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| 51. | She tried to console herself with the thought that a score of other persons, men and women, were equally tremulous concerning the outcome of their efforts, but she could not disassociate the general danger from her own individual liability. |
| 她竭力安慰自己说，还有二十来个别的人，有男有女，也在为演出的结果紧张得发抖。 可是这没有用。 她想到总体失败的可能性就不能不想到她个人失败的可能性。 |
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| 52. | His face was white under its tan, his eyes hard and anxious as he lifted her completely off her feet, swung her up against his chest and sat down in the chair, holding her writhing in his lap. |
| 这时他那棕黑的脸已紧张得发白了，他的眼光严峻而炙热，他把她完全举了起来，将她高高地紧压在他的胸脯上，抱着她在椅子上坐下，任凭她继续挣扎。 |
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| 53. | The longer she sat silent in the peaceful room, trying to sew, listening to Melanie's voice, the tighter her nerves stretched. She felt that at any moment she would actually hear them break with the same pinging sound a banjo string makes when it snaps. |
| 她坐在这平静的客厅里沉默不语，一面想尽力安心做针线，一面听着媚兰说话，可是越是这样，她的神经绷得越紧，她觉得她的神经紧张得随时都会像班卓琴的弦一样砰的一声绷断的。 |
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