《了不起的盖茨比·Chapter V》第16节
“Who’s this?” “That? That’s Mr. Dan Cody, old sport.” The name sounded faintly familiar. “He’s dead now. He used to be my best friend years ago.” There was a small picture of Gatsby, also in yachting costume, on the bureau—Gatsby with his head thrown back defiantly—taken apparently when he was about eighteen. “I adore it,” exclaimed Daisy. “The pompadour! You never told me you had a pompadour—or a yacht.” “Look at this,” said Gatsby quickly. “Here’s a lot of clippings—about you.” They stood side by side examining it. I was going to ask to see the rubies when the phone rang, and Gatsby took up the receiver. “Yes … Well, I can’t talk now … I can’t talk now, old sport … I said a small town … He must know what a small town is … Well, he’s no use to us if Detroit is his idea of a small town …” He rang off. “Come here quick!” cried Daisy at the window. The rain was still falling, but the darkness had parted in the west, and there was a pink and golden billow of foamy clouds above the sea. “Look at that,” she whispered, and then after a moment: “I’d like to just get one of those pink clouds and put you in it and push you around.”
注释摘要
在这段文字里，尼克问起桌上那张穿游艇装的老先生照片是谁，盖茨比说是丹·科迪先生，已经去世了，曾是他“最好的朋友”。尼克觉得这名字隐约有点印象。随后大家在柜子上看到另一张小照片，是盖茨比本人，也是游艇装，大概十八岁的样子，头往后仰，姿态带着一股挑衅。黛西立刻叫起来，表示喜欢极了，追问那个“蓬巴杜式”发型，又说盖茨比从没告诉过她他有过这种发型——或者有过游艇。…