(单词翻译:单击)
Up close, her face was surprisingly young.
凑近看，她的脸显得出奇地年轻。
Beneath her powder, a faint constellation of freckles still dotted her nose.
在她的粉底下，一团淡淡的雀斑仍然点缀着她的鼻子。
Her hand, gentle on Marilyn’s shoulder, was steady and assured,
她的手温柔地搭在玛丽莲的肩上，沉着而自信，
and so was her smile.
她的微笑也是如此。
Everything will be fine, it seemed to say.
它似乎在说，一切都会好起来的。
Marilyn shook her head. “No, no. Everything’s fine.”
玛里琳摇了摇头。“不,不。一切都没问题。”
She looked up at Janet Wolff. “Thank you.” And she meant it.
她抬头看着珍妮特·沃尔夫。“谢谢。她是认真的。
The next evening, after a dinner of canned ravioli and canned vegetable soup, she planned it out in her mind.
第二天晚上，在吃了一顿馄饨罐头和蔬菜罐头汤之后，她在心里盘算了一番。
She had all of her mother’s savings, enough for a few months;
她有她母亲所有的积蓄，足够维持几个月;
when her mother’s house was sold, she would have more, enough for a few years, at least.
当她母亲的房子被卖掉时，她会有更多的钱，至少能维持几年。
In a year, she could finish her degree.
一年之内，她就能完成她的学位。
It would prove that she still could.
这将证明她仍然可以。
That it was not too late.
现在还不算太晚。
After that, at last, she would apply to medical school.
在那之后，她最终申请了医学院。
Only eight years later than planned.
只比计划晚了八年。
While the children were at school, she drove an hour to the community college outside Toledo
孩子们上学的时候，她开了一个小时的车去托莱多郊外的社区大学
and enrolled in organic chemistry, advanced statistics, anatomy: everything she’d planned for her last semesters.
她还选修了有机化学、高级统计学、解剖学等她为最后一个学期所计划的课程。
The next day, she made the drive again and found a furnished efficiency near the campus, signing a lease for the first of May.
第二天，她又开了一趟车，在校园附近找到了一间带家具的公寓，签了一份5月1日的租约。
Two weeks away.
两周的时间。
Every night, when she was alone, she read the cookbook again, steeling herself with her mother’s small and lonely life.
每天晚上，当她独自一人的时候，她就会再读一遍食谱，让自己适应母亲那种渺小而孤独的生活。
You don’t want this, she reminded herself.
你不要这样，她提醒自己。
There will be more to your life than this.
你的生活将会比这更多。
Lydia and Nath would be fine, she told herself again and again.
利迪娅和纳会没事的，她一遍又一遍地对自己说。
She would not let herself think otherwise.
她不会让自己有别的想法。
James would be there.
詹姆斯会去的。
Look how they had managed while she was in Virginia.
看看她在弗吉尼亚的时候他们是如何处理的。
It was still possible.
这还是有可能的。
