《了不起的盖茨比》第三章(11)

“她和一个说是她丈夫的人打了一架，”一个在我胳膊肘旁边的女孩解释道。
我环顾四周，此时此刻大部分依旧留着的女客都和另一个自称是她们丈夫的人打架。就算是乔丹的那群人也没有免俗，这群来自东蛋的四重奏，正在因为分歧吵地不可开交。这时候，其中的一个男人正以燃烧着的热情和女演员聊天。他的妻子一开始只是保持一种矜持的，满不在乎的样子，后来还是完全崩溃，采取了侧面攻击的最后手段——在几个谈话间隙的时候突然站到她老公旁边，像一条菱背响尾蛇以压抑愤怒的声音耳语道：“你保证过的！”（One of the men was talking with curious intensity to a young actress, and his wife, after attempting to laught at the situation in a dignified and indifferent way, broke down entirely and resorted to flank attacks—at intervals the appeared suddenly at his side like an angry diamond, and hissed “you promised!” into his ear. ）