A String of Beads 一串珍珠项链 W.Somerset Maugham W.萨摩赛特·毛姆 "What a bit of luck that I'm placed next to you," said Laura, as we sat down to dinner. “我能和你挨着真是荣幸,”劳拉在我们坐下吃饭的时候说。 "For me," I replied politely. “我也感到很荣幸,”我礼貌地回答。 "...
A string of pearls." 一串珍珠项链。” "'There's my necklace,' she said. “‘这是我的项链,’她说。 "Count Borselli leant forwards. “博尔塞利爵士身子向前一倾。 "'Oh, but those are false,' he said. “‘哦,但这珍珠是假的,’他说。 "'I told you they were,' she laughed. “‘我...
Someone had left a string of real pearls to be restrung and the assistant had made a mistake. Of course I can't understand how anyone could be so stupid as to take a really valuable string to Jarrot's, they aren't used to dealing with that sort of thing, and they wouldn't know ...
"We all laughed. It was of course absurd. We've all heard of wives palming off on their husbands as false a string of pearls that was real and expensive. That story is as old as the hills."“我们都笑了起来。这当然很荒唐。我们都听说过妻子拿昂贵的真的珍珠项链哄 骗丈夫说是假货的故事...
The little mother strung the string of beads with the thin thread and hung it on the neck. There is more than one bead on the neck of a little man. It's an exciting secret for the postman's daughter-in-law, for the little mother. But one day, the owner of the restaurant made a...
第30章 珍珠项链 A String of Beads[189]书名: 毛姆短篇小说全集(全4册) 作者名: (英)毛姆 本章字数: 4113字 更新时间: 2021-01-19 11:09:14 宴会马上开始,我们坐下的时候劳拉说:“运气真好,正巧在你旁边。” “是我运气好。”我有礼貌地回答道。 “那可不一定。今天我本来就特别想跟你说上话...
He who has been denied the spectacle of a busy Manhattan broker during a rush of business is handicapped for the profession of anthropology. 谁无缘目睹曼哈顿经纪人在生意高峰时刻那股忙碌劲儿,谁搞人类学研究就有极大缺陷。 The poet sings of the "crowded hour of glorious life." ...
又过了将近二十年，毛姆在《珍珠项链》（“A String of Beads”）中讲述了一位普普通通、看似贞洁的家庭女教师的故事。有一次午餐聚会，别人看见她戴着一条华贵的珍珠项链，而她坚持说项链是自己买的，只花了几先令。从此开始，她的人生走上了另外的轨道。1932年的话剧《服役的酬劳》的女主人公怀疑丈夫拈花惹...
Something about Jean Grace and her string of beads had stirred him to the depths of a grief that would not stay buried. The child's hair was wheat yellow, her eyes sea blue, and once upon a time, not long before, Pete had been in love with a girl with hair of that same yellow ...