《了不起的盖茨比·Chapter VII》第34节
“Come here and let’s have your name. Look out now. I want to get his name.” Some words of this conversation must have reached Wilson, swaying in the office door, for suddenly a new theme found voice among his grasping cries: “You don’t have to tell me what kind of car it was! I know what kind of car it was!” Watching Tom, I saw the wad of muscle back of his shoulder tighten under his coat. He walked quickly over to Wilson and, standing in front of him, seized him firmly by the upper arms. “You’ve got to pull yourself together,” he said with soothing gruffness. Wilson’s eyes fell upon Tom; he started up on his tiptoes and then would have collapsed to his knees had not Tom held him upright. “Listen,” said Tom, shaking him a little. “I just got here a minute ago, from New York. I was bringing you that coupé we’ve been talking about. That yellow car I was driving this afternoon wasn’t mine—do you hear? I haven’t seen it all afternoon.” Only the negro and I were near enough to hear what he said, but the policeman caught something in the tone and looked over with truculent eyes.
注释摘要
这一段是车祸过后、灰烬之谷现场那场混乱调查中张力最大的片刻之一。字面上，警察正在向一个目击者——迈克尔里斯（Michaelis）——询问姓名。就在这例行公事的盘问声中，一直在办公室门口摇摇晃晃的威尔逊突然插进了话，他不再只是发出“Oh, my God”的哀嚎，而是喊出了一句完全清醒的话：“你不用告诉我那是辆什么样的车！我知道那是辆什么样的车！”这句话意味着…