Chapter7 The Key to the Garden花园的钥匙-双语名著无障碍阅读丛书——《秘密花园The Secret Garden》

Chapter VII The Key to the Garden Two days after this,when Mary opened her eyes she sat upright in bed immediately, and called to Martha. "Look at the moor!Look at the moor!" The rainstorm had ended and the gray mist and clouds had been swept away in the night by the wind.The wind itself had ceased and a brilliant,deep blue sky arched high over the moorland.Never,never had Mary dreamed of a sky so blue. In India skies were hot and blazing;this was of a deep cool blue which almost seemed to sparkle like the waters of some lovely bottomless lake,and here and there,high,high in the arched blueness floated small clouds of snow-white fleece The far-reaching world of the moor itself looked softly blue instead of gloomy purple-black or awful dreary gray. "Aye,"said Martha with a cheerful grin."Th'storm's over for a bit.It does like this at this time o'th'year.It goes off in a night like it was pretendin'it had never been here an'never meant to come again.That's because th'springtime's on its way.It's a long way off yet,but it's comin'." "I thought perhaps it always rained or looked dark in England,"Mary said. "Eh!no!"said Martha,sitting up on her heels among her black lead brushes. Nowt o'th'soart!” "What does that mean?"asked Mary seriously.In India the natives spoke ·100· 第七章花园的钥匙 两天后，玛丽睁开双眼后便立刻坐了起来，叠声唤 着玛莎。 “快看那片旷野！快看那片旷野！” 暴风雨已然停歇，那片灰色的云雾也早己在夜间被 风吹散。风也停了，深蓝色的灿烂天空高悬在旷野之上。 玛丽从来，从来都没有想到自己可以看到这样蔚蓝的天 ①arch[a:用拱覆盖 空。印度的天空是耀眼而炽热的，但眼前的天空却是一 横跨：盖以拱顶 2 sparkle ['spa:klv.闪闪发 种清爽的深蓝，近乎像一眼望不到底的湖水那样闪耀着 光；闪耀 波光。那片高远的深蓝色之上还散落着小朵小朵雪白的 ③fleece[i:sn.毛，羊毛 羊毛似的云彩。无垠的旷野因着那片蓝色而多了几分柔 和，不再是一片阴郁的黑紫色或是沉闷可怖的灰色。 “哎呀，”玛莎高兴地笑了起来，“暴风雨停了有一 会儿了。每年这时候是会这样儿的嘞。它就在夜里悄悄 地走了，装得好像从来没来过，也再也不会来了似的。 这都是因为春天快到了。虽然还得有好一阵子，但是确 实是要到了的。” “我以为英格兰大概就是这样一直下雨或一直阴天 呢。”玛丽说道。 “啊！怎么会！”玛莎边说边在她那一堆黑色的铅 刷子里直起了身子，“才不是那么着嘞！” “你说什么？”玛丽满脸认真地问道。在印度的时 ·101· Chapter VII The Key to the Garden different dialects which only a few people understood,so she was not surprised when Martha used words she did not know. Martha laughed as she had done the first morning. “There now,”she said.“T've talked broad Yorkshire again like Mrs.. Medlock said I mustn't.'Nowt o'th'soart'means 'nothin'-of-the-sort,""slowly and carefully,"but it takes so long to say it.Yorkshire's th'sunniest place on earth when it is sunny.I told thee tha'd like th'moor after a bit.Just you wait till you see th'gold-colored gorse blossoms an'th'blossoms o'th'broom,an' th'heather flowerin',all purple bells,an'hundreds o'butterflies flutterin,an' bees hummin'an'skylarks soarin'up an'singin'.You'll want to get out on it as sunrise an'live out on it all day like Dickon does.""Could I ever get there?" asked Mary wistfully,looking through her window at the far-off blue.It was so new and big and wonderful and such a heavenly color. "I don't know,"answered Martha."Tha's never used tha'legs since tha' was born,it seems to me.Tha'couldn't walk five mile.It's five mile to our cottage..” "I should like to see your cottage." Martha stared at her a moment curiously before she took up her polishing brush and began to rub the grate again.She was thinking that the small plain face did not look quite as sour at this moment as it had done the first morning she saw it.It looked just a trifle like little Susan Ann's when she wanted something very much. "I'll ask my mother about it,"she said."She's one o'them that nearly always sees a way to do things.It's my day out today an'I'm goin'home.Eh!I am glad.Mrs.Medlock thinks a lot o'mother.Perhaps she could talk to her." "I like your mother,"said Mary. "I should think tha'did,"agreed Martha,polishing away. "I've never seen her,"said Mary. ·102· 第七章 花图的钥匙【 候，当地的仆人总会操着不同的方言，也没有多少人能 听得懂，所以，当玛莎的口中冒出自己不明白的单词时， 玛丽也并没有多么惊讶。 玛莎就同第一天早晨那样笑了起来。 “看吧，”她说，“我又用上约克郡方言了，麦德洛 克夫人还警告我别这样儿呢。‘才不是那么着嘞’的意 思是‘事情并不是那样的'，”她慢慢地认真解释着，“但 是这么说太累了。出太阳的时候，约克郡是这个世界上 最明媚的地方。早就跟你说过，你总会爱上这片旷野的。 ①flutter[HAta].振翅，拍 等你看见那些金色的金雀花开了花儿，石楠花也一片灿 翅而飞 烂的时候，满地都是紫色的小铃铛，成百上千的蝴蝶 聚在一起，蜜蜂嗡嗡叫着，云雀也在天空中飞来飞去， ②wistfully[wistfuli门ad.渴 欢快地唱着歌儿。到时候，你肯定也会想跟迪康似的， 望地：向往地 天一亮就跑出去，整天待在旷野上的。”“我能走到那 儿吗？”玛丽充满渴望地问道。她透过窗子，看着远 处的那片蓝，它是那样新鲜，那样广阔，那样壮美而 神圣。 “我不知道。”玛莎回答，“依我看，你自打出生起 就没好好用过那双腿。估计你都走不了五英里。从这儿 到我家的小屋就要五英里。” “我想看看你们的小屋。” 玛莎奇怪地盯着她看了一会儿，之后便拾起刷子， 又开始打磨手里的炉算子了。她心里想的是，面前这张 平凡的小脸儿看上去没有第一天早上那样招人讨厌了。 此时此刻，它似乎只是同小苏珊·安十分渴望什么的时 候有点相像。 “回头我去问问我娘，”玛莎说，“她就是那种总能 想到法子做成事儿的人。今天就是我休息的日子，一会 儿我就回家了。啊！真开心。麦德洛克夫人可喜欢我娘 了，没准儿她能跟她谈谈嘞。” “我喜欢你妈妈。”玛丽说道。 “我觉得你也会喜欢她的。”玛莎手上一边继续给 炉箅抛着光，一边同意道。 ·103· Chapter VII The Key to the Garden "No,tha'hasn't,"replied Martha. She sat up on her heels again and rubbed the end of her nose with the back of her hand as if puzzled for a moment,but she ended quite positively. "Well,she's that sensible an'hard workin'an'goodnatured an'clean that no one could help likin'her whether they'd seen her or not.When I'm goin'home to her on my day out I just jump for joy when I'm crossin'the moor." 'I like Dickon,,”added Mary..“AndI've never seen him.” "Well,"said Martha stoutly,"I've told thee that th'very birds likes him an'th'rabbits an'wild sheep an'ponies,an'th'foxes themselves.I wonder," staring at her reflectively,"what Dickon would think of thee?" "He wouldn't like me,"said Mary in her stiff,cold little way."No one does." Martha looked reflective again. "How does tha'like thysel'?"she inquired,really quite as if she were curious to know. Mary hesitated a moment and thought it over. "Not at all-really,"she answered."But I never thought of that before." Martha grinned a little as if at some homely recollection. "Mother said that to me once,"she said."She was at her wash-tub an'I was in a bad temper an'talkin'ill of folk,an'she turns round on me an'says: Tha'young vixen,tha'!There tha'stands sayin'tha'doesn't like this one an' tha'doesn't like that one.How does tha'like thysel'?'It made me laugh an'it brought me to my senses in a minute." She went away in high spirits as soon as she had given Mary her breakfast. She was going to walk five miles across the moor to the cottage,and she was ·104· 第七章 花园的钥匙 “我从来没见过她。”玛丽又说。 “是啊，还没。”玛莎应道。 她又一次直起了身子，用手背蹭了蹭鼻尖，看上 去似乎有一瞬间的困惑，但转眼间便又满带乐观地开 了口。 “怎么说呢，她就是一个明白事理、勤劳肯干、本 性善良又公平公正的人，不管人们见过她没有，都没法 儿不喜欢她。每次轮到我休息的时候，我都是蹦跳着穿 过旷野走回家的，想起一会儿就能见到她了，我就觉得 特别开心。” “我喜欢迪康，”玛丽补充道，“虽然我也没有见到 过他。” “那是，”玛莎斩钉截铁地说着，“都跟你说了，就 ①reflective[ri'flektiv]a.沉 连小鸟儿都喜欢他，还有兔子、野羊、野马和狐狸也是 思的 样。真想知道，”她若有所思般地看着玛丽，“迪康会 怎么看你嘞？” “他不会喜欢我的，”玛丽的声音里又带上了她那 种生硬而冰冷的语调，“没人喜欢我。” 玛莎的脸上又一次露出了若有所思的表情。 2recollection [.reka'lekfan] “你觉得自己怎么样？”她问道，似乎是真的觉得 m.回忆 好奇。 玛丽犹豫了一瞬间，想了想。 “不怎么样一真的。”她回答，“但我以前从来都 没想过这个问题。” 玛莎微微笑了一下，仿佛陷入了某种温暖的回忆。 “我娘就曾经说过，”她开口道，“当时她正站在洗 衣盆旁边，而我正发脾气呢，说着别人的坏话。那时候， 她就转过身看着我，对我说：‘你啊你，你这个小泼妇！ 站在这儿说什么不喜欢这个不喜欢那个的。那你觉着你 自己怎么样嘞？’听见这话我就乐了，没一会儿就明白 过米了。” 玛莎将早餐端给玛丽后，便开心地离开了。她即将 走上五英里，穿越旷野，回到自己的小屋，帮助妈妈做 ·105· Chapter VII The Key to the Garden going to help her mother with the washing and do the week's baking and enjoy herself thoroughly. Mary felt lonelier than ever when she knew she was no longer in the house. She went out into the garden as quickly as possible,and the first thing she did was to run round and round the fountain flower garden ten times.She counted the times carefully and when she had finished she felt in better spirits.The sunshine made the whole place look different.The high,deep,blue sky arched over Misselthwaite as well as over the moor,and she kept lifting her face and looking up into it,trying to imagine what it would be like to lie down on one of the little snow-white clouds and float about.She went into the first kitchen- garden and found Ben Weatherstaff working there with two other gardeners. The change in the weather seemed to have done him good.He spoke to her of his own accord."Springtime's comin,he said."Cannot tha'smell it?" Mary sniffed and thought she could. "I smell something nice and fresh and damp,"she said. "That's th'good rich earth,"he answered,digging away."It's in a good humor makin'ready to grow things.It's glad when plantin'time comes.It's dull in th'winter when it's got nowt to do.In th'flower gardens out there things will be stirrin'down below in th'dark.Th'sun's warmin''em.You'll see bits o' green spikes stickin'out o'th'black earth after a bit." "What will they be?"asked Mary. “Crocuses2an'snowdrops③an'daffydowndillys④.Has tha'never seen them?" "No.Everything is hot,and wet,and green after the rains in India,"said Mary.“And I think things grow up in a night.” "These won't grow up in a night,"said Weatherstaff."Tha'll have to wait for'em.They'll poke up a bit higher here,an'push out a spike more there,an' uncurl a leaf this day an'another that.You watch 'em." ·106· 第七章 花图的钥匙 做家务，烘焙好下一周要吃的干粮，彻彻底底地享受自 己在家的时光。 得知玛莎已经不在庄园里的时候，玛丽感受到了一 种前所未有的孤独。于是，她立马跑去了花园，而到了 那里后，她做的第一件事情便是绕着喷泉花园跑了足足 十圈。她认认真真地计着数，跑完十圈之后，便立刻觉 得精神好了许多。明亮的阳光令这个地方变得不一样了。 高远的天空悬挂在米瑟斯韦特之上，也悬挂在这片旷野 之上。玛丽一直抬着头，深深仰望着那片天空，试着想 象自己若是能够躺在其中一片小小的洁白云朵之上飘来 飘去，那会是怎样一种感觉。她走进了第一座菜园，看 到本·韦泽斯塔夫同另外两位园丁正在那里劳作着。天 气的变化似乎让他心情也好多了。他主动开口同她说起 ①accord[bko:dn.自愿意 了话。 志，自发的意愿 “春天要来了，”他说，“你闻着了吗？” 玛丽嗅了嗅，觉得自己闻到了。 “我闻到了一股清新潮湿的味道。”她答道。 “那就是这片肥沃的土地了，”他一边挖着土， 边回应着，“它现在心情正好，正准备长点什么嘞。它 也盼着播种时节的到来。冬天的时候它没事可做，肯定 无聊着呢。你瞧见那边儿的花园了没？在你看不到的地 底下，万物都在萌动呢。太阳把它们晒得暖暖和和的。 过不了多久，你就能在这些黑土里瞅见一点一点冒出来 ②crocus[kraukas】n.【植 的绿色草尖儿了。” 物】番红花 3 snowdrop ['snaudrop]n. “它们会长成什么呢？”玛丽问道。 【植物】雪花莲 “番红花、雪花莲和水仙花。你都见过没？” daffydowndilly [daefidaun- “没有。在印度，一场雨过后，什么东西都是又热、 'dii的.（主英国方言、 诗歌用语)=dafTodi训 又湿、又绿的。”玛丽回答，“在我看来，所有东西都是 daffodill[daefadil].【植 在夜里长起来的。” 物】黄水仙 “这些可不是一夜之间就能长出来的，”韦泽斯塔 夫说道，“你必须得等着它们。它们总是这儿窜出来一 点儿，那儿冒出来一截儿，今儿个伸出来一片叶子，明 儿个又伸出来一片。你看着吧。” ·107· ChapterVII The Key to the Garden “I am going to,.”answered Mary. Very soon she heard the soft rustling flight of wings again and she knew at once that the robin had come again.He was very pert and lively,and hopped about so close to her feet,and put his head on one side and looked at her so slyly that she asked Ben Weatherstaff a question. "Do you think he remembers me?"she said. “Remembers thee!”said Weatherstaff indignantly..“He knows every cabbage stump in th'gardens,let alone th'people.He's never seen a little wench here before,an'he's bent on findin'out all about thee.Tha's no need to try to hide anything from him." "Are things stirring down below in the dark in that garden where he lives?" Mary inquired. "What garden?"grunted Weatherstaff,becoming surly again. "The one where the old rose-trees are."She could not help asking,because she wanted so much to know."Are all the flowers dead,or do some of them come again in the summer?Are there ever any roses?" “Ask him,”said Ben Weatherstaff,hunching④his shoulders toward the robin."He's the only one as knows.No one else has seen inside it for ten year'." Ten years was a long time,Mary thought.She had been born ten years ago. She walked away,slowly thinking.She had begun to like the garden just as she had begun to like the robin and Dickon and Martha's mother.She was beginning to like Martha,too.That seemed a good many people to like-when you were not used to liking.She thought of the robin as one of the people.She went to her walk outside the long,ivy-covered wall over which she could see the tree-tops;and the second time she walked up and down the most interesting and exciting thing happened to her,and it was all through Ben Weatherstaff's robin. She heard a chirp and a twitter,and when she looked at the bare flower-bed at her left side there he was hopping about and pretending to peck things out ·108· 第七章 花园的钥匙 “我会的。”玛丽应道。 很快，玛丽又听到了那翅膀扇动时的轻柔声响，她 ①pert[pa:ta.小巧玲珑的 瞬时便晓得，那只知更鸟又来了。它既小巧又活泼，在 (表赞许) 她的脚边跳来跳去，还歪着脑袋顽皮地打量着她。这激 起了玛丽的好奇心，于是，她便向本·韦泽斯塔夫问道。 “你觉得它还记得我吗？”她说。 “记得你！”韦泽斯塔夫愤愤不平地开口了，“它 就连这园子里每棵卷心菜的根茎在哪儿都记得清清楚 ②sump[stAmp)]n.根茬 楚，别说是人了。它以前从来没在这地方见过小姑娘， 正一心打算把你研究得透透的嘞。你也没必要对它藏着 掖着。” “在它生活的那座花园里，土里的植物们也会在晚 上萌芽吗？”玛丽好奇道。 ③gunt[grAn),(表示不 “什么花园？”韦泽斯塔夫嘟嘰着，态度又变坏了。 满地)嘟 “那座生长着老蔷薇花丛的花园。”她迫切想要知 道答案，便忍不住问出了口，“那里的花都死了吗？还 是说有的还会在夏天开放？那里还有蔷薇吗？” “你问它，”本·韦泽斯塔夫边说边朝那只知更鸟 ④hunch [hAnt).使降起， 使弓起 耸了耸肩膀，“只有它知道。那地方十年没人进去过 了。” 十年是很长的一段时间，玛丽心想。她自己就是十 年前出生的。 她脑子里想着事，慢慢走开了。如今，她已经慢慢 喜欢上了那座花园，就像她已经慢慢喜欢上知更鸟、迪 康和玛莎的妈妈一样。她也开始喜欢玛莎了。这样看来， 她真是喜欢上了很多人，而她甚至还不习惯喜欢别人的 感觉。她也将那只知更鸟看成了一个人。她走到那面墙 外的小路上，墙上依旧覆盖着长长的常春藤，越过那堵 墙，她也依旧可以看到树顶。当玛丽走到第二个来回的 时候，一件有趣而令人兴奋的事情发生了，而这还完全 是多亏了本·韦泽斯塔夫的那只知更鸟。 她听到了一阵叽叽喳喳的声响，而当她看向左边那 片光秃秃的花坛时，那只知更鸟便在那里，跳来跳去， ·109·