10.Anne's Apology安妮道歉-双语名著无障碍阅读丛书——《绿山墙的安妮Anne of Green Gables》上

Chapter X Anne's Apology The next morning,Marilla told Matthew the whole story,taking pains to impress him with a due sense of the enormity of Anne's behavior. "It's a good thing Rachel Lynde got a calling down;she's a meddlesome①old gossip②.”was Matthew's consolatory⑧rejoinder④ "Matthew Cuthbert,I'm astonished at you.You know that Anne's behavior was dreadful,and yet you take her part5!I suppose you'll be saying next thing that she oughtn't to be punished at all!" When Marilla went out that evening to bring the cows from the back pasture,Matthew,who had been hanging about the barns and watching, slipped into the house with the air of a burglar and crept upstairs. Anne was sitting on the yellow chair by the window gazing mournfully out into the garden.Very small and unhappy she looked,and Matthew's heart smote him.He softly closed the door and tiptoed over to her. “Anne,”he whispered,as if afraid of being overheard,“how are you making it,.Anne?” ·096· 第十章 安妮道歉 第二天早晨，玛丽拉给马修讲述了事情的全 部经过，竭力想让他觉得安妮真是太无法无天 了。 “蕾切尔·林德挨骂也是好事，她是个爱管闲 D meddlesome /medlsam/a. 爱管闲事的 事的老饶舌妇。”马修安慰起玛丽拉来。 2 gossip'gDsp/.爱说长道 “马修·卡斯伯特，你太让我吃惊了。你知道 短的人 consolatory /kan'splatort/ 安妮的行为是很恶劣的，可是还护着她！我想你 a慰问的，可慰藉的 接下去该说她根本就不应该受到惩罚了吧！ ④rejoinder/'d3Dnd/h回 傍晚，玛丽拉到后面的牧场去赶牛回家，马 答 ⑤take one'spat站在的 修一直在马厩附近一边溜达一边密切注视着，然 一边 后像贼一样溜进屋，蹑手蹑脚上了楼。 安妮正坐在窗前的黄椅子上，惆怅地望着外 面的花园。她看上去又小又可怜，马修的心收紧 tiptoe/'tip,to/g用脚尖走 了。他轻轻关上门，踮着脚尖走到她身边。 “安妮，”他低声说，好像害怕被人偷听到， “你怎么样，安妮？” 安妮无力地笑了笑。 ·097· Anne of Green Gables Anne smiled wanly "Pretty well.I imagine a good deal,and that helps to pass the time. Of course,it's rather lonesome.But then,I may as well get used to that.” Anne smiled again,bravely facing the long years of solitary imprisonment before her. Matthew recollected that he must say what he had come to say without loss of time,lest Marilla return prematurely."Well now,Anne, don't you think you'd better do it and have it over with?"he whispered. "It'll have to be done sooner or later,you know,for Marilla's a dreadful determined woman-dreadful determined,Anne.Do it right off,I say, and have it over.” "Do you mean apologize to Mrs.Lynde?" “Yes一apologize一that's the very word,”said Matthew eagerly. "Just smooth it over so to speak.That's what I was trying to get at." “I suppose I could do it to oblige you,.”said Anne thoughtfully..“T wasn't in a temper anymore一and it left a dreadful sort of goneness④， too.I felt so ashamed of myself.But I just couldn't think of going and telling Mrs.Lynde so.It would be so humiliating5.I made up my mind I'd stay shut up here forever rather than do that.But still-I'd do anything for you一if you really want me to一” "Well now,of course I do.It's terrible lonesome downstairs without you.Just go and smooth things over-that's a good girl." “Very well,”said Anne resignedly.“T''ll tell Marilla as soon as she comes in I've repented." Marilla herself,upon her return to the house,was agreeably surprised to hear a plaintive voice calling,"Marilla"over the banisters. “Well?”she said,going into the hall. ·098· 绿山墙的安妮 ①wanly'wonl/ad苍白地 “还好，我想象了很多事情，这能帮我打发 时间。当然，我很孤单，但是还是能够适应的。” 安妮又笑了笑，她要勇敢地面对她面前漫长 孤独的囚禁生活。 2 solitary'splitor/a.孤独 马修想起来他得赶快把他此行要说的话说出 的，独立的，荒凉的 3 imprisonment 来，不能再耽搁了，以免玛丽拉提前回来发现他。 m'priznmant/.監禁，关 “哦，是这样的，安妮，你不觉得你该把那 押，拘禁 事办了，让它结束吗？”他低声说，“你迟早得 那么做，你知道，玛丽拉是个极端顽固的女 人—极端顽固。安妮，听我说，快把那事办 了，让它结束吧。” “您是指向林德太太道歉吗？” “对，—道歉一就是这个词，”马修急切 地说，“就是说，让事情了结吧，我就是要说这 个意思。” “我想我可以为了您去这么做，”安妮若有所 思地说，“今天早晨一切都结束了，我的脾气全 ④goneness/gpns/H.衰弱，软 消了—留下的是一种可怕的虚弱。我为自己害 弱 臊，可是我不能想象到林德太太那儿去把这些告 humiliating /hju:'milierti/ 诉她，那太丢脸了。我下定决心宁愿永远关在这 a,丢脸的，伤自尊的 儿也不去丢那个脸。可是一我愿意为您做任何 事一如果您真想让我一” “呃，当然了。楼下没有你太冷清了，快去 把事情了结了吧—这才是好孩子。” “好吧，”安妮顺从地说，“玛丽拉一回来我 就告诉她我后悔了。” plaintive /pleintiv/a.哀伤 玛丽拉呢，一回来，便又惊又喜地听见一个哀 的，可怜的 愁的声音从楼梯栏杆处传过来，“玛丽拉。” 2 banister /baenista/n.(楼梯 的栏杆 “什么事？”她一边问一边走进了门厅。 ·099· Anne of Green Gables "I'm sorry I lost my temper and said rude things,and I'm willing to go and tell Mrs.Lynde so." “Very well..”Marilla's crispness①gave no sign of her relief.She had been wondering what under the canopy she should do if Anne did not give in..“T'll take you down after milking.” Accordingly,after milking,behold Marilla and Anne walking down the lane,the former erect and triumphant,the latter drooping and dejected.But halfway down Anne's dejection vanished as if by enchantment5.She lifted her head and stepped lightly along,her eyes fixed on the sunset sky and an air of subdued exhilaration about her. Marilla beheld the change disapprovingly. Rapt and radiant Anne continued until they were in the very presence of Mrs.Lynde,who was sitting knitting by her kitchen window. Then the radiance vanished.Mournful penitence appeared on every feature.Before a word was spoken Anne suddenly went down on her knees before the astonished Mrs.Rachel and held out her hands beseechingly⑦. "Oh,Mrs.Lynde,I am so extremely sorry,"she said with a quiver in her voice."I could never express all my sorrow,no,not if I used up a whole dictionary.You must just imagine it.I behaved terribly to you -and I've disgraced the dear friends,Matthew and Marilla,who have let me stay at Green Gables although I'm not a boy.I'm a dreadfully wicked and ungrateful girl,and I deserve to be punished and cast out by respectable people forever.It was very wicked of me to fly into a temper because you told me the truth.Oh,Mrs.Lynde,please,please,forgive me.If you refuse it will be a lifelong sorrow on a poor little orphan girl, would you,even if she had a dreadful temper?Oh,I am sure you wouldn't.Please say you forgive me,Mrs.Lynde." Anne clasped her hands together,bowed her head,and waited for ·100· 绿山墙的安妮 “我很抱歉那天发脾气说了些粗鲁的话，我 愿意去向林德太太道歉。” ①crispness /krispnis/n.清脆 “很好，”玛丽拉简短地回答，没有显露出她 ②canopy /kan3:p/h天篷，遮 这下可放了心。她一直在想，如果安妮不让步， 篷 她到底该怎么办？“挤完牛奶我领你去。” ③erect/'rekt/a.直立的，竖 立的，笔直的 于是，挤完牛奶以后，玛丽拉和安妮便去了 triumphant /tral'Amfont/a. 林德太太家，前者腰板挺直，兴致勃勃，后者耷 胜利的：扬扬得意的 拉着脑袋，满脸沮丧。可是刚走了一半路，安妮 enchantment 的丧气劲儿像被施了魔法一样不翼而飞了，她抬 n'tja:ntm3n/m.若魔，喜 悦 起头，脚步变得轻快起来。她盯着西天落日，浑 6 exhilaration /g.zilo'reifon/ 身上下都憋着股兴奋劲儿。玛丽拉很不以为然地 高兴，兴奋 观察着她的变化 安妮的兴奋劲儿一直持续到她们见到林德太 太，她正在厨房窗边织毛活。安妮飞扬的神采消 失了，她满脸歉疚，一个字都没说便“扑通”一 声双膝跪倒在林德太太面前，把她吓了一大跳。 安妮伸出双手乞求道： beseechingly /br'si:t finli/ “噢，林德太太，我实在抱歉极了，”她用有点 ad.恳求地 颤抖的声音说，“我根本无法表达我的悔恨，噢， 不，即使我把一本词典的词都用上也不能。您一定 要尽量想象这一点。我对您十分不敬，而且我还给 亲爱的朋友一马修和玛丽拉脸上抹了黑，是他 们把我留在了绿山墙，虽然我不是男孩儿。我是个 很讨厌的不受欢迎的坏孩子，我该受惩罚并且永远 被值得尊敬的人拒之门外。就因为您说了真话我就 大发脾气，我真太可恶了。噢，林德太太，请您 请您原谅我吧。如果您不原谅我，我会痛苦一辈子 的。对于一个可怜的小孤女，即使她脾气不好，您 也不会愿意让她终身痛苦的，是吗？哦，我肯定您 不会的。请说您原谅我吧，林德太太。” 安妮两手紧紧握在一起，低下头去等待宣判。 ·101· Anne of Green Gables the word of judgment. “There,there,get up,child,”Mrs.Lynde said heartily..“Of course I forgive you.I guess I was a little too hard on you,anyway.But I'm such an outspoken person.You just mustn't mind me,that's what.It can't be denied your hair is terrible red;but I knew a girl once-went to school with her,in fact-whose hair was every mite as red as yours when she was young,but when she grew up it darkened to a real handsome auburn 3.I wouldn't be a mite surprised if yours did,too- not a mite.” “Oh,Mrs.Lynde！”Anne drew a long breath as she rose to her feet."You have given me a hope.I shall always feel that you are a benefactor And now may I go out into your garden and sit on that bench under the apple-trees while you and Marilla are talking?There is so much more scope for imagination out there." "Laws,yes,run along,child.And you can pick a bouquet 5 of them white June lilies over in the corner if you like." When Marilla went home,Anne came out of the fragrant twilight of the orchard with a sheafo of white narcissi in her hands. "I apologized pretty well,didn't I?"she said proudly as they went down the lane."I thought since I had to do it I might as well do it thoroughly.”" "You did it thoroughly,all right enough."was Marilla's comment. Marilla was dismayed at finding herself inclined to laugh over the recollection.She had also an uneasy feeling that she ought to scold Anne for apologizing so well;but then,that was ridiculous!She compromised with her conscience by saying severely: "I hope you won't have occasion to make many more such apologies.I hope you'll try to control your temper now,Anne." "That wouldn't be so hard if people wouldn't twit me about my ·102· 绿山墙的安妮 “好了，好了，快起来吧，孩子，”林德太太 热情地说，“我当然原谅你了。不管怎么说，我 想我也太让你难堪了。可我这个人说话就是直来 outspoken /aut'spaukan/ 直去的，你千万别介意，就是这么回事。不能否 a直言无讳的，坦率的 认，你的头发是红得厉害，可我以前认识一个女 孩—事实上还跟她一路上过学呢—她年轻的 ②mite /mait/n.极小量 时候头发简直跟你的一样红，可她长大以后，头 发颜色变深了，变成了十分漂亮的赤褐色。如果 3 aubum'bb3na.赭色（的】 你的头发也变成那种颜色，我也一点儿不会奇怪 的 一一点儿也不会。” “噢，林德太太！”安妮站起身来，长长地吸 了口气，“您给了我希望，我会一直把您当作我 benefactor /'bent faekta/n. 的恩人。您和玛丽拉聊天的时候，我可以去您的 恩人 花园，坐在苹果树下的那张长凳子上吗？那儿有 非常广阔的想象空间。” 5 bouquet/bu:'ke/n.花来 “天地良心，行，快去吧，孩子。如果你喜欢， 你可以在角落里采一大把白色六月百合花。” 玛丽拉起身告辞时，安妮从果园甜美的暮色 ⑥sheaf /fi:fln.一捆，一束 中跑出来，手里捧着一把白色的水仙花。 narcissi /na:'sIsa/L水仙花 “我这个歉道得很好，是吧？”她们走在回家 的路上，安妮骄傲地说，“我想我既然非道歉不 可，还不如把它做到最好。” “你做得不错，够好的了。”这是玛丽拉下的 评语。玛丽拉发现自己一想起刚才的情景就忍不 ⑧dismayed/dis'meda惊慌 住想笑，她对此很吃惊。她还有种很不安的感 的，灰心的 9inclined to倾向 觉，她觉得应该责怪安妮道歉道得那么完美，可 是，那该多荒唐啊！她与内心的感觉达成妥协， 0 compromise /kompramarz/ 严肃地说道： 妥协 “我希望你以后不必再做这样的道歉。我希 望你能控制住脾气，安妮。” ①twit/tw1t/.明笑，挖苦 “如果没人挖苦我的长相，控制脾气并不太 ·103· Anne of Green Gables looks."said Anne with a sigh. "You shouldn't think so much about your looks,Anne.I'm afraid you are a very vain little girl." "How can I be vain when I know I'm homely?"protested Anne."I love pretty things;and I hate to look in the glass and see something that isn't pretty.It makes me feel so sorrowful." "Handsome is as handsome does."quoted Marilla. "I've had that said to me before,but I have my doubts about it," remarked skeptical Anne,sniffing at her narcissi."Oh,aren't these flowers sweet!It was lovely of Mrs.Lynde to give them to me.I have no hard feelings against Mrs.Lynde now.It gives you a lovely, comfortable feeling to apologize and be forgiven,doesn't it?Aren't the stars bright tonight?If you could live in a star,which one would you pick? I'd like that lovely clear big one away over there above that dark hill." "Anne,do hold your tongue."said Marilla,thoroughly worn out trying to follow the gyrations of Anne's thoughts. Anne said no more until they turned into their own lane.Far up in the shadows a cheerful light gleamed out through the trees from the kitchen at Green Gables.Anne suddenly came close to Marilla and slipped her hand into the older woman's hard palm. “It's lovely to be going home and know it's home,“she said.”I love Green Gables already.Oh,Marilla,I'm so happy.I could pray right now and not find it a bit hard." Something warm and pleasant welled up in Marilla's heart at touch of that thin little hand in her own-a throb of the maternity5 she had missed,perhaps. ·104· 绿山墙的安妮 难。”安妮边说边叹了口气。 “你不应该太注意外表，安妮。你恐怕太爱 虚荣了。” “我知道自己长得不好看还怎么能爱虚荣呢？” 安妮反驳说，“我喜欢美丽的东西，我不愿意照镜 子发现里面的人一点儿也不美丽，那使我很悲伤。” “心美始为美。”玛丽拉用了句谚语。 skeptical /skeptikal/a. “以前也有人跟我说过这话，可是我不太相 怀疑的 信，”安妮一边怀疑地说，一边闻了闻她的水仙 2 sniff/snrf.嗅 花，“噢，这些花多香啊！林德太太能把它们送 给我真是太好了。现在我不反感林德太太了。道 歉并且得到原谅会让人感到舒畅的，是吗？今天 晚上的星星多明亮啊！如果您能住在星星上，您 会选择哪一颗？我选那边黑魃魃的山顶上方那颗 又大又明亮的。” “安妮，闭上嘴吧。”玛丽拉说，为了跟上安 ③gyration /d3ai'rejn/n旋 妮变化多端的思路，她累得筋疲力尽了。 回，旋转 安妮在拐到通向绿山墙的小路之前没再说 话。远处树影中有一线令人愉快的灯光从绿山墙 的厨房窗口透出来。安妮突然靠近了玛丽拉，把 她的小手伸进她结实的手掌里。 “能回家而且知道那是属于自己的家，这真 太好了，”她说，“我已经爱上绿山墙了。噢， 玛丽拉，我真幸福。我现在就可以做祈祷，而且 一点儿不会觉得有什么困难。” ④thob用rob跳动，搏动，有 节奏的震动 当那双纤细的小手碰到她的手时，玛丽拉心 5 materity /ma't3:nit/n. 中涌起一股温暖幸福的感觉一也许是她已错过 性 的那种母性的悸动吧。 ·105·