图丝上周嫁人的堂姐才二十一岁，而图丝二十岁的姐姐是下一个准备结婚的人，也就是说，在那之后，图丝自己将面临巨大的压力，得为自己找个老公。我问她是否想结婚，她说：
Tulsi's cousin who got married last week is only twenty-one, and her older sister is next on the marriage list at age twenty, which means there will be huge pressure after that for Tulsi herself to find a husband. I asked her if she wanted to ever get married and she said:
“不……”
"Noooooooooooooooooooooo . . ."
这个字拖得很长，长过我们正在庭园欣赏的夕阳。
And the word drew out longer than the sunset we were watching over the gardens.
“我想流浪！”她说，“像你一样。”
"I want to roam!" she said. "Like you."
“图丝，你可知道，我不能一直这样流浪。我从前结过婚。”
"You know, Tulsi, I couldn't always roam like this. I was married once."
她透过破裂的眼镜对我皱眉头，带着困惑的神情瞅着我，仿佛我刚刚跟她说从前我是褐发，而她尝试去想象。最后她才脱口而出：“你结过婚？我完全无法想象！”
She frowned at me through her cracked specs, studying me with a quizzical look, almost as if I'd just told her I'd once been a brunette and she was trying to imagine it. In the end, she pronounced: "You, married? I cannot picture this."
“这是真的。我结过婚。”
"But it's true—I was."
“是你结束婚姻的？”“是的。”
"Are you the one who ended the marriage?" "Yes."
她说：“我认为能去结束自己的婚姻，很令人钦佩。你现在似乎快乐得很。至于我——我是怎么来的？为什么我生来是印度姑娘？可恨！我为何生在这个家庭？为什么得参加这么多的婚礼？”
She said, "I think it's most commendable that you ended your marriage. You seem splendidly happy now. But as for me—how did I get here? Why was I born an Indian girl? It's outrageous! Why did I come into this family? Why must I attend so many weddings?"
而后，图丝绕着圈跑，灰心丧气地大叫（就道场的标准而言相当大声）：“我想去夏威夷住!!!”
Then Tulsi ran around in a frustrated circle, shouting (quite loudly for Ashram standards): "I want to live in Hawaii!!!" Eat, Pray, Love