Chapter1 There Is No One Left一个人都不在了-双语名著无障碍阅读丛书——《秘密花园The Secret Garden》

Fruners Zedpson.Burnelt Chapter I There Is No One Left When Mary Lennox was sent to Misselthwaite Manor to live with her uncle everybody said she was the most disagreeable-looking child ever seen.It was true, too.She had a little thin face and a little thin body,thin light hair and a sour expression.Her hair was yellow,and her face was yellow because she had been born in India and had always been ill in one way or another.Her father had held a position under the English Government and had always been busy and ill himself, and her mother had been a great beauty who cared only to go to parties and amuse herself with gay people.She had not wanted a little girl at all,and when Mary was born she handed her over to the care of an Ayah,who was made to understand that if she wished to please the Mem Sahib she must keep the child out of sight as much as possible.So when she was a sickly,fretful,ugly little baby she was kept out of the way,and when she became a sickly,fretful,toddling thing she was kept out of the way also.She never remembered seeing familiarly anything but the dark faces of her Ayah and the other native servants,and as they always obeyed her and gave herher own way in everything,because the Mem Sahib would be angry if she was disturbed by her crying,by the time she was six years old she was as tyrannical and selfish a little pig as ever lived.The young English governess who came to teach her to read and write disliked her so much that she gave up her place in three months,and when other governesses came to try to fill it they always ·002· 第一章一个人都不在了 玛丽·蓝妮克斯被送到米瑟斯韦特庄园与姑父一起 ①manor[mxna]h,庄园 生活。那儿的人们见到她时，都说她是自己见过长得最 不讨喜的孩子。这话也不假。玛丽面庞瘦削，身体也又 ②sour[sau3]a.心情不好的 瘦又小的，头发又细又少，还常常苦着一张脸。因为从 小在印度长大，经常不是这里病了，就是那里不舒服， 她头发干黄，脸也是蜡黄的。玛丽的父亲为英国政府工 作，每天都很忙，身体也不好。玛丽的母亲是个大美人， 她只对参加舞会感兴趣，每日周旋在光鲜亮丽的人群之 中。她本不想要孩子的，所以当玛丽出生后，她便将女 Ayah[ai)n.奶妈 儿交给奶妈照顾，并嘱咐那人如果不想得罪她的话，就 不要让孩子在她眼前晃来晃去。因此，当玛丽还是个跟 漂亮沾不上边儿、病恹恹、哭闹着的小婴儿时，别人便 ④fretful['fretful]a.暴躁的， 不让她靠近母亲：而当她长成瞒跚学步的小孩，却依旧 焦急的 病恹恹、哭闹着的时候，别人仍旧不让她靠近妈妈。在 她的记忆里，与自己相熟的只有肤色黝黑的奶妈和其他 印度仆人。因为她一哭闹起来女主人就会心烦、冲他 们发火，所以仆人们什么事都顺着玛丽，总是按她说的 做。六岁的时候，玛丽已经长成了一个刁蛮任性惹人嫌 ⑤tyrannical[tiraenikal]a.专 的小孩。家里请了一位年轻的英国女教师教她读书写 横的 字，但她对玛丽厌恶至极，三个月就不干了，而其他几 ⑥governess['gAvanis]m.女 家庭教师 位顶替上来的家庭教师甚至还撑不到三个月。这样一来， ·003· Chapter I There Is No One Left went away in a shorter time than the first one.So if Mary had not chosen to really want to know how to read books she would never have learned her letters at all. One frightfully hot morning,when she was about nine years old,she awakened feeling very cross,and she became crosser still when she saw that the servant who stood by her bedside was not her Ayah. "Why did you come?"she said to the strange woman."I will not let you stay. Send my Ayah to me.” The woman looked frightened,but she only stammered that the Ayah could not come and when Mary threw herself into a passion and beat and kicked her, she looked only more frightened and repeated that it was not possible for the Ayah to come to Missie Sahib. There was something mysterious in the air that morning.Nothing was done in its regular order and several of the native servants seemed missing,while those whom Mary saw slunk or hurried about with ashy and scared faces.But no one would tell her anything and her Ayah did not come.She was actually left alone as the morning went on,and at last she wandered out into the garden and began to play by herself under a tree near the veranda.She pretended that she was making a flower-bed,and she stuck big scarlet hibiscus blossoms into little heaps of earth,all the time growing more and more angry and muttering to herself the things she would say and the names she would call Saidie when she returned. "Pig!Pig!Daughter of Pigs!"she said,because to call a native a pig is the worst insult of all. She was grinding her teeth and saying this over and over again when she heard her mother come out on the veranda with some one.She was with a fair young man and they stood talking together in low strange voices.Mary knew the fair young man who looked like a boy.She had heard that he was a very young officer who had just come from England.The child stared at him,but she stared most at her mother.She always did this when she had a chance to see her,because the Mem Sahib-Mary used to call her that oftener than anything else-was such a tall,slim,pretty person and wore such lovely clothes.Her hair was like curly silk ·004· 第一章一个人都不在了 除非是玛丽自己真的想学习，否则她一定大字也不识 个。 玛丽九岁左右的一天早上，天气炎热异常，她醒来 的时候就觉得非常烦闷，而当她发现床边站着的仆人并 0 cross [kros]a.生气的， 不高兴的 不是奶妈的时候便觉得更加烦闷。 “你在这儿干吗？”她冲那个面生的女人说道，“我 不会让你留在这儿的。叫我奶妈过来。” 那个女人看上去很是害怕，却只是结结巴巴地说奶 ②stammer[stema].结结 巴巴地说 妈来不了。而当玛丽对她撒泼、又踢又打的时候，她 ③passion[pafon]n.愤怒 更害怕了，只是不停地重复着奶妈实在是不能来同候 盛怒 小姐。 那天早上的气氛有些古怪。事事都不若以往那般， 几个当地的仆人也似乎不见了踪影，玛丽只能看到几个 鬼鬼祟祟的人，带着一脸的恐惧，面如死灰地忙里忙 外。但是没人愿意告诉她发生了什么，奶妈也一直没有 ④sink[sli可k.偷偷摸摸 地走 出现。事实上，整个早上她都是一个人。最后，她游荡 到了花园里，自顾自地在阳台旁的大树下玩了起来。她 想象自己在建造一张花床，于是便将大朵大朵火红的木 槿花插进一个个小土堆里。玩着玩着，她却越想越生气， hibiscus [hai'biskas]n. 自己默默念叨着奶妈回来后她要怎么教训她，用什么样 【植物】木槿花 ⑧heap [hi:p]n.堆 的话来骂她。 “猪！猪！猪养的！”她咒骂着，因为管当地人叫 猪是最侮辱人的。 她咬牙切齿一遍又一遍地咒骂着。这时，她听到母 亲和其他人一起走进了阳台。站在母亲身边的是一位体 面的年轻男人，他们压低着嗓音用奇怪的声音交谈着。 玛丽认得那个男人，那个长得像孩子一样的男人。听说 他是一位刚从英国来的年轻军官。她死死盯着他，但更 多的是在看自己的母亲。每次有机会见到她的时候，玛 丽总会这样看着她，因为她是一位如此高挑、身材曼妙 的美人，穿着打扮也迷人至极。她通常称呼她为“夫人” 她有一头卷曲如丝的秀发，一双大眼晴笑意盈盈，小巧 的鼻子似乎傲视着一切。她所有的衣服都贴身而飘逸， ·005· Chapter I There Is No One Left and she had a delicate little nose which seemed to be disdaining things,and she had large laughing eyes.All her clothes were thin and floating,and Mary said they were"full of lace."They looked fuller of lace than ever this morning,but her eyes were not laughing at all.They were large and scared and lifted imploringly2 to the fair boy officer's face. "Is it so very bad?Oh,is it?"Mary heard her say. "Awfully,"the young man answered in a trembling voice."Awfully,Mrs. Lennox.You ought to have gone to the hills two weeks ago." The Mem Sahib wrung her hands. "Oh,I know I ought!"she cried."I only stayed to go to that silly dinner party. What a fool I was！" At that very moment such a loud sound of wailing broke out from the servants' quarters that she clutched the young man's arm,and Mary stood shivering from head to foot.The wailing grew wilder and wilder."What is it?What is it?"Mrs. Lennox gasped. "Some one has died,"answered the boy officer."You did not say it had broken out among your servants." “I did not know!”the Mem Sahib cried.“Come with me!Come with me!” and she turned and ran into the house. After that,appalling things happened,and the mysteriousness of the morning was explained to Mary.The cholera had broken out in its most fatal form and people were dying like flies.The Ayah had been taken ill in the night,and it was because she had just died that the servants had wailed in the huts.Before the next day three other servants were dead and others had run away in terror.There was panic on every side,and dying people in all the bungalows During the confusion and bewilderment of the second day Mary hid herself in the nursery and was forgotten by everyone.Nobody thought of her,nobody wanted her,and strange things happened of which she knew nothing.Mary alternately cried and slept through the hours.She only knew that people were ill and that she heard mysterious and frightening sounds.Once she crept into the dining-room and ·006· 第一章一个人都不在了 Ddisdain[dis'dein,以骄 玛丽觉得上面缀满了蕾丝。这天早上，她衣服上的蕾丝仿 傲的态度对待 佛更加饱满，但是她的眼中却毫无笑意。那双大眼睛里充 溢着恐惧，看向年轻军官的目光中满是乞求。 “情况很糟糕吗？天哪，是那样吗？”玛丽听她这 imploringly [im'plo:rinli] ad.恳求地 样说道。 “非常槽糕，”年轻男人的嗓音中可以听出颤抖， “非常糟糕，蓝妮克斯夫人。你真的应该在两周前赶到 山里的。” 夫人绞着双手。 “我知道！”她叫喊道，“我留在这里只是为了能 够参加那个愚蠢的晚宴。我太可笑了！” 那一瞬间，一声巨大的恸哭从仆人们的住所那里传 来，她不由自主地抓紧了年轻男人的手臂。玛丽站在那 quarters[kwo:tos]n.(复） 里，从头到脚都在颤抖。哭声越来越大。“发生了什么？ 住处 到底发生了什么？”蓝妮克斯夫人倒抽了一口气。 “有人死了，”年轻的军官答道，“你没告诉我仆人 中也有人染上了病。” “我不知道！”夫人大声说着，“跟我来！跟我来！” 说完，她转身跑进了屋子里。 在那之后，骇人的事情发生了，早上种种神秘的事 也解开了。这里爆发了致命的霍乱，人们像苍蝇一样接 ④appalling[bpo:lila.可 二连三地死去。奶妈在夜里染上了病，当时屋子里仆人 怕的，骇人的 ⑤cholera[kolora].【病理 的恸哭声便是因为她去世了。就在那一天，另外三个仆 学】霍乱 人也死了，其他人落荒而逃。到处都充斥着恐慌，每一 间屋子里都有垂死的病人。 事情发生的第二天，宅子里一片骚乱。玛丽将自己 6 bungalow ['bAngolou]n. 藏在了儿童房里，仿佛已被所有人遗忘。没有人想起她， (印度的有廊的)平房 没有人需要她，对于周遭发生的异常，玛丽一无所知。 她时而哭泣，时而睡去，就这样度过了漫长的时间。她 只知道人们生病了，入耳的声音诡异而令人恐惧。有一 次，她悄悄溜进了餐厅，却发现那里空无一人。桌子上 放着没吃完的食物，椅子和盘子看上去好像是让人匆匆 推开一般，似乎人们吃到一半便因为什么事而急忙离开 ·007· Chapter I There Is No One Left found it empty,though a partly finished meal was on the table and chairs and plates looked as if they had been hastily pushed back when the diners rose suddenly for some reason.The child ate some fruit and biscuits,and being thirsty she drank a glass of wine which stood nearly filled.It was sweet,and she did not know how strong it was.Very soon it made her intensely drowsy,and she went back to her nursery and shut herself in again,frightened by cries she heard in the huts and by the hurrying sound of feet.The wine made her so sleepy that she could scarcely keep her eyes open and she lay down on her bed and knew nothing more for a long time. Many things happened during the hours in which she slept so heavily,but she was not disturbed by the wails and the sound of things being carried in and out of the bungalow. When she awakened she lay and stared at the wall.The house was perfectly still.She had never known it to be so silent before.She heard neither voices nor footsteps,and wondered if everybody had got well of the cholera and all the trouble was over.She wondered also who would take care of her now her Ayah was dead There would be a new Ayah,and perhaps she would know some new stories.Mary had been rather tired of the old ones.She did not cry because her nurse had died. She was not an affectionate child and had never cared much for any one.The noise and hurrying about and wailing over the cholera had frightened her,and she had been angry because no one seemed to remember that she was alive.Everyone was too panic-stricken to think of a little girl no one was fond of.When people had the cholera it seemed that they remembered nothing but themselves.But if everyone had got well again,surely some one would remember and come to look for her. But no one came,and as she lay waiting the house seemed to grow more and more silent.She heard something rustling on the matting and when she looked down she saw a little snake gliding along and watching her with eyes like jewels. She was not frightened,because he was a harmless little thing who would not hurt her and he seemed in a hurry to get out of the room.He slipped under the door as she watched him. ·008· 第一章一个人都不在了 了。小家伙吃了点水果和饼干，因为口渴，又喝了桌子 上的多半杯葡萄酒。葡萄酒甜丝丝的，玛丽却没意识到 它有多烈。没过多久，她便觉得昏昏欲睡。于是，她回 到儿童房，又一次把自己关了起来，周围的哭声和匆匆 的脚步声令她感到害怕。酒劲使得玛丽困意渐浓，几乎 睁不开眼。她躺倒在床上，陷入了久久的昏睡。 在她沉睡的几个小时里，周遭发生了许多事，但 scarcely ['sksasli]ad.L 乎不，简直不 人们的痛哭声和别墅里东西搬进搬出的声音都打扰不 到她。 醒来后，她躺在床上，盯着墙壁。整栋房子里一片 寂静。她从来不知道周围可以如此安静，既听不到人声， 也没有脚步声。她默默猜测着是否大家都已经从霍乱中 痊愈，是否这一切骚乱都已经结束。她也猜测着奶妈死 后，会由谁来照顾她。她会有一位新的奶妈，没准还能 听到一些以前没听过的故事。那些老故事她早就听腻了。 奶妈死了，她也没哭。她并不是一个重情义的孩子，也 从来没在意过任何人。周遭的喧闹、忙乱与哭喊声吓到 了她。她也很生气，因为似乎没有人记得她还活着。每 个人都陷入了恐慌，没有人会在这时想起那个不招人喜 2 affectionate [o'fekfonot]a. 有深情的 欢的小姑娘。当人们染上霍乱的时候，便好像除了自己， 谁也顾不上了。但是如果大家都痊愈了，一定会有人想 起她，来找她的。 然而，没有人来找她。在玛丽躺在床上等待的时间 里，整座房子似乎越来越寂静。她听到席子那里传来密 慈窣察的声音，一低头，便看到一条小蛇从地上爬过， 用宝石一般的眼晴望着她。她并不害怕，因为那个小东 ③matting['matin]n.席子 西并没有恶意，也不会伤害她，似乎只是急着想出去。 当她看着它的时候，那条蛇从门缝下爬走了。 ·009· Chapter I There Is No One Left "How queer and quiet it is,"she said."It sounds as if there were no one in the bungalow but me and the snake." Almost the next minute she heard footsteps in the compound,and then on the veranda.They were men's footsteps,and the men entered the bungalow and talked in low voices.No one went to meet or speak to them and they seemed to open doors and look into rooms."What desolation!"she heard one voice say. "That pretty,pretty woman!I suppose the child,too.I heard there was a child, though no one ever saw her." Mary was standing in the middle of the nursery when they opened the door a few minutes later.She looked an ugly,cross little thing and was frowning because she was beginning to be hungry and feel disgracefully neglected.The first man who came in was a large officer she had once seen talking to her father. He looked tired and troubled,but when he saw her he was so startled that he almost jumped back. "Barney!"he cried out."There is a child here!A child alone!In a place like this!Mercy on us,who is she!" "I am Mary Lennox,"the little girl said,drawing herself up stiffly.She thought the man was very rude to call her father's bungalow "A place like this!" "I fell asleep when everyone had the cholera and I have only just wakened up. Why does nobody come?" "It is the child no one ever saw!"exclaimed the man,turning to his companions."She has actually been forgotten!" "Why was I forgotten?"Mary said,stamping her foot."Why does nobody come?" The young man whose name was Barney looked at her very sadly.Mary even thought she saw him wink his eyes as if to wink tears away. "Poor little kid!"he said."There is nobody left to come." It was in that strange and sudden way that Mary found out that she had neither father nor mother left;that they had died and been carried away in the ·010·