A Little Princess
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
In Part 16 of A Little Princess, Ermengarde comes to realize that Sara and Becky are nearly starving—and that she has food to share.
在"小公主"第16部中,埃尔门加德逐渐意识到萨拉和贝琪快饿死了——她还有食物要分享.
Part Seventeen: The Magic rmengarde was in such haste that as she tiptoed out of the attic she dropped her red shawl and did not know it had fallen.
第十七编: 魔力门加德如此匆忙,当她从阁楼走出时,她放下了她的红色披肩,不知道它已经倒下。
No one saw it for a minute or so.
没有人看到它一分钟左右。
Becky was too much overpowered by the good luck which had befallen her.
贝琪被她带来的好运压倒了
“Oh, miss!
“噢,小姐!
oh, miss!”
哦,小姐们!”
she gasped; “I know it was you that asked her to let me come.
“我知道是你让她让我来的。
It—it makes me cry to think of it.”
这让我哭得想起来 “
And she went to Sara’s side and stood and looked at her worshipingly.
她走到了Sara的一边,站起身来看着她朝拜.
But in Sara’s hungry eyes the old light had begun to glow and transform her world for her.
但是在萨拉的饥饿眼中,旧光开始为她发光并改变她的世界.
Here in the attic—with the cold night outside—with the afternoon in the sloppy streets barely passed— with the memory of the awful unfed look in the beggar child’s eyes not yet faded—this simple, cheerful thing had happened like a thing of magic.
在阁楼里——外面是寒冷的夜晚——下午在草率的街道上几乎没有过去——对乞丐儿童眼中可怕的无食之貌的记忆还没有消失——这种简单而愉快的事情就像魔术一样发生。
She caught her breath.
她喘不过气来
“Somehow, something always happens,” she cried, “just before things get to the very worst.
她哭道,“有些事情总是会发生,”“就在事情变得最糟糕之前。
It is as if the Magic did it.
就像魔术师干的一样
If I could only just remember that always.
如果我能永远记住这一点
The worst thing never quite comes.”
最糟糕的事永远不会发生 “
She gave Becky a little cheerful shake.
她给了贝琪一点欢快的摇摆.
“No, no!
“不,不!”
You mustn’t cry!”
你们不能哭!
she said.
她说。
“We must make haste and set the table.”
“我们必须仓促地摆好桌子。 “
“Set the table, miss?”
“请坐,小姐? “
said Becky, gazing round the room.
贝琪说,看着房间。
“What’ll we set it with?”
“我们要用什么设定呢? “
Sara looked round the attic, too.
莎拉也环顾阁楼
“There doesn’t seem to be much,” she answered, half laughing.
她回答说,
That moment she saw something and pounced upon it.
那一刻,她看到一些东西 并扑向它。
It was Ermengarde’s red shawl which lay upon the floor.
这是Ermengarde的红色披肩,
“Here’s the shawl,” she cried.
" 这是披肩, " 她哭了。
“I know she won’t mind it.
“我知道她不会介意。
It will make such a nice red tablecloth.”
它会做这么漂亮的红桌布。 “
They pulled the old table forward, and threw the shawl over it.
他们把旧桌子往前拉 然后把披肩扔在上面
Red is a wonderfully kind and comfortable color.
红色是一种极好和舒适的颜色.
It began to make the room look furnished directly.
它开始让房间看起来直接装修。
“How nice a red rug would look on the floor!”
红地毯在地上看起来多好!
exclaimed Sara.
赞叹了萨拉。
“We must pretend there is one!”
“我们必须假装有一个!”
Her eye swept the bare boards with a glance of admiration.
她的眼睛在赤裸的板子上打扫了一番钦佩之心.
The rug was laid down already.
地毯已经铺好
“How soft and thick it is!”
“它多么软而厚! “
she said, with the little laugh which Becky knew the meaning of; and she raised and set her foot down again delicately, as if she felt something under it.
她说,用贝琪所知道的小笑语,她又悄悄地抬起脚来,又把脚轻轻地放下来,好像她感觉到了下面的东西.
“Yes, miss,” answered Becky, watching her with serious rapture.
“是的,小姐,”Becky回答说,她非常愤怒地看着她。
She was always quite serious.
她一直很认真
“What next, now?”
“接下来,现在怎么办? “
said Sara, and she stood still and put her hands over her eyes.
莎拉说,她站住,把手放在她的眼睛上。
“Something will come if I think and wait a little”—in a soft, expectant voice.
“如果我想一想再等一等,就会有些事情发生”——用一个温和而期待的声音。
“The Magic will tell me.”
“魔法会告诉我。 “
One of her favorite fancies was that thoughts were waiting for people to call them.
她最喜欢的幻想之一是,人们正在等待人们给他们打电话。
Becky had seen her stand and wait many a time before, and knew that in a few seconds she would uncover an enlightened, laughing face.
贝琪看到她的站立姿势,并在之前等了好多次,她知道几秒钟后会发现一个开明的,笑容.
In a moment she did.
她马上就知道了
“There!”
那边!
she cried.
她哭着
“It has come!
“它来了!
I know now!
我现在知道了!
I must look among the things in the old trunk I had when I was a princess.”
我必须看看我当公主时的旧车厢里的东西 “
She flew to its corner and kneeled down.
她飞到它的角落并跪下。
It had not been put in the attic for her benefit, but because there was no room for it elsewhere.
之所以放入阁楼不是为了她的利益,是因为别处没有空间。
Nothing had been left in it but rubbish.
里面除了垃圾什么也没有
But she knew she should find something.
但她知道她应该找点什么
The Magic always arranged that kind of thing some way.
魔术师总是用某种方式安排这种事
In a corner lay a package so insignificant- looking that it had been overlooked, and when she herself had found it she had kept it as a relic.
在一个角落里摆出一个如此微不足道的包裹, 看着它被忽略了, 当她自己找到它时,她把它保存了下来作为文物。
It contained a dozen small white handkerchiefs.
它包含了一打小白手帕.
She seized them joyfully and ran to the table.
她欢快地抓住他们,跑到桌子上。
She began to arrange them upon the red table-cover, patting and coaxing them into shape with the narrow lace edge curling outward, her Magic working its spells for her as she did it.
她开始把它们安排在红色的桌子上 拍拍并把它编成形状 用狭小的花纹边缘向外卷曲
“These are the plates,” she said.
她说,“这些是牌照。”
“They are golden plates.
“它们是金牌。
These are the richly embroidered napkins.
这些是富于刺绣的餐巾.
Nuns worked them in convents in Spain.”
Nuns在西班牙的修道院工作过 “
“Did they, miss?”
“小姐,他们有吗? “
breathed Becky, her very soul uplifted by the information.
贝琪呼吸,她的灵魂被信息唤醒
“You must pretend it,” said Sara.
Sara说,“你必须假装,”
“If you pretend it enough, you will see them.”
“如果你假装够了,你会看到他们。 “
“Yes, miss,” said Becky; and as Sara returned to the trunk she devoted herself to the effort of accomplishing an end so much to be desired.
贝琪说,“是的,小姐”,当萨拉回到后备箱时,她致力于完成如此需要完成的目标。
Sara turned suddenly to find Becky standing by the table, looking very queer indeed.
Sara突然转身发现Becky站在桌子旁 看起来很怪异
She had shut her eyes, and was twisting her face in strange convulsive contortions, her hands hanging stiffly clenched at her sides.
她闭上了双眼,在奇怪的抽搐中扭动她的脸,双手被僵硬地吊在她身后。
She looked as if she was trying to lift some enormous weight.
她看起来好像想举起重来
“What is the matter, Becky?”
“怎么了,贝琪? “
Sara cried.
萨拉哭了。
“What are you doing?”
“你在做什么? “
Becky opened her eyes with a start.
Becky打开了她的初衷
“I was a-’pretendin’, miss,” she answered a little sheepishly; “I was tryin’ to see it like you do.
“小姐,我是个很紧张的人,”她回答说,“我正试图像你一样看到这一点。
I almost did,” with a hopeful grin.
我几乎做到了,“带着充满希望的笑容。
“But it takes a lot o’ stren’th.”
“但是这需要很多时间。 “
“Perhaps it does if you are not used to it,” said Sara, with friendly sympathy; “but you don’t know how easy it is when you’ve done it often.
Sara以友善的同情表示:「如果你不习惯,
I wouldn’t try so hard just at first.
我一开始不会这么努力。
It will come to you after a while.
过一会儿它就会降临你
I’ll just tell you what things are.
我将告诉你是什么。
Look at these.”
看看这个。 “
She held an old summer hat in her hand which she had fished out of the bottom of the trunk.
她手里拿着一顶旧的夏帽 从树干底部取出
There was a wreath of flowers on it.
上面有一花环
She pulled the wreath off.
她把花圈摘下来了
“These are garlands for the feast,” she said grandly.
她说,“这些是宴会用的花饰。”
“They fill all the air with perfume.
“它们用香水将空气充满。
There’s a mug on the washstand, Becky.
洗手台上有个杯子,
Oh— and bring the soap dish for a centerpiece.”
哦,把肥皂菜拿来做中间的 “
Becky handed them to her reverently.
贝琪很恭敬地把它们交给她
“What are they now, miss?”
“她们现在是什么,小姐? “
she inquired.
她问。
“You’ d think they was made of crockery—but I know they ain’t.”
但我知道他们不是。 “
“This is a carven flagon,” said Sara, arranging tendrils of the wreath about the mug.
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“ And this”— bending tenderly over the soap dish and heaping it with roses—“is purest alabaster encrusted with gems.”
“...... 而这种“-在肥皂盘上轻轻地弯曲并用玫瑰来拉动-“是最纯洁的含有宝石的白喉。 “
She touched the things gently, a happy smile hovering about her lips which made her look as if she were a creature in a dream.
她轻轻地摸到东西,一个快乐的微笑在她的嘴唇上徘徊,这让她看起来像梦中生物.
“My, ain’t it lovely!”
“我的,
whispered Becky.
低语贝琪。
“If we just had something for bonbon dishes,” Sara murmured.
“如果我们只是有 东西为邦邦菜,”萨拉喃喃自语。
“There!”
那边!
—darting to the trunk again.
-又去后备箱了
“I remember I saw something this minute.”
“我记得此刻我看到了一些东西。 “
It was only a bundle of wool wrapped in red and white tissue paper, but the tissue paper was soon twisted into the form of little dishes, and was combined with the remaining flowers to ornament the candlestick which was to light the feast.
它只是用红白纸包裹的一捆羊毛,但组织纸很快被扭曲为小菜肴的形式,并被与所剩的花被结合在一起来装饰烛台来点燃宴会.
Only the Magic could have made it more than an old table covered with a red shawl and set with rubbish from a long-unopened trunk.
只有魔力才能让它 超越一个被红色披肩盖住的旧桌子 并用一个长期未打开的树干里的垃圾设置
But Sara drew back and gazed at it, seeing wonders; and Becky, after staring in delight, spoke with bated breath.
但莎拉却向后引来并凝视了它,看到了奇事;而贝琪在凝视了喜事后,却以有打气的口气说话.
“This ’ere,” she suggested, with a glance round the attic—“is it the Bastille now—or has it turned into somethin’ different?”
她建议, " 这才是, " 绕一圈,看看阁楼, " 是现在的巴士底,还是变成不同的东西了? “
“Oh, yes, yes!”
“哦,是的,是的!”
said Sara.
莎拉说。
“Quite different.
“差别很大。
It is a banquet hall!”
这是宴会厅!”
“My eye, miss!”
“我的眼睛,小姐!”
ejaculated Becky.
射出贝琪。
“ A blanket ’all!”
" 一张毯子! "
and she turned to view the splendors about her with awed bewilderment.
然后她转身看 关于她的喜悦 与被引领的困惑。
“ A banquet hall,” said Sara.
Sara说,“宴会厅”。
“ A vast chamber where feasts are given.
“一个宽阔的会议厅,供宴会用。
It has a vaulted roof, and a minstrels’ gallery, and a huge chimney filled with blazing oaken logs, and it is brilliant with waxen tapers twinkling on every side.”
它有一个保险箱的屋顶,一个小商贩的画廊,以及一个巨大的烟囱,里面充满了发光的橡木,而且每一边都闪闪发光地放着蜡笔。 “
“My eye, Miss Sara!”
"我的眼睛,萨拉小姐!"
gasped Becky again.
又给Becky下气了
Then the door opened, and Ermengarde came in, rather staggering under the weight of her hamper.
然后,门打开,埃尔门加德进来, 相当惊人的重量 在她的障碍。
She started back with an exclamation of joy.
她从欢乐的喜悦开始
To enter from the chill darkness outside, and find one’s self confronted by a totally unanticipated festal board, draped with red, adorned with white napery, and wreathed with flowers, was to feel that the preparations were brilliant indeed.
从外面寒冷的黑暗中走入,发现自己面对着一个完全出乎意料的盛会会板,被红色所涂上,被白色的凝胶所涂上,被花朵所花花所花纹所花纹所花纹所花纹所花纹所花纹所花纹所花纹所花纹被花纹所花纹所花纹所花纹所花纹所花纹所花纹被花纹所花纹所花纹被花纹所花纹所花纹被花纹所花纹被花纹所花纹被花纹所花纹作花纹被花纹所花纹的花被花纹所花被花纹被花纹所花纹被花纹所花被花被花纹被花纹被花被花纹入花被花纹被花被花被花被花纹所花被花被花被花被花被花纹入花被花被花被花被花被花花被花被花被花被花被花被花被花被花被花被花被花被花被花被花被花被花被花被花被花被花被花
“Oh, Sara!”
"哦,萨拉!"
she cried out.
她呼喊着
“You are the cleverest girl I ever saw!”
“你是我见过最聪明的女孩!”
“Isn’t it nice?”
" 是不是不错? “
said Sara.
莎拉说。
“They are things out of my old trunk.
“这些都是我旧后车厢里的东西。
I asked my Magic, and it told me to go and look.”
我问我的魔法, 它让我去看看。 “
“But oh, miss,” cried Becky, “wait till she’s told you what they are!
" 但是,小姐,"贝琪喊道:"等着她告诉你他们是什么!
They ain’t just—oh, miss, please tell her,” appealing to Sara.
不仅如此, 小姐, 请告诉她,
So Sara told her, and because her Magic helped her she made her almost see it all: the golden platters—the vaulted spaces—the blazing logs— the twinkling waxen tapers.
于是萨拉告诉她,因为她的魔法帮助了她,她让她几乎看到了这一切:金盘-被保险的空间-被烧的木头-闪闪发光的蜡接相机.
As the things were taken out of the hamper—the frosted cakes— the fruits—the bonbons and the drink—the feast became a splendid thing.
当食品从树干中取出的时候,有被霜冻的蛋糕,有水果,有捆绑的,有饮料的,宴会变成一件大事。
“It’s like a real party!”
“这就像一个真正的政党! “
cried Ermengarde.
哭了埃尔门加德。
“It’s like a queen’s table,” sighed Becky.
“这就像女王的桌子,”贝基叹息地说。
Then Ermengarde had a sudden brilliant thought.
然后,埃尔门加德突然有了一个辉煌的想法.
“I’ll tell you what, Sara,” she said.
她说,“Sara,我告诉你,”
“Pretend you are a princess now and this is a royal feast.”
“现在你已是公主,这是一次皇家宴会。 “
“But it’s your feast,” said Sara; “you must be the princess, and we will be your maids of honor.”
Sara说:「但这是你的宴会, “
“Oh, I can’t,” said Ermengarde.
Ermengarde说,
“I’m too fat, and I don’t know how.
「我太胖了,
You be her.”
你成为她。 “
“Well, if you want me to,” said Sara.
Sara说:“如果你愿意,
But suddenly she thought of something else and ran to the rusty grate.
但突然她想到了别的东西,跑到生锈的栅栏去.
“There is a lot of paper and rubbish stuffed in here!”
“这里有许多纸和垃圾。 “
she exclaimed.
她叹为观止
“If we light it, there will be a bright blaze for a few minutes, and we shall feel as if it was a real fire.”
“如果我们点燃它,几分钟内就会有一道明亮的火焰,我们就会觉得这就像一场真正的火。 “
She struck a match and lighted it up with a great specious glow which illuminated the room.
她打了个火柴 点燃了它 里面有一道光线 照亮了房间
“By the time it stops blazing,” Sara said, “we shall forget about its not being real.”
Sara说,“当它停止燃烧的时候,我们将忘记它不是真实的。 “
She stood in the dancing glow and smiled.
她站在起舞的光辉和微笑中。
“Doesn’t it look real?”
“看起来不真实吗? “
she said.
她说。
“Now we will begin the party.”
“现在我们将开始该党。 “
She led the way to the table.
她带路到桌子上
She waved her hand graciously to Ermengarde and Becky.
她向埃尔门加德和贝琪慷慨地挥手.
She was in the midst of her dream.
她正在梦中
“ Advance, fair damsels,” she said in her happy dream-voice, “and be seated at the banquet table.
在她快乐的梦中,她说:“请坐在宴会桌前。
My noble father, the king, who is absent on a long journey, has commanded me to feast you.”
我尊贵的父亲,国王,在漫长的旅程中缺席,命令我宴请您. “
She turned her head slightly toward the corner of the room.
她把头稍微转向了房间的角落。
“What, ho, there, minstrels!
"什么,呵,那边是小混混!
Strike up with your viols and bassoons.
与你的恶作剧和低音。
Princesses,” she explained rapidly to Ermengarde and Becky, “always had minstrels to play at their feasts.
公主们,“她迅速向埃尔门加德和贝克解释,“在他们的宴会中,总是有小混混来玩。
Pretend there is a minstrel gallery up there in the corner.
假想角落有个小画廊
Now we will begin.”
现在我们开始吧 “
They had barely had time to take their pieces of cake into their hands—not one of them had time to do more—when they all three sprang to their feet and turned pale faces toward the door— listening—listening.
他们几乎没有时间把自己的蛋糕拿在手上,他们中没有一个有时间做更多的事情,当时,他们三个都站到脚上,脸朝门面变苍白,听从。
Someone was coming up the stairs.
有人上楼来了
There was no mistake about it.
没有错
Each of them recognized the angry, mounting tread and knew that the end of all things had come.
他们都认清了愤怒而勃起的脚步,知道万事的结局已经来临。
“It’s—the missus!”
" 这是夫人! "
choked Becky, and dropped her piece of cake upon the floor.
掐住Becky 把蛋糕扔到地上
“Yes,” said Sara, her eyes growing shocked and large in her small white face.
Sara说,“是的,”她的眼睛在她小白脸上长出大而震惊。
“Miss Minchin has found us out.”
“Minchin女士发现了我们。 “
Miss Minchin struck the door open with a blow of her hand.
Minchin小姐把门打开,手被打一拳。
She was pale herself, but it was with rage.
她自己很苍白,但很愤怒
She looked from the frightened faces to the banquet table, and from the banquet table to the last flicker of the burnt paper in the grate.
她从被惊吓的面孔看到宴会桌 从宴会桌看到烤纸上的最后一闪
“I have been suspecting something of this sort,” she exclaimed; “but I did not dream of such audacity.
她说,“我怀疑这种事情,”她却说,“但我并没有梦到这种傲慢。
Lavinia was telling the truth.”
拉维尼亚说的是实话 “
So they knew that it was Lavinia who had somehow guessed their secret and had betrayed them.
所以他们知道,正是拉维尼亚不知何故地猜出他们的秘密并背叛了他们.
Miss Minchin strode over to Becky and boxed her ears for a second time.
Minchin strode小姐到Becky 第二次打入她的耳朵
“You impudent creature!”
"你这个无耻的生物!"
she said.
她说。
“You leave the house in the morning!”
"你早晨出门去! “
Sara stood quite still, her eyes growing larger, her face paler.
莎拉站得相当平稳,她的眼睛变大了,她的脸也变漂亮了.
Ermengarde burst into tears.
厄门加德被流泪了
“Oh, don’t send her away,” she sobbed.
“哦,别送她走,”她抽泣了。
“My aunt sent me the hamper.
“我姨妈送我那块木棍。
We’re—only—having a party.”
我们只参加一个聚会。 “
“So I see,” said Miss Minchin, witheringly.
Minchin小姐说,“我明白了,”白白地说。
“With the Princess Sara at the head of the table.”
“以萨拉公主为首。 “
She turned fiercely on Sara.
她对Sara很凶猛
“It is your doing, I know,” she cried.
“这是你的行为,我知道,”她哭了。
“Ermengarde would never have thought of such a thing.
“埃门加德绝不会想到这样的事情。
You decorated the table, I suppose—with this rubbish.”
你装饰了桌子,我想... 用这个垃圾。 “
She stamped her foot at Becky.
她在贝琪的脚印上.
“Go to your attic!”
"去你的阁楼去!"
she commanded, and Becky stole away, her face hidden in her apron, her shoulders shaking.
她命令,贝琪偷走了, 她的脸藏在围裙里,肩膀被震动。
Then it was Sara’s turn again.
然后又轮到萨拉了。
“I will attend to you tomorrow.
“我明天会照顾你们。
You shall have neither breakfast, dinner, nor supper!”
你们既不能吃早餐,也不能吃晚餐!”
“I have not had either dinner or supper today, Miss Minchin,” said Sara, rather faintly.
Sara说:“我今天既没有吃过饭也没有吃过饭,
“Then all the better.
“那么就更好了。
You will have something to remember.
你会记得一些事
Don’t stand there.
不要站在那里。
Put those things into the hamper again.”
把那些东西再放进障碍物里 “
She began to sweep them off the table into the hamper herself, and caught sight of Ermengarde’s new books.
她开始把它们从桌子上扫出,
“ And you”—to Ermengarde—“have brought your beautiful new books into this dirty attic.
“...... 而你”——对埃尔门加德——“将你美丽的新书带入了这个肮脏的阁楼。
Take them up and go back to bed.
把他们抬起去睡觉
You will stay there all day tomorrow, and I shall write to your papa.
你明天会待一整天 我会写信给你爸爸
What would he say if he knew where you are tonight?”
如果他知道你今晚在哪 他会怎么说? “
Something she saw in Sara’s grave, fixed gaze at this moment made her turn on her fiercely.
在Sara的坟墓里,
“What are you thinking of?”
“你在想什么? “
she demanded.
她要求你这么做
“Why do you look at me like that?”
“为什么这样看着我? “
“I was wondering,” answered Sara, as she had answered that notable day in the schoolroom.
Sara回答说,“我在想,”她回答说,当时她在教室里回答了那个引人注目的一天。
“What were you wondering?”
“你想知道什么? “
It was very like the scene in the schoolroom.
和教室里的场景很像
There was no pertness in Sara’s manner.
Sara的举止没有隐讳。
It was only sad and quiet.
它只是悲伤和安静。
“I was wondering,” she said in a low voice, “what my papa would say if he knew where I am tonight.”
“我在想,”她低调地说,“如果我爸爸知道我今晚在哪里,他会怎么说。 “
Miss Minchin was infuriated again and her anger expressed itself, as before, in an intemperate fashion.
Minchin小姐再次发怒,她的愤怒和以前一样,以不节制的方式表达出自己.
She flew at Sara and shook her.
她飞向了Sara,摇晃她。
“You insolent, unmanageable child!”
"你们这些傲慢而无能的孩子!"
she cried.
她哭着
“How dare you!
" 你竟敢这样!
How dare you!”
你竟敢这样!”
She picked up the books, swept the rest of the feast back into the hamper in a jumbled heap, thrust it into Ermengarde’s arms, and pushed her before her toward the door.
她拿起书来,把剩下的宴会卷回了一块杂乱无章的地盘,把它推入了埃尔门加德的怀中,并把她推向了大门。
“I will leave you to wonder,” she said.
她说,“我会让你怀疑,”
“Go to bed this instant.”
" 立刻上床睡觉。 “
And she shut the door behind herself and poor stumbling Ermengarde, and left Sara standing quite alone.
她把门关在自己身后 和可怜的绊脚石 Ermengarde, 让Sara相当孤独地站着。
The dream was quite at an end.
梦到最后
The last spark had died out of the paper in the grate and left only black tinder; the table was left bare, the golden plates and richly embroidered napkins, and the garlands were transformed again into old handkerchiefs, scraps of red and white paper, and discarded artificial flowers all scattered on the floor; the minstrels in the minstrel gallery had stolen away, and the viols and bassoons were still.
最后的火花已经从纸上出灰缸而去,只留下了黑锡;桌子被剥光了,金色的板子和丰富的绣花纸巾,花被再被改造为旧的手帕,红白相纸的碎片,并丢弃了散在地上的所有人工花;薄荷画廊里的薄荷花被偷走了,而紫外线和低音管也依旧.
Emily was sitting with her back against the wall, staring very hard.
艾米丽当时正与她背靠着墙而坐,非常刻苦地凝视.
Sara saw her, and went and picked her up with trembling hands.
莎拉看见她,然后用颤抖的手去接她。
“There isn’t any banquet left, Emily,” she said.
Emily 说,
“ And there isn’t any princess.
“...... 没有公主。
There is nothing left but the prisoners in the Bastille.”
除了巴士底狱的囚犯们 什么都没有了 “
And she sat down and hid her face.
她坐下来隐藏她的脸
What would have happened if she had not hidden it just then, and if she had chanced to look up at the skylight at the wrong moment, I do not know—perhaps the end of this chapter might have been quite different—because if she had glanced at the skylight she would certainly have been startled by what she would have seen.
如果她当时没有把它藏起来,如果她有机会在错误的时刻抬头看天窗,那会发生什么事呢? 我不知道,也许本章的结尾会很不一样,因为如果她看一看天窗,她肯定会被她看到的东西吓倒了。
She would have seen exactly the same face pressed against the glass and peering in at her as it had peered in earlier in the evening when she had been talking to Ermengarde.
她本会看到同样的脸被玻璃压住 看着她,就像她和Ermengarde谈话时在傍晚早些时候一样。
But she did not look up.
但她没有抬头看。
She sat with her little black head in her arms for some time.
她怀着小黑头坐在怀里一段时间.
She always sat like that when she was trying to bear something in silence.
她总是这样坐 当她试图承受的东西 在沉默。
Then she got up and went slowly to the bed.
然后她站起来,慢慢地躺在床上.
“I can’t pretend anything else—while I am awake,” she said.
我无法假装其他事情,
“There wouldn’t be any use in trying.
“尝试没有任何用处。
If I go to sleep, perhaps a dream will come and pretend for me.”
如果我去睡觉,也许一个梦想会来 并假装我。 “
She suddenly felt so tired—perhaps through want of food—that she sat down on the edge of the bed quite weakly.
她突然感到很疲倦,也许因为缺少食物,所以坐在床边上很弱。
“Suppose there was a bright fire in the grate, with lots of little dancing flames,” she murmured.
她喃喃自语地说,
“Suppose there was a comfortable chair before it—and suppose there was a small table near, with a little hot—hot supper on it.
" 在它之前,有一个舒适的椅子——假设有一个小桌子在附近,上面有一点热的晚餐。
And suppose”—as she drew the thin coverings over her—“suppose this was a beautiful soft bed, with fleecy blankets and large downy pillows.
假设她把薄薄的被子画在她身上时,
Suppose—suppose—” And her very weariness was good to her, for her eyes closed and she fell fast asleep.
假设... " 她非常疲惫,对她很好, 因为她闭上了眼睛,她迅速睡着了。
She did not know how long she slept.
她不知道睡了多长时间。
But she had been tired enough to sleep deeply and profoundly—too deeply and soundly to be disturbed by anything, even by the squeaks and scamperings of Melchisedec’s entire family, if all his sons and daughters had chosen to come out of their hole to fight and tumble and play.
但是,如果Melchisedec的全家都选择走出洞去打斗和打倒并玩耍的话,她已经厌倦了深沉而深沉的睡眠——太深而响亮地被任何事物所扰动,甚至被他全家的叫声和骗局所扰动。
When she awakened it was rather suddenly, and she did not know that any particular thing had called her out of her sleep.
当她醒来时,这相当突然,她不知道有哪件事情让她睡不着.
The truth was, however, that it was a sound which had called her back—a real sound—the click of the skylight as it fell in closing after a lithe white figure which slipped through it and crouched down close by upon the slates of the roof—just near enough to see what happened in the attic, but not near enough to be seen.
然而,事实上,这是一个叫她回来的声音——一个真正的声音——天窗的一闪一闪,在一闪一闪的白相机穿过天窗后,天窗关闭了。 白相机滑入天窗后,在屋顶的平板上蹲倒了下来,几乎可以看见阁楼里发生的事情,但并不足以看到。
At first she did not open her eyes.
她起初没有睁开眼睛。
She felt too sleepy and—curiously enough—too warm and comfortable.
她觉得太困了,而且非常的温和和舒适。
She was so warm and comfortable, indeed, that she did not believe she was really awake.
她是如此温暖和舒适, 确实, 她不相信 她真的醒了。
She never was as warm and cozy as this except in some lovely vision.
她从来没有像现在这样温暖舒适 除了在可爱的视觉中
“What a nice dream!”
"多么美好的梦想!"
she murmured.
她喃喃自语
“I feel quite warm.
“我觉得很温暖。
I—don’t—want—to—wake—up.”
我不想去想起来。
Of course it was a dream.
当然是梦了
She felt as if warm, delightful bedclothes were heaped upon her.
她感觉好像暖和而愉快的被子被塞在她身上一样.
She could actually feel blankets, and when she put out her hand it touched something exactly like a satin-covered eider-down quilt.
她真的能感觉到被毯,当她伸出手时, 它触摸到的东西完全像一个被覆盖的被子。
She must not awaken from this delight—she must be quite still and make it last.
她不能从这种喜悦中醒来,她必须保持相当的静静,并保持下去。
But she could not—even though she kept her eyes closed tightly, she could not.
但是,她不能——即使她闭紧眼睛,她也不能。
Something was forcing her to awaken—something in the room.
有东西迫使她醒过来 房间里的东西
It was a sense of light, and a sound—the sound of a crackling, roaring little fire.
它是一种光感和声音,是一种裂缝和小火的声音。
“Oh, I am awakening,” she said mournfully.
她悲痛地说,
“I can’t help it—I can’t.”
" 我忍不住, “
Her eyes opened in spite of herself.
她的眼睛不顾自己而睁开。
And then she actually smiled—for what she saw she had never seen in the attic before, and knew she never should see.
然后她笑了起来 她看到以前从未在阁楼见过的东西 她知道她不该看到
“Oh, I haven’t awakened,” she whispered, daring to rise on her elbow and look all about her.
她轻声地说, “哦,我还没醒过来,”她胆敢站起脚来,看着她。
“I am dreaming yet.”
“我在做梦。 “
She knew it must be a dream, for if she were awake such things could not—could not be.
她知道那一定是个梦 因为如果她醒了 这种事是不可能的
Do you wonder that she felt sure she had not come back to earth?
你想知道她觉得她没有回到地球吗?
This is what she saw.
这是她看到的。
In the grate there was a glowing, blazing fire; on the hob was a little brass kettle hissing and boiling; spread upon the floor was a thick, warm crimson rug; before the fire a folding-chair, unfolded, and with cushions on it; by the chair a small folding-table, unfolded, covered with a white cloth, and upon it spread small covered dishes, a cup, a saucer, a teapot; on the bed were new warm coverings and a satin-covered down quilt; at the foot a curious wadded silk robe, a pair of quilted slippers, and some books.
栅栏上放出一盏发光的放出火来;在胡布上放出一盏小黄铜水壶并被沸腾;在地上放出一块厚而温暖的克林森地毯;在火前放出一把折叠的椅子,并用起垫来;在椅子上放出一把小折叠的桌子,放出一块白布,并在上面放出被覆盖的小盘子、杯子、调料和茶壶;在床上放出一副新的温暖的被子和被子;在脚上放出一双奇特的花纹丝袍、一双被子的拖鞋和一些书籍。
The room of her dream seemed changed into fairyland—and it was flooded with warm light, for a bright lamp stood on the table covered with a rosy shade.
她梦中的房间似乎变成了仙地——它被温暖的光所淹没,因为桌子上有一个明亮的灯光被一面玫瑰的遮蔽着.
She sat up, resting on her elbow, and her breathing came short and fast.
她坐了起来,在她的肘上休息,呼吸短而快.
“It does not—melt away,” she panted.
她喘了气, " 它不闻而去 " 。
“Oh, I never had such a dream before.”
“哦,我以前从未有过这样的梦想。 “
She scarcely dared to stir; but at last she pushed the bedclothes aside, and put her feet on the floor with a rapturous smile.
她几乎不敢搅动;但最后她把被子推到一边去,用一笑快地把脚放在地上.
“I am dreaming—I am getting out of bed,” she heard her own voice say; and then, as she stood up in the midst of it all, turning slowly from side to side—“I am dreaming it stays—real!
" 我在做梦 -- -- 我正在下床, " 她听到自己的声音说;然后,当她站在这一切中间时,慢慢地从一边向另一边转 -- -- " 我在做梦,真的!
I’m dreaming it feels real.
我在做梦,
It’s bewitched—or I’m bewitched.
这是被蛊惑的,
I only think I see it all.”
我只是觉得我看到了这一切。 “
Her words began to hurry themselves.
她的言辞开始匆忙.
“If I can only keep on thinking it,” she cried, “I don’t care!
“如果我能继续思考,”她哭道:“我不在乎!
I don’t care!”
我不管,
She stood panting a moment longer, and then cried out again.
她喘了一会儿,然后又喊出来。
“Oh, it isn’t true!”
“哦,这不是真的!”
she said.
她说。
“It can’t be true!
“这不可能!
But oh, how true it seems!”
但是,这看起来是多么真实!”
The blazing fire drew her to it, and she knelt down and held out her hands close to it—so close that the heat made her start back.
烈火把她引到火上,她俯卧而下,紧紧地伸出手来,使热势使她复活。
“ A fire I only dreamed wouldn’t be hot,” she cried.
她哭道:“我只梦想着的一场火不会是热的。”
She sprang up, touched the table, the dishes, the rug; she went to the bed and touched the blankets.
她起身来,摸了桌子,盘子,地毯;她走到床上去,摸了被子.
She took up the soft wadded dressing- gown, and suddenly clutched it to her breast and held it to her cheek.
她穿上了柔软的外衣,突然把它拉到胸前并抱住她的脸颊。
“It’s warm.
" 这是温暖的。
It’s soft!”
它很柔软!
she almost sobbed.
她差点被抽了
“It’s real.
" 这是真实的。
It must be!”
必须如此!”
She threw it over her shoulders, and put her feet into the slippers.
她把它扔到肩膀上 把她的脚放进拖鞋里
“They are real, too.
“它们也是真实的。
It’s all real!”
这都是真实的!
she cried.
她哭着
“I am not—I am not dreaming!”
"我不是,我不是在做梦! “
She almost staggered to the books and opened the one which lay upon the top.
她几乎错开了书架 打开了上面那张
Something was written on the flyleaf—just a few words, and they were these: “To the little girl in the attic.
苍蝇叶上写了些东西,只是几个字,他们就是: “对阁楼中的小女孩。
From a friend.”
从一友出. “
When she saw that—wasn’t it a strange thing for her to do—she put her face down upon the page and burst into tears.
当她看到这一点时,
“I don’t know who it is,” she said; “but somebody cares for me a little.
她表示:「我不知道是谁,
I have a friend.”
我有个朋友 “
She took her candle and stole out of her own room and into Becky’s, and stood by her bedside.
她拿着蜡烛从自己房间偷出并进入了Becky's,
“Becky, Becky!”
贝琪,贝琪!
she whispered as loudly as she dared.
她大声地低声说
“Wake up!”
醒来!
When Becky wakened, and she sat upright staring aghast, her face still smudged with traces of tears, beside her stood a little figure in a luxurious wadded robe of crimson silk.
贝琪醒来后,她直立地看着一团糟 她的脸仍被泪痕所粘 在她身后
The face she saw was a shining, wonderful thing.
她看到的脸是闪耀而美妙的东西。
The Princess Sara— as she remembered her—stood at her very bedside, holding a candle in her hand.
撒拉公主——正如她所记得的那样——站在她床边,手持蜡烛。
“Come,” she said.
她说,“来吧”。
“Oh, Becky, come!”
"哦,贝琪,来吧!"
Becky was too frightened to speak.
贝琪害怕不敢说话
She simply got up and followed her, with her mouth and eyes open, and without a word.
她只是站起来跟着她,张开嘴巴和眼睛,一言不发。
And when they crossed the threshold, Sara shut the door gently and drew her into the warm, glowing midst of things which made her brain reel and her hungry senses faint.
当他们越过门槛时,萨拉轻轻地把门关上,并把她引入了温暖而发光的事物中,这让她的大脑回旋而来,使她饥饿的感觉昏倒.