🔊 Newland Archer sat alone in the lobby of the Hotel de l’Europe at Nice, waiting for the Countess Olenska. He had arrived that morning from Paris, and had sent her a note saying that he was there and would come to her at any hour she named. The answer had come promptly: "Come this evening at half-past nine."

纽兰·阿彻独自坐在尼斯欧洲酒店的大厅里,等候奥兰斯卡伯爵夫人。他那天早上从巴黎抵达,并给她送去一张便条,说他已经到了,她指定的任何时间他都会前往。回信很快就来了:“今晚九点半来。”

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promptly /ˈprɒmptli/

adv. 迅速地,及时地➕

🔊 He had been in Nice since four o’clock, and had spent the interval walking up and down the Promenade des Anglais, and along the quay to the port, and back through the crooked streets of the old town. He wanted to tire himself out, to get rid of the restlessness that had driven him from Paris two days after May and her mother had sailed for New York. He had seen them off, and then, the same evening, had started for the south, with the feeling that nothing mattered now but to see Ellen Olenska as soon as possible.

他四点钟就到了尼斯,然后一直在盎格鲁大道上来回踱步,沿着码头走到港口,又穿过老城弯曲的街道走回来。他想把自己累垮,好摆脱那份坐立不安的心绪,这心绪驱使他在梅和她母亲启航前往纽约两天后离开了巴黎。他送走了她们,然后,同一天晚上,就动身南下,心中只觉得,如今除了尽快见到埃伦·奥兰斯卡,其他一切都无关紧要了。

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interval /ˈɪntəvl/

n. 间隔,间歇➕

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quay /kiː/

n. 码头,埠头➕

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crooked /ˈkrʊkɪd/

adj. 弯曲的,歪斜的；不诚实的➕

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restlessness /ˈrestləsnəs/

n. 不安,焦躁➕

🔊 He had not known how to reach her. He knew only that she was somewhere on the Riviera, and that she had not answered the few letters he had written to her since their last meeting in New York. His last letter had been returned from her New York address with ‘Gone away’ written across it; and he had cabled to his friend Ned Winsett, who was now correspondent of the New York ‘Radiator’ in Paris, asking if he could find out where she was. Winsett’s answer had come a week later: ‘Countess Olenska at Villa d’Este, Cimiez, Nice.’ And Archer had started at once.

他不知道如何联系到她。他只知她在里维埃拉的某个地方,而且自从上次在纽约见面后,他写去的几封信她都没有回复。他最后一封信从她在纽约的地址被退了回来,上面横写着‘已他往’几个字；于是他发电报给他的朋友内德·温塞特,温塞特现在是纽约《光芒报》驻巴黎的记者,问他能否查到她的下落。一周后,温塞特回电:‘奥兰斯卡伯爵夫人在尼斯的西米埃兹的埃斯特别墅。’阿彻立刻出发了。

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correspondent /ˌkɒrəˈspɒndənt/

n. 记者,通讯员；通信者➕

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cabled /ˈkeɪbld/

v. 发电报（cable的过去式）➕