Iwondered what a stranger would have taken him to be, sitting there in his oldNorfolk jacket and his unbrushed bowler; his trousers were baggy, his handswere not clean; and his face, with the red stubble of the unshaved chin, thelittle eyes, and the large, aggressive nose, was uncouth and coarse. His mouthwas large, his lips were heavy and sensual. No; I could not have placed him.

"You won'tgo back to your wife?" I said at last.

"Never."

"She'swilling to forget everything that's happened and start afresh. She'll nevermake you a single reproach. "

"She cango to hell. "

"You don'tcare if people think you an utter blackguard? You don't care if she and yourchildren have to beg their bread?"

"Not adamn. "

I was silentfor a moment in order to give greater force to my next remark. I spoke asdeliberately as I could.

"You are amost unmitigated cad. "

"Now that you'vegot that off your chest, let's go and have dinner. "

他坐在那里，穿着一件破旧的诺弗克上衣，戴着顶早就该拂拭的圆顶帽，我真不知道一个陌生人会把他当做什么人。他的裤腿象两只口袋，手并不很干净，下巴上全是红胡子茬，一对小眼睛，撅起的大鼻头，脸相又笨拙又粗野。他的嘴很大，厚厚的嘴唇给人以耽于色欲的感觉。不成，我无法判定他是怎样一类人。

“你不准备回到你妻子那里去了？”最后我开口说。

“永远不回去了。”

“她可是愿意把发生的这些事全都忘掉，一切从头开始。她一句话也不责备你。”

“让她见鬼去吧！”

“你不在乎别人把你当做个彻头彻尾的坏蛋吗？你不在乎你的妻子儿女去讨饭吗？”

“一点也不在乎。”

我沉默了一会儿，为了使我底下这句话有更大的力量。我故意把一个个的字吐得真真切切。

“你是个不折不扣的混蛋。”

“成了，你现在把压在心上的话已经说出来了，咱们可以去吃饭了。”