末那识对《面纱》的笔记(1)

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“我对你不抱什么幻想，”他说，“我知道你愚蠢、轻浮、没有头脑，但是我爱你。我知道你的目标和理想既庸俗又普通，但是我爱你。我知道你是二流货色，但是我爱你。想一想真是好笑，我竭力去喜欢那些讨你喜欢的东西，忍受折磨也要对你隐瞒起自己，实际上我并不无知粗俗、不爱散播丑闻也不愚蠢。我知道你何等害怕智慧，便尽我所能让你觉得我是个大傻瓜，跟你认识的其他人一样。我知道你嫁给我只图一时利益，我是那样爱你，我不在乎。大多数人，就我所知，当他们爱一个人，却没有得到爱的回报时就会觉得委屈不平，甚至愈发愤怒和痛苦。我不是那样，我从来没有指望你爱我，我看不出任何理由让你爱我，我也从来没想过自己会被人爱。我很感激能被允许爱你，当我时常想起你高兴跟我在一起，或者当我发现你眼中闪烁着愉快的爱意时，我就会欣喜若狂。我尽量不让我的爱来烦扰你，我知道那会让我承受不起，所以我一直察言观色，留意我的爱让你厌烦的最初迹象。大部分丈夫认为那是一种权力，我却准备当成恩惠来接受。”

"I had no illusions about you," he said. "I knew you were silly and frivolous and empty-headed. But I loved you. I knew that your aims and ideals were vulgar and commonplace. But I loved you. I knew that you were second-rate. But I loved you. It's comic when I think how hard I tried to be amused by the things that amused you and how anxious I was to hide from you that I wasn't ignorant and vulgar and scandal-mongering and stupid. I knew how frightened you were of intelligence and I did everything I could to make you think me as big fool as the rest of the men you knew. I knew that you'd only married me for convenience. I loved you so much, I didn't care. Most people, as far as I can see, when they're in love with someone and the love isn't returned feel that they have a grievance. They grow angry and bitter. I wasn't like that. I never expected you to love me, I didn't see any reason that you should, I never thought myself very lovable. i was thankful to be allowed to love you and I was enraptured when now and then I thought you were pleased with me or then I noticed in your eyes a gleam of good-humoured affection. I tried not to bore you with my love; I knew I couldn't afford to do that and I was always on the lookout for the first sign that you were impatient with my affection. What most husbands expect as a right I was prepared to receive as a favour."