《了不起的盖茨比·Chapter V》第15节
“They’re such beautiful shirts,” she sobbed, her voice muffled in the thick folds. “It makes me sad because I’ve never seen such—such beautiful shirts before.” ------------------------------------------------------------------------ After the house, we were to see the grounds and the swimming pool, and the hydroplane, and the midsummer flowers—but outside Gatsby’s window it began to rain again, so we stood in a row looking at the corrugated surface of the Sound. “If it wasn’t for the mist we could see your home across the bay,” said Gatsby. “You always have a green light that burns all night at the end of your dock.” Daisy put her arm through his abruptly, but he seemed absorbed in what he had just said. Possibly it had occurred to him that the colossal significance of that light had now vanished forever. Compared to the great distance that had separated him from Daisy it had seemed very near to her, almost touching her. It had seemed as close as a star to the moon. Now it was again a green light on a dock. His count of enchanted objects had diminished by one. I began to walk about the room, examining various indefinite objects in the half darkness. A large photograph of an elderly man in yachting costume attracted me, hung on the wall over his desk.
注释摘要
在这一段里，菲茨杰拉德写下了全书情感最复杂、也最常被误读的瞬间之一。黛西哭着说那些衬衫太美了，她从没见过这么美的衬衫。表面上看，这似乎是一个肤浅的女人在为一堆奢侈品掉眼泪。但字面上发生的事要细腻得多：盖茨比刚才一件一件把衬衫抛出来，亚麻的、厚绸的、细法兰绒的，衬衫在桌上堆成柔软的彩色小山。黛西突然把头埋进衬衫堆里，放声大哭，说这些衬衫让她伤心，因为她从没见…