The Great Gatsby — Page 85

我也穿着一条新的格子呢裙子，裙子在风中微微飘动，每当这种情况发生时，所有房子前面的红、白、蓝三色旗帜便会绷直伸展，发出嘟嘟嘟嘟的声音，带着一种不以为然的意味。

I had on a new plaid skirt also that blew a little in the wind, and whenever this happened the red, white, and blue banners in front of all the houses stretched out stiff and said tut-tut-tut-tut, in a disapproving way.

那些旗帜中最大的一面，以及最宽阔的一片草坪，都属于黛西·费伊的家。她刚刚十八岁，比我大两岁，是路易斯维尔所有年轻女孩中最受欢迎的一位。

The largest of the banners and the largest of the lawns belonged to Daisy Fay's house. She was just eighteen, two years older than me, and by far the most popular of all the young girls in Louisville.

她总是穿着白色的衣服，有一辆小巧的白色敞篷车，整天她家的电话铃声不断，来自坎普·泰勒军营的热情洋溢的年轻军官们争相要求独占她那一晚的时间。

She dressed in white, and had a little white roadster, and all day long the telephone rang in her house and excited young officers from Camp Taylor demanded the privilege of monopolizing her that night.

"哪怕只要一个小时也好！"

"Anyways, for an hour!"

那天早上当我走到她家对面时，她的白色敞篷车停在路边，她坐在车里，身旁是一位我从未见过的陆军中尉。

When I came opposite her house that morning her white roadster was beside the kerb, and she was sitting in it with a lieutenant I had never seen before.

他们两人完全沉浸在彼此之间，直到我走到离他们只有五英尺远的地方，她才看见我。

They were so engrossed in each other that she didn't see me until I was five feet away.

"你好，乔丹，"她出乎意料地喊道，"请过来一下。"

"Hello, Jordan," she called unexpectedly. "Please come here."

她想跟我说话让我受宠若惊，因为在所有年长的女孩中，我最仰慕的就是她。

I was flattered that she wanted to speak to me, because of all the older girls I admired her most.

她问我是否要去红十字会做绷带。我确实要去。那么，能不能帮她告诉他们，她那天去不了了？

She asked me if I was going to the Red Cross to make bandages. I was. Well, then, would I tell them that she couldn't come that day?