Chapter19-双语名著无障碍阅读丛书——《巴黎圣母院The Hunchback of Notre-Dame》

CHAPTER 19 Next morning she perceived on awakening that she had slept. This singular circumstance surprised her-it was so long that she had been unaccustomed to sleep! The sun, peeping in at her window, threw his cheering rays upon her face. But besides the sun she saw at this aperture{} an object that affrighted her-the unlucky face of Quasimodo. She involuntarily② closed her eyes. Presently she heard a hoarse voice saying very kindly: "Don't be afraid. I am your friend. I came to see you sleep. What harm can it do you, if I come to look at you when your eyes are shut? Well, well, I am going. There, now, I am behind the wall. Now you can open your eyes." There was something still more plaintive than these words in the accent with which they were uttered. The Egyptian, affected by them, opened her eyes. He was actually no longer at the window. She went to it, looked out, and saw the poor hunchback cowering{③} under the wall in an attitude of grief and resignation. She made an effort to overcome the aversion④ which he excited. "Come!" said she kindly to him. Observing the motion of her lips, Quasimodo imagined that she was bidding him to go away. He then rose and retired, with slow and 170· 第十九章 第二天,她醒来时发现自已睡了一觉。 这件怪事使她吃惊不小-一她已经很久不 习惯于睡觉了。太阳那欢乐的光芒透过小 窗照到她的脸上。除了阳光,她还发现天 窗口有一个吓人的东西-一那就是加西莫 ① aperture /'aepotjuo/ n. 孔,穴 多那张令人遗憾的脸。她不由自主地闭上 ② involuntarily /tn'vplantarrly/ ad 不自觉地,无心地 了眼睛。此刻,她听到一个哑嗓子极其温 柔地说:“别怕,我是你的朋友。我是来 看你睡觉的,如果你闭上眼睛时我来看你 这样不会伤着你吧?好,好,我走了。现 在,我在墙后面了,你可以睁开眼了。” 如果还有比这几句话更为哀怨的东西, 那就是他说这些话时的语调了。埃及姑娘 ③ cower /kau/ v. 鳞缩:退绽 被感动了,于是她张开了眼。果然,他已 经不在窗口了。她奔过去往外看,那位可 ④ aversion /a'ya:fan/ n. 嫌恶 怜的驼子在墙角鳞缩着,神情非常痛苦 但是却很顺从。她努力克制着对他的厌恶 感,向他温和地说:“来吧!”看到她的嘴 171 The Hfunchback of Notre-Dame halting step and drooping head, without so much as daring to raise his eyes, filld with despair, to the damsel. "Come then!" she cried; but he continued to move off. She then darted out of the cell, ran to him, and took hold of his arm. On feeling her touch, Quasimodo trembled in every limb. He lifted his supplicating{①} eye, and, finding that she drew him toward her, his whole face shone with joy and tenderness. She would have made him go into her cell, but he insisted on staying at her threshold. "No, no," said he, "the owl②} never enters the nest of the lark{③." She then seated herself gracefully on bed, with her goat at her feet. Both remained for some minutes motionless, contemplating in silence, she so much beauty, he so much ugliness. Every moment she discovered in Ouasimodo some new deformity. Her look wandered from his knock-knees to his hunch back, from his hunchback to his only eye. She could not conceive how a creature so awkwardly put together could exist. Such an air of sadness and gentleness pervaded{④} his whole figure that she began to be reconciled}with it. He was the first to break silence. "Did you call me back?" said he. "Yes!" replied she, with a nod of affirmation. He understood the sign. "Alas!" said he, as if hesitating to finish. "You must know, I am deaf." "Poor fellow!" exclaimed the Bohemian, with an expression of pity. "Yes, I am deaf, but you will speak to me by gestures, by signs. I have a master who talks to me in that way. And then I shall know your meaning from the motion of your lips, from your look." 172 巴黎圣母院| 唇在动,加西莫多以为她是在赶他走。于 是,他站了起来,一瘦一拐地、慢慢地走 开。他套拉着脑袋,眼里充满着失望,甚 至不敢抬头看姑娘一眼。“过来呀!”她喊 道,但他继续往外走。干是,她冲出小屋 ① supplicate /saplkert/v. 恩求 向他跑去,抓住他的胳膊。当感觉到姑娘碰 乞求 他时,加西莫多四肢发抖,他抬起哀求的眼 光,只见姑娘把他拉到身边,他的脸上绽放 出欢乐和温情。她想让他进她的小屋,但 ②owl /aol/n. 猫头康 是,他却坚持站在她的门槛边,“不,不,” ③lark /la:k/n. 云武 他说,“猫头鹰怎能进云雀的窝呢。” 于是,她在她的床上优雅地坐着。山 羊在她的脚边。他们俩待了好一阵都没有 动,只是默默地对视着。她美丽万分,他 却丑陋无比。她每一次看他都能找到新的 残疾。她从他的罗圈腿看到驼背,从他的 驼背看到独眼。她不能想象世上竟然会存 在一个拼凑得这样奇形怪状的人。但是 ④pervade /pa'veid/ v. 弥漫,遍及 他脸上弥漫的那种悲哀与温情开始让她习 reconcile /rekansail/ v. 和解 惯了。 加西莫多首先打破了沉默。 “你叫我 回来?”他说。 “是的。”她肯定地点着头说。 他明白点头的意思。“啊!”他犹豫着 好像不想说下去,“你应该明白,我是聋 子。” “可怜的人。”波希米亚姑娘喊道,满 脸都是同情。 “不错,我是聋子,但你可以用动作和 手势跟我说话。我有个主人,他就是这样 跟我说话的。此外,看见你的嘴唇的动作 The Sfunchback of Notre-Dame "Well, then," replied she smiling,"tell me why you have saved me?" "I understand,"rejoined he, "you ask me why I saved you. You have forgotten a wretch who attempted one night to carry you off, a wretch to whom, the very next day, you brought relief^{} on the vile{② pillory. A draught of water and a look of pity are more than I could repay with my life. You have forgotten that wretch-but he has not forgotten." He then rose. Unhappy as was the Bohemian, this grotesque ③ being awakened compassion even in her. She made him a sign to stay. "No, no," said he, "I must not stay too long. I am ill at ease. It is out of pity that you do not turn your eyes from me. I will seek some place where I can look at you without you seeing me; that will be better." He drew from his pocket a small metal whistle. "Take this," said he, "when you want me, when you wish me to come, when you have the courage to see me, whistle with this. I shall hear that sound." He laid the whistle on the floor and retired 174 巴黎圣母院 和你的眼神,我也能明白你的意思。” “嗯,那么,”她微笑着接过话若, “告诉我你为什么救我?” “我懂了,”他回答道,“你问我为什 么救你,你忘了,有个坏家伙有天晚上想 ①relief /rli:f/n. 减轻,宽 把你抢走,第二天你却在可耻的刑台上帮 ②vile /yala 恶劣的 了他。哪怕是一滴水、一丝同情,也是我 付出生命也报答不了的。你已经忘记了这 个坏人--但他还没忘记你。” ③ grotesque /grau'tesk/ a. 怪异 的,奇怪的 接着他站起来。波希米亚姑娘虽然很 不幸,但这怪物唤起了她的同情心,她打 个手势让他留下来。 “不,不,”他说,“我不应待得太久。 我很不自在。你不掉转头去不看我,是因 为你可怜我。我会找个地方,让我能看见 你、你却看不见我,那样会好些。” 他从口袋里搁出一个金属哨子, “拿 着这个,”他说,“你需要我的时候,或希 望我来的时候,当你有勇气看我的时候 你就吹哨吧,我能听见这声音。” 他把哨子放在地上便走了。 175