Audiobook Dictation: “In the short time that passed…”

In the short time that passed before the day of the dinner, distressing circumstances strengthened his resolution.

在宴會日到來前的短短時間裡，一些令人痛心的情形更堅定了他的決心。

After months of separation, he received a visit from Herbert.

分別數月之後，赫伯特登門來看他。

Was this man--haggard, pallid, shabby, looking at him piteously with bloodshot eyes--the handsome, pleasant, prosperous brother whom he remembered?

眼前這個人——憔悴、蒼白、衣衫寒酸，用布滿血絲的眼睛可憐巴巴地望著他——難道就是他記憶中那個英俊、和氣、發達的弟弟嗎？

He could only point to a seat.

他只能指了指一把椅子。

And yet he spoke roughly; he looked like an angry man brought to bay.

可他說話卻很衝；看上去像個被逼到絕境的憤怒之人。

"I seem to frighten you," he said.

「我好像嚇著你了。」他說。

"You distress me, Herbert, more than words can say."

「你讓我難過得無法言表，赫伯特。」

"Give me a glass of wine.

「給我一杯酒。

I've been walking--I don't know where.

我一直在走——也不知道走到了哪兒。

A long distance; I'm dead beat."

走了好遠；我累得要死。」