《了不起的盖茨比·Chapter VII》第18节
“Now see here, Tom,” said Daisy, turning around from the mirror, “if you’re going to make personal remarks I won’t stay here a minute. Call up and order some ice for the mint julep.” As Tom took up the receiver the compressed heat exploded into sound and we were listening to the portentous chords of Mendelssohn’s Wedding March from the ballroom below. “Imagine marrying anybody in this heat!” cried Jordan dismally. “Still—I was married in the middle of June,” Daisy remembered. “Louisville in June! Somebody fainted. Who was it fainted, Tom?” “Biloxi,” he answered shortly. “A man named Biloxi. ‘Blocks’ Biloxi, and he made boxes—that’s a fact—and he was from Biloxi, Tennessee.” “They carried him into my house,” appended Jordan, “because we lived just two doors from the church. And he stayed three weeks, until Daddy told him he had to get out. The day after he left Daddy died.” After a moment she added as if she might have sounded irreverent, “There wasn’t any connection.” “I used to know a Bill Biloxi from Memphis,” I remarked. “That was his cousin. I knew his whole family history before he left. He gave me an aluminium putter that I use today.”
注释摘要
黛西从镜前转过身来，打断汤姆对盖茨比那句“old sport”的攻击。她不允许汤姆做人身攻击，并命令他打电话要冰块来做薄荷朱利酒。这道命令既是在扭转话题，也是在发号施令——她要重新掌控这个房间的温度和气氛。汤姆拿起听筒的同一瞬间，楼下舞厅爆发出门德尔松《婚礼进行曲》的音乐。这个时机精准得残酷：楼上，黛西的丈夫和情人正剑拔弩张；楼下，乐团正在奏响庆祝婚姻的神…