Henry blundered on. "I don't know. I mean you look different, strong and happy."

"I am strong? Yes, strong. What do you mean 'strong'?" He looked bewildered. "You're playing some kind of a game," he said helplessly."It's a kind of a play. You look strong enough to break a calf over your knee, happy enough to eat it like a watermelon." For a second she lost her rigidity. "Henry! Don't talk like that. You didn't know what you said." She grew complete again. "I'm strong," she boasted. "I never knew before how strong." Henry looked down toward the tractor shed, and when he brought his eyes back to her, they were his own again. "I'll get out the car. You can put on your coat while I'm starting." Elisa went into the house. She heard him drive to the gate and idle down his motor, and then she took a long time to put on her hat. She pulled it here and pressed it there. When Henry turned the motor off she slipped into her coat and went out.

“我不知道。我是说你看起来有些不一样，强壮、快活。”亨利结结巴巴地说。“强壮?是的，我很强壮。这又是什么意思?”他显得有些迷惑不解。“你在玩儿什么游戏，”他无可奈何地说。“你在玩游戏。你显得很强壮，可以在你的膝盖上劈死一头小牛;又很高兴，能象吃个大西瓜那样把它吃掉。”一时间她僵硬的神情没了。“亨利!别那样说。你不知道你在说什么。”她又恢复了原来的样子。“我很强壮，”她夸耀地说。“我以前从不知道自己有多么结实。”亨利朝下看了看拖拉机棚。当他收回目光再看她时，那眼神又变成他以前的那种了。“我去把车开出来，趁这当儿，你把大衣穿好。”伊利莎走进了屋。她听到亨利把车开到了门口，马达空转着。她磨磨蹭蹭地戴上帽子，按按这儿扯扯那儿。这时亨利熄了马达，她很快穿上大衣，走了出去。

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