【英中对照】Springtime a la Carte 菜单上的春天 欧·亨利(5)
In return for this Schulenberg was to send three meals per diem to Sarah's hall room by a waiter--an obsequious one if possible--and furnish her each afternoon with a pencil draft of what Fate had in store for Schulenberg's customers on the morrow.
作为报酬，舒伦伯格每天派人把三顿饭送到萨拉的房间，每天下午再送来一张用铅笔书写的菜单底稿，这便是命运女神为第二天“舒伦伯格家庭餐馆”的顾客们准备的饭菜。
Mutual satisfaction resulted from the agreement. Schulenberg's patrons now knew what the food they ate was called even if its nature sometimes puzzled them. And Sarah had food during a cold, dull winter, which was the main thing with her.
双方对协议都感到满意。那些“舒伦伯格家庭餐馆”的主顾们现在知道了他们吃的菜的名字，即使菜的性质有时还让他们感到困惑。而萨拉，在严寒而又沉闷的冬天可有饭吃了，对她来讲，这是至关紧要的。
And then the almanac lied, and said that spring had come. Spring comes when it comes. The frozen snows of January still lay like adamant in the crosstown streets. The hand-organs still played "In the Good Old Summertime," with their December vivacity and expression. Men began to make thirty-day notes to buy Easter dresses. Janitors shut off steam. And when these things happen one may know that the city is still in the clutches of winter.
作为报酬，舒伦伯格每天派人把三顿饭送到萨拉的房间，每天下午再送来一张用铅笔书写的菜单底稿，这便是命运女神为第二天“舒伦伯格家庭餐馆”的顾客们准备的饭菜。
Mutual satisfaction resulted from the agreement. Schulenberg's patrons now knew what the food they ate was called even if its nature sometimes puzzled them. And Sarah had food during a cold, dull winter, which was the main thing with her.
双方对协议都感到满意。那些“舒伦伯格家庭餐馆”的主顾们现在知道了他们吃的菜的名字，即使菜的性质有时还让他们感到困惑。而萨拉，在严寒而又沉闷的冬天可有饭吃了，对她来讲，这是至关紧要的。
And then the almanac lied, and said that spring had come. Spring comes when it comes. The frozen snows of January still lay like adamant in the crosstown streets. The hand-organs still played "In the Good Old Summertime," with their December vivacity and expression. Men began to make thirty-day notes to buy Easter dresses. Janitors shut off steam. And when these things happen one may know that the city is still in the clutches of winter.
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