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extraordinary qualities, all made me diffident and backward
in crossing him.

许多个月以来，我亲眼见证了他每天会做三次这样的行为，虽然

已经习惯，但仍不能泰然处之。恰恰相反，随着日子一天天过去，这

样的场景让我越来越焦急，但却无法鼓起勇气制止他，这让我每晚都
良心不安。我一次又一次地下定决心要跟他谈这件事，但是，我的朋

友性情冷漠孤僻，使人难以轻松、随意地与他交流。他强大的能力、
娴熟的举止，以及我所体验过的他那各种独特的性格，都使我犹豫退

缩，不敢惹他不高兴。

Yet upon that afternoon, whether it was the Beaune
which I had taken with my lunch or the additional

exasperation produced by the extreme deliberation of his
manner, I suddenly felt that I could bold out no longer.

然而，在那个午后，也不知道是不是午饭的时候喝了葡萄酒的关

系，抑或是他那极度从容的举止激怒了我，总之，我忽然之间觉得无
法再继续容忍下去了。

"Which is it today," I asked, "morphine or cocaine?"

“今天是什么，”我问道，“吗啡，还是可卡因？”

He raised his eyes languidly from the old black-letter
volume which he had opened.

他懒散地从他翻开的一本旧书上抬起眼。

"It is cocaine," he said, "a seven-percent solution.Would
you care to try it?"

“是可卡因，”他回答，“百分之七的溶液。你要试试看吗？”

"No, indeed," I answered brusquely. "My constitution has
not got over the Afghan campaign yet.I cannot afford to

throw any extra strain upon it."

“不要，”我粗鲁地拒绝道，“我的体质因为阿富汗战役，到现在
也没有恢复，无法承受任何多余的痛苦和负担了。”