"To Jasper, every one of you is much the same. He's the most recent to join our family. It's a struggle for him to abstain at all. He hasn't had time to grow sensitive to the differences in smell, in flavor." He glanced swiftly at me, his expression apologetic.
“对贾斯帕来说，你们中的每一个人都是一样的。他是最晚才加入我们的家族的。对他而言，单单是克制渴望就已经让他挣扎不已了。他还没有时间去体会不同的气味，不同的味道。”他很快地看向我，他的神情充满了歉意。
"Sorry," he said.
“对不起。”他说道。
"I don't mind. Please don't worry about offending me, or frightening me, or whichever. That's the way you think. I can understand, or I can try to at least. Just explain however you can."
“我不介意。请不用担心冒犯我，或者吓到我，或者诸如此类的事。那是你思考的方式。我能理解，或者至少我会试着去理解。随你用什么方式，只要能解释就行。”
He took a deep breath and gazed at the sky again.
他深吸了一口气，然后再次凝望着天空。
"So Jasper wasn't sure if he'd ever come across someone who was as" — he hesitated, looking for the right word — "appealing as you are to me. Which makes me think not. Emmett has been on the wagon longer, so to speak, and he understood what I meant. He says twice, for him, once stronger than the other."
“所以贾斯帕不能肯定他是否遇到过这样的人”——他迟疑着，寻找着合适的词——“这样有吸引力，正如你之于我。这让我觉得这是不可能的。艾美特戒酒的时间更长一些，可以这么说，而他能理解我所说的意思。他说有两次，对他来说，一旦尝试，第二次的诱或就比上一次更为强烈。”
"And for you?"
“那你呢？”
"Never."
“从未试过。”
The word hung there for a moment in the warm breeze.
这话在温暖的微风中停留了片刻。
"What did Emmett do?" I asked to break the silence.
“艾美特做了什么？”我问道，打破了沉默。
It was the wrong question to ask. His face grew dark, his hand clenched into a fist inside mine. He looked away. I waited, but he wasn't going to answer.
我问错问题了。他的脸阴沉下来，他的手在我的手里紧紧地握成了拳头。他看向别处。我等待着，但他不打算回答。
"I guess I know," I finally said.
“我猜，我已经知道了。”我最终说道。
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