d thin, worn-looking, gazing with flickering detachment that was something like the dancing of a moth on the wing, at the pictures.

梅勒斯站在那里，修长清瘦，面容憔悴，端详着画作的眼神不专注地来回闪跳，好像只展翅飞舞的蛾子。

"Perhaps stupidity is murdered; sentimental stupidity," sneered the artist.

“或许被谋杀的是愚蠢吧，只知感情用事的愚蠢。”邓肯讽刺道。

"Do you think so? I think all these tubes and corrugated vibrations are stupid enough for anything, and pretty sentimental. They show a lot of self-pity and an awful lot of nervous self-opinion, seems to me.” In another wave of hate the artist's face looked yellow. But with a sort of silent hauteur he turned the pictures to the wall.

“你这么认为吗？依我看，这些管子和螺旋体比任何东西都要愚蠢，更具备无病呻吟的特色。对我而言，它们简直就是自怜自哀，冥顽不灵的代表。”画家气得脸色蜡黄。但他仍保持着高傲的态度，一声不吭地将画作向墙壁翻转过去。

"I think we may go to the dining-room," he said. And they trailed off, dismally.

“我想咱们可以去用餐了。”他说。一行人鱼贯而出，气氛异常沉闷。

After coffee, Duncan said: "I don't at all mind posing as the father of Connie's child. But only on the condition that she'll come and pose as a model for me. I've wanted her for years, and she's always refused." He uttered it with the dark finality of an inquisitor announcing an auto da fe.

用过咖啡，邓肯开口道：“充当康妮孩子的父亲，我丝毫不会介意。但唯一的条件是，她得来画室做我的模特。这是我多年来梦寐以求的事情，但总是吃到闭门羹。”他声调低沉，不容置疑，像是位宣布火刑的宗教裁判官。

"Ah!" said Mellors. "You only do it on condition, then?" "Quite! I only do it on that condition." The artist tried to put the utmost contempt of the other person into his speech. He put a little too much.

“啊！”梅勒斯说。“只有答应这条件，你才能帮忙吗？”“没错！必须答应这条件。”画家试图在话语中表现出对梅勒斯的极端藐视。但他似乎做得有些过头。

"Better have me as a model at the same time," said Mellors. "Better do us in a group, Vulcan and Venus under the net of art. I used to be a blacksmith, before I was a game-keeper.” "Thank you," said the artist. "I don't think Vulcan has a figure that interests me.” "Not even if it was tubified and titivated up?" There was no answer. The artist was too haughty for further words.

“最好同时也请我做你的模特。”梅勒斯说。“最好把我俩画在一起，坠入艺术之网的伏尔甘（注：罗马神话中的火与锻造之神，维纳斯的丈夫）和维纳斯。做守林人之前，我当过铁匠呢。”