Newland: You know, I hardly remembered you.

 

Ellen: Hardly remembered?

 

Newland: I mean, each time is the same. You happen to me all over again.

 

Ellen: Yes, I know. For me too.

 

Newland: Ellen, we can't stay like this. It can't last.

 

Ellen: I think we should look at reality, not dreams.

 

Newland: I just want us to be together.

 

Ellen: I can't be your wife, Newland. Is it your idea I should live with you as your mistress¹?

 

Newland: Somehow I want to get away with you and find a world where words like that don't exist.

 

Ellen: Oh, my dear. Where is that country? Have you ever been there? Is there anywhere we can be happy behind the backs of people who trust us?

 

Newland: I'm beyond caring about that.

 

Ellen: No, you're not. You've never been beyond that. I have. I know what it looks like. It's no place for us. Why are we stopping? This isn't Granny's.

 

Newland: I'll get out here. You were right, I shouldn't have come today.

 

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May: What are you reading?

 

Newland: It's a book about Japan.

 

May: Why?

 

Newland: I don't know. Because it's a different country.

 

May: You used to read poetry. It was so nice when you read it to me. Newland, you'll catch your death.

 

Newland: Of course.

 

Voiceover: But then he realized, "I am dead. I've been dead for months and months." Then it occurred² to him that she might die. People did. Young people, healthy people did. She might die and set him free.

 

May: Newland.

 

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Newland: Ellen, I have to see you. I knew you were leaving again.

 

Ellen: I'm not leaving. Granny's asked me to stay and take care of her.

 

Newland: Then we have to talk now.

 

Ellen: I'm due³ at Regina's. Granny lent me her carriage. I know, Granny says Beaufort's a scoundrel, but so is my husband and the family still wants me to go back to him. Only Granny understands. She's even seen to my allowance⁴.

 

Newland: I have to see you somewhere we can be alone.

 

Ellen: In New York?

 

Newland: Alone. Somewhere we can be alone. The art museum in the park. 2:30 tomorrow. I'll be at the door. You came to New York because you were afraid.

 

Ellen: Afraid?

 

Newland: Of my coming to Washington⁵.

 

Ellen: I thought I would be safer.

 

Newland: Safer from me? Ellen? Safer from loving me?

 

Ellen: Shall I come to you once and then go home?

 

Newland: Come to me once then.

 

Ellen: When?

 

Newland: Tomorrow.

 

Ellen: The day after.

 

 

1. You happen to me all over again: 你每次都带给我全新的感受。

 

2. beyond caring: 毫不在意，毫不关心；不管。例如：

 

It seems to me that he's beyond caring about what anybody does.

 

在我看来他并不关心别人做什么。

 

3. catch your death: 得致命的病（这里指受寒感冒）。例如：

 

Don't go out without a coat: you'll catch your death.

 

别不穿外套出去，会得重感冒的。

 

4. it occurred to him that: 他突然想到。例如：

 

It occurred to him that it would be a fun thing to throw the dog out of the window.

 

他突然想到，把小狗扔到窗外将是一件好玩的事情。

 

5. due: 预定应到的，应到达的，应出席的。例如：

 

When is the plane due at Beijing? 飞机预定什么时间到达北京？

 

6. scoundrel: 流氓，恶棍，无赖。

 

7. see to my allowance: 负责我的生活费。see to的意思是“负责，照料”。例如：

 

Your attendants⁶ must see to the needs of your customers.

 

你的服务员必须照料到顾客的需要。

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