《一個國王的愛情故事》第6期:Wallis 沃利斯
This is how Lady Furness described Mrs Simpson's early life to Edward:
下面就是弗內(nèi)斯勛爵夫人給愛德華講述的辛普森夫人早年的生活：
Wallis was born in Baltimore. She never knew her father. He died when she was five months old. Buther mother was a strong and loving woman, and Wallis was a happy child.
沃利斯出生在巴爾的摩。她從不認識自己的父親。她才5個月大，父親就去世了。她母親是個堅強而充滿愛心的女人，沃利斯童年很幸福。
When she was twenty, she married a man called Win-field Spencer. For the first few years theywere happy togeth-er. But one day Winfield lost some money in the street.
她20歲時與一位名叫溫菲爾德·斯潘塞的人結了婚。在婚后的最初幾年里，他們在一起很幸福。可有一天，溫菲爾德在街上丟了錢。
He was very angry. When he came home, he took a bottle of whisky from a cupbodrd and began todrink.
他很惱怒?；氐郊?，他從柜子里拿出一瓶威士忌，喝了起來。
That night he hit Wallis in the mouth. She screamed and he hit her again. There was blood on herface and she was shaking like a leaf. Please, Winfield, she said. No more.
那天晚上，他扇了沃利斯一記耳光。她尖叫起來，他又打她。她臉上都是血，身體像一片葉子一樣顫抖著。“求求你，溫菲爾德，”她說，“別打了。”
But Winfield took her arm and pulled her up the stairs. You're my prisoner. he shouted at her, andyou're not going to leave. Then he pushed her into the bathroom and locked the door.
但溫菲爾德拽起她的一只胳膊，一直把她拖到樓上。“你是我的囚犯，”他對她吼道，“你別想走。”然后他把她推進浴室，鎖上了門。
The next morning Wallis went back to her family.'I can't stay with him，'she said.'I want adivorce.'
第二天早晨，沃利斯回到娘家。“我不能和他在一起生活了，”她說，“我要離婚。”
Poor Wallis, Edward said. But what happened next，Lady Furness?
“可憐的沃利斯，”愛德華說，“可是后來呢，弗內(nèi)斯勛爵夫人?”
Well, said Lady Furness, a few months later she met a fine man called Ernest Simpson. He's quiet,but interesting. They got married and they now live in a beautiful flat in the centre of London.
“后來，”弗內(nèi)斯勛爵夫人說，“幾個月后她認識了一位叫歐內(nèi)斯特·辛普森的好人。他很少說話，但很風趣。他們結了婚，現(xiàn)在住在倫敦市中心一套漂亮的公寓里。”
And are they happy? asked Edward.
“那他們在一起快樂嗎?”愛德華問。
Lady Furness looked at the Prince and smiled. I don't know, Sir, she said. I don' t know.
弗內(nèi)斯勛爵夫人看著王子笑了。“我不知道，殿下，”她說，“我不知道。”
During the next two years the Prince saw Wallis once or twice a week. They had the same friends,and they often met at parties.
在后來的兩年里，王子每星期都能見到沃利斯一兩次。他們有共同的朋友，所以經(jīng)常能在聚會上碰面。
Mrs Simpson knew a lot about life, Edward once said. She loved books, food, people, and travel.She was very beautiful and her eyes were full of fire.
“辛普森夫人生活閱歷豐富，”愛德華有一次說，“她愛看書，喜歡食物，關愛他人，也喜歡旅行。她非常漂亮，眼里總是充滿熱情。
She was friendly and easy to talk to and, after a while, I opened up my heart. We had no secrets. Itold her everything. And that's how it all began.
她待人友善，同她談話很輕松，沒多久我就敞開了心扉。我們之間沒有秘密。我對她無所不談。一切就是這樣開始的。”
His eyes were always sad, Wallis said about Edward. And sometimes he looked like a child— soyoung, so quiet, so weak. He had no real friends.
“他的眼神總是那么憂傷，”沃利斯這樣描述愛德華，“有時他看起來像個孩子——那么年輕，那么溫文爾雅，那么脆弱。他沒有真正的朋友。
Perhaps people were a little afraid of him. But he was a warm and kind man. When he talked to me,I felt my heart jump. I wanted to be alone with him,
也許人們有點兒怕他。但他是一個熱心而善良的人。當他對我說話時，我能感覺到自己的心在跳。我想和他單獨在一起，
but I knew that wasn't possible.Did the Prince love me in those early days? No，I don't think so.But each time we met, we just felt closer and closer.
但我知道那是不可能的。王子在與我初識的那些日子里愛我嗎?不，我想他不愛。但每次我們相見，都感到彼此更接近了。”
In June 1933 Edward gave a birthday party for Wallis, and during the next few months he visited theSimpson's flat in London almost every day.
1933年6月，愛德華為沃利斯舉辦了一個生日聚會，在那以后的幾個月中，他幾乎天天都去辛普森夫婦在倫敦的公寓拜訪。
One evening, the Prince asked Wallis and Ernest to go skiing in Austria. I'm sorry, Sir, Mr Simpsonreplied. I have to go to America on business. But perhaps Wallis and her aunt can come with you.
一天晚上，王子邀請沃利斯和歐內(nèi)斯特一起去奧地利滑雪。“對不起，殿下，”辛普森先生回答，“我得去美國出差。不過，也許沃利斯和她姨媽能和您一同去。”
We went to Kitzbühl as friends, Wallis wrote later, but when we came home, we were in love. And afew months later the Prince asked me to marry him. It was just like a dream!
“我們?nèi)セ仄諣枙r是朋友，”沃利斯后來寫道，“但返回時已經(jīng)相愛了。幾個月后王子便向我求婚，這真像是一場夢!”
下面就是弗內(nèi)斯勛爵夫人給愛德華講述的辛普森夫人早年的生活：
Wallis was born in Baltimore. She never knew her father. He died when she was five months old. Buther mother was a strong and loving woman, and Wallis was a happy child.
沃利斯出生在巴爾的摩。她從不認識自己的父親。她才5個月大，父親就去世了。她母親是個堅強而充滿愛心的女人，沃利斯童年很幸福。
When she was twenty, she married a man called Win-field Spencer. For the first few years theywere happy togeth-er. But one day Winfield lost some money in the street.
她20歲時與一位名叫溫菲爾德·斯潘塞的人結了婚。在婚后的最初幾年里，他們在一起很幸福。可有一天，溫菲爾德在街上丟了錢。
He was very angry. When he came home, he took a bottle of whisky from a cupbodrd and began todrink.
他很惱怒?；氐郊?，他從柜子里拿出一瓶威士忌，喝了起來。
That night he hit Wallis in the mouth. She screamed and he hit her again. There was blood on herface and she was shaking like a leaf. Please, Winfield, she said. No more.
那天晚上，他扇了沃利斯一記耳光。她尖叫起來，他又打她。她臉上都是血，身體像一片葉子一樣顫抖著。“求求你，溫菲爾德，”她說，“別打了。”
But Winfield took her arm and pulled her up the stairs. You're my prisoner. he shouted at her, andyou're not going to leave. Then he pushed her into the bathroom and locked the door.
但溫菲爾德拽起她的一只胳膊，一直把她拖到樓上。“你是我的囚犯，”他對她吼道，“你別想走。”然后他把她推進浴室，鎖上了門。
The next morning Wallis went back to her family.'I can't stay with him，'she said.'I want adivorce.'
第二天早晨，沃利斯回到娘家。“我不能和他在一起生活了，”她說，“我要離婚。”
Poor Wallis, Edward said. But what happened next，Lady Furness?
“可憐的沃利斯，”愛德華說，“可是后來呢，弗內(nèi)斯勛爵夫人?”
Well, said Lady Furness, a few months later she met a fine man called Ernest Simpson. He's quiet,but interesting. They got married and they now live in a beautiful flat in the centre of London.
“后來，”弗內(nèi)斯勛爵夫人說，“幾個月后她認識了一位叫歐內(nèi)斯特·辛普森的好人。他很少說話，但很風趣。他們結了婚，現(xiàn)在住在倫敦市中心一套漂亮的公寓里。”
And are they happy? asked Edward.
“那他們在一起快樂嗎?”愛德華問。
Lady Furness looked at the Prince and smiled. I don't know, Sir, she said. I don' t know.
弗內(nèi)斯勛爵夫人看著王子笑了。“我不知道，殿下，”她說，“我不知道。”
During the next two years the Prince saw Wallis once or twice a week. They had the same friends,and they often met at parties.
在后來的兩年里，王子每星期都能見到沃利斯一兩次。他們有共同的朋友，所以經(jīng)常能在聚會上碰面。
Mrs Simpson knew a lot about life, Edward once said. She loved books, food, people, and travel.She was very beautiful and her eyes were full of fire.
“辛普森夫人生活閱歷豐富，”愛德華有一次說，“她愛看書，喜歡食物，關愛他人，也喜歡旅行。她非常漂亮，眼里總是充滿熱情。
She was friendly and easy to talk to and, after a while, I opened up my heart. We had no secrets. Itold her everything. And that's how it all began.
她待人友善，同她談話很輕松，沒多久我就敞開了心扉。我們之間沒有秘密。我對她無所不談。一切就是這樣開始的。”
His eyes were always sad, Wallis said about Edward. And sometimes he looked like a child— soyoung, so quiet, so weak. He had no real friends.
“他的眼神總是那么憂傷，”沃利斯這樣描述愛德華，“有時他看起來像個孩子——那么年輕，那么溫文爾雅，那么脆弱。他沒有真正的朋友。
Perhaps people were a little afraid of him. But he was a warm and kind man. When he talked to me,I felt my heart jump. I wanted to be alone with him,
也許人們有點兒怕他。但他是一個熱心而善良的人。當他對我說話時，我能感覺到自己的心在跳。我想和他單獨在一起，
but I knew that wasn't possible.Did the Prince love me in those early days? No，I don't think so.But each time we met, we just felt closer and closer.
但我知道那是不可能的。王子在與我初識的那些日子里愛我嗎?不，我想他不愛。但每次我們相見，都感到彼此更接近了。”
In June 1933 Edward gave a birthday party for Wallis, and during the next few months he visited theSimpson's flat in London almost every day.
1933年6月，愛德華為沃利斯舉辦了一個生日聚會，在那以后的幾個月中，他幾乎天天都去辛普森夫婦在倫敦的公寓拜訪。
One evening, the Prince asked Wallis and Ernest to go skiing in Austria. I'm sorry, Sir, Mr Simpsonreplied. I have to go to America on business. But perhaps Wallis and her aunt can come with you.
一天晚上，王子邀請沃利斯和歐內(nèi)斯特一起去奧地利滑雪。“對不起，殿下，”辛普森先生回答，“我得去美國出差。不過，也許沃利斯和她姨媽能和您一同去。”
We went to Kitzbühl as friends, Wallis wrote later, but when we came home, we were in love. And afew months later the Prince asked me to marry him. It was just like a dream!
“我們?nèi)セ仄諣枙r是朋友，”沃利斯后來寫道，“但返回時已經(jīng)相愛了。幾個月后王子便向我求婚，這真像是一場夢!”
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