英文伴读 | 《牛虻》节选

I loved you, Gemma, when you were an ugly little girl in a gingham frock, with your hair in a pig-tail down your back; and I love you still. Do you remember that day when I kissed your hand, and when you so piteously begged me 'never to do that again'? It was a scoundrelly trick to play, I know; but you must forgive that; and now I kiss the paper where I have written your name. So I have kissed you twice, and both times without your consent. "That is all. Good-bye, my dear." There was no signature, but a verse which they had learned together as children was written under the letter: "Then am I A happy fly, If I live Or if I die."我曾爱过你，Gemma，当你还是个穿着格子连衣裙，梳着粉红色马尾辫的丑丫头；我现在依然爱你。你还记得我吻你手的那天，你可怜地对我说“不要再那样做了”么？虽然那样做很不 ………………………………