Justine 淑女的眼泪 Chapter 48

He seizes my arms, binds ¹ them to my side, then he slips a black silken noose ² about my neck; he holds both ends of the cord and, by tightening ³, he can strangle and dispatch me to the other world ei quickly or slowly, depending upon his pleasure., ,"This torture is sweeter than you may imagine, Therese," says Roland; "you will only approach death by way of unspeakably pleasurable sensations; the pressure this noose will bring to bear upon your nervous system will set fire to the organs of voluptuousness ⁴; the effect is certain; were all the people who are condemned ⁵ to this torture to know in what an intoxication ⁶ of joy it makes one die, less terrified by this retribution for their crimes, they would commit them more often and with much greater self-assurance; this delicious operation, Therese, by causing, as well, the contraction ⁷ of the locale in which I am going to fit myself," he added as he presented himself to a criminal avenue so worthy ⁸ of such a villain ⁹, "is also going to double my pleasure.", ,He thrusts, he sweats, 'tis in vain; he prepares the road, 'tis futile ¹⁰; he is too monstrously ¹¹ proportioned, his enterprises are repeatedly frustrated ¹²; and then his wrath ¹³ nails, his hands, his feet fly to revenge him upon the opposition ¹⁴ Nature puts up against him; he returns to the assault, the glowing blade slides to the edge of the neighboring canal and smiting ¹⁵ vigorously, penetrates ¹⁶ to nigh the midway mark; I utter a cry; Roland, enraged ¹⁷ by his mistake, withdraws petulantly ¹⁸, and this time hammers at the other gate with such force the moistened dart ¹⁹ plunges ²⁰ in, rending ²¹ me. Roland exploits this first sally's success; his efforts become more violent; he gains ground; as he advances, he gradually tightens ²² the fatal cord he has passed round my neck, hideous ²³ screams burst from my lips; amused by them, the ferocious ²⁴ Roland urges me to redouble my howlings, - for he is but too confident of their insufficiency, he is perfectly ²⁵ able to put a stop to them when he wishes; their shrill ²⁶ sharp notes inflame ²⁷ him, the noose's pressure is modulated ²⁸ by his degrees of delight; little by little my voice waxes faint; the tightenings now become so intense that my senses weaken although I do not lose the power to feel; brutally ²⁹ shaken by the enormous instrument with which Roland is rending my entrails, despite my frightful ³⁰ circumstances, I feel myself flooded by his lust's jetted outpourings; I still hear the cries he mouths as he discharges; an instant of stupor ³¹ followed, I knew not what had happened to me, but soon my eyes open again to the light, I find myself free, untied ³², and my sensory ³³ organs seem to come back to life., , ,"Only horror, Monsieur, only disgust, only anguish ³⁴ and despair.", ,"You are Lying, I am fully ³⁵ acquainted with the effects you have just experienced, but what does it matter what they were? I fancy you already know me well enough to be damned certain that when I undertake something with you, the joy you reap from it concerns me infinitely ³⁶ less than my own, and this voluptuousness I seek has been so keen that in an instant I am going to procure ³⁷ some more of it. It is now upon yourself, Therese," declares this signal libertine ³⁸, "it is upon you alone your life is going to depend.", ,Stones and cement binds strongly. 石头和水泥凝固得很牢。 来自《简明英汉词典》,They tied a noose round her neck.他们在她脖子上系了一个活扣 。