诺贝尔文学奖历代作品 诺贝尔文学经典:《宠儿》第15章Part4

诺贝尔文学经典:《宠儿》第15章Part4  

The roaring in Paul D's head did not prevent him from hearing the pat shegave to the last word
and it occurred to him that what she wanted for her children was exactlywhat was missing in 124: safety. Which was the very first message he got the day he walkedthrough the door. He thought he had made it safe
had gotten rid of the danger; beat the shit out ofit; run it off the place and showed it and everybody else the difference beeen a mule and a plow. And because she had not done it before he got there her own self
he thought it was because she could not do it. That she lived with 124 in helpless
apologetic resignation because she had nochoice; that minus husband
sons
mother-in-law
she and her slow-witted daughter had to livethere all alone making do. The prickly
mean-eYed Sweet Home girl he knew as Halle's girl wasobedient (like Halle)
shy (like Halle)
and work-crazy (like Halle). He was wrong. This here Sethewas new. The ghost in her house didn't bother her for the very same reason a room-and-boardwitch with new shoes was wele. This here Sethe talked about love like any other woman;talked about baby clothes like any other woman
but what she meant could cleave the bone. Thishere Sethe talked about safety with a handsaw. This here new Sethe didn't know where the worldstopped and she began. Suddenly he saw what Stamp Paid wanted him to see: more important thanwhat Sethe had done was what she claimed. It scared him.
"Your love is too thick
" he said
thinking
That bitch is looking at me; she is right over my headlooking down through the floor at me.
"Too thick?" she said
thinking of the Clearing where Baby Suggs' mands knocked the podsoff horse chestnuts. "Love is or it ain't. Thin love ain't love at all.""Yeah. It didn't work
did it? Did it work?" he asked.
"It worked
" she said.