俊友

After changing his five-franc piece Georges Duroy left the restaurant. He twisted his mustache in military style and cast a rapid, sweeping glance upon the diners, among whom were three saleswomen, an untidy music-teacher of uncertain age, and two women with their husbands.

开篇无前情——"换完五法郎硬币走出餐厅、捻八字胡、扫视店内"三动作加一群店员身份, 把"穷小子在餐厅吃饭"的尴尬立起来, plot 88。

When he had entered the death chamber, Mme. Forestier went out and seated herself with Duroy in an adjoining room.

Forestier 死时妻子与 Du Roy 隔室密谈——"邻室"二字既写实又是全书情节装置: Forestier 这一死, 给了 Du Roy 顶替其在报馆与妻子身边位子的双重机会; cast 给 87。

He rushed upon her and struck her as if she had been a man. Suddenly she ceased speaking, and groaned beneath his blows.

"如打男人一样挥拳"——Du Roy 与旧情人之间的肉体清算把"爬升后清算旧债"主题推到极致, 一句话催动 Ch.XVIII 的婚礼; pace 给 86。

Life lasted a few months or years, and then fled! One was born, grew, was happy, and died. Adieu! man or woman, you will never return to earth!

"人生不过数月至数年, 然后飞逝!生、长、乐、死——永不复归"——莫泊桑借 Forestier 临终之机插一段形而上学短章, 简短克制的散文给出全书诗意的最高点; prose 给 84。

Raising his eyes, he saw beyond the Place de la Concorde, the chamber of deputies, and it seemed to him that it was only a stone's throw from the portico of the Madeleine to that of the Palais Bourbon.

"从马德莱娜教堂到波旁宫只有一石之遥"——杜罗瓦走出婚礼教堂的最后一瞥, 把巴黎报纸-教堂-议会三角锁在视线里, 资产阶级爬升的几何学给 89。

It was the twenty-eighth of June and he had only three francs in his pocket to last him the remainder of the month. That meant two dinners and no lunches, or two lunches and no dinners, according to choice.

"六月二十八号, 口袋里只剩三法郎, 等于两顿晚饭无午饭或两顿午饭无晚饭"——一个数字给全书动机: 三页就把读者绑进 Du Roy 的赌局; hook 给 88。

They shook hands with the Forestiers and were soon rolling along in a cab side by side. Duroy could think of nothing to say; he felt impelled to clasp her in his arms.

杜罗瓦对外省差旅归来后即与 Clotilde 偷情, 是"用肉体换新闻"装置的范例; 这种把新闻、政商、婚姻三种资产打通的小型资本主义叙事早于盖茨比, innov 给 78。

He saw no one. He only thought of himself. When they reached the threshold he saw a crowd gathered outside, come to gaze at him, Georges du Roy.

"他谁也没看见。他只想着自己"——莫泊桑给资产阶级爬升小说立下了展示型收束: 一场婚礼、一个男人的自我注视, 教堂门外的人群来仰望他; ending 给 90。