四百法郎

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"What's the matter?" “怎么了？”

he asked. 他问。

With great effort, she wiped her cheeks. 她费力地擦了擦脸颊。

"Nothing. “没什么。

Only I have no dress, so I can't go. 只是我没有像样的礼服，去不了。

Give the invitation to a colleague whose wife is better dressed than I am." 把请帖给你那些老婆穿得比我体面的同事吧。”

He was heartbroken. 他心里难受极了。

"Look, Mathilde. “听我说，玛蒂尔德。

How much would a proper dress cost, 做一件合适的礼服得花多少钱，

something simple you could wear again?" 就是款式简单点、平时也能穿的那种？”

She thought for a few seconds, doing her sums, 她想了几秒钟，在心里盘算着，

and wondering how much she could ask for without shocking her careful husband. 琢磨着要多少钱才不至于吓到精打细算的丈夫。

"I'm not sure," she said at last. “我也说不太准，”她最后说，

"But I think I could manage with four hundred francs." “不过我想，有四百法郎应该就够了。”

He went a little pale. 他的脸色微微有些发白。

He had been saving exactly that amount to buy a rifle, 他恰好攒了这么一笔钱准备买支猎枪，

so he could go hunting with his friends on Sundays. 好在周日和朋友们一起去打猎。

Love is often measured in the small dreams we quietly give up. 爱，往往就体现在那些我们悄悄放弃的小小梦想里。

"All right," he said. “好吧，”他说，

"I'll give you four hundred francs. “我给你四百法郎。

But try to get a really beautiful dress." 不过尽量挑一件真正漂亮的礼服。”