《了不起的盖茨比·Chapter VIII》第13节
But when he heard himself say this, he flinched and began to cry “Oh, my God!” again in his groaning voice. Michaelis made a clumsy attempt to distract him. “How long have you been married, George? Come on there, try and sit still a minute, and answer my question. How long have you been married?” “Twelve years.” “Ever had any children? Come on, George, sit still—I asked you a question. Did you ever have any children?” The hard brown beetles kept thudding against the dull light, and whenever Michaelis heard a car go tearing along the road outside it sounded to him like the car that hadn’t stopped a few hours before. He didn’t like to go into the garage, because the work bench was stained where the body had been lying, so he moved uncomfortably around the office—he knew every object in it before morning—and from time to time sat down beside Wilson trying to keep him more quiet. “Have you got a church you go to sometimes, George? Maybe even if you haven’t been there for a long time? Maybe I could call up the church and get a priest to come over and he could talk to you, see?”
注释摘要
威尔逊说出那句话的瞬间，他自己先承受不住了。他说妻子两个月前从城里回来时脸上有伤、鼻子肿了——可话一出口，他立刻退缩了，开始用呻吟般的声音叫上帝。这个细节很要紧：威尔逊在此之前一直处于某种麻木或混沌的状态，而把这句话真正说出口，意味着他被迫面对一个自己一直回避的事实，那就是妻子不仅背叛了他，还可能长期遭受暴力。 米凯利斯想把他从这痛苦的思绪中拉出来，于是问…