共享食物
类别:人性
饥寒交迫的同行乘客放下傲慢,接受了羊脂球慷慨分享的食物,虚伪壁垒暂时瓦解。
时长 51 秒 · 语速 170 wpm
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"Would you like some, sir?" “先生,您要来点吗?”
she asked Loiseau shyly. 她有些不好意思地问卢瓦索。
"You haven't eaten all day." “您这一整天都没吃东西了。”
He bowed. 他欠了欠身。
"I can't refuse, madame. “夫人,那我可就不推辞了。
I'm starving. 我都快饿扁了。
War is war, isn't it?" 打起仗来就是这样,不是吗?”
One of the nuns accepted too, and then Cornudet. 其中一位修女也接了过去,接着是科尔纽代。
The ladies held out for a while, 几位太太起初还硬撑了一阵子,
but when young Madame Carré-Lamadon fainted from hunger, they gave in. 但当年轻的卡雷-拉马东夫人饿晕过去后,她们也只得妥协了。
The Count accepted with great dignity, 伯爵十分矜持地接受了,
on behalf of his wife as well. 连同他夫人的那份也一并代领了。
Once the first step was taken, the rest was easy. 只要第一步迈出去了,剩下的也就好办了。
The basket was emptied. 篮子很快就被一扫而空。
They ate, drank, and chatted, 大家吃着、喝着、聊着,
and could hardly help being polite to the woman whose food they were eating. 吃了人家的东西,也不由得对她客气起来。
She even told them, with real anger, 她甚至义愤填膺地讲起,
how she had attacked a Prussian soldier in her own home. 自己当初是如何在家里袭击了一名普鲁士大兵的。
Hunger can knock down any wall, at least until dinner is over. 饥饿能冲垮任何隔阂,至少在这顿饭吃完之前是这样。
That night, the coach finally stopped at an inn in the town of Tôtes. 那天夜里,马车终于在托特镇的一家客栈前停了下来。