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Up close, her face was surprisingly young.[qh]
凑近看，她的脸显得出奇地年轻。[qh]
Beneath her powder, a faint constellation of freckles still dotted her nose.[qh]
在她的粉底下，一团淡淡的雀斑仍然点缀着她的鼻子。[qh]
Her hand, gentle on Marilyn’s shoulder, was steady and assured,[qh]
她的手温柔地搭在玛丽莲的肩上，沉着而自信，[qh]
and so was her smile.[qh]
她的微笑也是如此。[qh]
Everything will be fine, it seemed to say.[qh]
它似乎在说，一切都会好起来的。[qh]
Marilyn shook her head. “No, no. Everything’s fine.”[qh]
玛里琳摇了摇头。“不,不。一切都没问题。”[qh]
She looked up at Janet Wolff. “Thank you.” And she meant it.[qh]
她抬头看着珍妮特·沃尔夫。“谢谢。她是认真的。[qh]
The next evening, after a dinner of canned ravioli and canned vegetable soup, she planned it out in her mind.[qh]
第二天晚上，在吃了一顿馄饨罐头和蔬菜罐头汤之后，她在心里盘算了一番。[qh]
She had all of her mother’s savings, enough for a few months;[qh]
她有她母亲所有的积蓄，足够维持几个月;[qh]
when her mother’s house was sold, she would have more, enough for a few years, at least.[qh]
当她母亲的房子被卖掉时，她会有更多的钱，至少能维持几年。[qh]
In a year, she could finish her degree.[qh]
一年之内，她就能完成她的学位。[qh]
It would prove that she still could.[qh]
这将证明她仍然可以。[qh]
That it was not too late.[qh]
现在还不算太晚。[qh]
After that, at last, she would apply to medical school.[qh]
在那之后，她最终申请了医学院。[qh]
Only eight years later than planned.[qh]
只比计划晚了八年。[qh]
While the children were at school, she drove an hour to the community college outside Toledo[qh]
孩子们上学的时候，她开了一个小时的车去托莱多郊外的社区大学[qh]
and enrolled in organic chemistry, advanced statistics, anatomy: everything she’d planned for her last semesters.[qh]
她还选修了有机化学、高级统计学、解剖学等她为最后一个学期所计划的课程。[qh]
The next day, she made the drive again and found a furnished efficiency near the campus, signing a lease for the first of May.[qh]
第二天，她又开了一趟车，在校园附近找到了一间带家具的公寓，签了一份5月1日的租约。[qh]
Two weeks away.[qh]
两周的时间。[qh]
Every night, when she was alone, she read the cookbook again, steeling herself with her mother’s small and lonely life.[qh]
每天晚上，当她独自一人的时候，她就会再读一遍食谱，让自己适应母亲那种渺小而孤独的生活。[qh]
You don’t want this, she reminded herself.[qh]
你不要这样，她提醒自己。[qh]
There will be more to your life than this.[qh]
你的生活将会比这更多。[qh]
Lydia and Nath would be fine, she told herself again and again.[qh]
利迪娅和纳会没事的，她一遍又一遍地对自己说。[qh]
She would not let herself think otherwise.[qh]
她不会让自己有别的想法。[qh]
James would be there.[qh]
詹姆斯会去的。[qh]
Look how they had managed while she was in Virginia.[qh]
看看她在弗吉尼亚的时候他们是如何处理的。[qh]
It was still possible.[qh]
这还是有可能的。[qh]
