Audiobook Dictation: “ASHES OF TINDER: THE LOOSING OF…”

ASHES OF TINDER: THE LOOSING OF STAYS

火绒之烬：缆索松脱

When Hurstwood got back to his office again he was in a greater quandary than ever.

赫斯特伍德回到办公室时，比以往任何时候都更加进退两难。

Lord, Lord, he thought, what had he got into?

天哪，天哪，他想，自己到底陷进了什么事情里？

How could things have taken such a violent turn, and so quickly?

事情怎么会急转直下，而且这么快？

He could hardly realise how it had all come about.

他几乎想不明白这一切是怎么发生的。

It seemed a monstrous, unnatural, unwarranted condition which had suddenly descended upon him without his let or hindrance.

这似乎是一种荒诞的、反常的、毫无道理的境况，在他无从阻拦之际突然降临到他头上。

Meanwhile he gave a thought now and then to Carrie.

与此同时，他时不时想到嘉莉。

What could be the trouble in that quarter?

那边会出了什么岔子呢？

No letter had come, no word of any kind, and yet here it was late in the evening and she had agreed to meet him that morning.

没有来信，也没有任何音讯，可现在已是深夜，而她原本答应那天早上跟他见面的。

He saw that in the excitement of recent events he had not formulated a plan upon that score.

他意识到，在近来这些事件的忙乱中，他还没就那件事拿定任何主意。