无耻的条件

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军官提出以羊脂球陪宿为放行条件,众人群情激愤支持她拒绝,但行程依旧受阻。

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Ten minutes later, she came back down, 十分钟后,她走下楼来,

red in the face and choking with fury. 满脸通红,气得直喘粗气。

"The pig!" “那个混蛋!”

she stammered. 她结结巴巴地说,

"The filthy pig!" “那个肮脏的畜生!”

Everyone crowded around her, desperate to know what had happened. 大家都围了上去,急切地想知道到底发生了什么。

At last, she told them. 终于,她告诉了大家。

The officer would let them all go on one condition: 军官答应放所有人走,但有一个条件:

that Boule de Suif spend the night with him. 就是要羊脂球陪他睡一晚。

For a moment, there was stunned silence. 一时间,全场鸦雀无声,大家都惊呆了。

Then a storm of outrage broke out. 紧接着,愤怒的声讨便像暴风雨般爆发了。

How dare he! 他怎么敢这样!

A Prussian! 一个普鲁士佬!

The Count declared it an insult to France itself. 伯爵更是直言,这简直是对全法国的侮辱。

The ladies surrounded her with warm sympathy. 夫人们纷纷围住她,满是同情与安慰。

Every one of them was on her side, 没有一个人不站在她这边,

and they all admired her patriotic pride in refusing. 大家都十分敬佩她坚决拒绝的爱国气节。

Outrage costs nothing, as long as someone else is paying. 反正不用自己付出代价,义愤填膺向来毫无成本。

That night at dinner, everyone was very kind to Boule de Suif. 那天吃晚饭时,大家都对羊脂球格外亲切体贴。

But the next morning, the horses still hadn't come. 可到了第二天早上,套车的马还是没有来。