all these years! "She stood up with a sudden tragic import in her movement. "You believe me capable of that, don't you? If I had only guessed--but I have never known a girl like her; she had the truth out of me with a spring The truth that you and I had never Had never-never in all these years! Oh, she knew why -she measured us both in a flash 6. She didn, t suspect me of having haggled with you--her words pelted me like hail. 47 'He just took what he wanted--sifted and sorted you to suit his taste Burnt out the gold and left a heap of cinders. And you let him- you let yourself be cut in bits'-she mixed her metaphors a little -"be cut in bits, and used or discarded while all the while every drop of blood in you belonged to him+! But he's Shylock- and you have bled to death of the pound of flesh he has cut out of you. But she despises me the most, you know --far the most--"Mrs. Vervain ended The words fell strangely on the scented stillness of the room they seemed out of harmony with its setting of afternoon intimacy, the kind of intimacy on which at any moment, a visitor might intrude without perceptibly lowering the atmosphere. It was as though a grand opera-singer had strained the acoustics of a private music-room Thursdale stood up, facing his hostess. Half the room was between them, but they seemed to stare close at each other now that the veils of reticence and ambiguity had fallen His first words were characteristic. "She does despise me then? he exclaimed 'She thinks the pound of flesh you took was a little too near the heart 1 He was excessively pale. " Please tell me exactly what she said of me She did not speak much of you: she is proud. But I gather that while she understands love or indifference, her eyes have never been opened to the many intermed iate shades of feeling. At any rate, she expressed an unwillingness to be taken with reservations--she thinks you would have loved her better if you had loved some one else first. The point of view is original - she insists on a man with a past Oh, a past--if she 's serious--I could rake up a past! he said with a laugh So I suggested but she has her eyes on his particular portion of it. She insists on 46.46 in a flash:一瞬间 47.47 her words pelted me like hail:如同冰雹一般反击我 48.48 sifted and sorted you to suit his taste:通过过滤净化般筛选而令他满意 49.49 be cut in bits, and used or discarded, while all the while every drop of blood in you belonged to him:残酷地切割,利用抛弃,最后甚至每一滴血都属于他 50.s° Shylock:!(喻)敲诈勒索的放债者,冷酷无情的商人,泠酷无情的人,夏洛克,冷酷的 高利贷者 51.5 i the pound of flesh you took was a little too near the heart:他所切割的那部分 离你的心脏最近 52.2 rake up:重翻all these years!" She stood up with a sudden tragic import in her movement. "You believe me capable of that, don't you? If I had only guessed -- but I have never known a girl like her; she had the truth out of me with a spring." "The truth that you and I had never --" "Had never -- never in all these years! Oh, she knew why -- she measured us both in a flash46. She didn't suspect me of having haggled with you -- her words pelted me like hail.47 'He just took what he wanted -- sifted and sorted you to suit his taste48 . Burnt out the gold and left a heap of cinders. And you let him -- you let yourself be cut in bits' -- she mixed her metaphors a little -- 'be cut in bits, and used or discarded, while all the while every drop of blood in you belonged to him49! But he's Shylock50 -- and you have bled to death of the pound of flesh he has cut out of you.' But she despises me the most, you know -- far the most --" Mrs. Vervain ended. The words fell strangely on the scented stillness of the room: they seemed out of harmony with its setting of afternoon intimacy, the kind of intimacy on which at any moment, a visitor might intrude without perceptibly lowering the atmosphere. It was as though a grand opera-singer had strained the acoustics of a private music-room. Thursdale stood up, facing his hostess. Half the room was between them, but they seemed to stare close at each other now that the veils of reticence and ambiguity had fallen. His first words were characteristic. "She does despise me, then?" he exclaimed. "She thinks the pound of flesh you took was a little too near the heart.51 " He was excessively pale. "Please tell me exactly what she said of me." "She did not speak much of you: she is proud. But I gather that while she understands love or indifference, her eyes have never been opened to the many intermediate shades of feeling. At any rate, she expressed an unwillingness to be taken with reservations -- she thinks you would have loved her better if you had loved some one else first. The point of view is original -- she insists on a man with a past!" "Oh, a past -- if she's serious -- I could rake up52 a past!" he said with a laugh. "So I suggested: but she has her eyes on his particular portion of it. She insists on 46. 46 in a flash：一瞬间 47. 47 her words pelted me like hail：如同冰雹一般反击我 48. 48 sifted and sorted you to suit his taste：通过过滤净化般筛选而令他满意 49. 49 be cut in bits, and used or discarded, while all the while every drop of blood in you belonged to him：残酷地切割，利用抛弃，最后甚至每一滴血都属于他 50. 50 Shylock：.(喻)敲诈勒索的放债者, 冷酷无情的商人, 冷酷无情的人, 夏洛克, 冷酷的 高利贷者 51. 51 the pound of flesh you took was a little too near the heart：他所切割的那部分 离你的心脏最近 52. 52 rake up：重翻