欧亨利短篇小说《TheLastLeaf》(《最后一片常青藤叶》(14)

哎呀，哎呀！”苏艾把她困倦的脸凑到枕边说，“如果你不为自己着想，也得替我想想呀。我可怎么办呢？”
但是琼珊没有回答。一个准备走上神秘遥远的死亡道路的心灵，是全世界最寂寞、最悲哀的了。当她与尘世和友情之间的联系一片片地脱离时，那个玄想似乎更有力地掌握了她。那一天总算熬了过去。
黄昏时，她们看到墙上那片孤零零的藤叶仍旧依附在茎上。随夜晚同来的北风的怒号，雨点不住地打在窗上，从荷兰式的低屋檐上倾泻下来。
When it was light enough Johnsy, the merciless, commanded that the shade be raised.
天色刚明的时候，狠心的琼珊又吩咐把窗帘拉上去。
The ivy leaf was still there.
Johnsy lay for a long time looking at it. And then she called to Sue, who was stirring her chicken broth over the gas stove.
那片常春藤叶仍在墙上。
琼珊躺着对它看了很久。然后她喊喊苏艾，苏艾正在煤卸炉上搅动给琼珊喝的鸡汤。
"I"ve been a bad girl, Sudie," said Johnsy. "Something has made that last leaf stay there to show me how wicked I was. It is a sin to want to die. You may bring a me a little broth now, and some milk with a little port in it, and - no; bring me a hand-mirror first, and then pack some pillows about me, and I will sit up and watch you cook."
我真是一个坏姑娘，苏，”琼说，“冥冥中有什么使那最后的一片叶子不掉下来，启示了我过去是多么邪恶。不想活下去是个罪恶。现在请你拿些汤来，再弄一点掺葡萄酒的牛奶，再——等一下；先拿一面小镜子给我，用枕头替我垫垫高，我想坐起来看你煮东西。”