The Great Gatsby — Page 13

「我是做债券的。」

"I'm a bond man."

「跟哪家公司？」

"Who with?"

我告诉了他。

I told him.

「从没听说过，」他斩钉截铁地说。

"Never heard of them," he remarked decisively.

这让我有些恼火。

This annoyed me.

「你会听说的，」我简短地回答道。「只要你留在东部，你就会听说的。」

"You will," I answered shortly. "You will if you stay in the East."

「哦，我会留在东部的，你放心好了，」他说，先瞥了戴西一眼，又把目光转回到我身上，仿佛在等待着什么。「住在别的地方才是见鬼了呢。」

"Oh, I'll stay in the East, don't you worry," he said, glancing at Daisy and then back at me, as if he were alert for something more. "I'd be a God damned fool to live anywhere else."

就在这时，贝克小姐突然脱口而出：「一点不错！」——那么猝然，把我都吓了一跳。这是她自我进屋以来说的第一句话。显然她自己也感到意外，因为她打了个哈欠，随即做了一连串迅速而利落的动作，站了起来，走到房间中央。

At this point Miss Baker said: "Absolutely!" with such suddenness that I started—it was the first word she had uttered since I came into the room. Evidently it surprised her as much as it did me, for she yawned and with a series of rapid, deft movements stood up into the room.

「我浑身发僵，」她抱怨道，「我躺在那张沙发上，记不清有多久了。」

"I'm stiff," she complained, "I've been lying on that sofa for as long as I can remember."

「别怪我，」戴西反唇相讥，「我整个下午都想拉你去纽约的。」

"Don't look at me," Daisy retorted, "I've been trying to get you to New York all afternoon."

「不，谢谢，」贝克小姐对着刚从备餐室端出来的四杯鸡尾酒说，「我正在严格训练中。」

"No, thanks," said Miss Baker to the four cocktails just in from the pantry. "I'm absolutely in training."

她的主人难以置信地望着她。

Her host looked at her incredulously.

「真的！」他一饮而尽，就像杯底只剩一滴酒似的。「你到底是怎么把事情做成的，我实在搞不明白。」

"You are!" He took down his drink as if it were a drop in the bottom of a glass. "How you ever get anything done is beyond me."

我望着贝克小姐，心里纳闷她究竟「把什么事做成了」。我很享受看着她。

I looked at Miss Baker, wondering what it was she "got done." I enjoyed looking at her.