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Chapter XIV Anne's Confession On the Monday evening before the picnic Marilla came down from her room with a troubled face. "Anne,did you see anything of my amethyst brooch?I thought I stuck it in my pin cushion when I came home from church yesterday evening,but I can't find it anywhere." "I-I saw it this afternoon when you were away at the Aid Society,"said Anne,a little slowly."I was passing your door when I saw it on the cushion,so I went in to look at it." “Did you touch it?”said Marilla sternly. “Y-e-e-s,”admitted Anne,“I took it up and I pinned it on my breast just to see how it would look." "You had no business to do anything of the sort.It's very wrong in a little girl to meddle②.Where did you put it?” "Oh,I put it back on the bureau.I hadn't it on a minute.Truly,I didn't mean to meddle,Marilla. "I'll go and have another look,"said Marilla,determining to be just."If you put that brooch back it's there still.If it isn't I'll know you didn't,that'sall！” ·130· 第十四章 安妮认错 野餐会之前的那个星期一的傍晚，玛丽拉焦 虑地从楼上她的房间里下来。 “安妮，你看见我的紫水晶胸针了吗？我记 ①pin cushion针插 得昨天晚上我从教堂回来后把它别在针插上了， 可现在哪儿都找不着了。” “我一我，今天下午您去劝助会时见过，” 安妮慢吞吞地说，“我路过您的房间，看见它在 针插上，我就进去瞧了瞧。” “你动它了吗？”玛丽拉厉声说。 “动一动了，”安妮承认，“我把它拿起来 别在胸前，只是想戴上看看好不好看。” “你没有权利那么做。一个小姑娘乱动别人 东西是很不应该的。你把它放哪儿了？” ②meddle /med/g干预，干 “噢，我把它放回梳妆台上了，我戴了没有 涉，插手 一分钟。真的，我没想乱动您的东西，玛丽拉。” “我再回去看看，”玛丽拉说，她决意不冤枉 人，“如果你把胸针放回去了，它应该还在那 儿。如果它不在那儿，我就知道你没放回去，就 这么回事！” ·131· Anne of Green Gables Marilla went to her room and made a thorou gh search,not only over the bureau but in every other place she thought the brooch might possibly be.It was not to be found and she returned to the kitchen. “I believe you are telling me a falsehood②，Anne,”Marilla said sharply."I know you are.There now,Go to your room and stay there until you are ready to confess." Marilla went to her room at intervals all through the evening and searched for the brooch,without finding it.A bedtime visit to the east gable produced no result.Anne persisted in denying that she knew anything about the brooch but Marilla was only the more firmly convinced that she did. She told Matthew the story the next morning.Matthew was confounded and puzzled. "Well now,what are you going to do about it?"Matthew asked forlornly④ "She'll stay in her room until she confesses,"said Marilla grimly. "Well now,you'll have to punish her,"said Matthew,reaching for his hat."I've nothing to do with it,remember.You warned me off yourself.” Marilla felt deserted by everyone.She could not even go to Mrs. Lynde for advice.She went up to the east gable with a very serious face and left it with a face more serious still.Anne steadfastly refused to confess. "You'll stay in this room until you confess,Anne.You can make up your mind to that."she said firmly. “But the picnic is tomorrow,Marilla,”cried Anne.“You won't keep me from going to that,will you?You'll just let me out for the afternoon,won't you?Then I'll stay here as long as you like AFTERWARDS cheerfully.But I MUST go to the picnic." ·132· 绿山墙的安妮 玛丽拉回到她的房间，仔细找了一遍，不仅看 ①bureau /bjuarau/n(带抽屉 了梳妆台，还查找了她觉得可能会放胸针的所有地 的)写字台 方。但胸针还是没找到，她回到了厨房。 ②falsehood /f:lshud/n.谎 “我知道你在对我说谎，安妮，”玛丽拉尖刻 言 地说，“我知道你在说谎。听着，回你自己的房 间去，不认错就别下来。” ③at intervals不时地，间隔 这天晚上玛丽拉好几次回到房间找胸针，但 是都没找着。睡觉前她去了趟东侧房也一无所 获，安妮坚持说她不知道胸针的事儿，而玛丽拉 则是铁了心地认定她知道。 她第二天早晨把这事儿告诉了马修。马修惊 慌失措又疑惑不解。 “嗯，那你要怎么办呢？”马修沮丧地问。 “她得待在楼上，直到她承认为止。”玛丽拉 ④forlomly /f'l:nl/ad.渺茫 严厉地说。 地，没希望地 “嗯，对，你是得惩治她。”马修一边伸手去 拿帽子一边说，“记住，我跟这事无关，你自己 以前叫我离远点儿的。” 玛丽拉感到孤立无援，她甚至都不能向林德 太太讨主意。她板着脸上楼进了东侧房，出来时 steadfastly /stedfostl/ad. 表情更加严肃了。安妮坚决拒绝坦白交代，一口 坚定地，不变地，不动摇地 咬定她没拿胸针。 “你给我待在这间屋子里，直到认错才算完， 安妮。你得把这件事想好了。”她坚决地说 “可是野餐是在明天呀，玛丽拉，”安妮叫 道，“您不会不让我去的，对吗？您下午会放我 出去的，是不是？然后我会高高兴兴待在这儿， 您叫我待多久都行。可是我一定得去参加野餐。” ·133· Anne of Green Gables "You'll not go to picnics nor anywhere else until you've confessed, Anne.” “Oh,Marilla.”gasped Anne. But Marilla had gone out and shut the door. Wednesday morning dawned as bright and fair as if expressly made to order for the picnic.When Marilla took breakfast up to Anne, she found the child sitting primly on her bed,pale and resolute,with tight-shut lips and gleaming eyes. “Marilla,T'm ready to confess.” “Ah!”Marilla laid down her tray.“Let me hear what you have to say then,Anne.” "I took the amethyst brooch,"said Anne,as if repeating a lesson she had learned."I took it just as you said.Marilla,when I pinned it on my breast that I was overcome by an irresistible 5 temptation.I imagined how perfectly thrilling it would be to take it to Idlewild and play I was the Lady Cordelia Fitzgerald.So I took the brooch.I thought I could put it back before you came home.I went all the way around by the road to lengthen out the time.When I was going over the bridge across the Lake of Shining Waters I took the brooch off to have another look at it.Oh,how it did shine in the sunlight!And then,when I was leaning over the bridge,it just slipped through my fingers-so-and went down一down一down,all purply-sparkling⑦，and sank forevermore beneath the Lake of Shining Waters.And that's the best I can do at confessing,Marilla." Marilla felt hot anger surge up into her heart again."Anne,this is terrible,"she said,trying to speak calmly."You are the very wickedest girl I ever heard of." “Yes,I suppose I am,”agreed Anne tranquilly.“And I know I'll have to be punished.It'll be your duty to punish me,Marilla.Won't you ·134· 绿山墙的安妮 “你要是不认错，就不能去野餐，哪儿也不 能去，安妮。” “噢，玛丽拉。”安妮急促地喊道。 可是玛丽拉已经走出房间，把门关上了。 ①dawn/dbn/,.破晓 星期三早晨阳光明媚，好像专门为野餐会 ②primly /priml/ad.呆板地 ③gleaming/gli:ming/a.闪闪 “定做的”。玛丽拉给她端早饭上来，发现这孩子 发光的 端端正正地坐在床上，脸色苍白，表情坚定，她 紧抿着嘴唇，眼睛发亮。 “玛丽拉，我准备承认错误。” “哦！”玛丽拉放下托盘。“那让我听听你怎 么说吧，安妮。” “我拿了那枚紫水晶胸针。”安妮说，她像是 ④pin /pin/别住，钉住，（用 在背书，“您说的一点儿没错，我是把它拿走 别针、大头针固定住 了。玛丽拉，我把它别在胸襟上，我被一种难以 irresistible /'zistabl/a. 抗拒的诱惑攫住了。我想象着如果我把它带到旷 不可抵抗的，无法抗拒的 ⑥thrilling/erlo/a令人兴奋 野去，假扮成科黛拉·菲茨杰拉德女士，该有多 的 棒呀。于是我就把胸针拿走了。我想我可以在您 回来之前把它放回去。我在路上逛来逛去磨蹭了 半天，在路过波光湖桥的时候，我把胸针摘下来 打算再看一眼。噢，在阳光下它是那么光彩夺 目！然后，当我斜倚在桥栏杆上时，它突然从我 ⑦purply-sparkling闪擢着紫 手指间滑下去了—就这样—掉下去一掉下 色的 去一掉下去，一路闪着紫色的光芒，永远沉到 波光湖底去了。我只能说这么多了，玛丽拉。” 玛丽拉感到她的心头又腾地冒起一股火。 ⑧surge/s3d汹涌，涌起， 暴涨 “安妮，这糟透了，”她尽量平静地说，“你 是我听说过的最可恶的孩子。” “是的，我想我是吧，”安妮平静地表示同 ⑨tranquilly /trankwil/ad.宁 意，“我知道我应该受到惩罚。应该由您来惩罚 静地 我，玛丽拉。您能现在就惩罚我吗？因为我想轻 ·135· Anne of Green Gables please get it over right off because I'd like to go to the picnic with nothing on my mind.” "Picnic,indeed!You'll go to no picnic today,Anne Shirley.That shall be your punishment.And it isn't half severe enough either for what you've done!” “Not go to the picnic！”Anne sprang to her feet and clutched Marilla's hand."But you PROMISED me I might!Oh,Marilla,I must go to the picnic.That was why I confessed.Punish me any way you like but that.Oh,Marilla,please,please,let me go to the picnic." Marilla disengaged Anne's clinging②hands stonily，③. Anne realized that Marilla was not to be moved.She clasped her hands together,gave a piercing shriek,and then flung herself face downward on the bed,crying and writhing in an utter abandonment of disappointment and despair. That was a dismal morning.Marilla worked fiercely and scrubbed the porch floor and the dairy shelves when she could find nothing else to do. When dinner was ready she went to the stairs and called Anne.A tear-stained face appeared,looking tragically over the banisters. “Come down to your dinner,.Anne.” “Tdon't want any dinner,.Marilla,”said Anne,sobbingly.“T couldn't eat anything.My heart is broken. That dinner was a very dismal meal.The only cheerful thing about it was Jerry Buote,the hired boy,and Marilla resented12 his cheerfulness as a personal insult. When her dishes were washed and her bread sponge 3 set and her hens fed,Marilla remembered that she had noticed a small rent in her best black lace shawl when she had taken it off on Monday afternoon on returning from the Ladies'Aid.She would go and mend it. ·136· 绿山墙的安妮 松愉快地去参加野餐会。” “野餐！不准！今天你不准去参加什么野餐， 安妮·雪利。这就是对你的惩罚。对于你所做的 事，这点儿惩罚还差得远呢！” “不去参加野餐！”安妮跳起来一把抓住玛丽 ①clutch/kAt/.抓牢 拉的手，“可是你答应过我可以去的！噢，玛丽 ②clinging /klii/a依附的， 拉，我一定要去野餐，我就是为了这个才认错 动词cing的现在分词形式 的！除了野餐，您怎么惩罚我都行。哦，玛丽 ③stonily /stounolr/ad.石头 拉，求求您，让我去吧。” 似地，冷酷地 玛丽拉毫不留情地甩开安妮紧紧抓住她的手。 ④clasp /kla:sp/.扣紧，紧握 安妮意识到玛丽拉不会改变主意了。她两手紧 ⑤piercing/'PIoSIn/a尖锐的 ⑥shriek小ik/g尖叫，叫喊 紧握在一起，发出一声尖叫，然后一头栽到床上， 7 abandonment 她彻底绝望了，大哭着，在床上打滚儿。 baendanmont/n.放弃，自 那天整个上午都死气沉沉的。玛丽拉使劲干 暴自弃，放纵 ⑧scrub /skrAb/,用力擦洗 活，没什么事可干了，她就把走廊的地板和牛奶 房的架子都擦洗了一遍。 做好午饭，玛丽拉站在楼梯口叫安妮。一张 tragically /traed3ikol/ad. 满是泪水的脸露出来，从栏杆处悲痛欲绝地向下 悲剧地，悲惨地 望着。 0 banister /baenista/n.镂梯 “下来吃饭，安妮。” 的扶栏 “我不想吃，玛丽拉，”安妮哽咽着说，“我 ①sobbingly /spbinl/ad.啜 泣地，呜咽地，抽抽噎噎地 什么也吃不下去。我的心已经碎了。” 那顿饭吃得很沉闷，只有雇来的那个小工杰 里·伯特还是乐呵呵的，以至于玛丽拉狠狠地认 2 resent /rr'zent/,愤恨，怨恨 为他的高兴是对她的侮辱。 玛丽拉洗完碗，发上做面包用的面团，喂了 B sponge/spAnd3/n.海绵， 鸡，想起来她最好的那条黑透孔围巾裂了条缝， 海绵状的东西 她是星期一下午从妇女劝助会回来摘围巾时发现 shawl /fo:l/n.披肩，围巾 的，她要把它缝好。 围巾装在她衣柜中的一个盒子里。当玛丽拉 ·137· Anne of Green Gables The shawl was in a box in her trunk.As Marilla lifted it out,the sunlight,falling through the vines that clustered thickly about the window,struck upon something caught in the shawl-something that glittered and sparkled in facets of violet light.Marilla snatched at it with a gasp.It was the amethyst brooch,hanging to a thread of the lace by its catch! “Dear life and heart,.”said Marilla blankly,“"I remember now that when I took off my shawl Monday afternoon I laid it on the bureau for a minute.I suppose the brooch got caught in it somehow.Well!" Marilla betook herself to the east gable,brooch in hand.Anne had cried herself out and was sitting dejectedly by the window. “Anne Shirley,”said Marilla solemnly,“Tr've just found my brooch hanging to my black lace shawl.Now I want to know what that rigmarole④you told me this morning meant..” "Why,you said you'd keep me here until I confessed,"returned Anne wearily5,"and so I decided to confess because I was bound to get to the picnic.I thought out a confession last night after I went to bed and made it as interesting as I could.And I said it over and over so that I wouldn't forget it.But you wouldn't let me go to the picnic after all,so all my trouble was wasted." Marilla had to laugh in spite of herself.But her conscience pricked her. "Anne,you do beat all!But I was wrong-I see that now.I shouldn't have doubted your word when I'd never known you to tell a story.And now get yourself ready for the picnic." Anne flew up like a rocket. “Oh,Marilla,isn't it too late?” "No,it's only two o'clock.They won't be more than well gathered ·138· 绿山墙的安妮 把它拿出来时，阳光穿过窗户四周密密的藤蔓照 ①vine /vain/n攀爬植物，藤， 射在挂在围巾上的一个什么东西上面一它晶莹 变 剔透，发出紫色的光芒。玛丽拉喘息着一把把它 ②cluster /'klAsta/.群集，丛 生，使成群 抓住。是那枚紫水晶胸针，钩在围巾的一根线 ③glitter产glta/g灿烂，闪 上！ 烁，辉耀 “心肝宝贝儿，”玛丽拉不知所措地说，“我 现在想起来了，星期一下午我摘掉围巾在梳妆台 上放了一下，我猜胸针不知怎么地就钩上去了。 天哪！” 玛丽拉拿着胸针来到东侧房。安妮刚才哭得 很伤心，这会儿正垂头丧气地在窗边坐着。 “安妮·雪利，”玛丽拉严肃地说，“我刚刚 发现我的胸针在黑围巾上挂着呢。现在我想知道 ④rigmarole /rigmaraul/n.冗 今天早晨你前言不搭后语说的那些是什么意思。” 长无聊的废话 “哦，您说了您要把我关在这儿，直到我认 ⑤wearily /wir/ad.疲倦 地，厌烦地 错为止，”安妮疲惫地答道，“所以我决定认错， 因为我非得去参加野餐不可。我昨天晚上上床后 想出了一套认错的话，还尽量编得有趣。我背了 一遍又一遍，把它牢牢记住了。可是您还是不让 我去野餐，我的一番苦心全都白费了。” ⑥prick/prmk/k责备 玛丽拉不禁笑了起来，可是她心里很过意不 去。 “安妮，你真是没治了！不过是我错了一 我现在明白了。我知道你从来不撒谎，我不该不 相信你的话。好了，准备去参加野餐吧。” 安妮像火箭似的窜了起来。 “噢，玛丽拉，现在不晚吗？” “不晚，现在才两点钟。他们肯定还没聚齐 ·139·