The Great Gatsby — Page 49

她在前一周的决赛中落败了。

She had lost in the finals the week before.

"你们不知道我们是谁，"一个穿黄衣服的女孩说，"但我们大约一个月前在这里见过你。"

"You don't know who we are," said one of the girls in yellow, "but we met you here about a month ago."

"你从那以后染了头发，"乔丹说道，我吓了一跳，但那两个女孩已经漫不经心地走开了，她的话其实是对着那轮早早升起的月亮说的——那月亮想必也像晚餐一样，是从承办酒席者的篮子里变出来的。

"You've dyed your hair since then," remarked Jordan, and I started, but the girls had moved casually on and her remark was addressed to the premature moon, produced like the supper, no doubt, out of a caterer's basket.

乔丹纤细的金臂挽着我，我们走下台阶，在花园里漫步。

With Jordan's slender golden arm resting in mine, we descended the steps and sauntered about the garden.

一托盘鸡尾酒在暮色中向我们飘来，我们和那两个穿黄衣服的女孩以及三个男人坐在一张桌子旁，每个男人介绍给我们时都叫做「芒布尔先生」。

A tray of cocktails floated at us through the twilight, and we sat down at a table with the two girls in yellow and three men, each one introduced to us as Mr. Mumble.

"你常来参加这些派对吗？"乔丹问坐在她旁边的女孩。

"Do you come to these parties often?" inquired Jordan of the girl beside her.

"上一次就是我遇见你的那次，"那女孩用一种机敏自信的声音回答道。

"The last one was the one I met you at," answered the girl, in an alert confident voice.

她转向她的同伴："你也是那次来的吗，露西尔？"

She turned to her companion: "Wasn't it for you, Lucille?"

露西尔也是那次来的。

It was for Lucille, too.

"我喜欢来，"露西尔说。"我从不在乎自己做什么，所以我总是玩得很开心。上次我在这里时，我的礼服被椅子钩破了，他问了我的姓名和地址——不到一周，我就收到了一个来自克鲁瓦里耶的包裹，里面是一件新的晚礼服。"

"I like to come," Lucille said. "I never care what I do, so I always have a good time. When I was here last I tore my gown on a chair, and he asked me my name and address—inside of a week I got a package from Croirier's with a new evening gown in it."

"你留下了吗？"乔丹问。

"Did you keep it?" asked Jordan.

"当然留下了。

"Sure I did.