Chapter6 “There Was Some One Crying-There Was!“有人在哭真的-双语名著无障碍阅读丛书——《秘密花园The Secret Garden》

ChapterVT "ThereWas Some One Crying一 There Was!" The next day the rain poured down in torrents^{} again, and when Mary looked out of her window the moor was almost hidden by gray mist and cloud. There could be no going out today. "What do you do in your cottage when it rains like this?" she asked Martha "Try to keep from under each other's feet mostly,"Martha answered. "Eh! there does seem a lot of us then. Mother's a good-tempered woman but she gets fair moithered^{②}. The biggest ones goes out in th' cow-shed and plays there. Dickon he doesn't mind th' wet. He goes out just th' same as if th'sun was shinin'. He says he sees things on rainy days as doesn't show when it's fait weather. He once found a little fox cub half drowned in its hole and he brough it home in th' bosom of his shirt to keep it warm. Its mother had been killed nearby an' th'hole was swum out an' th'rest o' th' litter was dead. He's got it at home now. He found a half-drowned young crow another time an' he brought it home. too, an'tamed③} it. It's named Soot^*}because it's so black, an' it hops an flies about with him everywhere." The time had come when Mary had forgotten to resent Martha's familiat talk. She had even begun to find it interesting and to be sorry when she stopped or went away. The stories she had been told by her Ayah when she lived in India .086. “有人在哭--真的! 第六章 第二天,大雨依旧倾泻一般地下着。玛丽向窗外看 去,旷野近乎被掩藏在一层灰色的水雾与云层之中。看 ① torrent I'toront] n. 倾盆大 来今天是出不去了。 雨:倾注 “如果是你的话,这种天气你会在小屋里做些什 么?”她向玛莎问道。 “努力试着别被其他人踩到。”玛莎回答,“哎!这 样看来,我家的人还真是多。我娘是个好脾气的女人 但她经常担心这担心那的。大点儿的孩子就会去牛棚那 里玩儿。迪康从来不在意天气是不是湿乎乎的,还是照 ② moither=moider 样儿出去。用他的话说,他在雨天的时候能看见平时看 moider moidalv. 打扰. 使分心,使烦恼 不见的东西。有一次,他在洞里发现了一只快要淹死的 狐狸崽子,怕它着凉,就揣在自已怀里把它带回家了。 老狐狸死在了附近,洞也淹了,其他几只小思都死了。 他现在还把那只狐狸养在家里。还有一次,他看见了 一只被水泡得半死不活的乌鸦,也把它带回家了,还驯 化了它。那只鸟叫‘煤烟子',因为它浑身上下都黑不 拉几的,还总喜欢跟在他屁股后面又崩又飞。” ③ tame teimlv.驯服 驯化 ④ soot [su:t]n. 煤烟 不知从什么时候开始,玛丽已经忘记了要为玛莎熟 稳的口吻而生气上火。她甚至开始觉得有趣,也会在玛 莎不开口或是不在场的时候感到遗憾。在印度的时候 奶妈也会给她讲故事,但是玛莎的故事却截然不同,她 ·087. Chaptervf "There Was Some One Crying-There Was!" had been quite unlike those Martha had to tell about the moorland cottage which held fourteen people who lived in four little rooms and never had quite enough to eat. The children seemed to tumble about and amuse themselves like a litter of rough, good-natured collie^{} puppies. Mary was most attracted by the mother and Dickon. When Martha told stories of what "mother" said or did they always sounded comfortable "If I had a raven or a fox cub I could play with it," said Mary. "But I have nothing." Martha looked perplexed "Can tha'knit?"she asked "No."answered Mary. "Can tha'sew?" “No." "Can tha'read?" “Yes.” “Then why doesn't tha, read somethin', or learn a bit o' spellin'? Tha'st old enough to be learnin' thy book a good bit now." "I haven't any books." said Mary. "Those I had were left in India." "That's a pity," said Martha. "If Mrs. Medlock'd let thee go into th' library, there's thousands o'books there." Mary did not ask where the library was, because she was suddenly inspired by a new idea. She made up her mind to go and find it herself. She was not troubled about Mrs. Medlock, Mrs. Medlock seemed alwavs to be in her comfortable housekeeper's sitting-room downstairs. In this queer place one scarcely ever saw any one at all. In fact, there was no one to see but the servants, and when their master was away they lived a luxurious life below stairs, where there was a huge kitchen hung about with shining brass and pewter②, and a large servants' hall where there were four or five abundant meals eaten every day, and where a great deal of lively romping{③} went on when Mrs. Medlock was out of the way. Mary's meals were served regularly, and Martha waited on her, but no one .o88. 第六章 “有人在哭--真的!” 会讲起荒原上那栋生活着十四个人的小屋,屋子里只有 四个房间,孩子们也从来没有足够的吃食。他们总在一 起打打闹闹,自娱自乐,就像一窝顽劣却生性善良的牧 羊犬幼思一般。玛丽最感兴趣的是孩子们的妈妈和迪康 ①collie [koli]n. 柯里牧羊 犬 而玛莎口中“我娘”的一言一行听上去总是那样让人安 然自在。 “要是我也有一只乌鸦,或是一只狐狸幼崽,我就 能和它一起玩了,”玛丽说道,“但是我什么都没有。” 玛莎看上去有几分为难。 “你会织衣服不?”她问。 “不会。”玛丽答道。 “你会做针线活儿不?” “不会。” “那你识字不?” “识。” “那你可以读点儿什么呀,或是学学拼写?你都这 么大了,也该读读书。” “我没有书,”玛丽说,“我的书都留在印度了。” “那真是太可惜了,”玛莎回应,“要是麦德洛克 夫人能让你进藏书室就好了,那儿可有成千上万本儿 书。” 玛丽没有再问她藏书室在哪儿,因为她的脑子里突 然冒出了一个新的想法;她决定要凭借自已的力量找到 那个地方。玛丽并不担心自已会被麦德洛克夫人发现, 因为她似乎总是舒服地待在楼下那间管家专用的起居室 里。在这栋古怪的房子中,人跟人之间是很少碰面的。 事实上,整栋房子里只能见到仆人,而当主人出门的时 候,他们便会在仆人室里过上奢华的生活。那里有一间 巨大的厨房,里面满是闪亮的铜器和锡器,还有一间宽 ② pewter I'pju:taln. 用白 制成的器I和容器 敞的仆人大厅,可以让人在那里一天吃上四五顿丰盛的 大餐,而当麦德洛克夫人不在屋子里碍事的时候,大厅 ③ romp[romplv.顽皮嘻戏 便又会成为仆人们嘻笑打闹的场所。 每天都会有人按时将玛丽的餐食送到房间里,玛莎 .089· ChapterVi "There Was Some One Crying-There Was!" troubled themselves about her in the least. Mrs. Medlock came and looked at her every day or two, but no one inauired what she did or told her what to do She supposed that perhaps this was the English way of treating children. In India she had always been attended}by her Avah, who had followed her abou and waited on her, hand and foot. She had often been tired of her company Now she was followed by nobody and was learning to dress herself because Martha looked as though she thought she was silly and stupid when she wantec to have things handed to her and put on “Hasn't tha' got good sense?" she said once, when Mary had stood waiting for her to put on her gloves for her. "Our Susan Ann is twice as sharp as thee an' she's only four year' old. Sometimes tha' looks fair soft^{} in th'head.' Mary had worn her contrary scowl{③} for an hour after that, but it made hej think several entirely new things. She stood at the window for about ten minutes this morning after Martha had swept up the hearth for the last time and gone downstairs. She was thinking over the new idea which had come to her when she heard of the library. She did not care very much about the library itself, because she had read very few books: but to hear of it brought back to her mind the hundred rooms with closed doors. She wondered if they were all really locked and what she would find if she could get into any of them. Were there a hundred really? Why shouldn't she go and see how many doors she could count? It would be something to dc on this morning when she could not go out. She had never been taught to ask permission to do things, and she knew nothing at all about authority, so she would not have thought it necessary to ask Mrs. Medlock if she might walk about the house, even if she had seen her She opened the door of the room and went into the corridor, and then she began her wanderings. It was a long corridor and it branched{④} into othel corridors and it led her up short flights of steps which mounted to others again There were doors and doors, and there were pictures on the walls. Sometimes .090: 第六章 “有人在哭--真的!” 也会在一旁伺候着,可说得上是在意她的人却一个都没 有。麦德洛克夫人每隔一两天便会过来看看她,但是没 有人会问她今天做了什么,也没有人告诉她要做些什 ①attend [a'tend]v. (作侍 么。玛丽猜想,这或许便是英国人对待孩子的方式吧。 者或陪伴者)侍候:照 在印度的时候,她的身边总有奶妈照料,鞍前马后地服 顾 侍,无微不至。她常常也会为此而感到厌烦。而如今, 她的身边再没有人跟前跟后了。她也开始学着自已穿衣 服,因为每当她想要站在那里,等着别人帮她把衣服拿 过来穿好的时候,玛莎总会像看傻瓜似的看着她。 “你脑子不清楚吗?”有一次,当玛丽站在那里等 着玛莎为她把手套戴上的时候,她忍不住这样说道,“我 ② soft [soft]a.头脑简单的 家苏珊·安才四岁嘲,但她可比你机灵两倍。有时候, 愚么的 ③ scowl [skaul]n. 不悦之 我真觉得你傻里傻气的。” 色;怒容 听到这话,玛丽的脸上整整一个小时都挂着那副叛 逆的怒容,但是,这也让她不禁开始思考一些自己以前 从未想过的事情。 这天早上,当玛莎最后一次清扫了壁炉中的炉灰并 下楼后,玛丽在窗边站了大约十分钟的工夫。自打听说 了那个藏书室的存在,她便在心里冒出了一些新鲜的盘 算。事实上,她并不怎么关心藏书室本身,因为她也没 读过几本书,但是它的存在让她联想起了那一百间关着 门的房间。她想知道那些房间是否真的是上了锁的,若 是自己能够进去的话,又会在里面发现些什么。真的有 一百间那么多吗?为什么自已不能亲自去数数有多少扇 门呢?若是今天早上不能外出的话,这也不失为一种打 发时间的好法子。从没有人告诉过她做事之前应征得别 人的许可,她也丝毫没有权威的意识,于是,尽管玛丽 见到了麦德洛克夫人,她却从未想过问问她自已是否可 以在这栋房子里四处走走看看。 ④branch bra:ntflv. 分叉. 分忿 她打开房门,迈入走廊,开始了自已的游荡。走廊 很长,相互之间交错相通,尽头几级短短的台阶便又将 她带入了另一条走廊。走廊两侧是一扇又一扇的门,墙 上还悬挂着许多画作,有的描绘着黑暗而奇特的景观 .091· ChapterVf "There Was Some One Crying-There Was!" they were pictures of dark, curious landscapes, but oftenest they were portraits of men and women in queer, grand costumes made of satin{} and velvet. She found herself in one long gallery whose walls were covered with these portraits. She had never thought there could be so many in any house. She walked slowly down this place and stared at the faces which also seemed to stare at her. She felt as if they were wondering what a little girl from India was doing in thei house. Some were pictures of children - little girls in thick satin frocks^② which reached to their feet and stood out about them, and boys with puffed③ sleeves and lace collars and long hair. or with big ruffs{}around their necks She always stopped to look at the children, and wonder what their names were, and where they had gone, and why they wore such odd clothes. There was a stiff, plain little girl rather like herself. She wore a green brocade{} dress and held a green parrot on her finger. Her eyes had a sharp, curious look. "Where do you live now?" said Mary aloud to her. "I wish you were here." Surely no other little girl ever spent such a queer morning. It seemed as if there was no one in all the huge rambling house but her own small self wandering about upstairs and down, through narrow passages and wide ones. where it seemed to her that no one but herself had ever walked. Since so many rooms had been built, people must have lived in them, but it all seemed sc empty that she could not quite believe it true It was not until she climbed to the second floor that she thought of turning the handle of a door. All the doors were shut, as Mrs. Medlock had said they were, but at last she put her hand on the handle of one of them and turned it She was almost frightened for a moment when she felt that it turned without difficulty and that when she pushed upon the door itself it slowly and heavily opened. It was a massive door and opened into a big bedroom. There were embroidered hangings on the wall. and inlaid{*} furniture such as she had seen in India stood about the room. A broad window with leaded^{} panes looked out upon the moor: and over the mantel{was another portrait of the stiff, plain .092. 第六章 “有人在哭--真的!” 但大多数都是肖像,画中男女的衣裳或是绸或是天鹅 ①satin I'saetin]n. 级子,绸 绒,看上去隆重却古怪。玛丽发现,自己正身处在一条 狭长的画廊之中,墙上满满都是画像。她从未想过一栋 房子里竟然能挂着这么多的作品。她慢慢走着,盯着画 中的那些人,而那些人仿佛也在盯着她,好似是在奇怪 一个来自印度的小姑娘为什么会在自已的房子里。有些 作品中的主人公是孩子一女孩子们身着丝质连衣裙 ② frock [frok]n.连衣裙 厚厚的裙子长至脚踝,十分显眼;男孩子们则蓄着长发 ③ puff[pAf]v.膨胀:鼓起 穿着蓬蓬袖,脖子周围还戴着蕾丝领或是大大的拉夫 ④ ruff [raf]n. 飞边(16-17 世纪流行的一种轮状皱 领。每当玛丽看到画上有小孩的时候,她都会停下脚步 领) 想象他们叫什么名字,现在在哪里,又为什么会穿着这 样奇怪的衣服。其中一幅作品上画着一位面容僵硬、五 brocade [brau'keid]n. 【纺 官平庸的小女孩,与玛丽自已颇有些相像。她穿着一件 织业】(织有金银丝浮 绿色的织锦长裙,手指上还立着一只绿色的鹦鹉。小女 花的)锦级,织锦 孩的眼中投射出一种犀利而古怪的目光。 “你现在住在哪里?”玛丽大声问她,“真希望你 就在这里。” 想必其他小姑娘定是没有经历过这样一个诡异的早 晨。这栋宏伟的房子中仿佛空无一人,只有一个小小的 她,穿越那些似乎从未有人踏足过的或宽或窄的走廊, 楼上楼下地游荡着。既然这里有这么多间房,那么也肯 定有人曾在里面居住过,然而,一切都显得如此空旷, 令人难以相信这里曾有人的痕迹。 直到玛丽走到三层的时候,她才想到要去拧一拧门 把手。就同麦德洛克夫人说的一样,所有门都是关着的, 但玛丽还是把手伸到了其中一扇门的把手上,并试着扭 了一下。有那么一瞬间,她甚至感到了一丝害怕,因为 那扇门就那样轻易地动了,她试着推了一下,它便缓慢 inlaid Pinleid]a. 嵌饰的 而略显沉重地敞了开来。那是一扇十分厚重的大门,门 嵌花样的 内是一间相当宽敞的卧室,墙上挂着绣毯,还摆放着她 leaded I'ledid]a. 【冶金 学】加铅的;含铅的 曾在印度见过的那种嵌饰家具。从那面巨大的窗格向外 ③mantel l'mentoll n. 壁 望去便是广阔无垠的旷野。壁炉上挂着一幅肖像,上面 。 那位姿态僵硬、相貌平凡的小女孩似乎正带着前所未有 .093. ChapterVi "There Was Some One Crying-There Was!" little girl who seemed to stare at her more curiously than ever “Perhaps she slept here once." said Mary, "She stares at me so that she makes me feel queer." After that she opened more doors and more. She saw so many rooms that she became quite tired and began to think that there must be a hundred. though she had not counted them. In all of them there were old pictures or old tapestries with strange scenes worked on them. There were curious pieces of furniture and curious ornaments{} in nearly all of them In one room, which looked like a lady's sitting-room, the hangings were all embroidered velvet, and in a cabinet were about a hundred little elephants made of ivory. They were of different sizes, and some had their mahouts^{②} or palanquins{③} on their backs. Some were much bigger than the others and some were so tiny that they seemed only babies. Mary had seen carved ivory in India and she knew all about elephants. She opened the door of the cabinet and stood on a footstool^{} and played with these for quite a long time. When she got tired she set the elephants in order and shut the door of the cabinet In all her wanderings through the long corridors and the empty rooms, she had seen nothing alive: but in this room she saw something. Just after she had closed the cabinet door she heard a tiny rustling sound. It made her jump and look around at the sofa by the fireplace, from which it seemed to come. In the corner of the sofa there was a cushion, and in the velvet which covered it there was a hole, and out of the hole peeped a tiny head with a pair of frightened eyes in it. Mary crept softly across the room to look. The bright eves belonged to a little gray mouse, and the mouse had eaten a hole into the cushion and made a comfortable nest there. Six baby mice were cuddled up asleep near her. If there was no one else alive in the hundred rooms there were seven mice who did no look lonely at all. “If they wouldn't be so frightened I would take them back with me." said Mary. .094: 第六章 “有人在哭--真的!” 的好奇心打量着她。 “她大概曾在这里住过吧,”玛丽心想,“她一定是 觉得,这样盯着我看一会儿我就会觉得不自在了。” 后来,玛丽打开了一扇又一扇的大门。她看到了许 许多多的房间,也慢慢有些累了。她甚至开始觉得,尽 管自己并没有一间间地数,但这地方肯定是有一百间房 的。每间房里都挂着古老的画像或是壁毯,上面绘制着 奇怪的图画,同样,每间房里也几乎都有那么几件奇特 ① ornament I'o:namantl n 装饰品,点缀物 的家具或是饰物。 其中一间看上去似乎是女士的起居室,墙上挂着的 都是绣了纹样的天鹅绒,其中一个储藏柜中还存放着将 ② mahout [ma'hautl n. (印 近一百件象牙雕成的小象。这些小象大小各不相同,有 度及东印度群岛的)管 的还在背上驮着驯象人或是轿厢。其中一些看上去明显 象人,驱象者,象夫 ③ palanquin I.paelan'ki:nl n 要大上许多,另一些则袖珍极了,好像只是象宝宝一般。 (旧时东亚国家两人或 玛丽站在脚凳上,打开柜门,拿着这些雕刻小象把玩了 更多人抬的)轿子 ④ footstool I'fut.stu:l]n. (坐 许久。而当她玩累了的时候,便将这些小象排列整齐 时搁脚的)脚冀 重新合上了柜门。 玛丽穿过了一条条长长的走廊,也走过了一间间空 荡的房间,但却没有看到一个活物;然而就在这个房间 里,她却看见了什么。正当她合上柜门的时候,她听到 了一声微弱的寥窒声。这令她惊得跳了起来,上上下下 地打量着壁炉旁的沙发一那声音似乎便是从那里传来 的。沙发的角落里放着天鹅绒的一个靠垫,上面还有个 不起眼的洞,而正是从那个洞里探出了一个小小的脑 袋,一双眼睛充满了惊恐。 玛丽轻手轻脚地穿过房间,凑上去瞧了瞧。那双明 亮眼睛的主人是一只小小的灰老鼠。小老鼠在靠垫上唱 出了一个洞,舒服地把那里当成家了,而在它的身旁还 依偎着六只老鼠宝宝。若是说这一百间屋子里都没有其 他活物的话,起码还有七只老鼠,而且它们似乎也是一 点都不孤单的。 “但凡它们看着不是这么胆小的话,我就把它们带 回去了。”玛丽心想。 .095