《了不起的盖茨比·Chapter II》第6节
She had changed her dress to a brown figured muslin, which stretched tight over her rather wide hips as Tom helped her to the platform in New York. At the newsstand she bought a copy of Town Tattle and a moving-picture magazine, and in the station drugstore some cold cream and a small flask of perfume. Upstairs, in the solemn echoing drive she let four taxicabs drive away before she selected a new one, lavender-coloured with grey upholstery, and in this we slid out from the mass of the station into the glowing sunshine. But immediately she turned sharply from the window and, leaning forward, tapped on the front glass. “I want to get one of those dogs,” she said earnestly. “I want to get one for the apartment. They’re nice to have—a dog.” We backed up to a grey old man who bore an absurd resemblance to John D. Rockefeller. In a basket swung from his neck cowered a dozen very recent puppies of an indeterminate breed. “What kind are they?” asked Mrs. Wilson eagerly, as he came to the taxi-window. “All kinds. What kind do you want, lady?” “I’d like to get one of those police dogs; I don’t suppose you got that kind?”
注释摘要
这一整段写的是一次进城，但实际上是茉特尔·威尔逊的一场身份表演。字面上看很简单：她在火车上换了一条棕色印花薄纱裙子，布料紧绷在她宽大的臀部上，汤姆扶她下到纽约站台。然后她开启了消费——在报亭买了《Town Tattle》和一本电影杂志，在车站药店买了冷霜和一小瓶香水。上楼来到出租车候车处之后，她连续放走了四辆车，才选中一辆薰衣草色车身、灰色内饰的新车。三人…