like that. She declared she'll never leave him alone while he lives. Though what I say is, if he was so beastly to her, why is she so anxious to go back to him? But of course she's coming near her change of life, for she's years older than he is. And these common, violent women always go partly insane whets the change of life comes upon them— This was a nasty blow to Connie. Here she was, sure as life, coming in for her share of the lowness and dirt. She felt angry with him for not having got clear of a Bertha Coutts: nay, for ever having married her. Perhaps he had a certain hankering after lowness. Connie remembered the last night she had spent with him, and shivered. He had known all that sensuality, even with a Bertha Coutts! It was really rather disgusting. It would be well to be rid of him, clear of him altogether. He was perhaps really common, really low.

梅勒斯先生住在他母亲那里，每天穿过花园去树林巡视，而她却将农舍占据。并且四处传播谣言。最终，梅勒斯先生和汤姆·菲利普斯去了趟农舍，几乎将所有家具和被褥取走，连抽水机的手柄都拧了下来，她也只好滚蛋了。但她却没回斯塔克斯门，而是住进贝加里的斯万太太家，因为她嫂子同样不愿接纳她。她三天两头往梅勒斯母亲家跑，缠着他不放，还发誓说他在农舍里跟她上过床。她还请了位律师，要求他支付赡养费。她比以前更膘肥体壮，更下贱无耻，身体结实得像头牛。她四处散播他的坏话，他怎样跟别的女人过夜，婚后他怎样虐待她，以及他对她做过的种种兽行，具体的情形我也不太清楚。我觉得这简直太糟糕了，女人要是发起飙来，什么样的瞎话她也敢说。可无论她如何低贱，总会有人相信她的话，总会有人将这些丑事传扬出去。依我看，她将梅勒斯先生说成虐待女人的无耻禽兽，实在有些耸人听闻。但人们就是愿意相信别人的坏话，尤其是这类事情。她宣称，只要他活着，就不会让他有好日子过。可让我纳闷的是，如果他当真虐待过她，那她干嘛还要忙不迭地回到他身边呢？可其实，她已经临近更年期，因为她比他大好几岁。这些粗俗恶劣的泼妇，更年期来到的时候，总会变得疯疯癫癫——对于康妮来说，这封信无异于当头一棒。虽然身在异国，但毫无疑问，她也要被卷进这些流言蜚语之中。她很生气，气他连个贝莎·库茨都奈何不得，别价，应该是气他当时不该娶她。或许他真的对下流无耻的东西有所偏好。康妮记起两人共度的最后一晚，不禁心有余悸。他了解那些肉欲的东西，甚至和贝莎·库茨一起体验过！这实在让人恶心。最好能够摆脱他，跟他一刀两断。他或许当真粗俗不堪，下贱无耻。

She had a revulsion against the whole affair, and almost envied the Guthrie girls their gawky inexperience and crude maidenliness. And she now dreaded the thought that anybody would know about herself and the keeper. How unspeakably humiliating! She was weary, afraid, and felt a craving for utter respectability, even for the vulgar and deadening respectability of the Guthrie girls. If Clifford knew about her affair