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“Have you got a church you go to sometimes； George？ Maybe even if you haven’t been there for a long time？ Maybe I could call up the church and get a priest to e over and he could talk to you； see？” 〃有没有一个你有时去去的教堂，乔治？也许你已经好久没去过的？也许我可以打电话给教堂，请一位牧师来，他可以跟你谈谈，不好吗？〃
“Don’t belong to any。” 〃不属于任何教堂。〃
“You ought to have a church； George； for times like this。 You must have gone to church once。 Didn’t you get married in a church？ Listen； George； listen to me。 Didn’t you get married in a church？” 〃你应当有一个教堂，乔治，碰到这种时候就有用了。你从前一定做过礼拜的。难道你不是在教堂里结婚的吗？听着，乔治，你听我说。难道你不是在教堂里结婚的吗？〃
“That was a long time ago。” 〃那是很久以前了。〃
The effort of answering broke the rhythm of his rocking—for a moment he was silent。 Then the same halfknowing； halfbewildered look came back into his faded eyes。 回答问题的努力打断了他来回摇摇的节奏他安静了一会，然后和原先一样的那种半清醒半迷糊的表情又回到了他无神的眼睛里。
“Look in the drawer there；” he said； pointing at the desk。 〃打开那个抽屉看看。〃他指着书桌说。
“Which drawer？” 〃哪一个抽屉？〃
“That drawer—that one。” 〃那个抽屉那一个。〃
Michaelis opened the drawer nearest his hand。 There was nothing in it but a small； expensive dogleash； made of leather and braided silver。 It was apparently new。 米切里斯打开了离他手边最近的那个抽屉。里面什么都没有，除了一根小小的贵重的狗皮带，是用牛皮和银缏制作的。看上去还是新的。
“This？” he inquired； holding it up。 〃这个？〃他举起狗皮带问道。
Wilson stared and nodded。 威尔逊瞪着眼点点头。
“I found it yesterday afternoon。 She tried to tell me about it； but I knew it was something funny。” 〃我昨天下午发现的。她想法子向我说明它的来由，但是我知道这件事蹊跷。〃
“You mean your wife bought it？” 〃你是你太太买的吗？〃
“She had it wrapped in tissue paper on her bureau。” 〃她用薄纸包着放在她的梳妆台上。〃
Michaelis didn’t see anything odd in that； and he gave Wilson a dozen reasons why his wife might have bought the dogleash。 But conceivably Wilson had heard some of these same explanations before； from Myrtle； because he began saying “Oh； my God！” again in a whisper—his forter left several explanations in the air。 米切里斯看不出这有什么古怪，于是他对威尔逊说出十来个理由为什么他老婆可能会买这条狗皮带，但是不难想象，这些同样的理由有一些威尔逊已经从茉特尔那里听过，因为他又轻轻地哼起：〃我的上帝啊！〃他的安慰者还有几个理由没说出口又缩回去了。
“Then he killed her；” said Wilson。 His mouth dropped open suddenly。 〃那么他杀害了她。〃威尔逊说，他的嘴巴突然张得大大的。
“Who did？” 〃谁杀害了她？〃
“I have a way of finding out。” 〃我有办法打听出来。〃
“You’re morbid； George；” said his friend。 “This has been a strain to you and you don’t know what you’re saying。 You’d better try and sit quiet till morning。” 〃你胡思乱想，乔治，〃他的朋友说，〃你受了很大的刺激，连自己说什么都不知道了。你还是尽量安安静静地坐到天亮吧。〃
“He murdered her。” 〃他谋杀了她。〃
“It was an accident； George。” 〃那是交通事故，乔治。〃
Wilson shook his head。 His eyes narrowed and his mouth widened slightly with the ghost of a superior “Hm！” 威尔逊摇了摇头。他眼睛眯成一条缝，嘴巴微微咧开，不以为然地轻轻〃哼〃了一声。
“I know；” he said definitely； “I’m one of these trusting fellas and I don’t think any harm to nobody； but when I get to know a thing I know it。 It was the man in that car。 She ran out to speak to him and he wouldn’t stop。” 〃我知道，〃他肯定地说，〃我是个信任别人的人，从来也不怀疑任何人有鬼，但是我一己弄明白一件事，我心里就有数了。是那辆车子里的那个男人。她跑过去想跟他说话，但是他不肯停下来。〃
Michaelis had seen this too； but it hadn’t occurred to him that there was any special significance in it。 He believed that Mrs。 Wilson had been running away from her husband； rather than trying to stop any particular car。 米切里斯当时也看到这个情况了，但他并没想到其中有什么特殊的意义。他以为威尔逊太太是从她丈夫那里跑开，而并不是想拦住某一辆汽车。
“How could she of been like that？” 〃她怎么可能弄成那样呢？〃
“She’s a deep one；” said Wilson； as if that answered the question。 “Ahhh——” 〃她这人很深沉。〃威尔逊说，仿佛这就回答了问题。〃啊…哟…哟…〃
He began to rock again； and Michaelis stood twisting the leash in his hand。 他又摇晃起来，米切里斯站在旁边搓着手里的狗皮带。
“Maybe you got some friend that I could telephone for； George？” 〃也许你有什么朋友我可以打电话请来帮帮忙吧，乔治？〃
xxx 这是一个渺茫的希望…他几乎可以肯定威尔逊一个朋友也没有，他连个老婆都照顾不了。又过了一会他很高兴看到屋子里起了变化，窗外渐渐发蓝，他知道天快亮了。五点左右，外面天色更蓝，屋子里的灯可以关掉了。
Wilson’s glazed eyes turned out to the ashheaps； where small gray clouds took on fantastic shape and scurried here and there in the faint dawn wind。 威尔逊呆滞的眼睛转向外面的灰堆，那上面小朵的灰云呈现出离奇古怪的形状，在黎明的微风中飞来飞去。
“I spoke to her；” he muttered； after a long silence。 “I told her she might fool me but she couldn’t fool God。 I took her to the window。”—with an effort he got up and walked to the rear window and leaned with his face pressed against it——” and I said ‘God knows what you’ve been doing； everything you’ve been doing。 You may fool me； but you can’t fool God！’” 〃我跟她谈了，〃他沉默了半天以后喃喃地说，〃我告诉她，她也许可以骗我，但她决骗不了上帝。我把她领到窗口，〃他费劲地站了起来，走到后窗户面前，把脸紧贴在上面，〃然后我说：'上帝知道你所做的事，你所做的一切事。你可以骗我，但你骗不了上帝！〃
Standing behind him； Michaelis saw with a shock that he was looking at the eyes of Doctor T。 J。 Eckleburg； which had just emerged； pale and enormous； from the dissolving night。 米切里斯站在他背后，吃惊地看到他正盯着T？J？埃克尔堡大夫的眼睛，暗淡无光，巨大无比，刚刚从消散的夜色中显现出来。
“God sees everything；” repeated Wilson。 〃上帝看见一切。〃威尔逊又说了一遍。
“That’s an advertisement；” Michaelis assured him。 Something made him turn away from the window and look back into the room。 But Wilson stood there a long time； his face close to the window pane； nodding into the twilight。 〃那是一幅广告。〃米切里斯告诉他。不知是什么使他从窗口转开，回头向室内看，但是威尔逊在那里站了很久，脸紧靠着玻璃窗，向着曙光不住地点头。
By six o’clock Michaelis was worn out； and grateful for the sound of a car stopping outside。 It was one of the watchers of the night before who had promised to e back； so he cooked breakfast for three； which he and the other man ate together。 Wilson was quieter now； and Michaelis went home to sleep； when he awoke four hours later and hurried back to the garage； Wilson was gone。 等到六点钟，米切里斯已经筋疲力尽，因此听到有一辆车子在外面停下的声音时满心感激。来的也是昨天帮着守夜的一位，答应了要回来的，于是他做了三个人的早饭，他和那个人一同吃了。威尔逊现在比较安静，米切里斯就回家睡觉。四小时之后他醒过来，急忙又跑回车行，威尔逊已经不见了。
His movements—he was on foot all the time—were afterward traced to Port Roosevelt and then to Gad’s Hill； where he bought a sandwich that he didn’t eat； and a cup of coffee。 He must have been tired and walking slowly； for he didn’t reach Gad’s Hill until noon。 Thus far there was no difficulty in accounting for his time—there were boys who had seen a man “acting sort of crazy；” and motorists at whom he stared oddly from the side of the road。 Then for three hours he disappeared from view。 The police； on the strength of what he said to Michaelis； that he “had a way of finding out；” supposed that he spent that time going from garage to garage thereabout； inquiring for a yellow car。 On the other hand； no garage man who had seen him ever came forward； and perhaps he had an easier； surer way of finding out what he wanted to know。 By halfpast two he was in West Egg； where he asked someone the way to Gatsby’s house。 So by that time he knew Gatsby’s name。 他的行踪他一直是步行的…事后查明是先到罗斯福港，从那里�