雙語(yǔ)·面紗 第二十七章

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Walter was in when she got home. She would have liked to go straight to her room, but he was downstairs, in the hall, giving instructions to one of the boys. She was so wretched that she welcomed the humiliation to which she must expose herself. She stopped and faced him.

“I'm coming with you to that place,” she said.

“Oh, good.”

“When do you want me to be ready?”

“To-morrow night.”

She did not know what spirit of bravado entered into her. His indifference was like the prick of a spear. She said a thing that surprised herself.

“I suppose I needn't take more than a few summer things and a shroud, need I?”

She was watching his face and knew that her flippancy angered him.

“I've already told your amah what you'll want.”

She nodded and went up to her room. She was very pale.

第二十七章

她回到家里的時(shí)候，沃爾特也在家。她本來(lái)想直接回自己的房間，但他正在樓下的大廳里，向一個(gè)男仆人布置著任務(wù)。她覺(jué)得自己那么不幸，準(zhǔn)備硬著頭皮面對(duì)來(lái)自他的羞辱。

“我跟你一起去那個(gè)地方?！彼f(shuō)道。

“哦，好的。”

“你什么時(shí)候讓我準(zhǔn)備妥當(dāng)？”

“明天晚上。”

他的冷漠就像一把利矛刺痛了她，她也不知道從哪兒冒出了勇氣，說(shuō)了一句讓她自己也感到吃驚的話。

“我想也不需要準(zhǔn)備太多的東西了，只需要一些夏天的衣物和一套壽衣就好了，不是嗎？”

她直視他的臉，知道她無(wú)禮的言辭激怒了他。

“你需要什么東西我已經(jīng)跟你的女仆說(shuō)過(guò)了?！?/p>

她點(diǎn)了點(diǎn)頭，走上樓進(jìn)了她的房間，面色像死人一樣白。