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Well, as I’ve said, Lestat amazed me in his newcalm, his thoughtfulness. But that evening I didn’t wake to find him the sameway, not at first. There were women in the parlor. The candles were a few, scatteredon the small tables and the carved buffet, and Lestat had his arm around onewoman and was kissing her. She was very drunk and very beautiful, a greatdrugged doll of a woman with her careful coif falling slowly down on her bareshoulders and over her partially bared breasts.
“我刚才说了，莱斯特那前所未有的平静和深思状令我很吃惊。但那天晚上我醒来时发现周围和往常不一样。客厅里有女人，小桌上的雕花柜上点着几支小蜡烛。莱斯特搂着一个女人，吻着她。她非常漂亮，这会儿已经喝得醉醺醺的，像个麻醉了的大玩具娃娃，头上那顶精致的帽子慢慢滑过她那裸露的肩膀，滑下半裸的胸脯。
The other woman sat over a ruined supper tabledrinking a glass of wine. I could see that the three of them had dined (Lestatpretending to dine…you would be surprised how people do not notice that avampire is only pretending to eat), and the woman at the table was bored. Allthis put me in a fit of agitation. I did not know what Lestat was up to.
另一个女人坐在破旧的餐桌对面，喝着一杯酒。看得出来，他们三个刚吃过饭（莱斯特是假装吃饭……你可能会感到吃惊，人们怎么会没注意到吸血鬼只是假装在吃），桌旁的女人看上去已经厌倦了。眼前的这一切让我感到一阵不安，不知道莱斯特有何居心。
If I went into the room, the woman would turnher attentions to me. And what was to happen, I couldn’t imagine, except thatLestat meant for us to kill them both. The woman on the settee with him wasalready teasing about his kisses, his coldness, his lack of desire for her. Andthe woman at the table watched with black almond eyes that seemed to be filledwith satisfaction; when Lestat rose and came to her, putting his hands on herbare white arms, she brightened. Bending now to kiss her, he saw me through thecrack in the door. And his eyes just stared at me for a moment, and then hewent on talking with the ladies.
如果我走进房间，那个女人会把注意力转向我。我想象不出会发生什么事，恐怕只有一种可能，那就是莱斯特把她们俩都杀掉。和他一起坐在沙发上的女人已经开始奚落他接吻的方式，抱怨他的冷淡，说他对她缺乏欲望。桌旁那个女人睁着一双黑色的杏眼，眼里流露出满足。当莱斯特起身走到她面前，双手放在她裸露着的洁白胳膊上时，她马上喜形于色。他弯下身吻她的时候，从门缝里看见了我，对我注视了片刻，便又与两位女士继续聊天。
He bent down and blew out the candles on thetable. ‘It’s too dark in here,’ said the woman on the couch. ‘Leave us alone,’said the other woman. Lestat sat down and beckoned her to sit in his lap. Andshe did, putting her left arm around his neck, her right hand smoothing backhis yellow hair. ‘Your skin’s icy,’ she said, recoiling slightly. ‘Not always,’said Lestat; and then he buried his face in the flesh of her neck.
他弯腰吹灭了桌上的蜡烛。‘屋里太黑了，’沙发上的那个女人说道。‘你走吧，’另一个女人说。莱斯特坐下来，示意她坐在他腿上，她便过去坐在他的腿上，左手搂着他的脖子，右手把他那黄色的头发往后捋了捋。‘你的皮肤冰凉，’她说道，身子不由得微微一缩。‘有时是这样的。’莱斯特说完，把脸埋进她的脖子。
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