名著精讀《飄》第二章 第6節

It seemed strange now that when she was growing up Ashley had never seemed so very attractive to her. In childhood days, she had seen him come and go and never given him a thought. But since that day two years ago when Ashley, newly home from his three years’ Grand Tour in Europe, had called to pay his respects, she had loved him. It was as simple as that.

現在看來很有些奇怪，當她還沒有長大成人的時候，爲什麼從不覺得艾希禮有什麼動人之處呢？童年時，她看見他走來走去，可一次也不曾想過他。直到兩年前那一天，當時艾希禮爲期三年的歐洲大陸旅遊剛回來，到她家來拜望，她才愛上了他。事情就這麼簡單。

　
She had been on the front porch and he had ridden up the long avenue, dressed in gray broadcloth with a wide black cravat setting off his frilled shirt to perfection. Even now, she could recall each detail of his dress, how brightly his boots shone, the head of a Medusa in cameo on his cravat phi, the wide Panama hat that was instantly in his hand when he saw her.

她那時正在屋前走廊上，他沿着馬從林蔭道上遠遠而來，身穿灰色細棉布上衣，領口打着個寬大的黑蝴蝶結，與那件皺領襯衫很相配，直到今天，她還記得他那穿着上的每一個細節，那雙馬靴多亮啊，還有蝴蝶結別針上那個浮雕寶石的蛇髮女妖的頭，那頂寬邊巴拿馬帽子----他一看見她就立即把帽子拿在手裏了。

He had alighted and tossed his bridle reins to a pickaninny and stood looking up at her, his drowsy gray eyes wide with a smile and the sun so bright on his blond hair that it seemed like a cap of shining silver. And he said, “So you’ve grown up, Scarlett.” And, coming lightly up the steps, he had kissed her hand. And his voice! She would never forget the leap of her heart as she heard it, as if for the first time, drawling, resonant, musical.

他跳下馬，把繮繩扔給一個黑孩子，站在那裏朝她望着，那雙朦朧的灰色眼睛瞪得大大的，流露着微笑；他的金黃色頭髮在陽光下閃爍，像一頂燦爛的王冠。那時他溫和地說：“思嘉，你都長大了。"然後輕輕地走上臺階，吻了吻她的手。還有他的聲音啊！她永遠也忘不了她聽到時那怦然心動的感覺，彷彿她是第一次聽到這樣慢吞吞的、響亮的、音樂般的聲音！
　
She had wanted him, in that first instant, wanted him as simply and unreasoningly as she wanted food to eat, horses to ride and a soft bed on which to lay herself.
　　
就在這最初一剎那，她覺得她需要他，像要東西吃，買馬匹，要溫軟的牀睡覺那樣簡單，那樣說不出原因地需要他。
　　

h n. 門廊

I met that person at the porch of the church.
我是在教堂的門廊處遇到那個人的。

dcloth n. 各色細平布(絨面呢)

at n. 領帶，圍巾，三角繃帶

I have never seen a man wearing cravat.
我從來沒有見過有人戴領巾。

ht vi. 落下，走下

An airplane alighted on the airdrome.
一架飛機在機場着陸。

[rein] n. 繮繩，統馭，支配，機會

The horse answers to the slightest pull on the rein.
繮繩輕輕一動，這匹馬就有反應。

sy['drauzi] adj. 昏昏欲睡的，寂靜的

He thought of home, of drowsy fields and villages bathed by the sun.
他想起了家鄉，想起那沐浴在陽光下的靜靜的田野和村莊。

ling adj. 慢吞吞的，有氣無力的

He drawled a reply.
他無精打采地回答。

nant adj. 共鳴的，反響的