Ruth s two girl - cousins were visiting her from san rafael , and mrs . morse , under pretext of entertaining them , was pursuing her plan of surrounding ruth with young people 露丝的两个表姐妹从圣拉非水来看她，莫尔斯太太便以招待她俩为由执行起用年轻人包围露丝的计划。
On another night , his vigil was rewarded by a glimpse of ruth through a second - story window . he saw only her head and shoulders , and her arms raised as she fixed her hair before a mirror 他在二楼的窗户里看到了露丝的身影只见到头和肩，她在镜前梳妆，举起了一条胳膊。
He spoke her name without hesitancy , naturally , though secretly surprised that he had had no inward quiver , no old , familiar increase of pulse and warm surge of blood 他提起露丝的名字时平静自如，并不犹豫，尽管他也暗自感到惊讶，怎么竟没有内心的颤栗，没有往日所熟悉的那种心跳急促热血涌动的情绪。
He dared not go near ruth s neighborhood in the daytime , but night found him lurking like a thief around the morse home , stealing glimpses at the windows and loving the very walls that sheltered her 白天他不敢走近露丝的家，可到晚上他却像个小偷一样在莫尔斯家住宅附近通来退去，偷偷地瞧着窗户，爱恋着那荫蔽她的墙壁。
He knew , did he belong in ruth s class , that there would be no overtures from these girls ; and with each glance of theirs he felt the fingers of his own class clutching at him to hold him down 他也明白自己若是属于露丝的阶级，这些姑娘是不会对他眉目传情的。于是她们每瞥他一眼他便感到本阶级的手指在扯他，要把他往下拽。
He had forgotten immortality of late , and the trend of his scientific reading had been away from it ; but here , in ruth s eyes , he read an argument without words that transcended all worded arguments 最近他已忘掉了永恒，他读的科学著作使他离开了永恒。但是在这儿，在露丝的眼睛里，他又读到了一种凌驾于一切言语论证之上的无言的理论。
Her face shimmered before his eyes as he walked along , - pale and serious , sweet and sensitive , smiling with pity and tenderness as only a spirit could smile , and pure as he had never dreamed purity could be 他往前走，露丝的面庞在他眼前闪烁苍白严肃，甜蜜而敏感，带着同情与温柔微笑着。只有仙灵才会那么笑。她纯洁到了他梦想不到的程度。
