(雙語)月亮和六便士 第58章(4)

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"What wonderful cushions you have," said Mr. Van Busche Taylor.

“你這些靠墊真是太了不起了，”凡·布施·泰勒先生說。

"Do you like them?" she said, smiling. "Bakst, you know."

“你喜歡嗎？”她笑著說，“巴克斯特（雷昂·尼古拉耶維奇·巴克斯特（1866—1924），俄羅斯畫家和舞臺(tái)設(shè)計(jì)家）設(shè)計(jì)的，你知道?！?/p>

And yet on the walls were coloured reproductions of several of Strickland's best pictures, due to the enterprise of a publisher in Berlin.

但是墻上還掛著幾張思特里克蘭德的最好畫作的彩色復(fù)制品；這該歸功于柏林一家頗具野心的印刷商。

"You're looking at my pictures," she said, following my eyes. "Of course, the originals are out of my reach, but it's a comfort to have these. The publisher sent them to me himself. They're a great consolation to me."

“你在看我的畫呢，”看到我的目光所向，她說，“當(dāng)然了，他的原畫我無法弄到手，但是有了這些也足夠了。這是出版商主動(dòng)送給我的。對(duì)我來說真是莫大的安慰?！?/p>

"They must be very pleasant to live with," said Mr. Van Busche Taylor.

“每天能欣賞這些畫，實(shí)在是很大的樂趣，”凡·布施·泰勒先生說。

"Yes; they're so essentially decorative."

“一點(diǎn)兒不錯(cuò)。這些畫是極有裝飾意義的?！?/p>

"That is one of my profoundest convictions," said Mr. Van Busche Taylor. "Great art is always decorative."

“這也是我的一個(gè)最基本的看法，”凡·布施·泰勒先生說，“偉大的藝術(shù)從來就是最富于裝飾價(jià)值的?！?/p>

Their eyes rested on a nude woman suckling a baby, while a girl was kneeling by their side holding out a flower to the indifferent child. Looking over them was a wrinkled, scraggy hag. It was Strickland's version of the Holy Family. I suspected that for the figures had sat his household above Taravao, and the woman and the baby were Ata and his first son. I asked myself if Mrs. Strickland had any inkling of the facts.

他們的目光落在一個(gè)給孩子喂奶的裸體女人身上，女人身旁還有一個(gè)年輕女孩子跪著給小孩遞去一朵花，小孩卻根本不去注意。一個(gè)滿臉皺紋、皮包骨的老太婆在旁邊看著她們。這是思特里克蘭德畫的神圣家庭。我猜想畫中人物都是他在塔拉窩村附近那所房子里的寄居者，而那個(gè)喂奶的女人和她懷里的嬰兒就是愛塔和他們的第一個(gè)孩子。我很想知道思特里克蘭德太太對(duì)這些事是不是也略知一二。