【英中对照】Springtime a la Carte 菜单上的春天 欧·亨利(15)

七点半钟，隔壁的夫妇开始吵架；楼上房间的男人用笛子试吹Ａ调；煤气灯的火苗短了一些；三辆载煤车开始卸货——只有留声机的声音令人嫉妒；后面篱笆上的猫慢慢往奉天撤退。根据这些迹象，萨拉知道该看书了。她拿出一本本月最不畅销的书——《修道院和家庭》，把脚放在箱子上，开始与杰勒德漫游。 
The front door bell rang. The landlady answered it. Sarah left Gerard and Denys treed by a bear and listened. Oh, yes; you would, just as she did! 
前门的铃响了，房东太太去开门，萨拉放下被熊逼上树的杰勒德和丹尼斯，倾听着。啊，是的；要是你，也定会和萨拉一个样！ 
And then a strong voice was heard in the hall below, and Sarah jumped for her door, leaving the book on the floor and the first round easily the bear's. You have guessed it. She reached the top of the stairs just as her farmer came up, three at a jump, and reaped and garnered her, with nothing left for the gleaners.