《了不起的盖茨比·Chapter III》第16节
“She had a fight with a man who says he’s her husband,” explained a girl at my elbow. I looked around. Most of the remaining women were now having fights with men said to be their husbands. Even Jordan’s party, the quartet from East Egg, were rent asunder by dissension. One of the men was talking with curious intensity to a young actress, and his wife, after attempting to laugh at the situation in a dignified and indifferent way, broke down entirely and resorted to flank attacks—at intervals she appeared suddenly at his side like an angry diamond, and hissed: “You promised!” into his ear. The reluctance to go home was not confined to wayward men. The hall was at present occupied by two deplorably sober men and their highly indignant wives. The wives were sympathizing with each other in slightly raised voices. “Whenever he sees I’m having a good time he wants to go home.” “Never heard anything so selfish in my life.” “We’re always the first ones to leave.” “So are we.” “Well, we’re almost the last tonight,” said one of the men sheepishly. “The orchestra left half an hour ago.” In spite of the wives’ agreement that such malevolence was beyond credibility, the dispute ended in a short struggle, and both wives were lifted, kicking, into the night.
注释摘要
此刻宴会已滑入深夜特有的那种混乱与凄厉。尼克从旁边的女孩口中得知，那个边唱边哭的红发女郎刚跟一个自称是她丈夫的男人吵了架。他环顾四周，发现这几乎成了此时此地所有残留宾客的共同命运：绝大多数女人都在跟据说是她们丈夫的男人吵架。连乔丹所属的那个来自东卵的四人组小团体也未能幸免，他们被争吵撕裂。其中一位丈夫正以古怪的专注跟一个年轻女演员交谈，他的妻子起初还试图以…