The Jilting of Granny Weatherall- Katherine Anne Porter (1930)

flicked (手指的)輕彈her wrist

pudgy矮墩墩careful fingers

The brat沒有規矩的人；（尤指）頑童

pulled down his waistcoat（西服的）背心

when I pulled through (使)渡過危機(或難關); (使)恢復健康milk-leg (milk leg, also called Iliofemoral Thrombophlebitis, or Phlegmasia Alba Dolens, inflammation of the femoral vein, the principal vein of the thigh, with formation of a clot that blocks the channel of the vein. The condition may occur shortly after childbirth, or it may result from the use of oral contraceptives. Other predisposing factors are aging, malignancy, and chronic infection. The leg becomes swollen and is pale and painful (hence the name phlegmasia alba dolens—“white, painful inflammation”). If the blockage persists, ulcers may develop. The affected person is kept in bed, with the swollen leg elevated and motionless; anticoagulants are used to prevent further clotting while the body’s plasmin (also called fibrinolysin) dissolves the blockage, and antibiotics are used to combat any infection. The leg is bandaged to prevent collection of fluid in the tissues (edema). Severe occlusion may require surgical treatment. If the clot detaches there is danger of pulmonary artery blockage)

double pneumonia


rummaging around翻找, 仔細搜查

bringing it up again

had drunk a noggin四分之一品脫(120毫升)的酒of strong hot toddy (a drink made with strong alcohol, sugar, hot water and sometimes spices 托迪酒（用烈酒加熱水、糖或香料等調配而成）) on his last birthday

he owed his long life to that

plague困擾；折磨；使受煎熬Cornelia a little

God, for all my life, I thank Thee. Without Thee, my God, I could never have done it. Hail讚揚（或稱頌）, Mary, full of grace.

Don’t let things get lost. It’s bitter to lose things.

pressed against her heart and the memory was being squeezed out of it

it would smother使窒息而死；悶死her

Don’t let your wounded vanity get the upper hand of得勢的you.

Plenty of girls get jilted .拋棄(情人). You were jilted, weren’t you? Then stand up to勇敢地面對it.

Her eyelids wavered (聲音)顫抖;(光亮)閃爍and let in streamers【氣】流光,光冪of blue-gray light like tissue paper over her eyes. She must get up and pull the shades down or she’d never sleep. She was in bed again and the shades were not down. H

stinging尖酸的;刺痛的

puddles攪泥漿;在水坑中嬉戲

give you a little hypodermic皮下注射器

gauzy紗似的,薄的shadow

Tell him I was given back everything he took away and more. Oh, no, oh, God, no, there was something else besides the house and the man and the children. Oh, surely they were not all? What was it? Something not given back…

frippery不必要的昂貴飾品（或物件）

Doctor Harry with a rosy nimbus光環around him

give Cornelia the amethyst紫水晶；紫晶set

her dyspepsia (pain caused by difficulty in digesting food 消化不良)