" What did you see? " I said - and there was no question in my flat, uncaring voice.

“你看见了什么？”我说道——但我波澜，漠关心的声音里没有问。

Diane, kids these days don't call.

戴安 现在的孩子都打电话了。

697--- I knew nobody beyond my own party. - Nobody can be introduced at a ball.

当时舞会上除了自己，我谁都认识 - 舞会里是介绍女伴的。

'True; and nobody can ever be introduced in a ball room. Well, Colonel Fitzwilliam, what do I play next? My fingers wait your orders'.

" 错；跳舞场里是家介绍女朋友的。——唔，费茨威廉上校，再叫我弹什么呢？我的手指在等着你吩咐。"

One northerner wrote: It was said hundreds of years ago that a house divided against itself cannot stand. The truth of this saying is written on every page in history.

" 几百年前有说过，家庭睦，万事。历史鉴证了这句话的真谛。

" Alice, " I asked slowly, without turning, keeping my voice level. " If I write a letter for my mother, would you give it to her? Leave it at the house, I mean."

“爱丽丝，”我慢吞吞地说道，没有回头，依然让自己的声音波澜。“如果我给我妈妈写封信，你能把信给她吗？我是说，把它留在屋子里。”