making it a test case. She wanted to know what you had done to me; and before I could guess Thursdale drew a difficult breath. I never supposed - your revenge is He heard a little gasp in her throat. "My revenge? When I sent for you to warn you-to save you from being surprised as I was surprised? You're very good -but it's rather late to talk of saving me "He held out hi hand in the mechanical gesture of leave-taking How you must care!--for I never saw you so dull, "was her answer. " Don't you e that it's not too late for me to help you? " And as he continued to stare, she brought out sublimely 3: Take the rest--in imagination Let it at least be of that much use to you. Tell her I lied to her- she's too ready to believe it! And so, after all, in a sense sha'n 't have been wasted His stare hung on her, widening to a kind of wonder. She gave the look back brightly, unblushingly, as though the expedient were too simple to need oblique approaches 54. It was extraord inary how a few words had swept them from an atmosphere of the most complex dissimulations55 to this contact of naked souls It was not in Thursdale to expand with the pressure of fate but something in him cracked with it, and the rift let in new light. He went up to his friend and took her You would do it-you would do it! She looked at him, smiling, but her hand shook Good-by, he said, kissing it Good-by? You are goin To get my letter Your letter? The letter won't matter, if you will only do what I ask He returned her gaze. I might, I suppose, without being out of character. Only, don't you see that if your plan helped me it could only harm her? "Harm her To sacrif ice you wouldn, t make me different. I shall go on being what I have always been -- sifting and sorting, as she calls it. Do you want my punishment to fal on her She looked at him long and deeply. "Ah, if I had to choose between you -! You would let her take her chance? But I can't, you see. I must take my punishment alone She drew her hand away, sighing. " Oh, there will be no punishment for eith For either of us? There will be the read ing of her letter for me 53.53 sublimely:傲慢的 54. 64 exped ient were too simple to need oblique approaches:计谋十分简单不需要 任何复杂的方法引出 55.5 dissimulations:掩饰making it a test case. She wanted to know what you had done to me; and before I could guess her drift I blundered into telling her." Thursdale drew a difficult breath. "I never supposed -- your revenge is complete," he said slowly. He heard a little gasp in her throat. "My revenge? When I sent for you to warn you -- to save you from being surprised as I was surprised?" "You're very good -- but it's rather late to talk of saving me." He held out his hand in the mechanical gesture of leave-taking. "How you must care! -- for I never saw you so dull," was her answer. "Don't you see that it's not too late for me to help you?" And as he continued to stare, she brought out sublimely53: "Take the rest -- in imagination! Let it at least be of that much use to you. Tell her I lied to her -- she's too ready to believe it! And so, after all, in a sense, I sha'n't have been wasted." His stare hung on her, widening to a kind of wonder. She gave the look back brightly, unblushingly, as though the expedient were too simple to need oblique approaches 54 . It was extraordinary how a few words had swept them from an atmosphere of the most complex dissimulations55 to this contact of naked souls. It was not in Thursdale to expand with the pressure of fate; but something in him cracked with it, and the rift let in new light. He went up to his friend and took her hand. "You would do it -- you would do it!" She looked at him, smiling, but her hand shook. "Good-by," he said, kissing it. "Good-by? You are going -- ?" "To get my letter." "Your letter? The letter won't matter, if you will only do what I ask." He returned her gaze. "I might, I suppose, without being out of character. Only, don't you see that if your plan helped me it could only harm her?" "Harm her ?" "To sacrifice you wouldn't make me different. I shall go on being what I have always been -- sifting and sorting, as she calls it. Do you want my punishment to fall on her ?" She looked at him long and deeply. "Ah, if I had to choose between you -- !" "You would let her take her chance? But I can't, you see. I must take my punishment alone." She drew her hand away, sighing. "Oh, there will be no punishment for either of you." "For either of us? There will be the reading of her letter for me." 53. 53 sublimely：傲慢的 54. 54 expedient were too simple to need oblique approaches：计谋十分简单不需要 任何复杂的方法引出 55. 55 dissimulations：掩饰