《了不起的盖茨比·Chapter IX》第18节
She was dressed to play golf, and I remember thinking she looked like a good illustration, her chin raised a little jauntily, her hair the colour of an autumn leaf, her face the same brown tint as the fingerless glove on her knee. When I had finished she told me without comment that she was engaged to another man. I doubted that, though there were several she could have married at a nod of her head, but I pretended to be surprised. For just a minute I wondered if I wasn’t making a mistake, then I thought it all over again quickly and got up to say goodbye. “Nevertheless you did throw me over,” said Jordan suddenly. “You threw me over on the telephone. I don’t give a damn about you now, but it was a new experience for me, and I felt a little dizzy for a while.” We shook hands. “Oh, and do you remember”—she added—“a conversation we had once about driving a car?” “Why—not exactly.” “You said a bad driver was only safe until she met another bad driver? Well, I met another bad driver, didn’t I? I mean it was careless of me to make such a wrong guess. I thought you were rather an honest, straightforward person. I thought it was your secret pride.”
注释摘要
尼克来见乔丹·贝克，两人做最后的了断。她穿着高尔夫球装，尼克觉得她看起来"像一幅好插画"——下巴微微扬起，带着几分得意，头发像秋天的叶子，面色和膝盖上那只露指手套一样是棕褐色的。这描写很冷静，甚至有点距离感，就像在欣赏一张印刷品。尼克讲完了盖茨比死后这段时间发生的事，乔丹听完之后，脸上没有任何表情，只告诉他自己已经和别人订婚了。尼克心里不信，他知道只要乔丹…