Justine 淑女的眼泪 Chapter 40

"With what regards this aspect of things, Mademoiselle, you see that they treat me well.", ,"Yes, Madame," I replied, "and I know it is the wish of Monsieur le Comte that you lack nothing." "Oh yes! But as these attentions are motivated only by cruelty, my feelings are scarcely of gratitude ¹.", ,Her constant state of debilitation ² and perpetual need of what would revive her strength obliged Madame de Gernande to eat copiously ³. She desired partridge and Rouen duckling; they were brought to her in a trice. After the meal, she went for some air on the terrace, but upon rising she took my arm, for she was quite unable to take ten steps without someone to lean upon. It was at this moment she showed me all those parts of her body I have just described to you; she exhibited her arms: they were covered with small scars., , ,And she allowed me to see her feet, her neck, the lower part of her breasts and several other fleshy areas equally speckled with healed punctures ⁴. That first day I limited myself to murmuring a few sympathetic words and we retired ⁵ for the night., ,The morrow was the Countess' fatal day. Monsieur de Gernande, who only performed the operation after his dinner which he always took before his wife ate hers had me join him at table; it was then, Madame, I beheld ⁶ that ogre fall to in a manner so terrifying that I could hardly believe my eyes. Four domestics, amongst them the pair who had led me to the chateau ⁷, served this amazing feast. It deserves a thorough description: I shall give it you without exaggeration. The meal was certainly not intended simply to overawe me. What I witnessed then was an everyday affair., ,She could not help her tears of gratitude rolling down her face.她感激的泪珠禁不住沿着面颊流了下来。,Some death losses and debilitation from enterohepatitis occur in chickens. 肠肝炎会给鸡造成某些死亡和虚弱 。 来自辞典例句