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The next morning when she'd come in, she'd see me and say "Hello," or maybe, "Good morning," and I'd answer and add something to show her I really knew a little about spring. No wise cracks because I wouldn't want her to think that I was one of those smooth-talking guys who pick up girls in the subway.
第二天早上她进来时就会看见我并说，“你好”或者“早上好”,我也会问她好，还会加上一些话，向她表明我的确对春天有点了解。没有什么俏皮话，因为我不想让她以为我是那种花言巧语，在地铁里搭识女孩子的家伙。
And after a while, we'd get a little friendlier and start talking about things like the weather or the news, and one day she'd say, "Isn't it funny? Here we are talking every day and we don't even know each other's name." And I'd stand up straight and tip my hat and say, "I'd like you to meet Mr. Thomas Pearse." And she'd say very seriously, "How do you do, Mr.Pearse. I want you to meet Miss Elizabeth Altemose."
过了一段时间，我们会更友好一点，开始谈论天气、新闻之类的事。于是有一天她会说， “有意思吗？我们每天都在这儿交谈，但连彼此的姓名还不知道。”于是，我便挺直身子站起来， 举一举帽子说，“我想让你认识托马斯·皮尔斯先生。”而她也会很严肃地说，“你好，皮尔斯先生，我想让你结识伊丽莎白·阿尔特莫斯小姐。”
"Thomas," she'd say, as if she were trying out the sound of it.
“托马斯，”她会说，好像是在试试这个名字的读音。
"What?" I'd ask.
“什么? ”我会问。
"I can't possibly call you Thomas," she'd say. "It's so formal."
“我没法叫你托马斯，”她会说，“这名字太一本正经了。”
"My friends call me Tommy," I'd tell her.
“朋友们都叫我汤米，”我会告诉她。
"And mine call me Betty."
“我的朋友们都叫我贝蒂。”
And that's the way it would be. Maybe after a while I'd mention the name of a good moviethat was playing at the Music Hall and suggest that if she weren't doing anything in particular ---
事情就这样发展。也许过了一段时间，我会提起正在音乐厅上映的一部好电影的名字，并提议如果她没有什么特别的事……
