《了不起的盖茨比·Chapter II》第10节
Mr. McKee was a pale, feminine man from the flat below. He had just shaved, for there was a white spot of lather on his cheekbone, and he was most respectful in his greeting to everyone in the room. He informed me that he was in the “artistic game,” and I gathered later that he was a photographer and had made the dim enlargement of Mrs. Wilson’s mother which hovered like an ectoplasm on the wall. His wife was shrill, languid, handsome, and horrible. She told me with pride that her husband had photographed her a hundred and twenty-seven times since they had been married. Mrs. Wilson had changed her costume some time before, and was now attired in an elaborate afternoon dress of cream-coloured chiffon, which gave out a continual rustle as she swept about the room. With the influence of the dress her personality had also undergone a change. The intense vitality that had been so remarkable in the garage was converted into impressive hauteur. Her laughter, her gestures, her assertions became more violently affected moment by moment, and as she expanded the room grew smaller around her, until she seemed to be revolving on a noisy, creaking pivot through the smoky air.
注释摘要
这一节字面上发生了几件事：麦基夫妇登场，梅特尔·威尔逊换了一条裙子，然后整个人像换了个人。 我们先看麦基先生。尼克形容他苍白、阴柔，脸上还留着一小块剃须膏的痕迹。这个细节很残忍——它说明麦基刚刚刮过脸，特意收拾了一番才上楼做客，但尼克偏偏不提他整洁，只提他没弄干净的那一小块白斑。这等于在告诉读者：这人再怎么打扮，也遮不住某种邋遢或窘迫。他“对房间里每一个人…