Chapter16 I Won't Said Mary我就不 玛丽说道-双语名著无障碍阅读丛书——《秘密花园The Secret Garden》

Chapter XVI“IWon'tl”Said Mary They found a great deal to do that morning and Mary was late in returning to the house and was also in such a hurry to get back to her work that she quite forgot Colin until the last moment. "Tell Colin that I can't come and see him yet,"she said to Martha."I'm very busy in the garden." Martha looked rather frightened. “Eh!Miss Mary,.”she said,“'it may put him all out of humor when I tell him that.” But Mary was not as afraid of him as other people were and she was not a self- sacrificing person. "I can't stay,"she answered."Dickon's waiting for me;"and she ran away. The afternoon was even lovelier and busier than the morning had been.Already nearly all the weeds were cleared out of the garden and most of the roses and trees had been pruned or dug about.Dickon had brought a spade of his own and he had taught Mary to use all her tools,so that by this time it was plain that though the lovely wild place was not likely to become a "gardener's garden"it would be a wilderness2 of growing things before the springtime was over. ·284· 第十六章“我就不！” 玛丽说道 那天早上，他们做了好多好多事情，玛丽回到房 间时比平时晚了一些，她又急着去花园中工作，便将 柯林的事情忘得一干二净，直到最后一刻才突然记了 起来。 “跟柯林说一声，我现在还不能去找他呢，”她同 玛莎说道，“花园里还有好多事情要做呢。” 玛莎看上去很是害怕。 “啊！玛丽小姐，”她说，“要是我这么说了的话， 他可能会很不高兴的。” self-sacrifice ['self'saekrifais] 1.自我牺牲 但是玛丽却不像其他人那样怕他，她也不是一个习 惯牺牲自我的人。 “我不能在这儿待着，”她回答，“迪康还在等我 呢。”说完这话，她便跑走了。 下午的天气甚至比早上的还要好，要做的事情也更 多。两个人几乎已经拔净了所有的杂草，也修剪了园子 里大多数的蔷薇和树木，还给它们翻了翻土。迪康将自 己的铲子带了过来，也教会了玛丽应当怎样使用她的那 2 wilderness ['wildanis]n. 些工具。于是，到了这时候，很明显，这块讨人喜欢的 荒地：荒野 荒地在春天结束之前大约并不会成为一座“园丁的花 园”，却将呈现出一番生机勃勃、花草繁茂的自然景象。 ·285· Chapter XVI "I Won't!"Said Mary "There'll be apple blossoms an'cherry blossoms overhead,"Dickon said, working away with all his might."An'there'll be peach an'plum trees in bloom against th'walls,an'th'grass'll be a carpet o'flowers." The little fox and the rook were as happy and busy as they were,and the robin and his mate flew backward and forward like tiny streaks of lightning. Sometimes the rook flapped his black wings and soared away over the tree- tops in the park.Each time he came back and perched near Dickon and cawed several times as if he were relating his adventures,and Dickon talked to him just as he had talked to the robin.Once when Dickon was so busy that he did not answer him at first,Soot flew on to his shoulders and gently tweaked his ear with his large beak.When Mary wanted to rest a little Dickon sat down with her under a tree and once he took his pipe out of his pocket and played the soft strange little notes and two squirrels appeared on the wall and looked and listened. "Tha's a good bit stronger than tha'was,"Dickon said,looking at her as she was digging."Tha's beginning to look different,for sure." Mary was glowing with exercise and good spirits. "I'm getting fatter and fatter every day,"she said quite exultantly."Mrs. Medlock will have to get me some bigger dresses.Martha says my hair is growing thicker.It isn't so flat and stringy" The sun was beginning to set and sending deep gold-colored rays slanting under the trees when they parted. "It'll be fine tomorrow,"said Dickon."I'll be at work by sunrise." “So will I,.”said Mary. She ran back to the house as quickly as her feet would carry her.She wanted to tell Colin about Dickon's fox cub and the rook and about what the springtime had been doing.She felt sure he would like to hear.So it was not ·286· 第十六章 “我就不！”玛丽说道 “不久之后，苹果花和樱花就会挂在我们的头顶上 ①plum [plam]m.【植物】 了，”迪康一面卖力地干着活儿，一面这样说道，“墙 那边的桃树和李树也会开花的，整片草地都会变成一块 布满鲜花的地毯。” 小狐狸和乌鸦同他俩一样快活，也一样忙碌，那只 知更鸟和它的另一半则像一道道小小的闪电一样飞来飞 去。时不时地，那只乌鸦便会扇动着自己漆黑的翅膀， 自林子里的树木上翱翔而过。而每当它拍打着翅膀回到 迪康身边的时候总会嘎嘎叫上几声，仿佛是在将自己外 出的经历讲给他听，迪康也会像同那只知更鸟说话一般 2 tweak[wik],捏，扭， 行 和它说着话。有一回，迪康实在是太忙了，没能在第一 时间回应它，“煤烟子”便飞到了他的肩膀上，用自己 长长的鸟喙轻轻啄着他的耳朵。玛丽想休息一下的时候， 迪康便会同她一起靠坐在树下，有一次还从口袋里拿出 了自己小笛子，吹起了那首轻柔却又奇怪的小调，两只 松鼠听到后便从墙上跳了过来，一面好奇张望，一面静 静聆听。 “你比原来壮实点儿了，”迪康一边看着她挖土的 样子，一面这样说道，“看上去也开始不一样了，这是 肯定的。” 手中的工作和愉悦的心情令玛丽容光焕发。 ③stringy[stri可ija.长丝状 的 “我每天都会长胖一点儿，”她颇为欣喜地说道，“麦 德洛克夫人该给我买些大点的衣裳了。玛莎说我的头发 也更厚密了，再不像原来一样又细又塌的了。” 当两个人分别的时候，太阳渐渐开始落山，在大树 之下投射出一道道深金色的光芒。 “明天的天气一定差不了，”迪康说，“天一亮我就 会过来干活儿的。” “我也是。”玛丽回答。 玛丽铆足了劲儿，尽快跑回了屋子里。她想要给柯 林讲讲迪康的狐狸和那只乌鸦，还有春天为大地带去的 变化。她能肯定，他一定会喜欢这些故事的。所以，当 ·287· Chapter XVI "I Won't!"Said Mary very pleasant when she opened the door of her room,to see Martha standing waiting for her with a doleful face. "What is the matter?"she asked."What did Colin say when you told him I couldn't come?" "Eh!"said Martha,"I wish tha'd gone.He was nigh goin'into one o'his tantrums.There's been a nice to do all afternoon to keep him quiet.He would watch the clock all th'time." Mary's lips pinched themselves together.She was no more used to considering other people than Colin was and she saw no reason why an ill- tempered boy should interfere with the thing she liked best.She knew nothing about the pitifulness of people who had been ill and nervous and who did not know that they could control their tempers and need not make other people ill and nervous,too.When she hadhad a headache in India she had done her best to see that everybody else also had a headache or something quite as bad.And she felt she was quite right;but of course now she felt that Colin was quite wrong. He was not on his sofa when she went into his room.He was lying flat on his back in bed and he did not turn his head toward her as she came in.This was a bad beginning and Mary marched up to him with her stiff manner. “Why didn't you get up?”she said. "I did get up this morning when I thought you were coming,"he answered, without looking at her."I made them put me back in bed this afternoon.My back ached and my head ached and I was tired.Why didn't you come?""I was working in the garden with Dickon,"said Mary. Colin frowned and condescended to look at her. "I won't let that boy come here if you go and stay with him instead of coming to talk to me,"he said. Mary flew into a fine passion.She could fly into a passion without making a noise.She just grew sour and obstinate and did not care what happened. ·288· 第十六章 “我就不！”玛丽说道 她打开自己的房门，看到玛莎苦着一张脸站在那里等她 ①doleful[doulful]a.郁郁 的时候，难免有点沮丧。 不乐的 “发生什么事了？”她问道，“你跟柯林说我过不 去了的时候，他说什么了？” “哎！”玛莎回答，“我可真希望你去了。他差一 点儿就又大发脾气了。我们下午都花了好大的力气才让 他安静下来。他还一直盯着钟表看。” 玛丽的嘴唇紧紧抿在了一起。她也同柯林一样，不 习惯考虑他人的感受，因此也无法理解这个坏脾气的男 孩为什么要干涉她最喜欢做的事情。她全然不了解那些 因着生病而每日提心吊胆之人的可怜之处，而他们也不 知道自己其实可以控制自己的情绪，不必让别人也跟着 他们一起生病紧张。玛丽在印度的时候有过一次头痛的 经历，当时，她使尽浑身解数，想让周围的每一个人都 同她一样头痛，或是患上什么同样厉害的病症。她并不 觉得自己做错了什么：当然，眼下这会儿，她觉得柯林 做得可真是不对了。 当她走进房间的时候，柯林并不在沙发上。他正平 躺在床上，看也没有看她一眼。这并不是一个好的开头， 于是，玛丽便也僵着一张脸走到了他的身边。 “你为什么不起来？”她问道。 “我今天早上起来了，不过那时候我以为你会过 来。”他这般答道，依旧没有看她，“我是在下午的时候 让他们把我弄回床上的。我后背疼，头也疼，还觉得很 累。你为什么没来？” 2 condescend [.kondi'send] “我和迪康一起在花园里干活呢。”玛丽回答。 以屈尊，俯就 柯林皱了皱眉，终于放下架子看了她一眼。 “要是你再去同他待在一起面不来跟我聊天的话， 那我以后就不让那个男孩到这里来了。”他说。 玛丽心中的怒火腾地一下蹿了上来。她可以一言不 发，说发火就发火，而且发起火来不管不顾。 ·289· Chapter XVI "I Won't!"Said Mary "If you send Dickon away,I'll never come into this room again!"she retorted. "You'll have to if I want you,"said Colin. Iwon't!”said Mary. 'I'll make you,”said Colin..“They shall drag you in.” "Shall they,Mr.Rajah!"said Mary fiercely."They may drag me in but they can't make me talk when they get me here.I'll sit and clenchmy teeth and never tell you one thing.I won't even look at you.I'll stare at the floor!" They were a nice agreeable pair as they glared at each other.If they had been two little street boys they would have sprung at3 each other and had a rough-and-tumble fight.As it was,they did the next thing to it. “You are a selfish thing!”cried Colin. "What are you?"said Mary."Selfish people always say that.Any one is selfish who doesn't do what they want.You're more selfish than I am.You're the most selfish boy I ever saw." "I'm not!"snapped Colin."I'm not as selfish as your fine Dickon is!He keeps you playing in the dirt when he knows I am all by myself.He's selfish,if you like!" Mary's eyes flashed fire. "He's nicer than any other boy that ever lived!"she said."He's-he's like an angel!"It might sound rather silly to say that but she did not care. "A nice angel!"Colin sneered ferociously."He's a common cottage boy off the moor!" "He's better than a common Rajah!"retorted Mary."He's a thousand times better!" Because she was the stronger of the two she was beginning to get the better of him.The truth was that he had never had a fight with any one like himself in his life and,upon the whole,it was rather good for him,though ·290· 第十六章“我就不!”玛丽说道 “要是你把迪康弄走的话，我就再也不进这间屋子 ①retort [ri'ta：t]v.反驳， 回 嘴 了!”她回嘴道。 “我让你进来你就得进来。”柯林说。 “我就不!”玛丽叫道。 “我会让你进来的，”柯林又说，“他们拽也会把你 拽进来的。” “是吗，王爷大人!”玛丽凶狠地说道，“他们或 ②clench [k lent] v.咬紧(牙 许能把我拽进来，但是却没办法逼我开口。到时候啊， 齿等) 我就会坐在这里，紧紧咬着牙，什么事都不跟你说。我 连看都不会看你一眼，只会一直盯着地板!” ③ spring at 向……跳去 当他们死死盯着对方的时候，看上去真是旗鼓相当 ④rough-and-tumble混战： 的一对儿。假若二人都是街头少年的话，早就已经扑向 乱打 对方，打得难舍难分了。然而他们并不是那样的人，于 是便只能尽己所能了。 “你真是个自私鬼!”柯林大叫道。 “那你是什么?”玛丽说，“自私的人才总是说这 种话。在他们眼里，凡是不顺着他们的人都是自私鬼。 你比我还要自私。你是我见过最自私的人了。” “我才不是!”柯林怒气冲冲地说道，“我哪里有 你家的好迪康自私!他明明知道我自己一个人在这 里，还让你一直和他玩泥巴。他才自私呢，管你爱不 爱听!” 玛丽的眼中闪着怒火。 “他比这世界上的所有男孩都要善良!”她说，“他 ⑤sneer [smi a] v.以嘲笑的 口吻说 就——他就像是天使一样!”虽然这话听上去可能有些 愚蠢，但是她已经不在意了。 “善良的天使!”柯林狠狠地讥笑着，“他就是一 个旷野上的乡巴佬!” ⑥get the better of胜过； 在 ……中占上风 “他比王爷可要好多了!”玛丽回嘴道，“好一千 倍!” 因着她比柯林要强壮一些，便渐渐占了上风。事实 上，他这辈子从来都没同哪个像自己一样的人吵过架， 而从大体上看，这对他来说也是有益的，尽管他和玛丽 ·291· Chapter XVI "I Won't!"Said Mary neither he nor Mary knew anything about that.He turned his head on his pillow and shut his eyes and a big tear was squeezed out and ran down his cheek.He was beginning to feel pathetic and sorry for himself-not for any one else. "I'm not as selfish as you,because I'm always ill,and I'm sure there is a lump coming on my back,”he said.“And I am going to die besides.” "You're not!"contradicted Mary unsympathetically. He opened his eyes quite wide with indignation.He had never heard such a thing said before.He was at once furious and slightly pleased,if a person could be both at one time. "I'm not?"he cried."I am!You know I am!Everybody says so." "I don't believe it!"said Mary sourly."You just say that to make people sorry.I believe you're proud of it.I don't believe it!If you were a nice boy it might be true-but you're too nasty!" In spite of his invalid back Colin sat up in bed in quite a healthy rage. "Get out of the room!"he shouted and he caught hold of his pillow and threw it at her.He was not strong enough to throw it far and it only fell at her feet,but Mary's face looked as pinched as a nuteracker. T'm going,”she said.“And I won't come back!”She walked to the door and when she reached it she turned round and spoke again. "I was going to tell you all sorts of nice things,"she said."Dickon brought his fox and his rook and I was going to tell you all about them.Now I won't tell you a single thing!" She marched out of the door and closed it behind her,and there to her great astonishment she found the trained nurse standing as if she had been listening and,more amazing still-she was laughing.She was a big handsome young ·292· 第十六章 “我就不！”玛丽说道 彼时都并没有意识到这一点。他躺在枕头上，把脸扭了 过去，闭上眼睛，一滴大大的泪珠钻了出来，顺着脸颊 ①pathetic [po'Oetik]a.可怜 淌了下去。他开始同情自己一而非其他任何人，他觉 的；悲哀的 得，自己真是可怜极了。 “我不像你那么自私，因为我一直都在生病，而且 我确定我的后背上确实是要长出一个鼓包了。”他说， 2contradict [.kontra'dikt]v. 反驳，驳斥 “再说了，我都要死了。” “你才不会！”玛丽不带一丝同情地反驳道。 他气愤地瞪大了双眼。柯林以前从未听过这样的话， 于是，他立刻便觉得怒火上涌，然而另一方面，他却又 有一丝欣喜，假若这两种对立的情绪可以出现在同一个 人身上的话。 “我不会？”他大叫了一声，“我就是要死了！你 知道的！所有人都这么说。” “我才不相信！”玛丽恶狠狠地说道，“你这么说 都是为了让别人同情你。我还觉得你骄傲得很呢。我才 不相信你！要是你是个善良的男孩，那这话还有可能是 nutcracker ['nAt,kraeko]n. 真的—但是你太让人讨厌了！” 核桃夹子 柯林的内心燃着一阵强烈的怒火。他不顾自己脆弱 的后背，一下子便从床上坐了起来。 “你给我出去！”他大吼了一声，一把抓住枕头， 朝她扔了过去。他的手脚都软趴趴的，枕头也没能扔多 远，只是落到了玛丽的脚边，但是她的脸却同胡桃夹子 一样紧紧绷着。 “我会走的，”她说，“再也不要回来了！”她气冲 冲地走到门边，到了那里却突然转过身，再次开口了。 “我本来有好多好事想要讲给你听呢，”她说，“迪 康今天把他的狐狸和乌鸦带过来了，我还想给你讲讲来 着。现在我什么都不想说了！” 玛丽大步走了出去，还在身后甩上了门。那名训练 有素的看护就站在那里，似乎一直在听着他们的对话， 这令她着实吓了一大跳，而更令她惊讶的是一看护居 ·293·