高行健 诺贝尔文学 诺贝尔文学经典:《宠儿》第3章Part 12

诺贝尔文学经典:《宠儿》第3章Part 12  

"Not o?"
"No. Not o."
"What HAlle ever do to you? Halle stood by you. He never left you."
"What'd he leave then if not me?"
"I don't know
but it wasn't you. That's a fact."
"Then he did worse; he left his children."
"You don't know that."
"He wasn't there. He wasn't where he said he would be."
"He was there."
"Then why didn't he show himself? Why did I have to pack my babies off and stay behind to lookfor him?"
"He couldn't get out the loft."
"Loft? What loft?"
"The one over your head. In the barn."
Slowly
slowly
taking all the time allowed
Sethe moved toward the table.
"He saw?"
"He saw."
"He told you?"
"You told me."
"What?"
"The day I came in here. You said they stole your milk. I never knew what it was that messed himup. That was it
I guess. All I knew was that something broke him. Not a one of them years ofSaturdays
Sundays and nighttime extra never touched him. But whatever he saw go on in that barnthat day broke him like a ig." "He saw?" Sethe was gripping her elbows as though to keep themfrom flying away.
"He saw. Must have."