《了不起的盖茨比·Chapter VII》第35节
“What’s all that?” he demanded. “I’m a friend of his.” Tom turned his head but kept his hands firm on Wilson’s body. “He says he knows the car that did it … It was a yellow car.” Some dim impulse moved the policeman to look suspiciously at Tom. “And what colour’s your car?” “It’s a blue car, a coupé.” “We’ve come straight from New York,” I said. Someone who had been driving a little behind us confirmed this, and the policeman turned away. “Now, if you’ll let me have that name again correct—” Picking up Wilson like a doll, Tom carried him into the office, set him down in a chair, and came back. “If somebody’ll come here and sit with him,” he snapped authoritatively. He watched while the two men standing closest glanced at each other and went unwillingly into the room. Then Tom shut the door on them and came down the single step, his eyes avoiding the table. As he passed close to me he whispered: “Let’s get out.” Self-consciously, with his authoritative arms breaking the way, we pushed through the still gathering crowd, passing a hurried doctor, case in hand, who had been sent for in wild hope half an hour ago.
注释摘要
这一段发生在那场致命车祸之后，地点是威尔逊的修车铺前，人群围着尸体，警察正在记录证人姓名。汤姆在这段文字里完成了一系列极具他阶级本能的动作：迅速撇清自己与黄色肇事车的关系、安抚并控制威尔逊、然后果断抽身离开。 字面上，一切进行得极快。警察听见汤姆对威尔逊说的话，警觉地追问一句“What's all that?”，汤姆立刻切换身份：“我是他的朋友。”——这句…