《印度之行的阅读笔记》勤劳的朱妞妞

20、第 20 章

　　"Oh, do you?" said Adela, not at first seeing the implication含蓄之意. Then she cried, "Oh, but if you do we shall find you gone."
　　这会嚷嚷的确实八成是F。
　　Mrs. Bhattacharya did not dispute争辩 it. But her husband called from the distance, "Yes, yes, you come to us Thursday."
　　"But you'll be in Calcutta."
　　"No, no, we shall not." He said something swiftly to his wife in Bengali. "We expect you Thursday."
　　Bhattacharya/F是欢迎来访的，并且更改了安排。原因不明。
　　"Thursday . . ." the woman echoed.
　　明显Bhattacharya太太/M还是犹豫的，周四？茶会这会儿是周二，不懂。

　　A shapeless discussion occurred, during which Mrs. Turton retired, smiling to herself.
　　译成冷笑。预言也说周四聚会会出问题。
　　The upshot结论 was that they were to come Thursday, but early in the morning, so as to wreck the Bhattacharya plans as little as possible and Mr. Bhattacharya would send his carriage to fetch接 them, with servants to point out the way.
　　仆人指路恐怕会有问题
　　在这部书里，F对仆人充满贬义，金钱收买，暗度陈仓，监视偷听。
　　这部书里，F是M的下属，而不是仆人。

　　Did he know where they lived? Yes, of course he knew, he knew everything; and he laughed again.
　　指Bhattacharya先生，可见这里确实印证了指F。

　　When they had not cheated, it was bhang, women, or worse and even the desirables wanted to get something out of him指Turton.
　　这是骂M呢，F指责每当自己有所馈赠时，僵化的Turton/M就会认为自己是有所企图。其实也就是M错把F每次示好都看成是逼迫M了断，这让F很受伤。

　　Many of the guests, especially the humbler地位低 and less Anglicized英国味少的, were genuinely grateful.。。
　　果然开始骂M了，也骂曾经差点失去自尊的自己。
　　They did not mind how long they stood, or how little happened and when seven o'clock struck, they had to be turned out.
　　唉，这种聚会真的是没有任何意思啊。F苦等，时间一到被赶走。根本不可能亲近爱人。

　　Others were grateful with more intelligence. The Nawab Bahadur, indifferent漠不关心 for himself and for the distinction区别，荣誉 with which he was greeted, was moved by the mere kindness that must have prompted the invitation. He knew the difficulties.
　　骂Nawab失去自尊，骂M对自己特别冷淡。
　　Hamidullah also thought that the Collector had played up well.