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To Nath’s horror, a dark drop of blood runs down the side of her face—[qh]
令纳惊恐的是，一股黑色的血顺着她的脸颊流下来[qh]
no, it’s only a tear, stained black by mascara, leaving a dirty gray trail on her cheek.[qh]
不，那只是一滴眼泪，被睫毛膏染黑了，在她的脸颊上留下了一条肮脏的灰色的痕迹。[qh]
Hannah, her small heart awash in pity, reaches up to take her hand, but her mother doesn’t notice.[qh]
汉娜的心充满了怜悯，她伸出手去握住她的手，但她的母亲没有注意到。[qh]
In a moment Hannah contents herself by clasping her own fingers behind her back.[qh]
过了一会儿，汉娜满意地把自己的手指扣在背后。[qh]
James fishes in his jacket pocket for his keys.[qh]
詹姆斯在上衣口袋里摸了摸钥匙。[qh]
“I’m taking your mother and sister home.[qh]
“我要带你妈妈和妹妹回家。[qh]
When you’ve cooled off, you can walk.”[qh]
“等你冷静下来，你就可以走了。”[qh]
As the words leave his mouth, he winces.[qh]
话刚出口，他就退缩了。[qh]
Deep inside, he wants more than anything to calm Nath,[qh]
在内心深处，他最想让纳平静下来，[qh]
to put a comforting and weighty hand on his shoulder, to fold him into his arms, on this day of all days.[qh]
在这个日子里，把一只安慰的、沉重的手放在他的肩上，把他搂在怀里。[qh]
But already it takes all his strength to keep his own face from crumpling,[qh]
但他已经用尽所有的力气来保护自己的脸不被压扁，[qh]
to stop his own knees from buckling and spilling him to the ground.[qh]
防止自己的膝盖弯曲，把自己摔倒在地。[qh]
He turns away and grabs Hannah’s arm.[qh]
他转过身去抓住汉娜的胳膊。[qh]
Hannah, at least, always does what she’s told.[qh]
至少汉娜总是按吩咐去做。[qh]
Nath sinks down on the roots of the elm and watches his parents head back toward the car,[qh]
纳在榆树下坐了下来，看着父母朝车的方向走去，[qh]
Hannah trailing after them with one wistful backward glance.[qh]
汉娜恋恋不舍地跟在他们后面，恋恋不舍地回头看了他们一眼。[qh]
His father doesn’t know what Jack is like.[qh]
他的父亲不知道杰克是什么样的人。[qh]
Jack has lived down the street from them for eleven years, since he and Nath were in the first grade,[qh]
杰克和纳一年级的时候就住在这条街上，已经11年了。[qh]
and to Nath’s parents he is just a neighbor boy, the scruffy one with the dog and that old secondhand car.[qh]
对纳的父母来说，他只是个邻家男孩，带着狗和那辆旧二手车的那个邋遢男孩。[qh]
In school, though, everyone knows.[qh]
然而在学校，每个人都知道。[qh]
Every few weeks a different girl.[qh]
每隔几周就换一个女孩。[qh]
Every girl the same story.[qh]
每个女孩都有同样的故事。[qh]
Jack doesn’t date; there are no dinners out, no flowers, no boxes of chocolates in cellophane wrap.[qh]
杰克不约会，没有晚餐，没有鲜花，没有用玻璃纸包装的巧克力盒。[qh]
