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旺德夫尔瞧瞧福什利。他们两人都待在侯爵的身后，他们闻到他身上有一股气味。旺德夫尔终于找到了机会，把侯爵拉到一边，问他带到乡间去的那个美人儿是谁，老头子装出诧异的样子，可能有人看见他与德克尔男爵夫人在一起，有时他到维罗弗莱去，在她家里住上几天。旺德夫尔对他搞突然袭击，这是他唯一的报复办法： "My elbow," he muttered, slightly disturbed. "Yes indeed, it's true. A speck or two, I must have come in for them on my way down from my office."" 告诉我吧，您到哪儿去啦？您的臂肘上满是蜘蛛网和石灰。""我臂肘上，"他神色慌张，支吾道，"哦！确实是这样……有点脏……大概是我从家里下楼时弄脏的。" Several people were taking their departure. It was close on midnight. Two footmen were noiselessly removing the empty cups and the plates with cakes. In front of the hearth the ladies had re-formed and, at the same time, narrowed their circle and were chatting more carelessly than before in the languid atmosphere peculiar to the close of a party. The very room was going to sleep, and slowly creeping shadows were cast by its walls. It was then Fauchery spoke of departure. Yet he once more forgot his intention at sight of the Countess Sabine. She was resting from her cares as hostess, and as she sat in her wonted seat, silent, her eyes fixed on a log which was turning into embers, her face appeared so white and so impassable that doubt again possessed him. In the glow of the fire the small black hairs on the mole at the corner of her lip became white. It was Nana's very mole, down to the color of the hair. He could not refrain from whispering something about it in Vandeuvres's ear. Gad, it was true; the other had never noticed it before. And both men continued this comparison of Nana and the countess. They discovered a vague resemblance about the chin and the mouth, but the eyes were not at all alike. Then, too, Nana had a good-natured expression, while with the countess it was hard to decide--she might have been a cat, sleeping with claws withdrawn and paws stirred by a scarce-perceptible nervous quiver. 有好几个人告辞了。时间已近午夜。两个仆人不声不响地把空茶杯和盛糕点的碟子端走，太太们在壁炉前面又围成一圈，但圈子缩小了，晚会快结束时，在无精打采的气氛中，她们谈得更随便了。连客厅仿佛也昏昏欲睡了，一道道阴影从墙上慢慢投射下来。于是，福什利说要告辞了。不过，他打量着萨比娜伯爵夫人，又把时间忘记了。她作为东道主操劳了半天，这时坐在她常坐的椅子上歇一阵子，她默默不语，凝望着木柴烧成炭火，她的脸色那样苍白，表情那样难以理解，使福什利心里又生了疑窦。在炉火的照耀下，她嘴角上的那颗痣上的黑毛映成了金黄色。那简直就是娜娜的痣，连颜色都一样。他不由自主地凑到旺德夫尔的耳边，说了一句话。说真的，旺德夫尔从来没有注意到。于是，他们两人继续把娜娜和伯爵夫人作比较。他们发觉她们的下巴和嘴巴也有些相像，不过，两只眼睛却没有丝毫共同之处。另外，娜娜看上去是个天真的姑娘，而伯爵夫人呢，却让人不知怎么说是好，简直可以说她是一只正在睡觉的母猫，爪子缩进去，几条腿有点神经质般地在微微颤动着。 "All the same, one could have her," declared Fauchery." 不管怎样，同她睡觉还是可以的。"福什利说道。 Vandeuvres stripped her at a glance. 旺德夫尔用目光透过她的衣服打量着她的肉体。 
是的，还是可以的，"他说道，"但是，你知道，我怀疑她的屁股长得怎样。她的屁股一定不丰满，你敢打赌吧！" He stopped, for Fauchery touched him briskly on the arm and showed him Estelle, sitting close to them on her footstool. They had raised their voices without noticing her, and she must have overheard them. Nevertheless, she continued sitting there stiff and motionless, not a hair having lifted on her thin neck, which was that of a girl who has shot up all too quickly. Thereupon they retired three or four paces, and Vandeuvres vowed that the countess was a very honest woman. Just then voices were raised in front of the hearth. Mme du Joncquoy was saying:"I was willing to grant you that Monsieur de Bismarck was perhaps a witty man. Only, if you go as far as to talk of genius--" 他住了嘴。福什利猛地碰了他一下胳膊肘，向他指指爱丝泰勒，她坐在他们前边的一张圆凳子上。刚才他俩大声说话，没有看见她，她大概听见了。不过，爱丝泰勒的身体依然坐得笔直，一动也不动，这个长得太快的姑娘的瘦脖子上，没有一根汗毛动一下。于是他们走开了三四步。旺德夫尔说，他保证伯爵夫人是个作风正派的女人。这一阵子，壁炉前面的说话声音高了起来。杜·荣古瓦太太说道："我已经同意您的看法，俾斯麦也许是一个聪明人……不过，如果您还要把他说成天才……" The ladies had come round again to their earliest topic of conversation. 太太们都重新回到她们最初的谈话的主题上来。 "What the deuce! Still Monsieur de Bismarck!" muttered Fauchery. "This time I make my escape for good and all."" 怎么！又谈俾斯麦先生呀！"福什利嘟哝道，"这次我可真的要走啦。" "Wait a bit," said Vandeuvres, "we must have a definite no from the count." 等一等，"旺德夫尔说道，"我们必须让伯爵给我们一个最后的回答。" 
缪法伯爵同他的岳父和几个神态严肃的人在谈话。旺德夫尔把他拉过来，再次向他发出邀请，支持他去，并说他自己也要参加夜宵活动。一个男子汉到处都可以去嘛，不会引起人们的风言风语，最多引起人们的好奇。伯爵耷拉着眼皮，默默听他讲这些道理。旺德夫尔觉得伯爵有点动摇了，这时候，德·舒阿尔侯爵带着疑问的神态走过来。侯爵知道了是怎么一回事，福什利邀请他也参加，他偷偷瞟了瞟他的女婿。大家显得很尴尬，沉默了良久。他们两人这时都鼓起了勇气，倘若缪法伯爵没有瞥见韦诺先生死命地盯着他，他们也许接受邀请了。这个矮老头子，脸上没有一丝笑容，脸色发灰，两眼像钢一样寒光逼人。 'No," replied the count directly, in so decisive a tone that further insistence became impossible." 不去。"伯爵马上用那么肯定的语气回答，说什么他也不会接受邀请了。 Then the marquis refused with even greater severity of expression. He talked morality. The aristocratic classes ought to set a good example. Fauchery smiled and shook hands with Vandeuvres. He did not wait for him and took his departure immediately, for he was due at his newspaper office. 于是，侯爵用更加严肃的语气拒绝了邀请，他谈起了道德的问题。上层阶级应当树立榜样。福什利淡淡一笑，他握了握旺德夫尔的手，也不等他，拔腿就走了，因为他还要到他的报社里去哩。 "At Nana's at midnight, eh?"" 明天半夜十二点，在娜娜家里见面，对吧？" La Faloise retired too. Steiner had made his bow to the countess. Other men followed them, and the same phrase went round--"At midnight, at Nana's"--as they went to get their overcoats in the anteroom. Georges, who could not leave without his mother, had stationed himself at the door, where he gave the exact address. "Third floor, door on your left." Yet before going out Fauchery gave a final glance. Vandeuvres had again resumed his position among the ladies and was laughing with Leonide de Chezelles. Count Muffat and the Marquis de Chouard were joining in the conversation, while the good Mme Hugon was falling asleep open-eyed. Lost among the petticoats, M. Venot was his own small self again and smiled as of old. Twelve struck slowly in the great solemn room. 拉法卢瓦兹也跟着要走。斯泰内与太太们挥手告别。其他男人也跟着他们一起告退。在走向候见室去取外套时，大家都说同样的话，每个人都重复道："明天半夜十二点，在娜娜家里见面。"乔治等着和他妈妈一起走，他站在门口，告诉每个人娜娜的确切地址是在四层楼，左边的门。不过，福什利在离开客厅前，又回过头来望了最后一眼。旺德夫尔又坐到太太们中间，与莱奥妮德·德·谢泽勒开玩笑。缪法伯爵和德·舒阿尔侯爵又参加她们的谈话，而那个慈祥和善的于贡太太却睁着眼睛打瞌睡。韦诺先生消失在女人们的裙子后边，身子显得更小了，脸上重新露出了笑颜。在宽大而庄严的客厅里，十二点钟慢慢地敲响了。 
怎么！怎么！"杜·荣古瓦太太说道，"你们认为俾斯麦先生会来打我们，来打我们……这说得太过分了。" Indeed, they were laughing round Mme Chantereau, who had just repeated an assertion she had heard made in Alsace, where her husband owned a foundry. 尚特罗夫人周围的人都笑着，因为俾斯麦要打仗之事是她刚才说的，她是在阿尔萨斯听到的，她的丈夫在那里拥有一座工厂。 "We have the emperor, fortunately," said Count Muffat in his grave, official way." 我们有皇上，真幸运。"缪法伯爵用一副官员的严肃神态说道。 It was the last phrase Fauchery was able to catch. He closed the door after casting one more glance in the direction of the Countess Sabine. She was talking sedately with the chief clerk and seemed to be interested in that stout individual's conversation. Assuredly he must have been deceiving himself. There was no "little rift" there at all. It was a pity. 这是福什利听到的最后一句话。他又一次回头看了萨比娜伯爵夫人一眼，然后把身后的门拉上。她与内务部办公室主任正在漫不经心地谈话，而且看上去对这个胖子的谈话很感兴趣。显然，福什利搞错了，这个家庭并没有裂痕。真遗憾。 "You're not coming down then?" La Faloise shouted up to him from the entrance hall." 喂，你还不下来吗？"拉法卢瓦兹从前厅里向他喊道。 
大家到了人行道上，便分道扬镳了，人人都说： "Tomorrow, at Nana's."" 明天在娜娜家里见面。" Since morning Zoe had delivered up the flat to a managing man who had come from Brebant's with a staff of helpers and waiters. Brebant was to supply everything, from the supper, the plates and dishes, the glass, the linen, the flowers, down to the seats and footstools. Nana could not have mustered a dozen napkins out of all her cupboards, and not having had time to get a proper outfit after her new start in life and scorning to go to the restaurant, she had decided to make the restaurant come to her. It struck her as being more the thing. She wanted to celebrate her great success as an actress with a supper which should set people talking. As her dining room was too small, the manager had arranged the table in the drawing room, a table with twenty-five covers, placed somewhat close together. 从早上起，佐爱就把整个套间交给一个大饭店的侍应部的领班去布置，他是布雷邦饭店派来的，还带来一班助手和侍者。由布雷邦饭店提供一切：夜宵，餐具，水晶玻璃杯，餐巾，台布，鲜花，甚至还包括椅子和圆凳。娜娜的橱子里，几乎连一打餐巾也没有，在她初次登台演出成功后，还没有来得及配齐各种用品，但她又不屑于到饭店去请客，宁愿把饭店搬到自己家里。这样在她看来似乎显得别具风味。她想用夜宵来庆祝她作为明星的巨大成功，好让世人今后传为佳话。由于她的餐厅太小，侍应部领班就把饭桌摆到客厅里，桌子上摆了二十五套餐具，未免显得挤了一点。 "Is everything ready?" asked Nana when she returned at midnight." 一切都准备好了吗？"娜娜半夜回到家里，问道。 "Oh! I don't know," replied Zoe roughly, looking beside herself with worry. "The Lord be thanked, I don't bother about anything. They're making a fearful mess in the kitchen and all over the flat! I've had to fight my battles too. The other two came again. My eye! I did just chuck 'em out!"" 啊！我不知道，"佐爱语气似乎很恼火，生硬地回答，"谢天谢地，我什么也不管了。他们把厨房和整个房子搞得天翻地覆……见此情景，逼得我和他们吵了一架。另外，那两个老家伙又来了。说实话，我把他们撵走了。" 
佐爱说的老家伙是过去供养娜娜的两位先生，一个是商人，另一个是瓦拉几亚①人。娜娜早已决定把他们打发走，因为她对自己的未来已经有了信心，又如她说的，她想改邪归正了。 ①瓦拉几亚，是指当时的瓦拉几亚公国，即今罗马尼亚。 "There are a couple of leeches for you!" she muttered."If they come back threaten to go to the police."" 两个厚脸皮家伙！"她嘟哝道，"如果他们再来，你要吓唬吓唬他们，就说去报告警察局。" Then she called Daguenet and Georges, who had remained behind in the anteroom, where they were hanging up their overcoats. They had both met at the stage door in the Passage des Panoramas, and she had brought them home with her in a cab. As there was nobody there yet, she shouted to them to come into the dressing room while Zoe was touching up her toilet. Hurriedly and without changing her dress she had her hair done up and stuck white roses in her chignon and at her bosom. The little room was littered with the drawing-room furniture, which the workmen had been compelled to roll in there,and it was full of a motley assemblage of round tables, sofas and armchairs, with their legs in air for the most part. Nana was quite ready when her dress caught on a castor and tore upward. At this she swore furiously; such things only happened to her! Ragingly she took off her dress, a very simple affair of white foulard, of so thin and supple a texture that it clung about her like a long shift.But she put it on again directly, for she could not find another to her taste, and with tears in her eyes declared that she was dressed like a ragpicker. Daguenet and Georges had to patch up the rent with pins, while Zoe once more arranged her hair. All three hurried round her, especially the boy, who knelt on the floor with his hands among her skirts. And at last she calmed down again when Daguenet assured her it could not be later than a quarter past twelve, seeing that by dint of scamping her words and skipping her lines she had effectually shortened the third act of the Blonde Venus. 接着，她去叫达盖内和乔治，他们落在两个老家伙的后面，还在候见厅里挂外套。他们两人都是在全景胡同的演员出口处被她碰见的，于是，她就叫出租马车把他们一起带来了。由于还没有一个客人到，她便叫他们到梳妆室里，这会儿，佐爱正在准备给她梳妆打扮。娜娜的连衣裙也没换，便匆匆忙忙撩起头发，把几朵白玫瑰别在发髻上和胸衣上。梳妆室里塞满了从客厅里搬过来的家具，那是不得已才搬过来的。几张独脚小圆桌，几张长沙发，几把扶手椅，全都四脚朝天，堆在一起。她刚匆匆打扮完，裙子就钩在一件家具的小脚轮上，撕了一道口子。于是，她发火了，破口骂起来；这倒霉事情偏偏都碰上她。她气乎乎的，把连衣裙脱了，那是一件白绸缎裙，款式很简单，既软又薄，穿在身上就像穿着一件长衬衫。可是，马上她又穿上它，因为她找不出其它更合她口味的裙子。她气得几乎哭起来，说自己像个捡破烂的女人。达盖内和乔治不得不用别针把那道口子别起来，佐爱则给她梳头，他们三个人在她身边忙得团团转，尤其是小家伙乔治，他跪在地上，把两只手插在她的裙子里。达盖内安慰她说，由于她省略了许多台词，跳过了一些唱段，草率演完了《金发爱神》的第三幕，所以现在时间最多才午夜过了一刻，这时她才平静下来。 "The play's still far too good for that crowd of idiots," she said. "Did you see? There were thousands there tonight. Zoe, my girl,you will wait in here. Don't go to bed, I shall want you. By gum,it is time they came. Here's company!"" 对这一群群傻瓜来说，演得算是太好了，"她说道，"你看见了吗？今天晚上这样的人不算少！……佐爱，我的姑娘，你呆在这里，别去睡觉，我可能还需要你……哎哟！时间到了，已经有人来了。" She ran off while Georges stayed where he was with the skirts of his coat brushing the floor. He blushed, seeing Daguenet looking at him. Notwithstanding which, they had conceived a tender regard the one for the other. They rearranged the bows of their cravats in front of the big dressing glass and gave each other a mutual dose of the clothesbrush, for they were all white from their close contact with Nana. 她走了出去，乔治还跪在地上，他的衣服的底摆拖在地板上。他看见达盖内在注视着他，霎时脸变得通红。不过，他们却彼此生了友情。他们站在一面大穿衣镜前，把领带再结结好，互相刷掉对方从娜娜那里沾上的白粉。 
人家还会说这是白糖哩。"乔治嘟囔道，笑得像个贪食的婴儿。 A footman hired for the evening was ushering the guests into the small drawing room, a narrow slip of a place in which only four armchairs had been left in order the better to pack in the company.From the large drawing room beyond came a sound as of the moving of plates and silver, while a clear and brilliant ray of light shone from under the door. At her entrance Nana found Clarisse Besnus,whom La Faloise had brought, already installed in one of the armchairs. 那天晚上临时雇来的听差，把客人们领到小客厅里，客厅很小，仅有四把扶手椅没搬走，以便容纳更多一些客人。从旁边的大客厅里，传来了摆放碗碟和银餐具的声音，门底下的缝里透出来一道强烈的光线。娜娜刚进门，就发现克拉利瑟·贝尼已经坐在一把扶手椅上，她是拉法卢瓦兹带来的。 "Dear me, you're the first of 'em!" said Nana, who, now that she was successful, treated her familiarly. "哟，你是头一个！"娜娜说道，自从她演出获得成功后，对克拉利瑟亲热起来。 "Oh, it's his doing," replied Clarisse. "He's always afraid of not getting anywhere in time. If I'd taken him at his word I shouldn't have waited to take off my paint and my wig."" 嘿！就怪他，"克拉利瑟回答，"他总是怕迟到……如果全听他的话，我不等卸装就来了。" The young man, who now saw Nana for the first time, bowed, paid her a compliment and spoke of his cousin, hiding his agitation behind an exaggeration of politeness. But Nana, neither listening to him nor recognizing his face, shook hands with him and then went briskly toward Rose Mignon, with whom she at once assumed a most distinguished manner. 拉法卢瓦兹是头一次见到娜娜，他对她鞠个躬，并说了一番客套话，接着，他谈起自己的表哥，由于他十分彬彬有礼，内心的不安丝毫没有流露出来。但是，娜娜根本不听他讲话，由于不认识他，只同他握握手，就很快向罗丝·米尼翁走去。顿时她显得高贵起来。 
啊！亲爱的太太，你真赏脸！……我多么盼望你光临呀！" "It's I who am charmed, I assure you," said Rose with equal amiability." 我跟你说真话，高兴的应该是我。"罗丝说道，态度也非常亲热。 "Pray, sit down. Do you require anything?"" 请坐吧……你需要什么吗？" "Thank you, no! Ah yes, I've left my fan in my pelisse, Steiner; just look in the right-hand pocket." "不需要什么，谢谢……啊！我把扇子忘记在皮大衣里了。斯泰内，你去看看右边口袋里有没有。" Steiner and Mignon had come in behind Rose. The banker turned back and reappeared with the fan while Mignon embraced Nana fraternally and forced Rose to do so also. Did they not all belong to the same family in the theatrical world? Then he winked as though to encourage Steiner, but the latter was disconcerted by Rose's clear gaze and contented himself by kissing Nana's hand. 斯泰内和米尼翁是跟在罗丝后面进来的。银行家转身出去，不一会儿，他拿着扇子回来了。此刻，米尼翁正亲密地拥抱娜娜，并一定要罗丝也去拥抱娜娜。说到底，到了戏院里，大家还不都是一家人吗？随后，他眨眨眼睛，似乎在鼓励斯泰内也同他一样做；但是罗丝用炯炯的目光瞟瞟斯泰内，他心里有点发慌，只在娜娜的手上吻了一下。 
就在这时，旺德夫尔伯爵与布朗瑟·德·西弗里来了。彼此都恭恭敬敬地行了礼。娜娜显得非常客气，把布朗瑟带到一张扶手椅那里坐下来。与此同时，旺德夫尔笑着对大家说，福什利正在楼下与人吵架，因为门房不让吕西·斯图华的马车进来。人们听见吕西在候见室里骂门房是个没有教养的贱货。可是，等到听差把门一打开，她便笑眯眯地走进来，一边拉拉娜娜的手，一边作自我介绍，说她第一次见到娜娜就喜欢她了，并说娜娜有值得自豪的天才。娜娜第一次充当东道主，心里挺高兴的，感谢他们光临，但确实有些不好意思，福什利来到后，她仿佛有些惶惶不安。她一走到他面前，便悄悄问道： "Will he come?"" 他还来吗？" "No, he did not want to," was the journalist's abrupt reply, for he was taken by surprise, though he had got ready some sort of tale to explain Count Muffat's refusal." 不，他不愿来。"记者唐突回答道，虽然他事先编了一段话，准备解释缪法伯爵不来的原因，但被她突如其来一问，一时却说不出话来。 Seeing the young woman's sudden pallor, he became conscious of his folly and tried to retract his words. 他见娜娜的脸色一下变得刷白，意识到自己说了傻话，于是竭力想纠正刚才说的话。 "He was unable to; he is taking the countess to the ball at the Ministry of the Interior tonight." "他来不了啦，今晚他要带伯爵夫人去参加内务部举办的舞会。" 
"好吧，"娜娜喃喃说道，她怀疑福什利办事不尽力，"我以后要跟你算这笔帐，我的小宝贝。" She turned on her heel, and so did he; they were angry. Just then Mignon was pushing Steiner up against Nana, and when Fauchery had left her he said to her in a low voice and with the good-natured cynicism of a comrade in arms who wishes his friends to be happy: "啊！随你说吧，"福什利接着说，这种威胁刺伤了他的心，"我不喜欢于这类差使，你去找拉博德特干吧。"他们两个人都气得转过身子。就在这时候，米尼翁把斯泰内推到娜娜旁边。等到娜娜旁边没人时，米尼翁就悄悄对娜娜说，他是在为朋友寻找乐趣，说话时露出天真无邪、恬不知耻的神态。 "He's dying of it, you know, only he's afraid of my wife. Won't you protect him?"" 你知道，他快想死啦……不过，他怕我老婆。你会保护他的，不是吗？" Nana did not appear to understand. She smiled and looked at Rose, the husband and the banker and finally said to the latter: 娜娜的表情像没有听懂他的话。她嘴角上挂着微笑，瞧着罗丝、她的丈夫和银行家。接着，她对银行家说： "Monsieur Steiner, you will sit next to me."" 斯泰内先生，等会你坐到我身边来。" 
候见厅里传来了笑声、窃窃私语声和一阵阵快乐谈话声，好像一所修道院女子寄宿学校的女生都逃到了那里。拉博德特来了，他的后边跟着五个女人，用吕西·斯图华的挖苦话来说，就是他的全体寄宿女生都来了。她们当中有加加，她穿着蓝色天鹅绒长裙，裙子紧紧裹在身上，神态很庄重；有卡罗利娜·埃凯，她总是穿着一件镶着尚蒂伊网眼花边的黑缎裙；有莱娅·德·霍恩，她像平常一样，身上穿得怪模怪样的；有胖子塔唐·内内，她是一个善良的金发女郎，胸部发达得像个奶娘，人们常常嘲笑她；最后是玛丽亚·布隆，她是一个十五岁的女孩，长得很瘦，脾气很坏，像个小淘气鬼，是游艺剧院初次登台的明星。拉博德特让她们同乘一辆马车；她们还笑刚才在马车里拥挤的那番情景，玛丽亚·布隆被挤得坐在别人的腿上。但是她们见了娜娜，个个抿紧嘴唇，互相握手，互相行礼，大家都显得举止得体。加加装作一副孩子模样，由于她太矫揉造作，说话连字都吐不清楚。只有塔唐·内内感到怏怏不乐，因为在路上时，有人告诉她，六个一丝不挂的黑人在为娜娜侍候夜宵，她要求见见这些黑人，但拉博德特说她是笨蛋，叫她住嘴。 "And Bordenave?" asked Fauchery." 博尔德纳夫呢？"福什利问道。" "Oh, you may imagine how miserable I am," cried Nana; "he won't be able to join us." 唉！你想象得出我多么遗憾，"娜娜嚷道，"他不能来参加我们的活动了。" "Yes," said Rose Mignon, "his foot caught in a trap door, and he's got a fearful sprain. If only you could hear him swearing, with his leg tied up and laid out on a chair!"" 是的，"罗丝·米尼翁说道，"他的脚踩到舞台地板上的一个活板门里，扭伤得很厉害……如果你们看见他那副样子，一条腿绑着，伸在椅子上！嘴里骂这骂那！" Thereupon everybody mourned over Bordenave's absence. No one ever gave a good supper without Bordenave. Ah well, they would try and do without him, and they were already talking about other matters when a burly voice was heard: 于是，大家为博尔德纳夫的缺席而遗憾。他不来，夜宵就像少了什么。末了，大家尽量不谈他了。大家换了话题，这时，听见一个粗大的声音叫道： 
什么！什么！你们就这样把我埋葬掉！" There was a shout, and all heads were turned round, for it was indeed Bordenave. Huge and fiery-faced, he was standing with his stiff leg in the doorway, leaning for support on Simonne Cabiroche's shoulder. Simonne was for the time being his mistress. This little creature had had a certain amount of education and could play the piano and talk English. She was a blonde on a tiny, pretty scale and so delicately formed that she seemed to bend under Bordenave's rude weight. Yet she was smilingly submissive withal. He postured there for some moments, for he felt that together they formed a tableau. 接着，听见一声叫声，大家掉头一看，原来是身材魁梧的博尔德纳夫。他脸色通红，一条腿直挺挺的，站在门口，倚在西蒙娜·卡比罗什的肩上。现在，西蒙娜与他同居了。这个小女孩受过教育，会弹钢琴，会讲英语，头发金黄，娇小可爱，体质十分娇弱，博尔德纳夫身体沉重，把她压弯了腰，不过，她还是笑吟吟的，一副乖顺的样子。博尔德纳夫觉得他俩成了大家欣赏的镜头，便摆开姿势在那里索性呆了一会儿。 "One can't help liking ye, eh?" he continued. "Zounds, I was afraid I should get bored, and I said to myself, 'Here goes.'" "嗯？不管怎样，还得喜欢你们，"他继续说道，"我怕闷得慌，便对自己说：还是去吧……" But he interrupted himself with an oath. 他说到这里停下来，骂了一句： "Oh, damn!"" 他妈的！" 
西蒙娜一步迈得太快，不小心碰到他那只受伤的脚上。他把她猛一推。她仍然满脸笑容，低下她那娇美的脸庞，活像一头挨打的牲口。她使出一个娇小、胖乎乎的金发女郎的全部力量来搀扶他。在一片欢呼声中，大伙都匆匆忙忙走过来帮忙。娜娜和米尼翁推来一张扶手椅，博尔德纳夫一屁股坐下去，其他女人又推过来一张扶手椅，让他搁脚。在场全体女演员自然都一个个过来吻他。他还在唉声叹气，低声埋怨。 "Oh, damn! Oh, damn! Ah well, the stomach's unhurt, you'll see."" 他妈的！他妈的！……不过，我的肠胃总还算好，你们等着瞧吧。" Other guests had arrived by this time, and motion became impossible in the room. The noise of clinking plates and silver had ceased,and now a dispute was heard going on in the big drawing room, where the voice of the manager grumbled angrily. Nana was growing impatient, for she expected no more invited guests and wondered why they did not bring in supper. She had just sent Georges to find out what was going on when, to her great surprise, she noticed the arrival of more guests, both male and female. She did not know them in the least. Whereupon with some embarrassment she questioned Bordenave, Mignon and Labordette about them. They did not know them any more than she did, but when she turned to the Count de Vandeuvres he seemed suddenly to recollect himself. They were the young men he had pressed into her service at Count Muffat's. Nana thanked him. That was capital, capital! Only they would all be terribly crowded, and she begged Labordette to go and have seven more covers set. Scarcely had he left the room than the footman ushered in three newcomers. Nay, this time the thing was becoming ridiculous; one certainly could never take them all in. Nana was beginning to grow angry and in her haughtiest manner announced that such conduct was scarcely in good taste. But seeing two more arrive, she began laughing; it was really too funny. So much the worse. People would have to fit in anyhow! The company were all on their feet save Gaga and Rose and Bordenave, who alone took up two armchairs. There was a buzz of voices, people talking in low tones and stifling slight yawns the while. 其余客人也到了。屋子里挤得水泄不通。碗碟声和银刀叉的响声已经停止；现在，从大客厅里传来一阵吵吵嚷嚷的声音，侍应部领班大动肝火，在那里训斥人。娜娜没有什么客人好等了，她觉得奇怪，为什么还不开饭。她有些不耐烦了，便叫乔治去问问发生了什么事。这时候，她看到又有一些人进来，有男客，也有女客，她感到很惊讶。这些人她一个也不认识。这时，她很尴尬，就问博尔德纳夫、米尼翁和拉博德特是否认识这些人。他们也不认识。她又去问旺德夫尔伯爵，他猛然回忆起来了，他们是他在缪法伯爵家里时拉来的年轻人。娜娜很感谢他们，连声说：很好，很好。不过，这样一来，到用餐时就太挤了，她便请拉博德特去叫人再拿七套餐具来。她刚走，听差又带来三个客人。这次可不行了，真有些可笑了，实在挤不下了。娜娜生气了，她神色傲慢地说，这真不像话了。但是当她看见又来了两个人时，却笑起来，她觉得这太滑稽了。活该！要挤到什么样子就挤到什么样子吧。大家都站着，只有加加和罗丝·米尼翁两人坐着，博尔德纳夫一个人就占了两把扶手椅。屋子里一片嗡嗡声，大家都在低声说话，气闷得轻轻打起呵欠来。 "Now what d'you say, my lass," asked Bordenave, "to our sitting down at table as if nothing had happened? We are all here, don't you think?"" 你说吧，姑娘，"博尔德纳夫问道，"该入席了吧……客人不是到齐了吗？" "Oh yes, we're all here, I promise you!" she answered laughingly." 呵！是的，客人终于到齐了。"她笑着回答道。
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