妈妈,彼得说,没有人认为你是个弱智,如果这就是你所担心的。弱智?你在某个死去的英国教授布满灰尘的桌子的哪个发霉的抽屉里找到了这个词?我向你保证,在我最糟糕的噩梦中,我从来没有认为自己是个弱智。
(Mom, said Peter, nobody thinks you're a lackwit, if that's what you're worried about.Lackwit? In what musty drawer of some dead English professor's dust-covered desk did you find that word? I assure you that never in my worst nightmares did I ever suppose that I was a lackwit.)