老太爷

Beneath each plate a red slip of a place name had been written.

每个碟子下面压着一张红纸条,写上各人的称呼,如“老太爷”“陈姨太”之类.

Old Mr. Wu took it and laid it reverently on his lap. He closed his eyes again, a faint smile of peace on his shrivelled lips.

吴老太爷接过来恭恭敬敬摆在膝头，就闭了眼睛，干瘪的嘴唇上浮出一丝放心了的微笑。

"By the way, the Tai Sheng Chang shipping company's just sent over the old master's luggage, twenty-eight pieces all told."

“老太爷带来的行李，刚才‘戴生昌’送来了，一共二十八件。”

But our Venerable Master has already promised.

然而这是老太爷答应了的.

How different their letters were from those he had written to the Venerable.

他们的信和他写给老太爷的信真是天渊之别.

His face turned ashen, but in the red and green glare nobody noticed the difference.

老太爷的脸色也变了, 但是在不断的红绿灯光的映射中,谁也不能辨别谁的脸色有什么异样.

A festive air filled the hall after the old man left.

老太爷进去以后,堂屋里显得更热闹了.

The Venerable Master Kao had gone to call on a cousin that morning.

老太爷这天早晨就到他的表弟唐家去了.

The lights changed to green, and the car moved forward in a motley sea of traffic and humanity.

此时指挥交通的灯光换了绿色，吴老太爷的车子便又向前进。

As the sky was turning light , the Venerable Master Kao began to cough.

天刚刚发白,老太爷就大声咳嗽,咳个不停.

on his lap. He closed his eyes again, a faint smile of peace on his shrivelled lips.

吴老太爷接过来恭恭敬敬摆在膝头，就闭了眼睛，干瘪的嘴唇上浮出一丝放心了的微笑。

A hush fell on the assembly when the old man appeared.

老太爷一出现,全个堂屋立刻肃静了.

Hai-chen stopped crying . The old man , in his room in the central building, coughed loudly.

海臣的哭声刚停止, 老太爷却在上房里大声咳嗽了.

The door curtain was pushed aside and the Venerable Master Kao entered, followed by Mistress Chen.

老太爷也揭了门帘从他的房里出来,陈姨太跟在后面.

Do you think it was phlegm he was oozing out?

你们看老太爷吐出来的就是痰 么 ?

The Venerable Master Kao was seldom at home during the day.

高老太爷还是跟往常一样,白天很少在家.

It would be quite natural for Old Mr. Wu to become over-excited.

吴老太爷受了太强的刺激,那是一定的.

" They say your grandfather's old friend Feng is looking for a concubine.

“ 说是冯老太爷要讨姨太太,冯老太太也到我们公馆里头来过,她说,我们公馆里的丫头都长得不错,向老太爷要一个.

The son had well profited by the precept and example of the father.

老太爷的言传身教早已使他儿子获益无穷.

While Wu Sun-fu and the Tu couple were picking their way across the deck of the tug, a cabin boy helped Old Mr. Wu out on deck and sat him down in the cane-chair.

荪甫他们三位走上了那公司船的甲板时，吴老太爷已经由云飞的茶房扶出来坐上藤椅子了。

He peered through the wind-screen.

吴老太爷向前看.

We'll have to think of something better, " the old man warned. He started coughing.

要想个办法才好, ” 老太爷惊恐地说着又咳起嗽来.

But that's what our Venerable Master has decided. I must obey him.

然而这是老太爷的意思,我也只得听他的话.

He looked deathly pale, his head drooping to the side and his mouth frothing.

吴老太爷脸色像纸一般白, 嘴唇上满布着白沫,头颅歪垂着.

From somewhere above a shaft of crimson light fell upon him.

不知从什么高处射来的一道红光,又正落在吴老太爷身上.