《了不起的盖茨比·Chapter II》第19节
“Come to lunch some day,” he suggested, as we groaned down in the elevator. “Where?” “Anywhere.” “Keep your hands off the lever,” snapped the elevator boy. “I beg your pardon,” said Mr. McKee with dignity, “I didn’t know I was touching it.” “All right,” I agreed, “I’ll be glad to.” … I was standing beside his bed and he was sitting up between the sheets, clad in his underwear, with a great portfolio in his hands. “Beauty and the Beast … Loneliness … Old Grocery Horse … Brook’n Bridge …” Then I was lying half asleep in the cold lower level of the Pennsylvania Station, staring at the morning Tribune, and waiting for the four o’clock train.
注释摘要
这一段是第二章结尾处一段极其诡异的留白。尼克和电梯里的众人刚刚目睹汤姆一巴掌打断了默特尔·威尔逊的鼻梁，场面一片血腥混乱。麦基先生从瞌睡中惊醒，茫然往门口走，尼克拿起帽子跟了出去。 电梯里，麦基发出一个含含糊糊的午餐邀请。对话节奏非常短促，几乎像梦游者的对白。"哪天一起午饭。""哪里？""随便哪里。"两个人甚至还没把约会定下来，就被电梯操作员粗暴打断了。这…