文章节选自《刀锋》（双语），上海译文出版社  ISBN 978-7-5327-5879-1／I·3479

作者：【英】毛姆，周煦良 译

摘录By  Chantal

1.Death ends all things and so is the comprehensive conclusion of a story,but marriage finishes it very properly too and the sophisticated are ill-advised to sneer at what is by convention termed a happy ending.

译文：死是一切的了结，所以是一个故事的总收场，但是，用结婚来结束也很合适；那些世俗的所谓大团圆，自命风雅的人也犯不着加以鄙弃。