Chapter14 A Young Rajah小王爷-双语名著无障碍阅读丛书——《秘密花园The Secret Garden》

Chapter XIV A Young Rajah The moor was hidden in mist when the morning came,and the rain had not stopped pouring down.There could be no going out of doors.Martha was so busy that Mary had no opportunity of talking to her,but in the afternoon she asked her to come and sit with her in the nursery.She came bringing the stocking she was always knitting when she was doing nothing else. “What's the matter with thee?”she asked as soon as they sat down.“Tha' looks as if tha'd somethin'to say." "I have.I have found out what the crying was,"said Mary. Martha let her knitting drop on her knee and gazed at her with startled eyes. "Tha'hasn't!"she exclaimed."Never!" “I heard it in the night,.”Mary went on.“And I got up and went to see where it came from.It was Colin.I found him." Martha's face became red with fright. “Eh!Miss Mary!"she said half crying.“Tha'shouldn't have done it一tha' shouldn't!Tha'll get me in trouble.I never told thee nothin'about him-but tha'll get me in trouble.I shall lose my place and what'll mother do!" ·236· ①rajah[rad3]n.（印度 的)王公：首领 第十四章小王爷 第二天清晨，倾盆而下的大雨依旧未停，厚厚的雨 雾笼罩着旷野。看来今天是出不去了。玛莎不停地忙前 忙后，玛丽便也寻不到机会同她说说话。但是到了下午， 她叫玛莎到儿童房里与自己坐一坐。进门的时候，她的 手里还拿着那双自己没什么事情的时候便会织两针的 长袜。 “你有啥事情不？”二人刚一坐下，她便问出了口， “瞧着你好像有话要说。” “我是有话要说。我知道那阵哭声是从哪儿来的 了。”玛丽回答。 玛莎手里织着的东西滑落到了膝盖上。她满面惊恐 地瞪着玛丽。 “不是吧！”她惊呼道，“不可能！” “昨天夜里，我又听见那声音了，”玛丽继续道， “就想起床看看那动静到底是从哪儿传来的。是柯林在 哭。我见到他了。” 玛莎的一张脸因为惶恐而红了起来。 “哎哟！玛丽小姐！”她的语气里带着哭腔，“你 可真不该这么做啊一真是不该！你会给我惹大麻烦 的。我从来没跟你说起过他一但是你还是会把我扯进 去的。我要是丢了饭碗，我娘可怎么办嘞！” ·237· Chapter XIV A Young Rajah s“You won't lose your place,”said Mary.“He was glad I came..We talked and talked and he said he was glad I came." "Was he?"cried Martha."Art tha'sure?Tha'doesn't know what he's like when anything vexes him.He's a big lad to cry like a baby,but when he's in a passion he'll fair scream just to frighten us.He knows us daren't call our souls our own.” “He wasn't vexed,”said Mary.“I asked him if I should go away and he made me stay.He asked me questions and I sat on a big footstool and talked to him about India and about the robin and gardens.He wouldn't let me go.He let me see his mother's picture.Before I left him I sang him to sleep." Martha fairly gasped with amazement. "I can scarcely believe thee!"she protested."It's as if tha'd walked straight into a lion's den.If he'd been like he is most times he'd have throwed himself into one of his tantrums and roused th'house.He won't let strangers look at him.” "He let me look at him.I looked at him all the time and he looked at me. We stared!”said Mary. “Idon't know what to do!”cried agitated③Martha.“If Mrs.Medlock finds out,she'll think I broke orders and told thee and I shall be packed back to mother.” "He is not going to tell Mrs.Medlock anything about it yet.It's to be a sort of secret just at first,"said Mary firmly."And he says everybody is obliged to do as he pleases..” “Aye,that's true enough一th'bad lad!”sighed Martha,wiping her forehead with her apron. "He says Mrs.Medlock must.And he wants me to come and talk to him every day.And you are to tell me when he wants me." "Me!"said Martha;"I shall lose my place-I shall for sure!" ·238· 第十四章 小王茶 “你不会丢掉饭碗的，”玛丽说，“他很高兴看到 我。我们聊啊聊的，聊了很久，他说他很高兴看到我。” “他是这么说的？”玛丽大叫道，“你确定？你可 是不知道，要是有什么东西把他惹火儿了，他会干出什 么事儿嘞。岁数也不小了，还整天哭得跟个小婴儿似的： 可要是一上了火，他就会扯着嗓子叫唤，就是为了吓唬 我们。他晓得我们不敢依着自己的性子来。” “他并没有被惹火，”玛丽说，“我问他来着，说我 是不是该走了，他还让我留下呢。他问了我好多问题， 我就坐在一个大大的脚凳上，给他讲讲印度的事情，还 有那只知更鸟和外面的花园。他都不想放我走。哦，他 让我看了他母亲的画像。我离开之前，还唱着歌哄他睡 觉呢。” ①dcn[dcnn.兽穴 玛莎惊讶地倒抽了一口气。 ②tantrum['tantrom]n.发 “你说的是真的吗！”她发出了质疑，“你就好像 脾气，勃然大怒 大摇大摆地走进狮子穴了似的，这要是平时的他，还 不得大发着脾气把房子掀了。他从来不让陌生人看见 他。” “他允许我看着他。我一直看着他，他也一直看着 ③agitated['dsiteitid]a.烦 我。我们互相对视来着！”玛丽说。 躁不安的，焦虑的 “我简直不知道应该怎么办了！”玛莎不安地大声 叫嚷着，“这要是让麦德洛克夫人知道了，她肯定觉得 是我破坏规矩，把柯林的事情告诉你了，那我就真的要 收拾东西回家找我娘了。” “他暂时还不会把这件事告诉麦德洛克夫人的。一 开始的时候，我们要把它当成一种秘密。”玛丽肯定地 说道，“他还说，所有人都得顺着他的意思。” “哎，这倒是真的没错一那个臭小子！”玛莎一 面叹气，一面用围裙抹着自己的前额。 “他说麦德洛克夫人必须这么做。他还想让我每天 都去和他说说话。你需要告诉我的就是他什么时候想让 我过去。” “我！”玛莎说，“我会丢了饭碗的—肯定会的！” ·239· Chapter XIV A Young Rajah "You can't if you are doing what he wants you to do and everybody is ordered to obey him,"Mary argued. “Does tha'mean to say,,”cried Martha with wide open eyes,.“that he was nice to thee!" "I think he almost liked me,"Mary answered. "Then tha'must have bewitched him!"decided Martha,drawing a long breath. “Do you mean Magic??”inquired Mary.“T've heard about Magic in India, but I can't make it.I just went into his room and I was so surprised to see him I stood and stared.And then he turned round and stared at me.And he thought I was a ghost or a dream and I thought perhaps he was.And it was so queer being there alone together in the middle of the night and not knowing about each other.And we began to ask each other questions.And when I asked him if I must go away he said I must not." “Th'world's comin'to a end!”gasped Martha. "What is the matter with him?"asked Mary. "Nobody knows for sure and certain,"said Martha."Mr.Craven went off his head like when he was born.Th'doctors thought he'd have to be put in a 'sylum.It was because Mrs.Craven died like I told you.He wouldn't set eyes on th'baby.He just raved and said it'd be another hunchback like him and it'd better die..” “Is Colin a hunchback?”Mary asked.“He didn't look like one.” “He isn'tyet,”said Martha.“But he began all wrong.Mother said that there was enough trouble and raging in th'house to set any child wrong.They was afraid his back was weak an'they've always been takin'care of it- keepin'him lyin'down and not lettin'him walk.Once they made him wear a brace but he fretted so he was downright ill.Then a big doctor came to see him an'made them take it off.He talked to th'other doctor quite rough-in a ·240· 第十四章小王爷 “这里的每个人都必须顺着他，只要你依他说的 做，就不会丢了饭碗。”玛丽争辩道。 “你的意思是说，”玛莎瞪着双眼大声叫道，“他对 你还不错吗！” “我觉得他可能还挺喜欢我的。”玛丽回答。 “那你肯定是给他念了什么咒嘞！”玛莎深深吸了 ①bewitch [bi'witv.施魔 法（或魔力）于，对 一口气，下了定论。 …用符咒 “你说的是魔法吗？”玛丽问道，“我在印度的时 候听说过魔法，但是我自己不会。我就是进了他的房间。 我看见他的时候可惊讶了，就那么站在那里，一动不动 地盯着他。之后，他就转过身子，也开始盯着我。他还 以为我是鬼魂呢，或者是自己在做梦，我也跟他想的 差不多。大半夜的，只有我们两个彼此不认识的人待 在那里，那感觉真是太奇怪了。然后，我俩就开始相 互问问题。我还问他我是不是应该走了，他就说不许 我走。” “真是世界末日都要到了！”玛莎倒抽了一口气。 “他怎么了？”玛丽问道。 “没人知道具体是怎么回事儿，”玛莎回答，“他出 生的时候，柯莱文先生就跟精神失常了似的。大夫都觉 ②'sylum=asylum 得应该把他送到精神病院去嘞。就像我跟你说的一样， asylum [a'sailam]n.(IB 都是因为柯莱文夫人就那么没了。他看都不看那小东西 语)精神病院 一眼，就一直大吼大叫着，说什么他肯定也会长成一个 跟自己一样的罗锅儿，还不如死了算了。” “那柯林是罗锅吗？”玛丽问道，“他看着不像。” “现在还不是嘞，”玛莎回答，“但是他也没能起个 好头儿。我娘说了，这房子里的麻烦事儿太多，怒火太 旺了，没有哪个孩子能在这地方好好长大的。他们害怕 他的后背不够结实，就一直仔仔细细地照看着一让他 ③brace[breis]n.【医学】 矫形支架 躺在那里，走都不让走。他们原来还让他带着矫正支架 嘞，但是那东西让他烦躁得不得了，之后也就彻底病恹 恹的了。后来，一个挺有名气的大夫过来看他，就让他 们把支架摘下来了。他还跟另外一个大夫谈了谈，谈得 ·241· Chapter XIV A Young Rajah polite way.He said there'd been too much medicine and too much lettin'him have his own way..” "I think he's a very spoiled boy,"said Mary. "He's th'worst young nowt as ever was!"said Martha."I won't say as he hasn't been ill a good bit.He's had coughs an'colds that's nearly killed him two or three times.Once he had rheumatic fever an'once he had typhoid. Eh!Mrs.Medlock did get a fright then.He'd been out of his head an'she was talkin'to th'nurse,thinkin'he didn't know nothin',an'she said,He'll die this time sure enough,an'best thing for him an'for everybody.'An'she looked at him an'there he was with his big eyes open,starin'at her as sensible as she was herself.She didn't know wha'd happen but he just stared at her an'says,'You give me some water an'stop talkin'.'" "Do you think he will die?"asked Mary. "Mother says there's no reason why any child should live that gets no fresh air an'doesn't do nothin'but lie on his back an'read picture-books an'take medicine.He's weak and hates th'trouble o'bein'taken out o'doors,an'he gets cold so easy he says it makes him ill." Mary sat and looked at the fire.“I wonder,,”she said slowly,,“if it would not do him good to go out into a garden and watch things growing.It did me g0od.” “One of th'worst fits he ever had,.”said Martha,“was one time they took him out where the roses is by the fountain.He'd been readin'in a paper about people gettin'somethin'he called'rose cold'an'he began to sneeze an'said he'd got it an'then a new gardener as didn't know th'rules passed by an'looked at him curious.He threw himself into a passion an'he said he'd looked at him because he was going to be a hunchback.He cried himself into a fever an'was ill all night..” "If he ever gets angry at me,I'll never go and see him again,"said Mary. ·242· 第十四章 小王茶 还挺激烈的一虽然也没丢了修养吧。他说啊，这孩子 药吃得太多，管教得太少。” “我觉得他是一个被人宠坏了的男孩。”玛丽说。 “他真是这世界上最坏的小孩儿了！”玛莎应道， “我不能说他一点儿都没病吧。有那么两三次，他染上 了感冒，一直咳嗽，差点儿就那么死了。他还得过风湿 ④typhoid['taifid]n,【病 热，还有伤寒。哎！麦德洛克夫人那时候可真是吓得够 理学】伤寒 呛。那阵子啊，他神智都不清醒了，她以为他不知道 嘞，就在那儿跟看护说话，说：‘他这次肯定是没救儿了， 这样不管是对他还是对所有人都是好事儿。’说完这话 她就看了他一眼，就见他一双大眼晴睁得圆溜溜的，看 着就跟她自己一样，什么都懂。那时候，她还不知道会 出什么事儿呢，结果他就只是那么盯着她，说：‘你给 我端杯水来，然后把嘴闭上。’” “你觉得他会死吗？”玛丽问道。 “照我娘的话说，像他那样整天躺着不动，就知道 看看图画书，又呼吸不到新鲜空气，还大把大把地吃药， 任是多健康的孩子也没个长久。他太虚弱了，还不喜欢 让别人带他出门儿，说他自己动不动就感冒，出门儿更 是容易生病。” 玛丽坐在那里，静静看着炉火。 “你说，”她缓缓开口道，“要是他能去花园里玩玩， 看看植物生长的样子，身体会不会好一点呢。我自己的 身体就是这么变好的。” “他病得最严重的那回，”玛莎说道，“就是让他们 ②sneeze[sni:Zv.打喷嚏 带着到喷泉旁边儿看蔷薇的那回。他原来在报纸上看到 说有人得了一种叫作‘蔷薇花粉热’的病，结果他到了 地方就开始打喷嚏，还说自己也染上这种病了。这时候， 一个刚来还不懂规矩的花匠正巧路过，就满是好奇地瞧 了他几眼，那孩子就开始大发脾气，非说人家瞧着他是 因为他以后肯定会变成罗锅儿，愣是生生哭得发了烧， 一整个儿晚上都没退下去。” “他以后要是冲我发火了，我就再也不去看他了。” 玛丽说道。 ·243· Chapter XIV A Young Rajah "He'll have thee if he wants thee,"said Martha."Tha'may as well know that at th'start.” Very soon afterward a bell rang and she rolled up her knitting. “I dare say th'nurse wants me to stay with him a bit,”she said.“I hope he's in a good temper..” She was out of the room about ten minutes and then she came back with a puzzled expression. “Well,tha'has bewitched him,”she said.“He's up on his sofa with his picture-books.He's told the nurse to stay away until six o'clock.I'm to wait in the next room.Th'minute she was gone he called me to him an'says,'I want Mary Lennox to come and talk to me,and remember you're not to tell any one.' You'd better go as quick as you can." Mary was quite willing to go quickly.She did not want to see Colin as much as she wanted to see Dickon;but she wanted to see him very much. There was a bright fire on the hearth when she entered his room,and in the daylight she saw it was a very beautiful room indeed.There were rich colors in the rugs and hangings and pictures and books on the walls which made it look glowing and comfortable even in spite of the gray sky and falling rain.Colin looked rather like a picture himself.He was wrapped in a velvet dressing-gown and sat against a big brocaded cushion.He had a red spot on each cheek. “Come in,.”he said.“T've been thinking about you all morning.” "I've been thinking about you,too,"answered Mary."You don't know how frightened Martha is.She says Mrs.Medlock will think she told me about you and then she will be sent away." He frowned. “Go and tell her to come here,”he said..“She is in the next room.” Mary went and brought her back.Poor Martha was shaking in her shoes. Colin was still frowning. "Have you to do what I please or have you not?"he demanded. ·244· 第十四章 小王爷 “他要是想见你的话就一定得见着你，”玛莎说， “你还是早点知道这些，有个心理准备吧。” 没过多久，一阵铃声传来，玛莎便将手里织着的东 西卷了起来。 “我敢说啊，肯定又是那个看护让我过去陪他待 着，”她说，“希望他这会儿心情还不错吧。” 她刚离开房间十分钟就回来了，还满脸困惑。 “哎，你肯定是给他下了咒了，”她说，“他正坐在 沙发上看图画书呢，还告诉那看护说自己想一个人待 着，让她六点之前都别回来。我得在隔壁房间候着。那 看护一走，他就把我叫了过去，说：‘我想让玛丽·蓝 妮克斯过来跟我说说话，记住，不许告诉任何人。’你 还是赶快过去吧。” 玛丽很愿意赶快过去。她虽然不像想见迪康那样想 见柯林，却还是很想看见他的。 当她走进房间的时候，炉火正明晃晃地燃着，而在 日光之下，玛丽发现，这间屋子实在很是漂亮。地毯、 壁挂、画像和墙上的书都是五颜六色的，尽管外面还下 着雨，天色也灰蒙蒙的，然而这些东西却仿佛让整间屋 子变得既明亮，又舒适。柯林自己看上去也像一幅画儿 似的。他小小的身子包裹在一件天鹅绒睡袍中，正靠坐 在一个大大的绣花软垫上，两颊各有一块红晕。 “进来，”他开口道，“我一早上都在想着你。” “我也在想着你，”玛丽回答，“你都不知道玛莎有 多害怕。她说麦德洛克夫人一定会觉得是她跟我说起你 的，还觉得自己要被辞退了。” 他皱了皱眉。 “去把她叫过来，”他说，“她就在隔壁那间屋子里。” 玛丽将她带了回来。可怜的玛莎一直在发抖。柯林 依旧皱着眉。 “你必须要顺我的意，是不是？”他强硬地问道。 ·245·