《了不起的盖茨比·Chapter I》第25节
I decided to call to him. Miss Baker had mentioned him at dinner, and that would do for an introduction. But I didn’t call to him, for he gave a sudden intimation that he was content to be alone—he stretched out his arms toward the dark water in a curious way, and, far as I was from him, I could have sworn he was trembling. Involuntarily I glanced seaward—and distinguished nothing except a single green light, minute and far away, that might have been the end of a dock. When I looked once more for Gatsby he had vanished, and I was alone again in the unquiet darkness.
注释摘要
尼克回家后，把车停进棚子，在院子里坐了一会儿，享受这个夜晚——风停了，月光很亮，能听到树间的翅膀拍打声和青蛙的鸣叫。就在这时，他看见五十英尺外有个身影，从隔壁豪宅的阴影中走了出来，那正是他的邻居盖茨比先生。 这段文字写的是尼克与盖茨比的第一次照面，但诡异之处在于，这不是真正的照面，而是一场被中介了的看。尼克从未直接描述盖茨比的长相，他只看到月光下的一个剪影…