Is Turkey red just like this? I asked.

" 土耳其红就是这样的吗？" 我问。

Then Turkey red is what you want.

" 那土耳其红就是你想要的。"

Turkey red is perfectly plain in calicoes, she answered.

" 土耳其红是印花布中的绝对纯色。

No, sir, she said, but we have it in Turkey red.

" 没有，先生，" 她说，" 但我们有土耳其红色。"

What you wanted was Turkey red - third counter to the left. I mean, Turkey red is what they use.

你想要的是土耳其红色，左边起第三个柜台。我是说，他们用的是土耳其红色。"

All right, I said, give me Turkey red.

" 好吧，" 我说，" 给我拿土耳其红色。"

Well, I don't think you can find it perfectly plain unless you get Turkey red, she said.

" 好吧，除非你要土耳其红，否则你找不到完美的纯色布。"

I've never had a red turkey. That could be the duck.

我从来没有吃过红火鸡。那可能是鸭子。

They can, but they don't, he said, calmly. They don't use red like that. They use Turkey red.

" 是可以，但不能这么做，" 他平静地说。" 他们不会用这种红色，他们会用土耳其红。"

We haven't any Turkey red calico left, she said, but we have some very nice plain calicoes in other colors.

" 我们没有土耳其红印花布了，" 她说，" 但我们有一些其他颜色非常漂亮的纯色印花布。"

She looked at me strangely, but measured off fifteen meters of Turkey red calico. Then she touched the counter and called out, Cash!

她奇怪地看着我，但还是量出了15米土耳其红色印花布。然后，她摸了摸柜台，喊了一声：" 现金！"

She then copied all this into a little book. Then she gave the piece of paper, the money, and the Turkey red cloth to the yellow-haired girl.

然后，她把这些都抄进一个小本子。她把那张纸、钱款和那块土耳其红布给了那个黄头发的女孩。

Well, said she, this Turkey red is much nicer looking than what I had. You've got so much of it that I don't have to use the other at all. I wish I had thought of Turkey red before.

" 嗯，" 她说，" 这个土耳其红色比我这块好看多了。你买了那么多，我根本不用使其它的布了，我希望自己之前想到用土耳其红色就好了。"

You know you can't match goods unless you take into consideration quality and color both. If you want that quality of goods in red, you ought to get Turkey red.

如果不同时考虑质量和颜色，就无法让它们一致。如果你想要这种质量红色的商品，就应该买土耳其红。"

After a very long time, the girl came back, bringing the money I was owed and the package of Turkey red calico. I returned to my office, but had time for very little work the rest of the day.

过了很长时间，女孩回来了，带来了应该找给我的钱和一包土耳其红色印花布。我回到办公室，但剩下的时间只能干很少的活了。

Ma said: " Oh, no, Charles, I don't really need it." But Pa laughed and said she must pick it out, or he would get her the turkey red piece with the big yellow pattern.

妈妈说：“哦，不，查尔斯，我真的不需要它。”但爸爸笑着说她必须把它挑出来，否则他会给她买那件带有黄色大图案的火鸡红色的。