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She looked back at the room, and then she dropped her voice a little, and said to me, "Can't you see, it's somehow because it's a black woman and a black child?"
她回头向房间里望了望，然后压低了声音对我说这似乎是因为雕的是一位黑人妇女与一个黑人孩子，你明白吧？”
And I said to her, "I can see that, Mevrou."
我对她说我能看出来，夫人。”
She turned to the man and said of me, "He，s a good boy."
她转向那个男人，夸奖我说他是个好小伙。”
Then the other woman returned with van Rensburg, and van Rensburg had a bottle of brandy. He was smiling and pleased, and he said to me, "This isn't ordinary brandy, it's French."
这时另一位妇女和范兰斯堡回来了，范兰斯堡拿着一瓶白兰地。他微笑着，很高兴的样子，对我说：“这不是普通的白兰地，这是法国白兰地。”
He showed me the bottle, and I, wanting to get the hell out of that place, looked at it and saw it was cognac. He turned to the man and said, "Uncle，you remember? The man at the bottle-store said this was the best brandy in the world."
他举着酒瓶让我看，我看了一眼，发现这是一瓶干邑白兰地。可这时的我真想赶快离开这个地方。他转向另一个男人说叔叔，你还记得吗？店里的那个酒商说这是世界上最好的白兰地。”
I must go, I said. "I must catch that train."
“我得走了，”我说，“我必须要赶上那趟火车。”
I'll take you to the station, he said. "Don't you worry about that."
“我会送你去火车站的，”他说，“别担心。”
He poured me a drink and one for himself.
他为我倒了一杯酒，也为自己倒了一杯。
Uncle, he said, "what about one for yourself?"
“叔叔，”他说，“你也来一杯怎么样？”
The older man said, "I don't mind if I do," and he went inside to get himself a glass.
这个年长的人说当然可以。”说着他便走进房间去拿杯子了。
Van Rensburg said, "Happiness," and lifted his glass to me. It was good brandy, the best I've ever tasted. But I wanted to get the hell out of there. Then Uncle came back with his glass, and van Rensburg poured him a brandy, and Uncle raised his glass to me too.
范兰斯堡举起酒杯对我说祝你快乐。”这白兰地确实不错，是我喝过的最好的白兰地。但我还是想赶快离开那里。这时，他叔叔拿着酒杯回来了，范兰斯堡为他倒了一杯白兰地，他叔叔也举起酒杯向我祝酒。
