in the springtime.

还有关于他喜欢春天的什么
And this is at the bottom of 17, and it concludes with this line: "At

这是在17页下边这样结束的
such times?"

在这种时候
She's just imagined him as a primitive man rather

她只是想象他作为一个原始的人
than formal Edmund. At such times he was as

而不是正式的埃德蒙在这种时候
forgetful of her as he was of his suspenders and his Methodism,

他总是忘记她
but all the same it was then that she loved him best, as a

但总是这种时候是她最爱他的时候
soul all unaccompanied, like her own.

没有陪伴的灵魂像她自己一样
It's that "soul all unaccompanied" that most concerns Robinson

"没有陪伴的灵魂"
as a writer.

被指是映射作者罗宾逊
And here Ruth imagines a kind of free access to that other soul that

这里露丝想象一种跟其他灵魂无偿的链接
is her grandmother.

是跟她的奶奶