雙語暢銷書《艾倫圖靈傳》第4章:彼岸新星(53)
Alan probably had a boating holiday—either on the Norfolk Broads, or at Bosham on Chichester Harbour.
He also stayed for a while with the Beuttells in London.
還去倫敦與維克托一起待了一陣子。Although Mr Beuttell in principle espoused liberal causes of feminism and profit-sharing, his own firm was run on strictly autocratic lines, and so was his family.
儘管維克托的父親原則上擁護女權運動和利潤平分這樣的自由思想，但是他的公司卻以嚴格的獨裁模式運作，還包括他的家庭。
Victor's younger brother Gerard was studying physics at Imperial College, but his father was extremely annoyed that he spent his time flying model aeroplanes to investigate wind currents, and put a stop to his studies.
維克托的弟弟吉拉德在帝國理工學院學習物理學，他把時間都用來研究飛機模型，他的父親卻很生氣，並要阻止他的這些研究。Alan was furious to hear this, saying that Gerard had a contribution to make to science, and was doubly upset because he respected his father.
艾倫聽到這件事很憤怒，他認爲吉拉德這樣做同樣是在探索科學，艾倫很敬重別特爾先生，所以他感到格外失望。He also roared with approval when he heard that Gerard had told his father, in connection with his infringing some petty rule of the family firm, that he would only obey 'sensible rules'.
他非常贊同吉拉德對父親所說的，他只會遵守合理的規則，無論是在家族企業還是科學研究方面。It was also in London that Alan met James again for a weekend.
還是在倫敦，艾倫在週末去見了詹姆斯。They stayed at a rather sordid bed-and-breakfast place near Russell Square.
他們住在羅素廣場附近的一個髒乎乎的民居里，They went to see a film or two and Elmer Rice's play Judgment Day about the Reichstag fire trial.
同去看了一兩場電影，還有愛爾默·賴斯的《審判日》。Alan must have found it a relief to be with someone who did not reject his sexual advances, although it was always clear that James aroused in him neither deep feelings, nor a special physical attraction. The relationship was not able to develop beyond this point.
儘管艾倫覺得，詹姆斯的肉體沒有什麼吸引力，但他也覺得，和一個不會拒絕他的性要求的人待在一起很自在。After this weekend, James had almost no further experience for about twelve years.
這個週末之後的12年中，詹姆斯幾乎沒有更深一步的經驗，Although Alan was more exploratory, this would be his story too.
而艾倫卻有不斷地新探索，這就是後話了。
