◣文学选段◥《守望之心(Go Get a Watchman)》哈珀·李 Harper Lee
我爱你,随你的便。假如他没说那些话,也许她不会崩溃。假如他堂堂正正地与她争辩,她可以借用他自己的话驳斥他,可她无法抓住水银握在手中,它如同智神墨丘利般狡黠而来去无踪。
I love you. As you please. Had he not said that, perhaps she would have survived. If he had fought her fairly, she could have flung his words back at him, but she could not catch mercury and hold it in her hands.
译:张芸 译林出版社 2017