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Outside the wind was loud and there was a faint flow of thunder along the Sound.
外面风很大，风声里有一股微弱的雷声。
All the lights were going on in West Egg now; the electric trains,men-carrying, were plunging home through the rain from New York.
现在西卵所有的灯都亮了；载着归客的电动火车冒着雨从纽约一路颠簸着回家。
It was the hour of a profound human change, and excitement was generating on the air.
这是人类发生深刻变化的时刻，空气中充满了激动的气氛。
As I went over to say goodbye I saw that the expression of bewilderment had come back into Gatsby's face,
当我走上前与两人告别时，我看到盖茨比脸上又出现了困惑的表情，
as though a faint doubt had occurred to him as to the quality of his present happiness.
他仿佛对他目前的幸福产生了一丝怀疑。
Almost five years!
近5年！
There must have been moments even that afternoon when Daisy tumbled short of his dreams -- not through her own fault but because of the colossal vitality of his illusion.
即使在那天下午，也一定有过黛西让他失望的时刻——这不是她的过错，而是盖茨比的幻想具有的巨大生命力。
It had gone beyond her, beyond everything.
这种幻想已经超越了她本人，超越了一切。
He had thrown himself into it with a creative passion, adding to it all the time, decking it out with every bright feather that drifted his way.
他带着一种创造性的激情沉浸其中，不断地添枝加叶，用一路飘来的每一根鲜艳的羽毛装饰它。
No amount of fire or freshness can challenge what a man will store up in his ghostly heart.
再多的热情和新鲜感也比不过他幽灵般的心中所储存的情思。
As I watched him he adjusted himself a little, visibly.
当我看着他时，他明显地调整了一下自己。
His hand took hold of hers and as she said something low in his ear he turned toward her with a rush of emotion.
他的手抓住她的手，当黛西在他耳边低声说着什么时，他激动地转向她。
I think that voice held him most with its fluctuating, feverish warmth because it couldn't be over-dreamed -- that voice was a deathless song.
我想，那声音最吸引他的地方，是它那起伏的、热情的、温暖的声音，那声音是盖茨比想象不到的——那是一首不朽的歌。
They had forgotten me, but Daisy glanced up and held out her hand;
他们忘记了我，但黛西抬起头，伸出手来与我告别。
Gatsby didn't know me now at all.
而盖茨比现在根本不认识我了。
I looked once more at them and they looked back at me, remotely, possessed by intense life.
我又看了他们一眼，他们也远远地回望着我，沉浸在强烈的感情之中。
Then I went out of the room and down the marble steps into the rain, leaving them there together.
然后我走出房间，走下大理石台阶，走进雨中，让他们俩留在一起。
