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| 【書摘】蓋爾芒特家那邊—蓋爾芒特夫人與親 On eût dit que la duchesse avait deviné que sa cousine dont elle raillait, disait-on, ce qu’elle appelait les exagérations (nom que de son point de vue spirituellement français et tout modéré prenaient vite la poésie et l’enthousiasme germaniques) aurait ce soir une de ces toilettes où la duchesse la trouvait « costumée », et qu’elle avait voulu lui donner une leçon de goût. Au lieu des merveilleux et doux plumages qui de la tête de la princesse descendaient jusqu’à son cou, au lieu de sa résille de coquillages et de perles, la duchesse n’avait dans les cheveux qu’une simple aigrette qui dominant son nez busqué et ses yeux à fleur de tête avait l’air de l’aigrette d’un oiseau. Son cou et ses épaules sortaient d’un flot neigeux de mousseline sur lequel venait battre un éventail en plumes de cygne, mais ensuite la robe, dont le corsage avait pour seul ornement d’innombrables paillettes soit de métal, en baguettes et en grains, soit de brillants, moulait son corps avec une précision toute britannique. Mais si différentes que les deux toilettes fussent l’une de l’autre, après que la princesse eut donné à sa cousine la chaise qu’elle occupait jusque-là, on les vit, se retournant l’une vers l’autre, s’admirer réciproquement. (l’édition Gallimard, Paris, 1946-47) (p.52~53 追憶似水年華 III蓋爾芒特家那邊 聯經版 1992) One would have said that the Duchess had guessed that her cousin, of whom, it was rumoured, she was inclined to make fun for what she called her ‘exaggerations’ (a name which, from her own point of view, so typically French and restrained, would naturally be applied to the poetry and enthusiasm of the Teuton), would be wearing this evening one of those costumes in which the Duchess thought of her as ‘dressed up,’ and that she had decided to give her a lesson in good taste. Instead of the wonderful downy plumage which, from the crown of the Princess’s head, fell and swept her throat, instead of her net of shells and pearls, the Duchess wore in her hair only a simple aigrette, which, rising above her arched nose and level eyes, reminded one of the crest on the head of a bird. Her neck and shoulders emerged from a drift of snow-white muslin, against which fluttered a swansdown fan, but below this her gown, the bodice of which had for its sole ornament innumerable spangles (either little sticks and beads of metal, or possibly brilliants), moulded her figure with a precision that was positively British. But different as their two costumes were, after the Princess had given her cousin the chair in which she herself had previously been sitting, they could be seen turning to gaze at one another in mutual appreciation. (Translated by C. K. Scott Moncrieff) It was as if the Duchesse had guessed that her cousin, of whom, rumor had it, she was prone to make fun for what she called her “exaggerations” (a word that from her own point of view, so wittily French and restrained, lent itself readily to Germanic poetry and enthusiasm), would be dressed this evening in a manner that the Duchesse thought of as “theatrical,” and that she had decided to give her a lesson in good taste. Instead of the wonderful soft plumage that hung from the Princesse’s head down to her neck, instead of the net of shells and pearls, the Duchesse wore only a simple aigrette in her hair, and because it surmounted her arched nose and prominent eyes, it looked like the crest of a bird. Her neck and shoulders emerged from a snowy drift of chiffon against which fluttered a fan of swan’s feathers, but below this her gown, the bodice of which was adorned simply with innumerable sequins (either tiny metal sticks or beads, or brilliants), clung to her figure with a positively British precision. But, however differently they were dressed, after the Princesse had given her cousin the seat she had previously occupied, the two women could be seen turning to eye each other in mutual admiration. (Translated by Mark Treharne) |
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