The Great Gatsby — Page 203

突然他看见了我，走回来，伸出手。

Suddenly he saw me and walked back, holding out his hand.

"怎么了，尼克？你不愿意和我握手吗？"

"What's the matter, Nick? Do you object to shaking hands with me?"

"是的。你知道我怎么看你。"

"Yes. You know what I think of you."

"你疯了，尼克，"他迅速说道。"简直疯透了。我不知道你怎么了。"

"You're crazy, Nick," he said quickly. "Crazy as hell. I don't know what's the matter with you."

"汤姆，"我问道，"那天下午你对威尔逊说了什么？"

"Tom," I inquired, "what did you say to Wilson that afternoon?"

他一言不发地盯着我，我知道我猜对了那些失踪的时间。

He stared at me without a word, and I knew I had guessed right about those missing hours.

我转身要走，但他朝我迈了一步，抓住了我的手臂。

I started to turn away, but he took a step after me and grabbed my arm.

"我告诉了他实情，"他说。

"I told him the truth," he said.

"我们准备离开时，他来到门口，我让人传话说我们不在，他却想强行上楼。"

"He came to the door while we were getting ready to leave, and when I sent down word that we weren't in he tried to force his way upstairs.

"如果我不告诉他那辆车是谁的，他疯起来足以杀死我。"

"He was crazy enough to kill me if I hadn't told him who owned the car.

"他在屋里的每一分钟，手都放在口袋里的一把左轮手枪上——"他强硬地停住了话头。

"His hand was on a revolver in his pocket every minute he was in the house—" He broke off defiantly.

"就算我告诉了他又怎样？那家伙是活该。他蒙蔽了你的眼睛，就像蒙蔽黛西一样，但他是个狠角色。"

"What if I did tell him? That fellow had it coming to him. He threw dust into your eyes just like he did in Daisy's, but he was a tough one.

"他撞死默特尔，就像碾过一条狗一样，车都没停一下。"

"He ran over Myrtle like you'd run over a dog and never even stopped his car."

我无话可说，只有一个无法言说的事实——那不是真的。

There was nothing I could say, except the one unutterable fact that it wasn't true.