Driffield put down his banjo and lit a pipe.

德里菲尔德放下班卓琴，点着了烟斗。

" Then don't talk about them, " interrupted Driffield with a smile.

" 那咱们就别谈书了，" 德里菲尔德微笑着插嘴说。

" I say, what's wrong with the Driffields" ? I asked her.

" 嗨，德里菲尔德夫妻俩到底有什么不好？" 我问玛丽—安道。

Driffield pointed to a pile of new books that were heaped up on a table in the corner.

德里菲尔德指着堆在房间角落一张桌子上的一摞新书。

I could not see myself going to see Driffield in that company and tried to throw cold water on the scheme.

我无法设想自己竟和这么几个人一块儿去见德里菲尔德，就竭力给她的计划泼冷水。

" Well, we played whist while Driffield read books for review, and he used to sing" .

" 噢，我们打惠斯特，德里菲尔德则看那些要他写书评的书，他还常常唱歌给大家听。"

" Rosie fell in love with the place the moment we saw it, " said Driffield.

" 我们一看见这地方，罗西就喜欢上了，" 德里菲尔德说。

My uncle was going to refuse, but Driffield interrupted him.

我叔叔正要拒绝，德里菲尔德打断了他的话。

One day I told Driffield: " My uncle wants you to come to church" .

有一天，我告诉德里菲尔德说：" 我叔叔希望你们上教堂去。"

" I think it's a very good plan. You've known Driffield more intimately than most people for the last twenty years" .

" 我觉得这个计划不错。 过去二十年里，大多数人都不如你跟德里菲尔德的关系那么密切。"

" When all's said and done, that's the only thing that counts and Driffield never wrote a page that wasn't instinct with beauty" .

" 说到底，只有这一点是最重要的，德里菲尔德作品的每一页上都洋溢着美。"

" From here" . Driffield looked at their broken outline and an ironic smile curled his thin lips. " I was born in one of them. Rum, isn't it" ?

" 从这儿看过去是这样。" 德里菲尔德望着那排村舍的参差不齐的轮廓，他那薄薄的嘴唇边现出了嘲讽的微笑。 " 我就出生在其中的一幢房子里。 很怪，对吗？"

" I must be going, " said the curate. He turned to me. " We might walk along together. Have you got anything for me to read, Driffield" ?

" 我该走了，" 助理牧师说。 他转身对着我。 " 咱们俩一块儿走吧。 德里菲尔德，有什么书可以借我看看？"

" Won't Driffield think it's rather funny, Kuyper giving you a fur cape that costs all that" ? said I, trying to make my voice sound natural.

" 凯珀给你买价钱这么贵的皮披肩，德里菲尔德不会觉得有点怪吗？" 我说道，尽量使自己的声音听上去自然。

Driffield took my bicycle, and I, reluctant but unable to withstand his friendly violence, clumsily mounted. I swayed from side to side, but he held me with a firm hand.

德里菲尔德推过我的自行车。我虽然很不愿意，但是却无法拦挡他那友好的行动，我笨手笨脚地跨上车， 来回晃悠，可是他用手牢牢地扶住我。

" I asked you the other day if you were going to write anything about Driffield yourself and you said you weren't. Can I take that as definite" ?

" 那天我问你，你自己是否打算写点关于德里菲尔德的文章，你说你没有这个打算。 这是不是可以给看成是你的明确无疑的答复？"

Driffield looked at me for a moment with that level, ironic gaze of his. I had the impression that if there had been nobody there he would have put his tongue out at me.

德里菲尔德用他那冷静的嘲讽的目光盯着我看了一会儿。 我当时觉得如果周围没有别人的话，他一定会朝我吐吐舌头。

I felt rather than saw the quizzical look that Driffield gave him. He said something about the mammon of unrighteousness, which I recognized as a quotation, but did not gather the sense of. Mr. Galloway laughed.

我感觉到而不是看到德里菲尔德揶揄地瞅了他一眼， 随后说了一句有关不义之财的话，我认为是从什么书里引来的，不过我并不了解它的意思。 盖洛韦先生笑起来。