36.The Glory and the Dream荣誉和梦想-双语名著无障碍阅读丛书——《绿山墙的安妮Anne of Green Gables》下

Chapter XXXVI The Glory and the Dream On the morning when the final results of all the examinations were to be posted,Anne and Jane walked down the street together.Anne was pale and quiet;in ten more minutes she would know who had won the medal and who the Avery. "Of course you'll win one of them anyhow,"said Jane. “I have not hope of the Avery,”said Anne.“And I''m not going to march up to that bulletin board and look at it before everybody.I haven't the moral courage.I'm going straight to the girls'dressing room.You must read the announcements and then come and tell me,Jane. Jane promised solemnly;but when they went up the entrance steps of Queen's they found the hall full of boys who were carrying Gilbert Blythe around on their shoulders and yelling at the tops of their voices, "Hurrah for Blythe,Medalist!" For a moment Anne felt one sickening pang of defeat and disappointment.So she had failed and Gilbert had won!Well,Matthew would be sorry-he had been so sure she would win. And then！ ·380· 第三十六章 荣誉和梦想 这天早晨，安妮和简一起走在街上，各门考 试的成绩今天要贴出来了。安妮脸色苍白，默默 无语，再过十几分钟她就会知道谁获得奖章，谁 获得奖学金了。 “不管怎么说，你肯定能获得其中一样。”简 说。 “我没有希望得艾弗里奖学金了，”安妮说， “我不想到布告板那儿去，在众人面前看布告了。 我没有勇气。我要直接到女生更衣室去。简，你 一定要看布告，然后回来告诉我。” 简郑重地答应了。她们登上校门口的台阶， 发现大厅里挤满了男孩子，他们正把吉尔伯特· 布莱思扛在肩膀上兜圈子，声嘶力竭地喊着： “布莱思万岁！奖章得主！” ①sickening/stkni/a令人作 刹那间，安妮感受到一阵钻心的疼痛，那是 呕的，使人晕眩的 失败和失望引起的。这么说她输了，吉尔伯特赢 了！啊，马修会难过的—他是那么肯定她会赢。 紧接着！ ·381· Anne of Green Gables Somebody called out:"Three cheers for Miss Shirley,winner of the Avery！" "Oh,Anne,"gasped Jane,as they fled to the girls'dressing room amid hearty cheers."Oh,Anne I'm so proud!Isn't it splendid?" And then the girls were around them and Anne was the center of a laughing,congratulating group.She was pushed and pulled and hugged and among it all she managed to whisper to Jane:"Oh,won't Matthew and Marilla be pleased!I must write the news home right away." Commencement was the next important happening. Matthew and Marilla were there,with eyes and ears for only one student on the platform. "Reckon you're glad we kept her,Marilla?"whispered Matthew. “It's not the first time'I ve been glad,”retorted Marilla.“You do like to rub things in,Matthew Cuthbert." Anne went home to Avonlea with Matthew and Marilla that evening. Diana was at Green Gables to meet her.In her own white room,Anne looked about her and drew a long breath of happiness. "Oh,Diana,it's so good to be back again.And it's GOOD to see you again,Diana!” "You've done splendidly,Anne.I suppose you won't be teaching now that you've won the Avery?" "No.I'm going to Redmond in September.Isn't it splendid to think we all got through even to Moody Spurgeon and Josie Pye?" "The Newbridge trustees have offered Jane their school already," said Diana."Gilbert Blythe is going to teach,too.His father can't afford to send him to college next year,after all,so he means to earn his own way through.I expect he'll get the school here if Miss Ames decides to leave..” ·382· 绿山墙的安妮 有人大喊：“为雪利小姐，艾弗里奖金得主 欢呼三次！” “噢，安妮，”简呼吸急促地喊道，此时她们 在热情洋溢的欢呼声中逃向女生更衣室，“噢， 安妮，我太骄傲了！太棒了！” 接着姑娘们把她俩围了起来，欢笑着，祝贺 着，安妮成了中心。姑娘们把她推来扯去，拥抱 她。在这中间，安妮还是设法对简小声说：“哎， 马修和玛丽拉能不高兴么！我必须马上写信回家 报告这个消息。” 接下来的一件大事是毕业典礼。 马修和玛丽拉出席了典礼，他俩的眼睛和耳 朵只关注台上的一个学生。 “玛丽拉，我想你很高兴我们抚养了她吧？” 马修悄声说。 ①rub something in反复提及 “我这不是头一回高兴了，”玛丽拉反驳道， 令人不快的事 “你总是喜欢翻老账，马修卡斯伯特。” 那天晚上安妮同马修和玛丽拉一起回到了埃 文利的家。戴安娜已经在绿山墙等她了。在她的 白色房间里，安妮环视四周，快乐地长长地舒了 一口气。 “哦，戴安娜，又回到家真是太好了。又见 到你真好，戴安娜！” “你学得真好，安妮。我想既然你获得了艾 弗里奖学金，你就不会教书了吧？” “是的。九月份我要去雷德蒙。想到我们都 通过了考试，连穆迪·斯珀吉翁和乔西·派伊也通 过了，真是开心啊！” “纽布里奇校董已经请简去他们学校，”戴安 娜说，“吉尔伯特·布菜思也要去教书。他爸爸 毕竟没那么多钱送他明年上大学，所以他想自己 奋斗。如果艾姆斯小姐决定走的话，我想他会到 ·383· Anne of Green Gables Anne felt a queer little sensation of dismayed surprise.She had not known this;she had expected that Gilbert would be going to Redmond also. The next morning at breakfast it suddenly struck Anne that Matthew was not looking well.Surely he was much grayer than he had been a year before. “Marilla,”she said hesitatingly①when he had gone out,.“is Matthew quite well?” “No,he isn't,”said Marilla in a troubled tone.“He's had some real bad spells with his heart this spring and he won't spare himself a mite. I've been real worried about him.Maybe he will now you're home.You always cheer him up.” Anne leaned2 across the table and took Marilla's face in her hands. "You are not looking as well yourself as I'd like to see you, Marilla.You look tired.I'm afraid you've been working too hard.You must take a rest,now that I'm home.I'm just going to take this one day off to visit all the dear old spots and hunt up my old dreams,and then it will be your turn to be lazy while I do the work." Marilla smiled affectionately at her girl. "It's not the work-it's my head.I've got a pain so often now- behind my eyes.Doctor Spencer's been fussing with glasses,but they don't do me any good.There is a distinguished oculist coming to the Island the last of June and the doctor says I must see him.I guess I'll have to.I can't read or sew with any comfort now.Did you hear anything about the Abbey Bank lately,Anne?" “I heard it was shaky,"answered Anne.“Why?" "That is what Rachel said.She was up here one day last week and said there was some talk about it.Matthew felt real worried.All we have saved is in that bank-every penny.I wanted Matthew to put it in the Savings Bank in the first place,but old Mr.Abbey was a great friend of ·384· 绿山墙的安妮 这儿的学校教书。” 安妮隐隐有一种奇怪的不安的感觉。她不知 道这件事，她以为吉尔伯特也要去雷德蒙。 第二天早晨吃早饭的时候，安妮突然发现马 修气色不好。他的脸色确实比一年前苍白多了。 “玛丽拉，”马修刚一出去安妮就不安地说， d hesitatingly /heziteitinl/ “马修还好吧？” ad.支吾其词地 “不，他不太好，”玛丽拉苦恼地说，“今年 春天他的心脏病犯了好几次，很严重，可是他却 一点儿都不爱惜自己。我真替他担心，现在你在 家他也许会好的，你能让他高兴。” 安妮俯身探过桌子，双手捧住玛丽拉的脸。 “您看上去也不像我所希望的那样好，玛丽 ②lean /li:n/倾斜，倚，依靠 拉。您显得有些劳累。恐怕您干活太累了。既然 我回来了，您就该休息休息。我只用今天一天时 间去看看那些亲爱的老地方，找找我过去的梦 想，然后就该您歇着，我来干活了。” 玛丽拉深情地冲她的安妮笑了。 “不关干活的事一是我的头闹的。我现在 三天两头头疼—眼睛后面疼。斯潘塞大夫总说 是眼镜的问题，可是配了眼镜还是一点儿用也没 ③fuss作As/.大惊小怪，小题 大做 有。六月底有一位著名的眼科专家要到岛上来， ④oculist/pkjolist/.n.眼科医 大夫说我得找他看看。我看我是得去。现在我根 生，配镜师 本不能舒舒服服地看书或者做针线了。哦，安妮， 最近你听说艾比银行的事了吗？” ⑤shaky /ferk/a.不稳固的 “我听说这家银行出问题了，”安妮回答说， “怎么了？” “是蕾切尔说的。上个星期有一天她到这儿 来了，说外面传着一些有关这家银行的风言风 语。马修很担心，我们省下的钱都存在这家银行 里了—每分钱。最初我想让马修把钱存到储蓄 ·385· Anne of Green Gables father's and he'd always banked with him.Matthew said any bank with him at the head of it was good enough for anybody." "I think he has only been its nominal head for many years,"said Anne."He is a very old man;his nephews are really at the head of the institution.” "Well,when Rachel told us that,I wanted Matthew to draw our money right out and he said he'd think of it.But Mr.Russell told him yesterday that the bank was all right." Anne had her good day in the companionship of the outdoor world.In the evening she went with Matthew for the cows.Matthew walked slowly with bent head;Anne,tall and erect3,suited her springing step to his. "You've been working too hard today,Matthew,"she said reproachfully."Why won't you take things easier?" “Well now,Ican't seem to,.”said Matthew.“It's only that I''m getting old,Anne,and keep forgetting it.Well,well,I've always worked pretty hard and I'd rather drop in harness" “If I had been the boy you sent for,”said Anne wistfully,“T'dbe able to help you so much now and spare you in a hundred ways." "Well now,I'd rather have you than a dozen boys,Anne,"said Matthew patting her hand."Just mind you that-rather than a dozen boys. Well now,I guess it wasn't a boy that took the Avery scholarship,was it?It was a girl-my girlmy girl that I'm proud of." He smiled his shy smile at her as he went into the yard.Anne always remembered the silvery,peaceful beauty and fragrant calm of that night.It was the last night before sorrow touched her life;and no life is ever quite the same again when once that cold,sanctifying touch has been laid upon it. ·386·