴。爱默生先生在吸烟室里提起这件事，我知道情况后，便鼓励他再次提出这个请求。他让我来征询您的意见。他会非常高兴的。」
"Miss Bartlett," he cried, "it's all right about the rooms. I'm so glad. Mr. Emerson was talking about it in the smoking-room, and knowing what I did, I encouraged him to make the offer again. He has let me come and ask you. He would be so pleased."
「哦，夏洛特，」露西向她的表姐喊道，「我们现在一定要接受那些房间。那位老先生真是再好不过、再体贴不过了。」
"Oh, Charlotte," cried Lucy to her cousin, "we must have the rooms now. The old man is just as nice and kind as he can be."
巴特利特小姐沉默不语。
Miss Bartlett was silent.
「我恐怕，」比伯先生沉默片刻后说，「我太多管闲事了。我必须为我的干涉道歉。」
"I fear," said Mr. Beebe, after a pause, "that I have been officious. I must apologize for my interference."
他面露明显的不悦，转身欲离去。直到此时，巴特利特小姐才开口回答：「我自己的意愿，亲爱的露西，与你的相比是无关紧要的。如果我阻止你在佛罗伦萨随心所欲，那实在太过分了，何况我能来这里全靠你的好意。如果你希望我请那两位先生让出他们的房间，我愿意照办。那么，比伯先生，请您好意转告爱默生先生，我接受他的好意提议，然后请带他来见我，以便我能亲自向他道谢。」
Gravely displeased, he turned to go. Not till then did Miss Bartlett reply: "My own wishes, dearest Lucy, are unimportant in comparison with yours. It would be hard indeed if I stopped you doing as you liked at Florence, when I am only here through your kindness. If you wish me to turn these gentlemen out of their rooms, I will do it. Would you then, Mr. Beebe, kindly tell Mr. Emerson that I accept his kind offer, and then conduct him to me, in order that I may thank him personally?"
她说话时提高了声音；这番话传遍了整个客厅，令圭尔夫派和吉伯林派的争论也为之沉寂。那位牧师心中暗骂女人，鞠了个躬，带着她的话离开了。
She raised her voice as she spoke; it was heard all over the drawing-room, and silenced the Guelfs and the Ghibellines. The clergyman, inwardly cursing the female sex, bowed, and departed with her message.
「记住，露西，这件事只与我一人有关。」
"Remember, Lucy, I alone am implicated in this.
Vocabulary
- proceeded
- 继续进行某事或向前推进
- further
- 更远地；进一步地
- reappeared
- 再次出现；重新露面
- extremely
- 极其；非常，程度副词
- pleasant
- 令人愉快的；和蔼的
- cried
- 大声喊叫；呼喊说出
- glad
- 高兴的；感到愉快的
- smoking-room
- 专供吸烟的休息室
- encouraged
- 鼓励某人做某事
- offer
- 提议；提出的建议
- pleased
- 感到满意或高兴的
- cousin
- 堂兄弟姐妹或表兄弟姐妹
- kind
- 善良的；友好的
- silent
- 沉默的；不出声的
- fear
- 恐惧；害怕某事发生
- pause
- 短暂停顿；暂停一下
- officious
- 爱管闲事的；多管闲事的
- apologize
- 道歉；为错误表示歉意
- interference
- 干涉；干预他人事务
- Gravely
- 严肃地；庄重地
- displeased
- 不满的；感到不悦的
- till
- 直到……才；until的同义词
- reply
- 回答；答复
- wishes
- 愿望；希望得到的事情
- dearest
- 最亲爱的，对亲近者的称呼
- unimportant
- 不重要的；无关紧要的
- comparison
- 比较；对比
- indeed
- 确实；真正地，表示强调
- kindness
- 善意；仁慈；好意
- gentlemen
- 先生们；对男性的礼貌称呼
- kindly
- 请；客气地，表示礼貌地请求
- accept
- 接受；同意接纳
- conduct
- 行为举止；处事方式
- personally
- 亲自；当面地
- raised
- 提高；抬高声音或物体
- voice
- 声音；说话的嗓音
- drawing-room
- 客厅；供待客的正式起居室
- silenced
- 使……安静；压制声音或话语
- clergyman
- 牧师；基督教的神职人员
- inwardly
- 内心地；在心里暗暗地
- cursing
- 诅咒；心中咒骂某人或事
- female
- 女性的；属于女性的
- sex
- 性别；男女之别
- bowed
- 鞠躬；弯腰表示礼貌或尊敬
- departed
- 离开；离去
- message
- 消息；传达的信息
- implicated
- 牵涉其中；与某事有关联
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