Back at home, Sophie opened the letter from the tin box. The handwriting was different—more hurried, as if written in desperation:
“Margaret,
I waited for you, but you never came. I must leave now, but I leave this for you, in case you ever return.
Yours always,
Thomas.”
Sophie felt a pang of sorrow. Thomas had waited for her grandmother, but why hadn’t Margaret gone to meet him?
She confronted her grandmother again, this time showing her the locket. Margaret stared at it for a long time before tears filled her eyes. “He gave this to me before he left for the war,” she whispered. “I loved him, but my father… he wouldn’t let me see him again. He burned his first letter. I never knew about this one.”
Sophie sat in stunned silence as Margaret recounted her story of a forbidden love torn apart by time and circumstance.
Key Words:
hurried - 匆忙的
desperation - 绝望
sorrow - 悲伤
confronted - 对质
whispered - 低声说
war - 战争
forbidden - 禁止的
torn apart - 撕裂
circumstance - 情况
stunned - 惊呆的
中文译文：
回到家中，索菲亚打开了铁盒里的信。笔迹不同——更为匆忙，仿佛是在绝望中写下的：
“玛格丽特，
我等了你，但你没有来。我现在必须离开，但我将这留给你，以防你某天回来。
永远属于你的，
托马斯。”
索菲亚感到一阵悲伤。托马斯等过她的祖母，但为什么玛格丽特没有去见他呢？
她再次与祖母对质，这次她拿出了吊坠。玛格丽特盯着吊坠看了很久，眼中涌出泪水。“这是他在出征前送给我的，”她低声说。“我爱他，但我父亲……他不允许我再见他。他烧掉了托马斯的第一封信。我从未知道这封信的存在。”
索菲亚静静地坐着，听着玛格丽特讲述一个被时间和环境撕裂的禁忌爱情故事。
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Book 5
读英文微小说，习得英语词汇 | Chapter 5: The Return Home
Book 6
读英文微小说，习得英语词汇 | Chapter 5: The Return of the King
Book 7
读英文微小说，习得英语词汇 | Chapter 5: Love in Full Bloom
Book 8
读英文微小说，习得英语词汇 | Chapter 5: A New Chapter
Book 9
读英文微小说，习得英语词汇 | Chapter 5: Finding Her Place
Book 10
读英文微小说，习得英语词汇 | Chapter 5: Back in the Game
Book 11
读英文微小说，习得英语词汇 | Chapter 5: The Secret of Room 207
Book 12
读英文微小说，习得英语词汇 | Chapter 5: More Than Friends
Book 13
读英文微小说，习得英语词汇 | Chapter 5: A New Chapter
Book 14
读英文微小说，习得英语词汇 | Chapter 5: A New Member
Book 15
读英文微小说，习得英语词汇 | Chapter 5: A Timeless Memory
Book 16
读英文微小说，习得英语词汇 | Chapter 5: The Choice
Book 17
读英文微小说，习得英语词汇 | Chapter 5: The Moonlit Path
Book 18
