8 There Is Great Commotion in the Large House豪宅内一片混乱-双语名著无障碍阅读丛书——《小海蒂Heidi》

VIII. There Is Great Comnotion in the Carqe House The castigatory^{①} sermon②}which Frāulein Rottenmeier had held in reserve for Heidi was put off till the following day, as she felt too exhausted{③} now after all the emotions she had gone through of irritation, anger, and fright, of which Heidi had unconsciously④} been the cause. She retired^{}without speaking, Clara and Heidi following, happy in their minds at knowing that the kittens were lying in a comfortable bed VIII. There Ls Great Commotion{}in the Large House Sebastian had just shown the tutor into the study on the following morning when there came another and very loud ring at the bell, which Sebastian ran quickly to answer."Only Herr Sesemann rings like that," he said to himself: "he must have returned home unexpectedly." He pulled open the door, and there in front of him he saw a ragged{} little boy carrying a hand-organ on his back. “What's the meaning of this?" said Sebastian angrily. "I'll teach you to ring bells like that! What do you want here?" "I want to see Clara." the boy answered "You dirty, good-for-nothing little rascal{, can't you be polite enough to say 'Miss Clara'? What do you want with her?" continued Sebastian roughly. "She owes me fourpence," explained the boy. "You must be out of your mind! And how do you know that any young lady of that name lives here?" "She owes me twopence for showing her the way there, and twopence for showing her the way back." "See what a pack of lies you are telling! The young lady never goes out. cannot even walk: be off and get back to where you came from. before I have to help you along." But the boy was not to be frightened away: he remained standing, and said in a determined voice, "But I saw her in the street, and can describe her to you: she has short, curly black hair, and black eyes, and wears a brown dress, and does no talk quite like we do." .136: 8.豪宅内一片混乱1 ① castigatory I'kaestigeitari] 罗顿迈尔小姐本来想好好教训海蒂一下,但那些话只 a.严厉批评的 ② sermon I'sxman]n. 说教 能放到第二天再去说了,经过那一番折腾一恼火、愤怒 ③ exhausted [ia'zx:stid] a 和恐惧,她觉得累坏了,海蒂不知不觉地成了祸根。她默 疲惫的 ④ unconsciously 默地离开了餐室,克菜拉和海蒂跟在后面。想到那一对可 [An'konfasli]ad. 不知不 爱的小猫早已躺在了舒适的床上,她们心里美滋滋的。 觉地,无意识地 retire [ri'taialv离开 8.豪宅内一片混乱 commotion Jka'maufan n.骚动 第二天上午,塞巴斯蒂安刚刚把老师领进书房,就 又听到门拎大作,他急忙去开门。“只有塞斯曼先生才 会那么按门拎,”他想,“肯定是他突然回家来了。”打 开门一看,只见面前站着一个小男孩儿,他衣衫襟楼 还背着个手摇风琴。 ) ragged raegid]a. 衣衫 楼的 “这是怎么回事?”塞巴斯蒂安生气地说,“谁让你 那么按门?看我教训你一顿!你想干什么?” “我想见克菜拉。”男孩儿回答。 “你这个脏兮兮的、游手好闲的小无赖,你就不会 ⑧ rascal ['ra:skal]n. 流氓; 小捣蛋鬼 礼貌些,说‘克菜拉小姐’吗?你找她干什么?”塞巴 斯蒂安接着粗鲁地问。 “她欠我四个便士。”男孩儿说。 “你肯定是疯了吧!你怎么知道有那样一位小姐住 在这里?” “我把她领到那儿去,她欠我两个便士:我再把她 带回来,她又欠我两个便士。” “你简直是一派胡言!小姐从没出去过,她根本就 不会走路。你给我哪儿来哪儿去,省得我动手赶你走。” 但男孩儿没有被吓跑,他站在那儿,语气坚定地 说:“可是我在街上见到她了,不信,我说给你听。她 有一头短短的、卷曲的黑发,黑眼睛,还穿着一身褐色 的衣服,说话的口音跟我们不大一样。” ·137· VIII. There Is Great Comnotion in tfe Carqe House "Oho!" thought Sebastian, laughing to himself, "the little miss has evidently been up to more mischief." Then, drawing the boy inside he said aloud,"I understand now, come with me and wait outside the door till I tell you to go in. Be sure you begin playing your organ the instant you get inside the room: the lady is very fond of music." Sebastian knocked at the study door, and a voice said. "Come in." "There is a boy outside who says he must speak to Miss Clara herself." Sebastian announced Clara was delighted at such an extraordinary①} and unexpected message. "Let him come in at once." replied Clara: "he must come in, must he not," she added, turning to her tutor, "if he wishes so particularly to see me." The boy was already inside the room, and according to Sebastian's directions immediately began to play his organ. Fraulein Rottenmeier, wishing to escape the A B C. had retired with her work to the dining-room. All at once she stopped and listened. Did those sounds come up from the street? And yet they seemed so near! But how could there be an organ plaving in the study?And yet -- it surely was so She rushed to the other end of the long dining-room and tore open the door. She could hardly believe her eves. There, in the middle of the study, stood a ragged boy turning away at his organ in the most energetic manner. The tutor appeared tc be making efforts to speak, but his voice could not be heard. Both children were listening delightedly to the music "Leave off! Leave off at once!" screamed Fraulein Rottenmeier. But her voice was drowned^{②}by the music. She was making a dash^{③}for the boy, when she saw something on the ground crawling{④} towards her feet - a dreadful dark object -a tortoise{}. At this sight she jumped higher than she had for many long years before, shrieking with all her might. "Sebastian! Sebastian!" The organ-player suddenly stopped. for this time her voice had risen louder than the music. Sebastian was standing outside bent double with laughter, for he had been peeping to see what was going on. By the time he entered the room Fraulein Rottenmeier had sunk into a chair "Take them all out, boy and animal! Get them away at once!" she commanded him. .138. 8.豪宅内-片混乱 “噢,”塞巴斯蒂安边笑边想,“这位小姐惹的麻烦 还没完呢。”于是,他把男孩儿拉进来,说:“我明白了。 跟我来,就在这个门外等着,我叫你再进去。记住,你 一进屋就摇动风琴,小姐很喜欢音乐。” 塞巴斯蒂安敲了敲书房的门,就听见有人说:“进来。” “门外有一个男孩儿,说一定要面见克菜拉小姐。” 塞巴斯蒂安朗声说道。 听说有这样意想不到的事,克莱拉感到非常高兴。 “快让他进来,”克莱拉回答,“他一定得进来,不 ① extraordinary lik'str- 是吗?”她又加了一句,望着老师,“如果他特别想见 cdonarila. 不寻常的 我的话。” 男孩儿已经走进了书房,并且按照塞巴斯蒂安吟咐 的那样,一进门就奏起了手摇风琴。这时,罗顿迈尔小 姐因为讨厌ABC,已经回到了餐室做自己的活计。听 到琴声,她立刻停下,竖起耳朵。那声音是从大街上传 来的吗?可是怎么听起来那么近呢!但书房里不可能有 人弹琴啊!然而又千真万确是从书房里传来。她跑到餐 室的那一头,用力推开门一一她简直都不能相信自已的 眼睛,在那儿一一书房的正中央,站着一个破衣烂衫的 男孩儿,正在用力摇动他的风琴。老师像是在使劲说话 但却听不到声音,两个孩子正眉飞色舞地听音乐。 “出去!快出去!”罗顿迈尔小姐叫道,但音乐淹 ② drown [draunlv 淹没 ③dash [def门]n. 猛冲,疾 没了她的声音。她向男孩儿冲过去,却看到地上有个什 么东西正向她的脚爬过来--是个可怕的黑家伙-一乌 ④crawl [krs:l]v:爬行 tortoise Itox:tasln. 乌龟 龟!她吓得跳了起来,许多年来从没跳过那么高。她声 嘶力竭地尖叫着:“塞巴斯蒂安!塞巴斯蒂安!” 演奏者突然停了下来,因为这时她的声音盖过了音 乐。塞巴斯蒂安在门外笑得直不起腰来,他一直在窥视 着屋里的动静。等他走进屋的时候,罗顿迈尔小姐已经 雍坐在椅子上。 “把他们都扔出去,男孩儿和乌龟!快把他们赶 走!”她命令道。 .139· VIII. There Is Great Comnotion in tfe Carqe House Sebastian pulled the boy away, the latter having quickly caught up his tortoise and when he had got him outside he put something into his hand. "There is the fourpence from Miss Clara, and another fourpence for the music, You did it al quite right!" and with that he shut the front door on him Quietness reigned^{① again in the study, and lessons began once more: Fraulein Rottenmeier now took up her station②} in the study in order by her presence to prevent any further dreadful goings-on. But soon another knock came to the door, and Sebastian again stepped in, this time to say that someone had brought a large basket with orders that it was to be given at once to Miss Clara. "For me?" said Clara in astonishment, her curiosity very much excited, "bring it in at once that I may see what it is like." Sebastian carried in a large covered basket and retired "I think the lessons had better be finished first before the basket is unpacked^{③" said Fraulein Rottenmeier Clara could not conceive^{④} what was in it, and cast{} longing glances towards it. In the middle of one of her declensions^{} she suddenly broke of{} and said to the tutor, "Mayn't I just give one peep inside to see what is in it before I go on?" “On some considerations I am for it, on others against it," he began in answer: "for it, on the ground that if your whole attention is directed to the basket -" but the speech remained unfinished. The cover of the basket was loose, and at this moment one, two, three, and then two more, and again more kittens came suddenly tumbling on to the floor and racing about the room in every direction and with such indescribable rapidity that it seemed as if the whole room was full of them. They jumped over the tutor's boots, bit at his trousers, climbed up Fraulein Rottenmeier's dress, rolled about her feet, sprang up on to Clara's couch scratching, scrambling, and mewing: it was a sad scene of confusion. Clara meanwhile, pleased with their gambols, kept on exclaiming, "Oh, the dear little things! How pretty they are! Look, Heidi, at this one: look, look, at that one over there!" And Heidi in her delight kept running after them first into one corner and then into the other. The tutor stood up by the table not knowing what to do, lifting first his right foot and then his left to get it away from the scrambling, scratching kittens. Fraulein Rottenmeier was unable at first to speak at all. so overcome was .140: 8.豪宅内-片混乱 塞巴斯蒂安拽走了男孩儿,男孩儿一把抓住了自己 的乌龟。到了外面,塞巴斯蒂安往男孩儿手里塞了点儿 什么:“这是克菜拉小姐欠你的四个便土,还有四个便士 是为你的音乐,奏得真不错!”说完,他就把大门关上了。 ① reign [rein]v 支配 书房里又恢复了平静,授课继续进行。罗顿迈尔小姐 ② station I'steifonl n. 位置 重新坐镇于书房,以防止类似可怕事件的再度发生。 但是,很快又有人敲门,进来的又是塞巴斯蒂安。这 回他说有人送来一只大篮子并嘱附要立刻交给克菜拉小 姐。 “给我?”克菜拉惊讶地说,心里好奇极了,“快拿 进来让我看看是什么东西。” 塞巴斯蒂安拿进一只盖着的大篮子,随后退了出去。 “我想最好先把课讲完,然后再打开篮子。”罗顿 ③ unpack I.An'paek]v 打开 (包裹等) 迈尔小姐说。 ④ conceive [kan'siv]v 想 克莱拉想象不出里面装着什么,她时不时地扫视一 到 cast [kast]v:使(目光) 下,心里瘁瘁的,注意力根本不在课上。在学一个词形 投向 变换时,她实在忍不住了,突然向老师开口道:“我可 declension fdi'klenfon]n 不可以就往里面警一眼,然后再继续听课呀?” 【语法学】词形变化 break off 中断 “出于某种考虑,我认为可以:出于另外一些考 虑,我不同意。”他回答,“同意,是考虑到你的注意 力都已转到了篮子上-”但他的话就此停住,没能 说完。篮子上的盖布松动了,只见一只、两只、三只, 又是两只,接着又有好几只小猫突然滚落到地上,四 处乱跑。它们的动作太敏捷了,整个屋子好像都有了 小猫。它们到老师的靴子上,咬他的裤腿,爬到罗 顿迈尔小姐的衣服上,绕着她的双脚来回转圈儿,还 跳到克莱拉的轮椅上,抓呀,挠呀,嘴地叫,一片 乱哄哄的糟糕景象。而克菜拉却高兴极了,她欣赏着 它们的蹴跳雀跃,还一个劲儿地喊:“啊!多可爱的小 家伙们!它们真漂亮!看!海蒂,看这只;快看哪,看 那边那只!”海蒂心花怒放地追逐着小猫,从一个屋角 跑到另一个屋角,老师站在桌子旁边,不知所措, ·141· VIII. There Is Great Comnotion in the Carqe House she with horror, and she did not dare rise from her chair for fear that^{} all the dreadful little animals should jump upon her at once. At last she found voice to call loudly. "Tinette! Tinette! Sebastian! Sebastian!" They came in answer to her summons② and gathered up the kittens: by degrees^{}they got them all inside the basket again and then carried them off to put with the other two. To-day again there had been no opportunity for gaping. Late that evening. when Fraulein Rottenmeier had somewhat recovered from the excitement of the morning, she sent for the two servants, and examined them closely concerning the events of the morning, And then it came out that Heidi was at the bottom of* them, everything being the result of her excursion{} of the day before. Frāulein Rottenmeier sat pale with indignation and did not know at first how to express her anger. Then she made a sign to Tinette and Sebastian to withdraw, and turning to Heidi. who was standing by Clara's couch, quite unable to understand of what sin she had been guilty, began in a severe{} voice, -"Adelaide, I know of only one punishment which will perhaps make you alive^{}to your ill{} conduct, for you are an utter^{} little barbarian^{}, but we will see if we cannot tame^{} you so that you shall not be guilty of such deeds again, by putting you in a dark cellar^{} with the rats and black beetles." Heidi listened in silence and surprise to her sentence^{}, for she had never seen a cellar such as was now described: the place known at her grandfather's as the cellar, where the fresh-made cheeses and the new milk were kept, was a pleasant and inviting place: neither did she know at all what rats and black beetles were like. But now Clara interrupted in great distress. "No, no, Friulein Rottenmeier you must wait till papa comes: he has written to say that he will soon be home. and then I will tell him everything, and he will say what is to be done with Heidi." Friulein Rottenmeier could not do anything against this superior^{ authority^{}, especially as the father was really expected very shortly. She rose and said with some displeasure, "As you will, Clara. but I too shall have something tc say to Herr Sesemann."And with that she left the room Two days now went by without further disturbance. Fraulein Rottenmeier however, could not recover her equanimity{}; she was perpetually{} reminded by .142: 8.豪宅内-片混乱 ① for fear that 唯恐 会儿抬起右脚,一会儿又抬起左脚,躲避着小猫的抓 挠。罗顿迈尔小姐先是吓得说不出话,也不敢从椅子 # 上站起来,生怕这些可恶的小东西会都扑到她身上。 summon ['saman] n. 最后,她终于能够喊出声来:“蒂耐特!蒂耐特!塞巴 来 ③ by degrees逐渐地 斯蒂安!塞巴斯蒂安!” 他们两人应声赶来,把小猫都归拢到一起,放回到 篮子里去,然后拿着找原先那两只去了。 今天当然更没有打哈欠的机会了。晚上,罗顿迈 尔小姐从上午的惊吓中缓过神来后,把两个仆人叫到 ④ at the bottom of 是..... 跟前,仔细地盘问上午发生的事情,发现又是海蒂闯 真正的起因 excursion Jik'skxfan]n 的祸,都是她前一天出走的恶果。女管家先是气得脸 远足,短途旅游 severe [si'via]a.严厉的 色发白,坐在那儿说不出话来。然后,她挥挥手让蒂 alive[s'laiv]a.注意到的 耐特和塞巴斯蒂安走了,转向正站在克菜拉轮椅旁、 ⑧ illlilla.坏的 不知自己犯了什么过错的海蒂,严厉地说:“阿得蕾德 utterI'Ata]a. 十足的 barbarian Jba:'bearion] n 我认为只有一个办法或许能让你明自自己做的错事 未开化的人 tame teim]v: 驯化 那就是把你关到一间到处是老鼠和黑甲虫的地窑里。 cellar I'sela]n. 地害 你完全是个小野人,我们得好好调教你一下,看你敢 不敢再做这种事。” sentence I'sentans] n. 判 海蒂静静地听着,对她的处罚决定感到有些惊奇。 决 她从没见过女管家描述的这种地害,她爷爷的地害是个 贮藏新鲜奶醉和羊奶的地方,很美,很吸引人;她也完 全不知道老鼠和黑甲虫是什么样子。 然而,这时克菜拉沮丧地打断女管家的话:“不! 不!罗顿迈尔小姐,你得等爸爸回来再决定;他写信说 很快就会回家,那时我要把事情的经过说给他听,他会 决定如何处置海蒂的。” superior Isju:'piria] a 罗顿迈尔小姐不敢违背克菜莱拉的权威, ,尤其是她 (在地位等方面)较高 的 爸爸的确快回来了。她站起身,有些不悦地说:“好吧, authority [o'eorati] n. 权 克菜拉,就按你说的做。但我也得跟塞斯曼先生谈一 0 equanimity 谈。”说完,她走了出去。 L.itkwa'nimoti]n. 镇静 perpetually [pa'petfuoli] 两天过去了,平安无事。但罗顿迈尔小姐却怎么 ad.不断地 也恢复不了以往的平静,海蒂的存在总是在提醒她当 ·143· VIII. There Is Great Commotion in the Carqe House Heidi's presence of the deception^{} that had been played upon her, and it seemed to her that ever since the child had come into the house everything had been topsy turvy{}, and she could not bring things into proper order again. Clara had grown much more cheerful: she no longer found time hang heavy during the lesson hours, for Heidi was continually making a diversion{③} of some kind or other. She jumbled^{} all her letters up together and seemed quite unable to learn them, and when the tutor tried to draw her attention to their different shapes, and to help he by showing her that this was like a little horn, or that like a bird's bill^{②}. she would suddenly exclaim in a jovful voice, "That is a goat!""That is a bird of prey!" For the tutor's descriptions suggested all kinds of pictures to her mind. but left her still incapable of the alphabet. In the later afternoons Heidi always sat with Clara, and then she would give the latter many and long descriptions of the mountain and of her life upon it, and the burning{③ longing to return would become so overpowering that she always finished with the words, "Now I must go home! To-morrow I must really go!" But Clara would try to quiet her and tell Heidi that she must wait till her father returned, and then they would see what was to be done. And if Heidi gave in{②} each time and seemed quickly to regain her good spirits, it was because of a secret delight she had in the thought that every day added two more white rolls to the number she was collecting for grandmother: for she always pocketed the roll placed beside her plate at dinner and supper, feeling that she could not bear to eat them, knowing that grandmother had no white bread and could hardly eat the black bread which was so hard. After dinner Heidi had to sit alone in her room for a couple of hours, for she understood now that she might not run about outside at Frankfurt as she did on the mountain, and so she did not attempt it. Any conversation with Sebastian in the dining-room was also forbidden to her, and as to Tinette, she kept out of her way, and never thought of speaking to her, for Heidi was quite aware that the maid looked scornfully③ at her and always spoke to her in a mocking voice. So Heidi had plenty of time from day to day to sit and picture how everything at home was now turning green, and how the yellow flowers were shining in the sun, and how all around lay bright in the warm sunshine, the snow and the rocks, and the whole wide valley, and Heidi at times could hardly contair herself for the longing to be back home again. And Dete had told her that she coulc go home whenever she liked. So it came about one day that Heidi felt she could .144: 8.豪宅内一片混乱 ① )deception [di'sepfan] n 初是如何上当被骗的,她觉得自从海蒂来到这个家后, 欺骗 一切都变得乱七八糟,她再也不能整顿出条理来了。 ② topsy-turvy L.tspsi'tavi] 克菜拉变得愉快多了,她上课时不再觉得时间长难 a.乱七八糖的 ③ diversion [dai'va:fan] n 熬,因为海蒂总是做出点儿什么事来分散她的注意力。 取乐的事 海蒂把那些字母混得一团糟,好像根本学不会似的, ④ jumble ['d3ambl]v 混淆 只要老师想方设法提醒她注意字母的不同形状,比如 说这个像个小特角啦,那个像鸟嘴啦,她就会突然高 bill[bil]n. 鸟喙 兴地大叫:“这是一头山羊!”“那是只食肉鸟!”老师 的比喻只能使她头脑中出现相应的图画,但她还是学 不会字母。每天下午晚些时候,海蒂总是坐在克菜拉 身边,给她没完没了地讲述大山和她在山里的生活。 讲着讲着,她想回家的愿望就会变得极其强烈,最后 burning ['bx:nin]a. 强烈 的 她总是说:“我必须回家去了!明天我一定得走了!” 但克菜拉每次都安慰她说等爸爸回来再说,那时就知 道该怎么办了。如果说海蒂每次都听话地重新振奋精 神,那是由于她内心的一个小秘密,在这儿多待一天, ) give in妥协 她就可以多给婆婆攒两卷白面包,想到这些她会很高 兴。每天午餐和晚餐,她都把自已盘子旁边的白面包 放到口袋里,她舍不得吃,因为她觉得婆婆没有白面 包,又嚼不动那硬邦邦的黑面包。吃完午饭,海蒂每 天都得在自已屋里孤独地待上几个钟头,她知道在法 兰克福不能像在山上那样到处乱跑,她不敢出去。在 餐室里跟塞巴斯蒂安说话也是不允许的,至于蒂耐特。 她一直在躲着她,从没想要与她说话,因为海蒂觉出 来她总是用瞧不起人的眼光看自己,说话还带着挖苦 ⑧ scornfully ['skoxnfuli] ad 的语气。这样,海蒂每天就有的是时间坐在屋里想象 轻蔑地 家中的一切:大地现在变绿了,黄灿灿的山花在阳光中 闪亮,万物都沐浴在明媚温暖的阳光里一-雪,岩石 还有那整个山谷,海蒂常常难以压抑自已想回家的愿 望。笛蒂跟她说过,她什么时候想回去都可以走,所 以有一天,她觉得再也受不了了,就急匆匆地把攒下 的白面包用自己的红披肩包好,戴上草帽,往楼下走 ·145·