(雙語)月亮和六便士 第51章(5)

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"Well, he agreed to that. Ata continued to do the housework, and I gave him his meals as I said I would. I taught Ata to make one or two dishes I knew he was fond of. He did not paint much. He wandered about the hills and bathed in the stream. And he sat about the front looking at the lagoon, and at sunset he would go down and look at Murea. He used to go fishing on the reef. He loved to moon about the harbour talking to the natives. He was a nice, quiet fellow. And every evening after dinner he would go down to the annexe with Ata. I saw he was longing to get away to the bush, and at the end of the month I asked him what he intended to do. He said if Ata was willing to go, he was willing to go with her. So I gave them a wedding dinner. I cooked it with my own hands. I gave them a pea soup and lobster a la portugaise, and a curry, and a cocoa-nut salad—you've never had one of my cocoa-nut salads, have you? I must make you one before you go—and then I made them an ice. We had all the champagne we could drink and liqueurs to follow. Oh, I'd made up my mind to do things well. And afterwards we danced in the drawing-room. I was not so fat, then, and I always loved dancing."

“他同意這樣做。愛塔仍然給我干活兒，我叫思特里克蘭德在我這里吃飯，象我答應(yīng)過的那樣。我教給愛塔做一兩樣他喜歡吃的菜。他并沒有怎么畫畫兒。他在山里游蕩，在河里邊洗澡。他坐在海邊上眺望咸水湖。每逢日落的時(shí)候，就到海邊上去看莫里阿島。他也常常到礁石上去釣魚。他喜歡在碼頭上閑逛，同本地人東拉西扯。他從不叫叫嚷嚷，非常討人喜歡。每天吃過晚飯他就同愛塔一起到廂房里去。我看得出來，他渴望回到叢林里去。到了一個(gè)月頭上，我問他打算怎么辦。他說，要是愛塔愿意走的話，他是愿意同愛塔一起走的。于是我給他們準(zhǔn)備了一桌喜酒。我親自下的廚。我給他們做了豌豆湯、葡萄牙式的大蝦、咖喱飯和椰子色拉——你還沒嘗過我做的椰子色拉呢，是不是？在你離開這里以前我一定給你做一回——我還給他們準(zhǔn)備了冰激凌。我們拼命地喝香檳，接著又喝甜酒。啊，我早就打定主意，一定要把婚禮辦得象個(gè)樣子。吃完了飯，我們就在客廳里跳舞。那時(shí)候我還不象現(xiàn)在這么胖，我從年輕的時(shí)候就喜歡跳舞。”