A Service of Love 7
"Fiveo'clock, I think," said Dele, plaintively. "The iron--I mean therabbit came off the fire about that time. You ought to have seen Gen. Pinkney,Joe, when--"
"Sit down here a moment, Dele," said Joe. He drew her tothe couch, sat beside her and put his arm across her shoulders.
"What have you been doing for the last two weeks, Dele?"he asked.
She braved it for a moment or two with an eye full of love andstubbornness, and murmured a phrase or two vaguely of Gen. Pinkney; but atlength down went her head and out came the truth and tears.
"I couldn't get any pupils," she confessed. "And Icouldn't bear to have you give up your lessons; and I got a place ironingshirts in that big Twentyfourth street laundry. And I think I did very well tomake up both General Pinkney and Clementina, don't you, Joe? And when a girl inthe laundry set down a hot iron on my hand this afternoon I was all the wayhome making up that story about the Welsh rabbit. You're not angry, are you,Joe? And if I hadn't got the work you mightn't have sold your sketches to thatman from Peoria.
"大概是五点钟，"德丽雅可怜巴巴的说。"熨斗——我是说奶酪，大概在那个时候烧好。你真该看到品克奈将军，乔，他——"
"先坐一会儿吧，德丽，"乔说，他把她拉到卧榻上，在她身边坐下，用胳臂围住了她的肩膀。
"这两个星期来，你到底在干什么。德丽？"他问道。
她带着充满了爱情和固执的眼色熬了一两分钟，含含混混地说着品克奈将军；但终于垂下头，一边哭，一边说出实话来了。
"我找不到学生，"她供认说，"我又不忍眼看你放弃你的课程，所以在第二十四街那家大洗衣作里找了一个烫衬衣的活儿。我以为我把品克奈将军和克蕾门蒂娜两个人编造得很好呢，可不是吗，乔？今天下午，洗衣作里一个姑娘的热熨斗烫了我的手，我一路上就编出那个烘奶酪的故事。你不会生我的气吧，乔？如果我不去做工，你也许不可能把你的画卖给那个庇奥利亚来的人。"
下载全新《每日英语听力》客户端，查看完整内容"Sit down here a moment, Dele," said Joe. He drew her tothe couch, sat beside her and put his arm across her shoulders.
"What have you been doing for the last two weeks, Dele?"he asked.
She braved it for a moment or two with an eye full of love andstubbornness, and murmured a phrase or two vaguely of Gen. Pinkney; but atlength down went her head and out came the truth and tears.
"I couldn't get any pupils," she confessed. "And Icouldn't bear to have you give up your lessons; and I got a place ironingshirts in that big Twentyfourth street laundry. And I think I did very well tomake up both General Pinkney and Clementina, don't you, Joe? And when a girl inthe laundry set down a hot iron on my hand this afternoon I was all the wayhome making up that story about the Welsh rabbit. You're not angry, are you,Joe? And if I hadn't got the work you mightn't have sold your sketches to thatman from Peoria.
"大概是五点钟，"德丽雅可怜巴巴的说。"熨斗——我是说奶酪，大概在那个时候烧好。你真该看到品克奈将军，乔，他——"
"先坐一会儿吧，德丽，"乔说，他把她拉到卧榻上，在她身边坐下，用胳臂围住了她的肩膀。
"这两个星期来，你到底在干什么。德丽？"他问道。
她带着充满了爱情和固执的眼色熬了一两分钟，含含混混地说着品克奈将军；但终于垂下头，一边哭，一边说出实话来了。
"我找不到学生，"她供认说，"我又不忍眼看你放弃你的课程，所以在第二十四街那家大洗衣作里找了一个烫衬衣的活儿。我以为我把品克奈将军和克蕾门蒂娜两个人编造得很好呢，可不是吗，乔？今天下午，洗衣作里一个姑娘的热熨斗烫了我的手，我一路上就编出那个烘奶酪的故事。你不会生我的气吧，乔？如果我不去做工，你也许不可能把你的画卖给那个庇奥利亚来的人。"
