《了不起的盖茨比·Chapter VIII》第6节
Through this twilight universe Daisy began to move again with the season; suddenly she was again keeping half a dozen dates a day with half a dozen men, and drowsing asleep at dawn with the beads and chiffon of an evening-dress tangled among dying orchids on the floor beside her bed. And all the time something within her was crying for a decision. She wanted her life shaped now, immediately—and the decision must be made by some force—of love, of money, of unquestionable practicality—that was close at hand. That force took shape in the middle of spring with the arrival of Tom Buchanan. There was a wholesome bulkiness about his person and his position, and Daisy was flattered. Doubtless there was a certain struggle and a certain relief. The letter reached Gatsby while he was still at Oxford. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ It was dawn now on Long Island and we went about opening the rest of the windows downstairs, filling the house with grey-turning, gold-turning light. The shadow of a tree fell abruptly across the dew and ghostly birds began to sing among the blue leaves. There was a slow, pleasant movement in the air, scarcely a wind, promising a cool, lovely day.
注释摘要
我们来看这一段。这是盖茨比在整夜的倾诉中，回忆他在牛津收到黛西信件的那个春天，黛西在他缺席的日子里，如何一步步走向汤姆·布坎南。尼克以转述的语气，把盖茨比未曾亲见的景象，用一种几乎是全知的、带着隐隐痛楚的画面呈现出来。 字面上，黛西被描述为在一个“暮色的宇宙”中，随着社交季节的流转重新开始活动。她突然又过上了那种一天与六个男人约会的日子，在黎明时分昏昏睡去…