月亮和六便士 第三十四章(3)

 Stroeve hid his face in his hands and swayed backwards¹ and forwards, groaning³. Was she conscious? 施特略夫用手捂着脸，一边前后摇晃着身体，一边呻吟。“她那时候还有知觉吗？”

Yes. Oh, if you knew how she's suffering! I can't bear it. I can't bear it. His voice rose to a shriek⁴. “有。啊，如果你知道她多么痛苦就好了。我真受不了。我真受不了。”他的声音越来越高，成了一种尖叫。

Damn it all, you haven't got to bear it, I cried impatiently. "She's got to bear it." “他妈的，你有什么受不了的，”我失去耐心地喊起来，“她这是自作自受。”

How can you be so cruel? “你怎么能这么残忍呢？”

What have you done? “你后来做什么了？”

They sent for a doctor and for me, and they told the police. “他们叫了医生，也把我找去，还报告了警察。

I'd given the concierge⁵ twenty francs, and told her to send for me if anything happened. 我以前给过看门人二十法郎，告诉她如果发生了什么事就通知我。”

He paused a minute, and I saw that what he had to tell me was very hard to say. 他沉吟了一会儿，我看出来他下面要告诉我的一番话是很难启齿的。

When I went she wouldn't speak to me. “我去了以后她不同我讲话。

She told them to send me away. 她告诉他们叫我走开。

I swore that I forgave her everything, but she wouldn't listen. She tried to beat her head against the wall. 我向她发誓，不管她做过什么事我都原谅她，但是她根本不听我讲话。她把头往墙上撞。

The doctor told me that I mustn't remain with her. She kept on saying, 'Send him away!' 医生叫我不要待在她身边。她不住口地叫喊：‘叫他走开！’

I went, and waited in the studio. 我只好离开她身边，在画室里等着。

And when the ambulance came and they put her on a stretcher, they made me go in the kitchen so that she shouldn't know I was there. 等救护车来了，他们把她抬上担架的时候，他们叫我躲进厨房去，让她以为我已经离开那里了。”

While I dressed—for Stroeve wished me to go at once with him to the hospital, 在我穿衣服的当儿——因为施特略夫要我立刻同他一起到医院去，

he told me that he had arranged for his wife to have a private room, so that she might at least be spared the sordid⁶ promiscuity⁷ of a ward². 他告诉我他已经在医院为他的妻子安排了一个单间病室，免得她住在人群混杂、空气污浊的大病房。

On our way he explained to me why he desired my presence; if she still refused to see him, perhaps she would see me. 走在路上的时候他又向我解释，为什么他要我陪他去——如果她仍然拒绝同他见面，也许她愿意见我。

He begged me to repeat to her that he loved her still; he would reproach her for nothing, but desired only to help her; 他求我转告她，他仍然爱她，他丝毫也不责怪她，只希望能帮她一点儿忙。

he made no claim on her, and on her recovery would not seek to induce her to return to him; she would be perfectly⁸ free. 他对她没有任何要求，在她病好以后决不劝说她回到自己身边，她是绝对自由的。

1 backwards   

adv.往回地，向原处，倒，相反，前后倒置地

参考例句：

• He turned on the light and began to pace backwards and forwards.他打开电灯并开始走来走去。
• All the girls fell over backwards to get the party ready.姑娘们迫不及待地为聚会做准备。

2 ward   

n.守卫，监护，病房，行政区，由监护人或法院保护的人（尤指儿童）；vt.守护，躲开

参考例句：

• The hospital has a medical ward and a surgical ward.这家医院有内科病房和外科病房。
• During the evening picnic,I'll carry a torch to ward off the bugs.傍晚野餐时，我要点根火把，抵挡蚊虫。

3 groaning   

adj. 呜咽的, 呻吟的 动词groan的现在分词形式

参考例句：

• She's always groaning on about how much she has to do. 她总抱怨自己干很多活儿。
• The wounded man lay there groaning, with no one to help him. 受伤者躺在那里呻吟着，无人救助。

4 shriek   

v./n.尖叫，叫喊

参考例句：

• Suddenly he began to shriek loudly.突然他开始大声尖叫起来。
• People sometimes shriek because of terror,anger,or pain.人们有时会因为恐惧，气愤或疼痛而尖叫。

5 concierge   

n.管理员；门房

参考例句：

• This time the concierge was surprised to the point of bewilderment.这时候看门人惊奇到了困惑不解的地步。
• As I went into the dining-room the concierge brought me a police bulletin to fill out.我走进餐厅的时候，看门人拿来一张警察局发的表格要我填。

6 sordid   

adj.肮脏的，不干净的，卑鄙的，暗淡的

参考例句：

• He depicts the sordid and vulgar sides of life exclusively.他只描写人生肮脏和庸俗的一面。
• They lived in a sordid apartment.他们住在肮脏的公寓房子里。

7 promiscuity   

n.混杂，混乱；（男女的）乱交

参考例句：

• Promiscuity went unpunished, divorce was permitted. 乱交挨不着惩罚，离婚办得成手续。 来自英汉文学
• There is also no doubt that she falls into promiscuity at last. 同时无疑她最后也堕入性乱。 来自互联网

8 perfectly   

adv.完美地，无可非议地，彻底地

参考例句：

• The witnesses were each perfectly certain of what they said.证人们个个对自己所说的话十分肯定。
• Everything that we're doing is all perfectly above board.我们做的每件事情都是光明正大的。