treasure

金银岛
Treasure Island
罗伯特·路易斯·史蒂文森
by Robert Louis Stevenson
第一部分老海盗
Part One—The Old Buccaneer
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“本葆海军上将”的老水手
The Old Sea-dog at the Admiral Benbow
乡绅特里罗尼，利弗西医生，还有其他的先生们都叫我来的
SQUIRE TRELAWNEY, Dr. Livesey, and the rest of these gentlemen having asked me to
把关于金银岛的全部细节从头到尾都写下来，
write down the whole particulars about Treasure Island, from the beginning to the end,
除了岛上的方位，什么也不记得，那只是因为
keeping nothing back but the bearings of the island, and that only because there is
我仍未拾起财宝，在恩典年17__拿起笔回去
still treasure not yet lifted, I take up my pen in the year of grace 17__ and go back
直到我父亲开“本葆海军上将”客店和那个棕色皮肤的老水手在一起的时候
to the time when my father kept the Admiral Benbow inn and the brown old seaman with
刀伤先在我们家住了下来。
the sabre cut first took up his lodging under our roof.
我记得他就像昨天一样，他拖着沉重的步伐来到旅店门口，他的
I remember him as if it were yesterday, as he came plodding to the inn door, his
他坐着一辆手推车跟在他后面——一个高大、强壮、肥胖、棕色皮肤的男人，
sea-chest following behind him in a hand-barrow—a tall, strong, heavy, nut-brown man,
他那沾满柏油的辫子垂在脏兮兮的蓝色外套的肩上，双手粗糙不堪
his tarry pigtail falling over the shoulder of his soiled blue coat, his hands ragged
伤痕累累，指甲又黑又断，一边脸颊上有刀疤，很脏，
and scarred, with black, broken nails, and the sabre cut across one cheek, a dirty,
青灰色的白色。
livid white.
我记得他环顾了一下盖子，一边吹着口哨
I remember him looking round the cover and whistling to himself as he did
于是，他突然唱起了那支他后来常常唱的古老的海歌：
so, and then breaking out in that old sea-song that he sang so often afterwards:
“十五个人躺在死人的胸膛上——
“Fifteen men on the dead man’s chest—
嗬嗬嗬，再来一瓶朗姆酒！”
Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum!”
在那又高又老的、摇摇晃晃的声音里，那声音似乎是经过调音的，但又被打断了
in the high, old tottering voice that seemed to have been tuned and broken at the
绞盘酒吧。
capstan bars.
然后他用一根像钉子一样的小棍子敲了敲门
Then he rapped on the door with a bit of stick like a handspike that he
当我父亲出现时，他粗暴地要了一杯朗姆酒。
carried, and when my father appeared, called roughly for a glass of rum.
这个，当它
This, when it
端到他面前，他慢慢地喝着，像个鉴赏家，流连于味和
was brought to him, he drank slowly, like a connoisseur, lingering on the taste and
他仍然环顾四周，看看悬崖，看看我们的招牌。
still looking about him at the cliffs and up at our signboard.
“这是一个方便的小海湾，”他终于说；
“This is a handy cove,” says he at length;
还有一家位置宜人的小酒馆。
“and a pleasant sittyated grog-shop.
客人多吗，伙计？”
Much company, mate?”
我父亲告诉他没有，客人很少，更可惜了。
My father told him no, very little company, the more was the pity.
“好吧，那么，”他说，“这是我的卧铺。
“Well, then,” said he, “this is the berth for me.
给你，伙计。”他喊道
Here you, matey,” he cried to
推着手推车的人；
the man who trundled the barrow;
“靠边，扶我的胸。
“bring up alongside and help up my chest.
我将待
I’ll stay
这里有一点，”他继续说。
here a bit,” he continued.
“我是个朴素的人；
“I’m a plain man;
朗姆酒，培根和鸡蛋是我想要的，
rum and bacon and eggs is what I want,
在那里看船离开。
and that head up there for to watch ships off.
你该怎么称呼我？
What you mought call me?
你可以打电话来
You mought call
我的队长。
me captain.
哦，我明白你在说什么了。”
Oh, I see what you’re at—there”;
他扔下了三四枚金币
and he threw down three or four gold
棋子在门槛上。
pieces on the threshold.
“你可以告诉我，当我解决了这个问题，”他说，
“You can tell me when I’ve worked through that,” says he,
看起来像指挥官一样凶猛。
looking as fierce as a commander.
的确，尽管他的衣服很破旧，说话也很粗鲁，但他一点也没有
And indeed bad as his clothes were and coarsely as he spoke, he had none of the
在桅杆前航行的人，但看起来像大副或船长
appearance of a man who sailed before the mast, but seemed like a mate or skipper
习惯于服从的或习惯于攻击的
accustomed to be obeyed or to strike.
推着手推车来的那个人把邮件告诉了我们
The man who came with the barrow told us the mail
昨天早晨我把他安顿在乔治皇家酒店，他问了些什么旅馆
had set him down the morning before at the Royal George, that he had inquired what inns
沿着海岸，我想听到我们的船被人们津津乐道，并被描述了一番
there were along the coast, and hearing ours well spoken of, I suppose, and described
因为寂寞，他从其他地方中选择了它作为他的住所。
as lonely, had chosen it from the others for his place of residence.
这就是全部
And that was all
我们可以了解我们的客人。
we could learn of our guest.
他一向是个沉默寡言的人。
He was a very silent man by custom.
他整天都在海湾附近或岸上徘徊
All day he hung round the cove or upon the
悬崖上有黄铜望远镜；
cliffs with a brass telescope;
整个晚上他都坐在客厅的角落里
all evening he sat in a corner of the parlour next the
火和喝朗姆酒和水非常强烈。
fire and drank rum and water very strong.
大多数时候，当别人跟他说话时，他不说话，
Mostly he would not speak when spoken to,
只是突然凶狠地抬起头来，像吹雾角一样吹他的鼻子；
only look up sudden and fierce and blow through his nose like a fog-horn;
我们和
and we and
到我们家来的人很快就学会了让他呆着。
the people who came about our house soon learned to let him be.
每天他来的时候
Every day when he came
散步回来后，他会问这条路上是否有航海的人经过。
back from his stroll he would ask if any seafaring men had gone by along the road.
在
At
起初，我们以为他是因为缺少同伴才问这个问题的
first we thought it was the want of company of his own kind that made him ask this
但我们终于开始看出他是有意避开他们的。
question, but at last we began to see he was desirous to avoid them.
当一个水手这样做的时候
When a seaman did
在“本葆海军上将”旅馆安营扎营(有时也有人这样做，沿着海岸的大路去
put up at the Admiral Benbow (as now and then some did, making by the coast road for
布里斯托尔)，在他进入房间之前，他会隔着帘门往里看
Bristol) he would look in at him through the curtained door before he entered the
客厅;
parlour;
只要有这样的人在场，他总是像老鼠一样沉默不语。
and he was always sure to be as silent as a mouse when any such was present.
至少对我来说，这件事没有什么秘密，因为在某种程度上，我是一个分享者
For me, at least, there was no secret about the matter, for I was, in a way, a sharer
在他的警报中。
in his alarms.
有一天他把我叫到一边，答应给我一个四便士的银币
He had taken me aside one day and promised me a silver fourpenny on the
只要我对一个海员保持警惕的话，每个月的第一天
first of every month if I would only keep my “weather-eye open for a seafaring man
只有一条腿"他一出现就告诉他。
with one leg” and let him know the moment he appeared.
往往足够当第一次
Often enough when the first of
到了那个月，我向他申请工资，他只肯花一点钱
the month came round and I applied to him for my wage, he would only blow through his
对我嗤之以鼻，盯着我看，但在一周结束之前，他肯定会想得更好
nose at me and stare me down, but before the week was out he was sure to think better
把我的四便士硬币给我拿来，重复他的命令，当心“那个”
of it, bring me my four- penny piece, and repeat his orders to look out for “the
只有一条腿的海员。”
seafaring man with one leg.”
那个人是怎样在我梦中出没的，我用不着告诉你。
How that personage haunted my dreams, I need scarcely tell you.
在暴风雨的夜晚，
On stormy nights,
当风摇动房子的四角，海浪沿着海湾咆哮
when the wind shook the four corners of the house and the surf roared along the cove
在悬崖上，我看到他有一千种形态，有一千种恶魔
and up the cliffs, I would see him in a thousand forms, and with a thousand diabolical
表达式。
expressions.
腿一会儿从膝盖处被切掉，一会儿从臀部被切掉；
Now the leg would be cut off at the knee, now at the hip;
现在他是一个
now he was a
这种怪物从来就只有一条腿，而这条腿又长在中间
monstrous kind of a creature who had never had but the one leg, and that in the middle
他的身体。
of his body.
看到他跳着跑着追我，越过树篱和壕沟，这是最糟糕的
To see him leap and run and pursue me over hedge and ditch was the worst
的噩梦。
of nightmares.
总的来说，我为每月的四便士付出了相当高的代价
And altogether I paid pretty dear for my monthly fourpenny piece, in the
这些可恶的幻想的形状。
shape of these abominable fancies.
不过，尽管我一想到那个只有一条腿的海员就很害怕，我还是害怕了
But though I was so terrified by the idea of the seafaring man with one leg, I was
比任何认识他的人都更不怕船长本人。
far less afraid of the captain himself than anybody else who knew him.
有
There were
夜里，他喝了太多的朗姆酒和水，超出了他的头所能承受的范围；
nights when he took a deal more rum and water than his head would carry;
然后他
and then he
有时会坐着唱他那邪恶的、古老的、狂野的海上歌谣，谁也不介意；
would sometimes sit and sing his wicked, old, wild sea- songs, minding nobody;
但
but
有时他会叫大家拿眼镜，强迫所有颤抖的人听他说话
sometimes he would call for glasses round and force all the trembling company to listen
对他的故事或对他的歌声合唱。
to his stories or bear a chorus to his singing.
我经常听到房子在晃动
Often I have heard the house shaking
“嗬嗬嗬，再来一瓶朗姆酒，”所有的邻居都加入进来，
with “Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum,” all the neighbours joining in for dear life,
带着对死亡的恐惧，每个人都比别人唱得更响，以避免死亡
with the fear of death upon them, and each singing louder than the other to avoid
的话。
remark.
因为在这些突发事件中，他是人们所知道的最压倒一切的伙伴；
For in these fits he was the most overriding companion ever known;
他会
he would
把他的手拍在桌子上，让大家安静；
slap his hand on the table for silence all round;
他会一怒之下勃然大怒
he would fly up in a passion of anger
因为一个问题，或者有时因为没有人提出问题，所以他认为公司没有
at a question, or sometimes because none was put, and so he judged the company was not
跟随他的故事。
following his story.
他不让任何人离开旅店，除非他喝醉了
Nor would he allow anyone to leave the inn till he had drunk
他自己困倦了，摇摇晃晃地上床睡觉。
himself sleepy and reeled off to bed.
他的故事最让人害怕。
His stories were what frightened people worst of all.
那是些可怕的故事
Dreadful stories they were—
吊死，走木板，海上风暴，干托尔图加，还有狂野
about hanging, and walking the plank, and storms at sea, and the Dry Tortugas, and wild
西班牙海的土地和地点
deeds and places on the Spanish Main.
按照他自己的说法，他一定过了一辈子
By his own account he must have lived his life
上帝在海上允许的一些最邪恶的人，还有他们的语言
among some of the wickedest men that God ever allowed upon the sea, and the language in
他讲的这些故事几乎和他的故事一样震撼了我们的农村人民
which he told these stories shocked our plain country people almost as much as the
他所描述的罪行。
crimes that he described.
我父亲总是说旅馆会毁了，因为
My father was always saying the inn would be ruined, for
人们很快就不再到那里来接受暴政、镇压和流放了
people would soon cease coming there to be tyrannized over and put down, and sent
颤抖着躺在床上；
shivering to their beds;
但我真的相信他的出现对我们有好处
but I really believe his presence did us good.
人
People were
他们当时很害怕，但回头一看，倒是挺喜欢的。
frightened at the time, but on looking back they rather liked it;
这是一件好事。
it was a fine
宁静的乡村生活令人兴奋，甚至还有一群年轻人
excitement in a quiet country life, and there was even a party of the younger men who
假装钦佩他，称他为“真正的海狗”和“真正的老盐”
pretended to admire him, calling him a “true sea-dog” and a “real old salt” and
这样的名字，这样的说法，有一种人使英国可怕
such like names, and saying there was the sort of man that made England terrible at
海中。
sea.
从某种意义上说，他确实想毁掉我们，因为他一周又一周地住在这里，
In one way, indeed, he bade fair to ruin us, for he kept on staying week after week,
最后一个月又一个月，所有的钱都花光了
and at last month after month, so that all the money had been long exhausted, and still
我父亲从来没有鼓起勇气坚持要更多。
my father never plucked up the heart to insist on having more.
如果他提起这件事
If ever he mentioned it,
船长用鼻子吹气的声音那么大，你可以说他在咆哮，盯着我看
the captain blew through his nose so loudly that you might say he roared, and stared my
可怜的父亲走出了房间。
poor father out of the room.
我曾见过他在遭到这样的拒绝后绞着双手，
I have seen him wringing his hands after such a rebuff,
我相信，他生活的烦恼和恐惧一定大大加速了他的死亡
and I am sure the annoyance and the terror he lived in must have greatly hastened his
过早而不幸的死亡。
early and unhappy death.
在他和我们住在一起的这段时间里，船长没有改变他的衣服，但是
All the time he lived with us the captain made no change whatever in his dress but
从小贩那里买袜子。
to buy some stockings from a hawker.
他的一只帽檐掉了下来
One of the cocks of his hat having fallen down, he
从那天起就让它挂着吧，尽管它吹起来很烦人。
let it hang from that day forth, though it was a great annoyance when it blew.
我
I
还记得他外套的样子吗？他在楼上自己的房间里给自己补了补丁
remember the appearance of his coat, which he patched himself upstairs in his room, and
在结束之前，除了补丁什么都没有。
which, before the end, was nothing but patches.
他从未写过或收到过一封信，
He never wrote or received a letter,
除了邻居，他从来不跟任何人说话，而且多半只跟邻居说话
and he never spoke with any but the neighbours, and with these, for the most part, only
喝朗姆酒的时候。
when drunk on rum.
那只我们谁也没见过打开过的大木箱。
The great sea-chest none of us had ever seen open.
他只碰过一次面，那是在快结束的时候，我可怜的父亲已经走远了
He was only once crossed, and that was towards the end, when my poor father was far
衰退让他离开了。
gone in a decline that took him off.
一天下午晚些时候，利弗西医生来看医生
Dr. Livesey came late one afternoon to see the
我耐心地从母亲手里拿了一点晚饭，然后走进客厅抽了一斗烟
patient, took a bit of dinner from my mother, and went into the parlour to smoke a pipe
直到他的马从村子里下来，因为我们在老房子里没有马厩
until his horse should come down from the hamlet, for we had no stabling at the old
本堡。
Benbow.
我跟着他走了进去，我记得我看到了整洁，明亮的对比
I followed him in, and I remember observing the contrast the neat, bright
医生，他的粉像雪一样白，他明亮的黑眼睛，令人愉快
doctor, with his powder as white as snow and his bright, black eyes and pleasant
乡巴佬的风度，尤其是那些肮脏、沉重、
manners, made with the coltish country folk, and above all, with that filthy, heavy,
我们的一个海盗的模糊稻草人，坐在那里，在朗姆酒里喝得烂醉如泥，他的胳膊放在
bleared scarecrow of a pirate of ours, sitting, far gone in rum, with his arms on the
表格。
table.
突然，他——那是船长——开始用笛子吹出他那首永恒的歌：
Suddenly he—the captain, that is—began to pipe up his eternal song:
“十五个人躺在死人的胸膛上——
“Fifteen men on the dead man’s chest—
还有一瓶朗姆酒！
Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum!
其余的都是酒和魔鬼干的
Drink and the devil had done for the rest—
嗬嗬嗬，再来一瓶朗姆酒！”
Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum!”
起初，我以为“死人的胸膛”就是那个相同的大箱子
At first I had supposed “the dead man’s chest” to be that identical big box of
他在楼上的前厅，这种想法一直混杂在我的噩梦中
his upstairs in the front room, and the thought had been mingled in my nightmares with
那个独腿航海的人。
that of the one-legged seafaring man.
但到这个时候，我们都早已停止付款了
But by this time we had all long ceased to pay
对歌曲的特别注意；
any particular notice to the song;
那天晚上，除了利弗西医生，谁也不知道，
it was new, that night, to nobody but Dr. Livesey,
在他身上，我注意到这并没有产生令人愉快的效果，因为他抬起头来
and on him I observed it did not produce an agreeable effect, for he looked up for a
他很生气，然后继续和园丁老泰勒在一条小路上谈话
moment quite angrily before he went on with his talk to old Taylor, the gardener, on a
治疗风湿病的新疗法。
new cure for the rheumatics.
与此同时，船长渐渐高兴起来
In the meantime, the captain gradually brightened up at
他自己的音乐，最后在他面前的桌子上拍了拍他的手，就像我们大家一样
his own music, and at last flapped his hand upon the table before him in a way we all
知道这意味着沉默。
knew to mean silence.
除了利弗西医生以外，所有人的声音都立刻停止了。
The voices stopped at once, all but Dr. Livesey’s;
他继续说
he went on as
在他说话清晰和善，每句话之间都轻快地抽着烟斗之前
before speaking clear and kind and drawing briskly at his pipe between every word or
两个。
two.
船长瞪了他一会儿，又拍了拍他的手，继续瞪着他
The captain glared at him for a while, flapped his hand again, glared still
最后，他恶狠狠地低声骂了一句：“你给我住嘴
harder, and at last broke out with a villainous, low oath, “Silence, there, between
甲板!”
decks!”
“你是在对我说话吗，先生？”
“Were you addressing me, sir?
医生说；
” says the doctor;
当那个恶棍告诉他，
and when the ruffian had told him,
“我只有一件事要对你说，先生，”
with another oath, that this was so, “I have only one thing to say to you, sir,”
医生回答说：“如果你继续喝朗姆酒，世界很快就会毁灭
replies the doctor, “that if you keep on drinking rum, the world will soon be quit of
一个肮脏的恶棍！”
a very dirty scoundrel!”
这老家伙的怒火是可怕的。
The old fellow’s fury was awful.
他一跃而起，拉开并打开了一只水手枪
He sprang to his feet, drew and opened a sailor’s
扣刀，并平衡它打开在他的手掌，威胁要钉住
clasp- knife, and balancing it open on the palm of his hand, threatened to pin the
墙上的医生。
doctor to the wall.
医生一动也不动。
The doctor never so much as moved.
他跟以前一样，隔着他的肩膀跟他说话
He spoke to him as before, over his shoulder and
用同样的声调，相当高的声调，好让全屋子的人都能听到，但很完美
in the same tone of voice, rather high, so that all the room might hear, but perfectly
“如果你现在不把那把刀放进口袋里，我保证，
calm and steady: “If you do not put that knife this instant in your pocket, I promise,
我以我的名誉发誓，下次审判时你将被绞死。”
upon my honour, you shall hang at the next assizes.”
接着是他们之间的眼神大战，但船长很快就屈服了，
Then followed a battle of looks between them, but the captain soon knuckled under,
他收起武器，重新坐到座位上，像一条挨打的狗似的嘟囔着。
put up his weapon, and resumed his seat, grumbling like a beaten dog.
“现在，先生，”医生继续说，“既然我现在知道有这样一个家伙在里面
“And now, sir,” continued the doctor, “since I now know there’s such a fellow in
我的地盘，你可以数一数，我会日夜盯着你的。
my district, you may count I’ll have an eye upon you day and night.
我不是医生
I’m not a doctor
只有;
only;
我是一个地方法官；
I’m a magistrate;
如果我听到一丝对你的抱怨，如果这是
and if I catch a breath of complaint against you, if it’s
只是为了今晚这样的无礼行为，我将采取有效的手段把你带走
only for a piece of incivility like tonight’s, I’ll take effectual means to have you
被追捕后被赶出了这里。
hunted down and routed out of this.
这就够了。”
Let that suffice.”
过了一会儿，李甫西医生的马来到门口，他骑着马走了，但船长
Soon after, Dr. Livesey’s horse came to the door and he rode away, but the captain
那天晚上，以及以后的许多个晚上，他都保持着沉默。
held his peace that evening, and for many evenings to come.
2
2
黑狗出现又消失
Black Dog Appears and Disappears
此后不久，发生了第一起神秘事件
IT was not very long after this that there occurred the first of the mysterious
这些事终于使我们摆脱了船长的纠缠，不过，你将会看到，他的风流韵事还没有摆脱。
events that rid us at last of the captain, though not, as you will see, of his affairs.
那是一个寒冷刺骨的冬天，长时间的霜冻和大风；
It was a bitter cold winter, with long, hard frosts and heavy gales;
这很明显
and it was plain
从一开始，我可怜的父亲就不太可能看到春天。
from the first that my poor father was little likely to see the spring.
他每天都在下沉，
He sank daily,
我和母亲要照管整个客店，在外面已经够忙的了
and my mother and I had all the inn upon our hands, and were kept busy enough without
对我们不愉快的客人非常关心。
paying much regard to our unpleasant guest.
那是一月的一个清晨，很早——一个寒冷刺骨的早晨——整个海湾
It was one January morning, very early—a pinching, frosty morning—the cove all
灰色的白霜，涟漪轻轻拍打着石头，太阳依旧低垂，而且
grey with hoar-frost, the ripple lapping softly on the stones, the sun still low and
只触到山顶，照向大海。
only touching the hilltops and shining far to seaward.
船长起得早
The captain had risen earlier
他的弯刀在宽阔的裙子下荡来荡去
than usual and set out down the beach, his cutlass swinging under the broad skirts of
那件蓝色的旧外套，腋下夹着他的黄铜望远镜，他的帽子向后倾斜
the old blue coat, his brass telescope under his arm, his hat tilted back upon his
头。
head.
我记得当他大步离开时，他呼出的气就像烟一样悬在身后，然后
I remember his breath hanging like smoke in his wake as he strode off, and the
当他转动那块大石头时，我听到的最后一个声音是一声愤怒的响亮鼻息
last sound I heard of him as he turned the big rock was a loud snort of indignation, as
虽然他心里还在想着利弗西医生。
though his mind was still running upon Dr. Livesey.
嗯，妈妈和爸爸在楼上，我把早餐的桌子放在
Well, mother was upstairs with father and I was laying the breakfast-table against
就在船长回来的时候，客厅的门开了，一个人走了进来
the captain’s return when the parlour door opened and a man stepped in on whom I had
我以前从来没有看过。
never set my eyes before.
他是一个苍白、油腻的家伙，缺了两个手指的
He was a pale, tallowy creature, wanting two fingers of the
左手，虽然他带着一把弯刀，但他看起来不太像一个战士。
left hand, and though he wore a cutlass, he did not look much like a fighter.
我有
I had
我总是睁大眼睛寻找那些只有一条腿或两条腿的水手，我记得这个人
always my eye open for seafaring men, with one leg or two, and I remember this one
让我感到困惑。
puzzled me.
他不是个水手，但他身上也有一股大海的味道。
He was not sailorly, and yet he had a smack of the sea about him too.
我问他要点什么，他说要朗姆酒。
I asked him what was for his service, and he said he would take rum;
但当我
but as I was
他走出房间去取，在一张桌子上坐下，示意我画画
going out of the room to fetch it, he sat down upon a table and motioned me to draw
近了。
near.
我停在那里，手里拿着餐巾。
I paused where I was, with my napkin in my hand.
“过来，孩子，”他说。
“Come here, sonny,” says he.
“到这儿来。”
“Come nearer here.”
我走近了一步。
I took a step nearer.
“这张桌子是给我的朋友比尔的吗？”
“Is this here table for my mate Bill?
他带着一种斜眼问。
” he asked with a kind of leer.
我告诉他我不认识他的同伴比尔，这是给一个住在我们的
I told him I did not know his mate Bill, and this was for a person who stayed in our
我们称他为船长。
house whom we called the captain.
“好吧，”他说，“我的同伴比尔很可能会被称为船长。
“Well,” said he, “my mate Bill would be called the captain, as like as not.
他
He
一边脸颊上有一道伤口，而且和他相处得非常愉快，尤其是在喝酒的时候，是不是
has a cut on one cheek and a mighty pleasant way with him, particularly in drink, has
我的朋友比尔。
my mate Bill.
我们可以这样说，比如，你的船长有一个切口
We’ll put it, for argument like, that your captain has a cut on one
脸颊，如果你愿意的话，我们可以这样写，那张脸颊才是正确的。
cheek—and we’ll put it, if you like, that that cheek’s the right one.
啊,好!
Ah, well!
我告诉你了。
I told you.
现在，我的伙伴比尔在这所房子里吗？”
Now, is my mate Bill in this here house?”
我跟他说他出去散步了。
I told him he was out walking.
“哪条路，孩子？”
“Which way, sonny?
他往哪个方向去了？”
Which way is he gone?”
当我指给他看那块岩石并告诉他船长很可能
And when I had pointed out the rock and told him how the captain was likely to
他回答了另外几个问题，“啊，”他说，“这将会是一个好主意。
return, and how soon, and answered a few other questions, “Ah,” said he, “this’ll
为我的伙伴比尔干杯。”
be as good as drink to my mate Bill.”
他说这些话时脸上的表情一点也不令人愉快，而我却感到不愉快
The expression of his face as he said these words was not at all pleasant, and I had
我自己认为那个陌生人弄错了的理由，即使他的意思是
my own reasons for thinking that the stranger was mistaken, even supposing he meant
他说的话。
what he said.
不过我想，这不关我的事。
But it was no affair of mine, I thought;
而且，这很难
and besides, it was difficult to
知道该做什么。
know what to do.
那个陌生人一直在客栈门口徘徊，凝视着
The stranger kept hanging about just inside the inn door, peering
就像猫在等老鼠。
round the corner like a cat waiting for a mouse.
有一次我走出家门，走进
Once I stepped out myself into the
但他立刻叫我回去，因为我没有来得及服从他的命令
road, but he immediately called me back, and as I did not obey quick enough for his
想象一下，他那张油腻的脸上突然发生了可怕的变化，他叫我进去
fancy, a most horrible change came over his tallowy face, and he ordered me in with an
让我跳起来的誓言。
oath that made me jump.
我一回来，他就恢复了原来的样子，
As soon as I was back again he returned to his former manner,
半是奉承，半是嘲笑，他拍了拍我的肩膀，说我是个好孩子
half fawning, half sneering, patted me on the shoulder, told me I was a good boy and he
很喜欢我。
had taken quite a fancy to me.
“我有一个自己的儿子，”他说，“和你一样
“I have a son of my own,” said he, “as like you as
过了两个街区，他就是我艺术作品的骄傲。
two blocks, and he’s all the pride of my ‘art.
但对男孩来说最棒的是
But the great thing for boys is
纪律,sonny-discipline。
discipline, sonny—discipline.
如果你跟着比尔走，你就不会这么做了
Now, if you had sailed along of Bill, you wouldn’t have
站在那里等着别人跟他说两句话——不是你。
stood there to be spoke to twice—not you.
这不是比尔的作风，也不是别人的作风
That was never Bill’s way, nor the way of
我和他一起坐船。
sich as sailed with him.
这里，果然是我的伙伴比尔，下面拿着个小望远镜
And here, sure enough, is my mate Bill, with a spy-glass under
他的胳膊，上帝保佑他的老艺术，这是肯定的。
his arm, bless his old ‘art, to be sure.
你和我回客厅去，
You and me’ll just go back into the parlour,
桑尼，到门后去，我们要给比尔一个小惊喜——愿上帝保佑他
sonny, and get behind the door, and we’ll give Bill a little surprise — bless his
“艺术，我再说一遍。”
‘art, I say again.”
陌生人一边说着，一边跟着我退到客厅里，把我放在他身后
So saying, the stranger backed along with me into the parlour and put me behind him
在角落里，这样我们俩就被敞开的门藏起来了。
in the corner so that we were both hidden by the open door.
我很不安
I was very uneasy and
惊慌失措，你可以想象得到，更让我害怕的是，看到那个陌生人
alarmed, as you may fancy, and it rather added to my fears to observe that the stranger
他自己当然也吓坏了。
was certainly frightened himself.
他清理了弯刀的刀柄，松开了
He cleared the hilt of his cutlass and loosened the
刃在鞘中；
blade in the sheath;
我们在那里等他的时候，他一直在吞咽，好像他
and all the time we were waiting there he kept swallowing as if he
有种我们常说的哽咽感。
felt what we used to call a lump in the throat.
最后，船长大步走了进来，砰地一声关上了身后的门，连看也不看
At last in strode the captain, slammed the door behind him, without looking to the
向左或向右，然后径直穿过房间，向等待他的早餐走去。
right or left, and marched straight across the room to where his breakfast awaited him.
“比尔，”那个陌生人说，我想他的声音是故意装出一副大胆的样子
“Bill,” said the stranger in a voice that I thought he had tried to make bold and
大了。
big.
船长转过身来，把我们迎在前面；
The captain spun round on his heel and fronted us;
他脸上的棕色全都消失了
all the brown had gone out of his
脸，甚至鼻子都是蓝色的；
face, and even his nose was blue;
他的表情就像看见了鬼，或者
he had the look of a man who sees a ghost, or the
邪恶的人，或者更坏的人，如果有的话；
evil one, or something worse, if anything can be;
说实话，我很遗憾看到
and upon my word, I felt sorry to see
他一下子变得又老又病。
him all in a moment turn so old and sick.
“得了，比尔，你认识我的；
“Come, Bill, you know me;
你肯定认识一个老船友，比尔，”船长说
you know an old shipmate, Bill, surely,” said the
陌生人。
stranger.
船长倒吸了一口气。
The captain made a sort of gasp.
“黑狗!
“Black Dog!
”他说。
” said he.
“还有谁呢？”
“And who else?
另一个回答，他的心情舒畅多了。
” returned the other, getting more at his ease.
“黑狗还是老样子
“Black Dog as ever
他到本葆海军上将旅店来看他的老船友比利。
was, come for to see his old shipmate Billy, at the Admiral Benbow inn.
啊，比尔，比尔，
Ah, Bill, Bill,
自从我失去了两只爪子，我们俩已经见过很多次了，”他举起他的爪子
we have seen a sight of times, us two, since I lost them two talons,” holding up his
残缺的手。
mutilated hand.
“喂，听着，”船长说；
“Now, look here,” said the captain;
“你把我打倒了；
“you’ve run me down;
我在这里；
here I am;
那么,
well, then,
说出来;
speak up;
这是什么？”
what is it?”
“你说得对，比尔，”黑狗回答，“你说得对，比利。
“That’s you, Bill,” returned Black Dog, “you’re in the right of it, Billy.
我要这个可爱的孩子给我倒一杯朗姆酒，因为我很喜欢喝；
I’ll have a glass of rum from this dear child here, as I’ve took such a liking to;
如果你愿意的话，我们可以坐下来，像老船友那样开诚布公地谈一谈。”
and we’ll sit down, if you please, and talk square, like old shipmates.”
当我端着朗姆酒回来时，他们已经在酒吧的两边坐下了
When I returned with the rum, they were already seated on either side of the
船长的早餐桌——“黑狗”靠在门边，侧身坐着，以便
captain’s breakfast-table—Black Dog next to the door and sitting sideways so as to
一只眼睛盯着他的老船友，另一只，我想，盯着他的退路。
have one eye on his old shipmate and one, as I thought, on his retreat.
他叫我去，让门大开着。
He bade me go and leave the door wide open.
“你的钥匙孔都不要给我，孩子。”
“None of your keyholes for me, sonny,”
他说,
he said;
我离开他们，退到酒吧里去了。
and I left them together and retired into the bar.
很长一段时间，虽然我尽力去听，但我什么也听不见
For a long time, though I certainly did my best to listen, I could hear nothing but
低低的叫声；
a low gattling;
但最后声音越来越高，我听到了一个词
but at last the voices began to grow higher, and I could pick up a word
一两句，大多是船长的咒骂。
or two, mostly oaths, from the captain.
“不，不，不，不；
“No, no, no, no;
到此为止！
and an end of it!
有一次他喊道。
” he cried once.
再一次，“如果它来了。
And again, “If it comes to
荡秋千，荡秋千，我说。”
swinging, swing all, say I.”
然后突然爆发出一阵巨大的咒骂声和其他声音
Then all of a sudden there was a tremendous explosion of oaths and other noises—the
椅子和桌子倒在了一起，接着是钢铁的碰撞声，接着是一声痛苦的喊叫，
chair and table went over in a lump, a clash of steel followed, and then a cry of pain,
接着我看见黑狗跑得飞快，船长紧追不舍，
and the next instant I saw Black Dog in full flight, and the captain hotly pursuing,
两人都拿着拔出的弯刀，前者左肩流着血。
both with drawn cutlasses, and the former streaming blood from the left shoulder.
只是
Just
在门口，船长瞄准了逃犯最后一刀，这将会
at the door the captain aimed at the fugitive one last tremendous cut, which would
如果不是我们的大招牌截住了，他肯定会把他劈到中国去的
certainly have split him to the chine had it not been intercepted by our big signboard
本葆海军上将。
of Admiral Benbow.
直到今天，你还可以在车架的下侧看到这个缺口。
You may see the notch on the lower side of the frame to this day.
那一击是战斗的最后一击。
That blow was the last of the battle.
一旦上路，黑狗，尽管
Once out upon the road, Black Dog, in spite of
他的伤口，露出一双非常干净的鞋跟，消失在鞋的边缘
his wound, showed a wonderful clean pair of heels and disappeared over the edge of the
半分钟后上山。
hill in half a minute.
船长站在那里，像个傻子一样盯着招牌
The captain, for his part, stood staring at the signboard like a
困惑的人。
bewildered man.
然后他用手擦了几下眼睛，最后转过身来
Then he passed his hand over his eyes several times and at last turned
回到房子里。
back into the house.
“吉姆，”他说，“朗姆酒。”
“Jim,” says he, “rum”;
他说着说着，身子微微摇晃了一下，然后抓住了自己
and as he spoke, he reeled a little, and caught himself
一只手靠在墙上。
with one hand against the wall.
“你受伤了吗？”
“Are you hurt?
我叫道。
” cried I.
“朗姆酒。”他重复道。
“Rum,” he repeated.
“我必须离开这里。
“I must get away from here.
朗姆酒!
Rum!
朗姆酒!”
Rum!”
我跑过去拿，但掉下来的东西使我很不稳，我就
I ran to fetch it, but I was quite unsteadied by all that had fallen out, and I
打碎了一个杯子，弄脏了水龙头，当我还在妨碍自己的时候，我
broke one glass and fouled the tap, and while I was still getting in my own way, I
听到客厅里传来一声巨响，他跑进去，看见船长平躺着
heard a loud fall in the parlour, and running in, beheld the captain lying full length
在地板上。
upon the floor.
与此同时，我母亲被哭声和打斗声吓了一跳，跑了过来
At the same instant my mother, alarmed by the cries and fighting, came
跑下楼来帮我。
running downstairs to help me.
我们一起抬起了他的头。
Between us we raised his head.
他呼吸急促。
He was breathing very
大声而严厉，但他的眼睛是闭着的，他的脸色很可怕。
loud and hard, but his eyes were closed and his face a horrible colour.
“天哪，天哪，”母亲叫道，“这房子真丢脸！
“Dear, deary me,” cried my mother, “what a disgrace upon the house!
而你的可怜
And your poor
父亲生病!”
father sick!”
与此同时，我们不知道如何帮助船长，也不知道如何帮助其他人
In the meantime, we had no idea what to do to help the captain, nor any other
我还以为他是在和陌生人的扭打中受了致命伤呢。
thought but that he had got his death-hurt in the scuffle with the stranger.
我得到了
I got the
当然是朗姆酒，他想把它塞进喉咙，但他的牙齿紧闭着
rum, to be sure, and tried to put it down his throat, but his teeth were tightly shut
他的下巴像铁一样坚硬。
and his jaws as strong as iron.
门开了，我们都松了一口气
It was a happy relief for us when the door opened and
利弗西医生来看我父亲，走了进来。
Doctor Livesey came in, on his visit to my father.
“噢，医生，”我们喊道，“我们该怎么办呢？
“Oh, doctor,” we cried, “what shall we do?
他伤在什么地方？”
Where is he wounded?”
“受伤?
“Wounded?
一个提琴棍的末端！
A fiddle-stick’s end!
医生说。
” said the doctor.
“不比你受伤多
“No more wounded than you or
正如我警告过他的那样，这个人中风了。
I. The man has had a stroke, as I warned him.
现在，霍金斯太太，你上楼去
Now, Mrs. Hawkins, just you run upstairs
给你丈夫，告诉他，如果可能的话，什么都不要说。
to your husband and tell him, if possible, nothing about it.
至于我，我必须做我的
For my part, I must do my
最好是挽救这家伙毫无价值的生命；
best to save this fellow’s trebly worthless life;
吉姆，你给我拿个盆来。”
Jim, you get me a basin.”
当我拿着脸盆回来时，医生已经把船长的脸盆撕开了
When I got back with the basin, the doctor had already ripped up the captain’s
他伸出袖子，露出他那粗壮有力的手臂。
sleeve and exposed his great sinewy arm.
几个地方都有纹身。
It was tattooed in several places.
“这是
“Here’s
“运气好”、“顺风顺水”和“比利·博恩斯的幻想”都写得清清楚楚
luck,” “A fair wind,” and “Billy Bones his fancy,” were very neatly and clearly
前臂上的；
executed on the forearm;
在靠近肩膀的地方，有一个绞刑架和一个
and up near the shoulder there was a sketch of a gallows and a
一个挂在上面的人——我想，他干得很有精神。
man hanging from it—done, as I thought, with great spirit.
“预言，”医生说，用手指摸了摸这幅画。
“Prophetic,” said the doctor, touching this picture with his finger.
“现在,
“And now,
比利·博恩斯少爷，如果这是你的名字，我们来看看你的
Master Billy Bones, if that be your name, we’ll have a look at the colour of your
血。
blood.
“吉姆，”他说，“你怕血吗？”
Jim,” he said, “are you afraid of blood?”
“不，先生，”我说。
“No, sir,” said I.
“好吧，那么，”他说，“你端着盆吧。”
“Well, then,” said he, “you hold the basin”;
说着，他拿起了他的柳叶刀
and with that he took his lancet
打开了一条静脉。
and opened a vein.
在船长睁开眼睛看之前，他流了很多血
A great deal of blood was taken before the captain opened his eyes and looked
关于他的一些模糊。
mistily about him.
首先，他认出了医生，显然皱起了眉头；
First he recognized the doctor with an unmistakable frown;
然后他的
then his
他的目光落在我身上，显得如释重负。
glance fell upon me, and he looked relieved.
但突然他脸色变了，他
But suddenly his colour changed, and he
试图站起来，叫道：“黑狗在哪儿？”
tried to raise himself, crying, “Where’s Black Dog?”
“这里没有‘黑狗’，”医生说，“除了你自己的东西
“There is no Black Dog here,” said the doctor, “except what you have on your own
回来。
back.
你一直在喝朗姆酒；
You have been drinking rum;
你中风了，正如我告诉你的那样；
you have had a stroke, precisely as I told you;
和我
and I
我刚刚，很不情愿地，把你从坟墓里拽了出来。
have just, very much against my own will, dragged you headforemost out of the grave.
好了，骨头先生——”
Now, Mr. Bones—”
“那不是我的名字，”他打断我说。
“That’s not my name,” he interrupted.
“我很在乎，”医生回答。
“Much I care,” returned the doctor.
“这是我的一个海盗的名字
“It’s the name of a buccaneer of my
熟人;
acquaintance;
为了简短起见，我叫你这个名字，因为我有话要说
and I call you by it for the sake of shortness, and what I have to say to
你就是这样；
you is this;
一杯朗姆酒不会杀死你，但如果你喝了一杯，你就会再喝一杯
one glass of rum won’t kill you, but if you take one you’ll take another
再来一次，我拿我的假发打赌，如果你不停下来，你会死的——你会死的
and another, and I stake my wig if you don’t break off short, you’ll die—do you
明白吗?
understand that?
——去死吧，去你自己的地方，就像《圣经》里的那个人一样。
—die, and go to your own place, like the man in the Bible.
来,现在,
Come, now,
努力吧。
make an effort.
我把你扶到床上去，就这一次。”
I’ll help you to your bed for once.”
我们费了好大劲才把他抬上楼，放在他的床上
Between us, with much trouble, we managed to hoist him upstairs, and laid him on his
在床上，他的头向后靠在枕头上，好像快要昏倒了。
bed, where his head fell back on the pillow as if he were almost fainting.
“现在，请注意，”医生说，“我为你澄清了我的良心——朗姆酒的名字
“Now, mind you,” said the doctor, “I clear my conscience—the name of rum for you
是死亡。”
is death.”
说完，他就拉着我的胳膊去看我父亲了。
And with that he went off to see my father, taking me with him by the arm.
“这没什么，”他一关上门就说。
“This is nothing,” he said as soon as he had closed the door.
“我已经抽血了
“I have drawn blood
足以让他安静一会儿；
enough to keep him quiet awhile;
他应该在原地躺一个星期——这是最好的办法
he should lie for a week where he is—that is the best
他和你的事；
thing for him and you;
不过再中风一次，他就会安定下来。”
but another stroke would settle him.”
3
3
黑点
The Black Spot
大约中午时分，我拿着一些冷饮和药来到船长的门口。
ABOUT noon I stopped at the captain’s door with some cooling drinks and medicines.
他躺着的样子和我们离开他的时候没什么两样，只不过高一点而已
He was lying very much as we had left him, only a little higher, and he seemed both
虚弱而兴奋。
weak and excited.
“吉姆，”他说，“你是这里唯一有价值的人，你知道的
“Jim,” he said, “you’re the only one here that’s worth anything, and you know
我一直对你很好。
I’ve been always good to you.
我每个月都给你一个四便士的银币
Never a month but I’ve given you a silver fourpenny for
你自己。
yourself.
现在你看，伙计，我的地位很低，大家都抛弃了我；
And now you see, mate, I’m pretty low, and deserted by all;
吉姆，你会
and Jim, you’ll
伙计，现在给我来一杯朗姆酒，好吗？”
bring me one noggin of rum, now, won’t you, matey?”
“医生——”我开始说。
“The doctor—” I began.
但他却破口大骂医生，声音虽弱，但很是热诚。
But he broke in cursing the doctor, in a feeble voice but heartily.
“医生就是一切。
“Doctors is all
拭子，”他说。
swabs,” he said;
“那边那个医生，怎么，他对海员了解多少？”
“and that doctor there, why, what do he know about seafaring men?
我
I
我到过像沥青一样热的地方，我的伙伴们和黄杰克在一起，我得到了祝福
been in places hot as pitch, and mates dropping round with Yellow Jack, and the blessed
陆地像地震时的大海一样起伏——医生知道陆地是什么样的
land a-heaving like the sea with earthquakes—what to the doctor know of lands like
了吗?
that?
我告诉你，我靠朗姆酒过活。
—and I lived on rum, I tell you.
这是一段有肉有酒，有男人有妻子的日子
It’s been meat and drink, and man and wife, to
我;
me;
如果我现在喝不到朗姆酒，我就成了下风海岸上的一艘可怜的老船了，我的
and if I’m not to have my rum now I’m a poor old hulk on a lee shore, my
你会染上血污的，吉姆，还有那个混蛋医生。”
blood’ll be on you, Jim, and that doctor swab”;
他又跑了一会儿
and he ran on again for a while with
诅咒。
curses.
“你看，吉姆，我的手指怎么在动，”他用恳求的语气继续说。
“Look, Jim, how my fingers fidges,” he continued in the pleading tone.
“我
“I
我没法让他们安静下来，我今天一滴也没喝。
can’t keep ‘em still, not I. I haven’t had a drop this blessed day.
那个医生是个。
That doctor’s a
傻瓜，我告诉你。
fool, I tell you.
吉姆，要是我不喝一点朗姆酒，我就要害怕了。
If I don’t have a drain o’ rum, Jim, I’ll have the horrors;
我看到
I seen
已经有一些了。
some on ‘em already.
我看见老弗林特在那边的角落里，在你后面；
I seen old Flint in the corner there, behind you;
很明显
as plain as
印刷时，我看见了他；
print, I seen him;
如果我得了恐怖症，我是一个经历过苦难的人，我会
and if I get the horrors, I’m a man that has lived rough, and I’ll
大吵大闹。
raise Cain.
你的医生说我喝一杯不会受伤。
Your doctor hisself said one glass wouldn’t hurt me.
我会给你一个
I’ll give you a
金几尼换一个脑袋，吉姆。”
golden guinea for a noggin, Jim.”
他变得越来越兴奋，这使我为我的父亲感到担忧，他也是
He was growing more and more excited, and this alarmed me for my father, who was
那天情绪很低落，需要安静；
very low that day and needed quiet;
此外，医生的话使我放心了，
besides, I was reassured by the doctor’s words,
现在向我报了价，对贿赂的提议感到很生气。
now quoted to me, and rather offended by the offer of a bribe.
“我不要你的钱，”我说，“只要你欠我父亲的钱。
“I want none of your money,” said I, “but what you owe my father.
我来接你
I’ll get you
一杯，不能再多了。”
one glass, and no more.”
我把水递给他，他贪婪地抓住，一饮而尽。
When I brought it to him, he seized it greedily and drank it out.
“是啊，是啊，”他说，“这确实好多了。
“Aye, aye,” said he, “that’s some better, sure enough.
现在，伙计，你做到了
And now, matey, did that
医生说我要在这张旧铺位上躺多久？”
doctor say how long I was to lie here in this old berth?”
“至少一个星期吧，”我说。
“A week at least,” said I.
“雷声!
“Thunder!
他叫道。
” he cried.
“一个星期!
“A week!
我不能那样做；
I can’t do that;
他们会在我身上留下黑点的
they’d have the black spot on me
到那时。
by then.
这该死的时刻，那些笨蛋就要听到我的风声了；
The lubbers is going about to get the wind of me this blessed moment;
•吕贝尔
lubbers
他们不能保留自己得到的东西，而想要抓住别人的东西。
as couldn’t keep what they got, and want to nail what is another’s.
那是海员吗
Is that seamanly
现在，我想知道你的行为。
behaviour, now, I want to know?
但我是个拯救灵魂的人。
But I’m a saving soul.
我从不浪费钱
I never wasted good money of
我的，也没有失去；
mine, nor lost it neither;
我再骗他们一次
and I’ll trick ‘em again.
我不怕他们。
I’m not afraid on ‘em.
我将
I’ll
再摇一摇暗礁，伙计，再摇一摇。”
shake out another reef, matey, and daddle ‘em again.”
说这话的时候，他已经好不容易从床上爬起来了，手里抓着我的手
As he was thus speaking, he had risen from bed with great difficulty, holding to my
他紧紧地抓住我的肩膀，几乎让我叫出声来，他的腿动得像死了一样
shoulder with a grip that almost made me cry out, and moving his legs like so much dead
重量。
weight.
他的话虽然意气风发，但与他的软弱形成了可悲的对比
His words, spirited as they were in meaning, contrasted sadly with the weakness
他们说话的声音。
of the voice in which they were uttered.
他在边缘坐了下来，停了下来。
He paused when he had got into a sitting position on the edge.
“那个医生欺骗了我，”他喃喃地说。
“That doctor’s done me,” he murmured.
“我的耳朵在唱歌。
“My ears is singing.
把我放回去。”
Lay me back.”
我还没来得及帮他，他就又回到了原来的地方，
Before I could do much to help him he had fallen back again to his former place,
他静静地躺了一会儿。
where he lay for a while silent.
“吉姆，”他终于说，“你今天看到那个海员了吗？”
“Jim,” he said at length, “you saw that seafaring man today?”
“黑狗吗?”
“Black Dog?”
我问。
I asked.
“啊!
“Ah!
黑狗，”他说。
Black Dog,” says he.
“他是个坏蛋；
“HE’S a bad un;
但还有更糟的事让他去做。
but there’s worse that put him on.
现在，如果我逃不掉，他们给了我黑票，注意，那是我的旧的
Now, if I can’t get away nohow, and they tip me the black spot, mind you, it’s my old
他们要的是航海箱；
sea-chest they’re after;
你能骑上马，不是吗？
you get on a horse—you can, can’t you?
那么，你得到
Well, then, you get
骑着马去——好吧，是的，我要去！
on a horse, and go to—well, yes, I will!
去找那个永远的医生，告诉他
—to that eternal doctor swab, and tell him to
把所有的人都召集起来——地方长官和长官——他要把他们送到“本葆海军上将”号上去
pipe all hands—magistrates and sich—and he’ll lay ‘em aboard at the Admiral Benbow
——所有老弗林特的船员，男人和孩子，所有剩下的人。
—all old Flint’s crew, man and boy, all on ‘em that’s left.
我是大副，我
I was first mate, I
我是老弗林特的大副，只有我一个人知道那地方。
was, old Flint’s first mate, and I’m the on’y one as knows the place.
他给我的
He gave it me
在萨凡纳，当他奄奄一息的时候，就像我现在一样，你知道。
at Savannah, when he lay a-dying, like as if I was to now, you see.
但你不会
But you won’t
桃，除非他们给我上黑点，或者你再见到黑狗或者
peach unless they get the black spot on me, or unless you see that Black Dog again or a
一个只有一条腿的水手，吉姆——尤其是他。”
seafaring man with one leg, Jim—him above all.”
“船长，那黑点是什么呢？”
“But what is the black spot, captain?”
我问。
I asked.
“那是传票，伙计。
“That’s a summons, mate.
如果他们收到了我会告诉你的。
I’ll tell you if they get that.
但你要保持你的
But you keep your
睁大眼睛，吉姆，我以我的名誉发誓，我会和你平起平坐。”
weather-eye open, Jim, and I’ll share with you equals, upon my honour.”
他又徘徊了一会儿，声音越来越弱；
He wandered a little longer, his voice growing weaker;
但在我付出之后不久
but soon after I had given
他像个孩子一样把药拿了起来，嘴里还说：“如果我是个水手的话
him his medicine, which he took like a child, with the remark, “If ever a seaman
想要毒品，是我，”他终于昏昏沉沉地睡着了
wanted drugs, it’s me,” he fell at last into a heavy, swoon-like sleep, in which I
离开了他。
left him.
如果一切顺利，我不知道该怎么办。
What I should have done had all gone well I do not know.
也许我应该
Probably I should
我把整个事情都告诉了医生，因为我非常害怕船长
have told the whole story to the doctor, for I was in mortal fear lest the captain
应该为他的忏悔忏悔，并结束我。
should repent of his confessions and make an end of me.
但当事情发生时，我可怜的
But as things fell out, my poor
父亲那天晚上突然去世了，其他的事情都搁到一边去了。
father died quite suddenly that evening, which put all other matters on one side.
我们的
Our
自然的痛苦，邻居的来访，安排葬礼，等等
natural distress, the visits of the neighbours, the arranging of the funeral, and all
在这段时间里，客店的工作要继续进行，使我忙得筋疲力尽
the work of the inn to be carried on in the meanwhile kept me so busy that I had
几乎没有时间去想船长，更不用说害怕他了。
scarcely time to think of the captain, far less to be afraid of him.
第二天早上，他确实下楼了，像往常一样吃饭，尽管他
He got downstairs next morning, to be sure, and had his meals as usual, though he
他吃得很少，而且恐怕比平时喝的朗姆酒还多，因为他帮了忙
ate little and had more, I am afraid, than his usual supply of rum, for he helped
他自己走出了酒吧，皱着眉头，擤着鼻子，没有人敢这么做
himself out of the bar, scowling and blowing through his nose, and no one dared to
交叉。
cross him.
葬礼的前一天晚上，他还是像往常一样喝醉了。
On the night before the funeral he was as drunk as ever;
确实是这样
and it was
在这所丧服的房子里，听到他不停地唱着他那支丑陋的老海歌，真叫人震惊；
shocking, in that house of mourning, to hear him singing away at his ugly old sea-song;
虽然他很虚弱，但我们都担心他会死，医生也是
but weak as he was, we were all in the fear of death for him, and the doctor was
突然在千里之外忙着办案，从那以后就再也没来过我家
suddenly taken up with a case many miles away and was never near the house after my
父亲的死亡。
father’s death.
我说过船长很虚弱，事实上他似乎在成长
I have said the captain was weak, and indeed he seemed rather to grow
弱不如重获力量。
weaker than regain his strength.
他爬上爬下楼梯，从房间里走出来
He clambered up and down stairs, and went from the
从客厅到酒吧间来回，有时还把鼻子伸到门外闻一闻
parlour to the bar and back again, and sometimes put his nose out of doors to smell the
海紧紧抓住墙壁，寻求支撑，呼吸急促，就像一只
sea, holding on to the walls as he went for support and breathing hard and fast like a
一个人站在陡峭的山上。
man on a steep mountain.
他从来没有特别跟我说话，我相信他是这么说的
He never particularly addressed me, and it is my belief he had
仿佛忘记了他的秘密；
as good as forgotten his confidences;
但是他的脾气比较轻浮，而且容许
but his temper was more flighty, and allowing for
他身体的虚弱，比以往任何时候都强烈。
his bodily weakness, more violent than ever.
他现在有一种令人吃惊的方式
He had an alarming way now when he was
醉醺醺地抽出弯刀，把它赤裸裸地放在他面前的桌子上。
drunk of drawing his cutlass and laying it bare before him on the table.
但不管怎样
But with all
这样一来，他对别人就不那么在意了，似乎把自己关在自己的思想里
that, he minded people less and seemed shut up in his own thoughts and rather
流浪的。
wandering.
例如，有一次，让我们非常惊奇的是，他用一种不同的腔调唱了起来
Once, for instance, to our extreme wonder, he piped up to a different air, a
一种乡村情歌，肯定是他年轻时学过的
kind of country love-song that he must have learned in his youth before he had begun to
跟着大海走。
follow the sea.
事情就这样过去了，直到葬礼的第二天，大约凌晨三点
So things passed until, the day after the funeral, and about three o’clock of a
寒冷、多雾、霜冻的下午，我在门口站了一会儿，满心惆怅
bitter, foggy, frosty afternoon, I was standing at the door for a moment, full of sad
当我看到有人沿着马路慢慢靠近时，我想起了我的父亲。
thoughts about my father, when I saw someone drawing slowly near along the road.
他是
He was
他显然是瞎眼的，因为他用一根棍子在前面敲着，身上还披着一件绿色的大罩子
plainly blind, for he tapped before him with a stick and wore a great green shade over
他的眼睛和鼻子；
his eyes and nose;
他驼着背，好像是年事已高，还是身体虚弱，穿着一件巨大的旧衣服
and he was hunched, as if with age or weakness, and wore a huge old
带兜帽的破破烂烂的海上斗篷，使他看上去完全是畸形的。
tattered sea-cloak with a hood that made him appear positively deformed.
我从未见过
I never saw in
我的生命是一个更可怕的形象。
my life a more dreadful-looking figure.
他在离客店不远的地方停了下来，抬起头来
He stopped a little from the inn, and raising
他用一种奇怪的歌声对着面前的空气说：“任何一种都行
his voice in an odd sing-song, addressed the air in front of him, “Will any kind
朋友告诉我一个可怜的盲人，他在黑暗中失去了宝贵的视力
friend inform a poor blind man, who has lost the precious sight of his eyes in the
他英勇地捍卫了他的祖国英格兰——上帝保佑乔治国王！
gracious defence of his native country, England—and God bless King George!
(或
—where or
他现在可能在这个国家的什么地方？”
in what part of this country he may now be?”
“你现在是在布莱克希尔湾的本葆海军上将酒店，我的好朋友，”我说。
“You are at the Admiral Benbow, Black Hill Cove, my good man,” said I.
“我听到一个声音，”他说，“一个年轻的声音。
“I hear a voice,” said he, “a young voice.
你愿意伸出手来吗，我的同类
Will you give me your hand, my kind
年轻的朋友，带我进去吧？”
young friend, and lead me in?”
我伸出手，这个可怕的、说话轻声细语的、没有眼睛的家伙紧紧地抓住了我的手
I held out my hand, and the horrible, soft-spoken, eyeless creature gripped it in a
瞬间如虎钳。
moment like a vise.
我吓了一跳，挣扎着想退缩，可是瞎子
I was so much startled that I struggled to withdraw, but the blind
一个男人用胳膊把我拉到他身边。
man pulled me close up to him with a single action of his arm.
“现在，孩子，”他说，“带我去见船长。”
“Now, boy,” he said, “take me in to the captain.”
“先生，”我说，“说真的，我不敢。”
“Sir,” said I, “upon my word I dare not.”
“哦，”他冷笑着说，“就是这样！
“Oh,” he sneered, “that’s it!
快带我进去，不然我就打断你的胳膊。”
Take me in straight or I’ll break your arm.”
他边说边拧了一下，弄得我哭了起来。
And he gave it, as he spoke, a wrench that made me cry out.
“先生，”我说，“我是说你自己。
“Sir,” said I, “it is for yourself I mean.
船长已经不是以前的他了。
The captain is not what he used to be.
他拿着一把拔出的弯刀坐在那里。
He sits with a drawn cutlass.
另一个绅士——“
Another gentleman—”
“来吧，走吧，”他插嘴说。
“Come, now, march,” interrupted he;
我从未听到过如此冷酷无情的声音，
and I never heard a voice so cruel, and cold,
和那个瞎子一样丑。
and ugly as that blind man’s.
这比疼痛更让我害怕，我开始服从他
It cowed me more than the pain, and I began to obey him
立刻，他径直走进门，向客厅走去，我们那生病的老夫人
at once, walking straight in at the door and towards the parlour, where our sick old
海盗坐在那里，喝得朗姆酒晕头晕脑。
buccaneer was sitting, dazed with rum.
那个盲人紧紧地抱住我，把我抱在怀里
The blind man clung close to me, holding me in
一个铁拳，几乎把他的体重压在我身上，我无法承受。
one iron fist and leaning almost more of his weight on me than I could carry.
“引导我
“Lead me
径直走到他面前，一看到我，就喊道：‘比尔，这是你的朋友。’
straight up to him, and when I’m in view, cry out, ‘Here’s a friend for you, Bill.’
如果你不这样做，我就这样做。”说着，他猛地拉了我一下，我以为他会这么做
If you don’t, I’ll do this,” and with that he gave me a twitch that I thought would
使我昏倒。
have made me faint.
在这个和那个之间，我非常害怕盲人
Between this and that, I was so utterly terrified of the blind
当我打开客厅的门时，我哭了起来
beggar that I forgot my terror of the captain, and as I opened the parlour door, cried
他用颤抖的声音把他吩咐的话念了出来。
out the words he had ordered in a trembling voice.
可怜的船长抬起眼睛，一眼就喝光了酒，离开了
The poor captain raised his eyes, and at one look the rum went out of him and left
他清醒地凝视着。
him staring sober.
他脸上的表情与其说是恐惧，不如说是致命的
The expression of his face was not so much of terror as of mortal
病。
sickness.
他做了一个起身的动作，但我认为他已经没有足够的力量了
He made a movement to rise, but I do not believe he had enough force left in
他的身体。
his body.
“现在，比尔，坐在你原来的地方，”乞丐说。
“Now, Bill, sit where you are,” said the beggar.
“就算我看不见，我也能听到。
“If I can’t see, I can hear a
手指搅拌。
finger stirring.
公事公办。
Business is business.
伸出你的左手。
Hold out your left hand.
孩子，抓住他的左手
Boy, take his left hand
抓住我的手腕，拉到我右边来。”
by the wrist and bring it near to my right.”
我们俩都完全按照他的话做了，我看见他从洞里递了什么东西
We both obeyed him to the letter, and I saw him pass something from the hollow of
握着棍子的那只手落入了船长的掌心，那只手紧紧抓住了棍子
the hand that held his stick into the palm of the captain’s, which closed upon it
立即。
instantly.
“现在一切都完成了，”瞎子说。
“And now that’s done,” said the blind man;
听到这些话，他突然松开了手
and at the words he suddenly left hold
我，以难以置信的准确和敏捷，跳出客厅，进了
of me, and with incredible accuracy and nimbleness, skipped out of the parlour and into
我仍然一动不动地站在那里，却能听到他的手杖“嗒、嗒、嗒”的声音
the road, where, as I still stood motionless, I could hear his stick go tap-tap-tapping
望向远方。
into the distance.
过了好一会儿，我和船长才回过神来
It was some time before either I or the captain seemed to gather our senses, but at
大约在同一时刻，我松开了他的手腕，我还握着他的手腕，
length, and about at the same moment, I released his wrist, which I was still holding,
他把手缩回来，仔细地看了看掌心。
and he drew in his hand and looked sharply into the palm.
“十点钟!
“Ten o’clock!
他叫道。
” he cried.
“六个小时。
“Six hours.
我们还会做的。”他跳了起来
We’ll do them yet,” and he sprang to his
的脚。
feet.
就在他这么做的时候，他摇摇晃晃，用手捂住喉咙，站在那里摇晃了一会儿
Even as he did so, he reeled, put his hand to his throat, stood swaying for a
一会儿，然后，随着一声奇怪的声音，他从他的整个高度跌落下来，脸朝前
moment, and then, with a peculiar sound, fell from his whole height face foremost to
地板上。
the floor.
我立刻跑向他，喊着妈妈。
I ran to him at once, calling to my mother.
但匆忙是徒劳的。
But haste was all in vain.
船长
The captain
死于剧烈的中风。
had been struck dead by thundering apoplexy.
这是一件奇怪的事情，因为我
It is a curious thing to understand, for I
我当然从来没有喜欢过这个人，虽然最近我开始同情他了，但现在呢
had certainly never liked the man, though of late I had begun to pity him, but as soon
当我看到他已经死了，我突然大哭起来。
as I saw that he was dead, I burst into a flood of tears.
这是我的第二次死亡
It was the second death I had
相识了，第一次的悲伤还历历在目。
known, and the sorrow of the first was still fresh in my heart.
4
4
海底阀箱的
The Sea-chest
当然，我立刻把我知道的，也许应该知道的都告诉了母亲
I LOST no time, of course, in telling my mother all that I knew, and perhaps should
我们早就告诉她了，我们立刻就看到自己处于一个困难而危险的境地
have told her long before, and we saw ourselves at once in a difficult and dangerous
的位置。
position.
那人的一些钱——如果他有的话——当然是欠我们的，但那是欠我们的
Some of the man’s money—if he had any—was certainly due to us, but it was
不太可能是我们船长的船友，尤其是我看到的那两个家伙，布莱克
not likely that our captain’s shipmates, above all the two specimens seen by me, Black
狗和瞎眼的乞丐一样，会倾向于放弃自己的战利品来换取
Dog and the blind beggar, would be inclined to give up their booty in payment of the
死人的债务。
dead man’s debts.
船长命令马上上马去找利弗西医生
The captain’s order to mount at once and ride for Doctor Livesey
会让我母亲孤身一人，无人保护，这是万万不能想到的。
would have left my mother alone and unprotected, which was not to be thought of.
的确，我们两人似乎都不可能再在屋子里多呆多久了；
Indeed, it seemed impossible for either of us to remain much longer in the house;
的
the
煤块落在厨房的炉栅上，时钟的滴答声，让我们充满了
fall of coals in the kitchen grate, the very ticking of the clock, filled us with
警报。
alarms.
在我们的耳朵里，周围似乎有走近的脚步声；
The neighbourhood, to our ears, seemed haunted by approaching footsteps;
和
and
船长躺在客厅地板上的尸体和想到这一点之间有什么关系呢
what between the dead body of the captain on the parlour floor and the thought of that
可恶的瞎乞丐在附近徘徊，随时准备回来
detestable blind beggar hovering near at hand and ready to return, there were moments
正如俗话所说，当时我吓得跳了起来。
when, as the saying goes, I jumped in my skin for terror.
有些事情必须尽快解决
Something must speedily be
决定了，我们终于想到一起出去寻求帮助
resolved upon, and it occurred to us at last to go forth together and seek help in the
邻近的哈姆雷特。
neighbouring hamlet.
说到做到。
No sooner said than done.
我们虽然没戴帽子，但还是跑了出去
Bare-headed as we were, we ran out at
曾经在聚集的黄昏和霜雾中。
once in the gathering evening and the frosty fog.
村子就在几百码远的地方，虽然看不见，却在
The hamlet lay not many hundred yards away, though out of view, on the other side of
下一个海湾；
the next cove;
让我倍受鼓舞的是，它的方向与
and what greatly encouraged me, it was in an opposite direction from
那就是那个盲人出现的地方，他大概是到那里去的
that whence the blind man had made his appearance and whither he had presumably
返回。
returned.
我们在路上走了没几分钟，虽然我们有时会停下来停一下
We were not many minutes on the road, though we sometimes stopped to lay hold
彼此倾听。
of each other and hearken.
但是并没有什么不寻常的声音——除了低沉的海浪声
But there was no unusual sound—nothing but the low wash of
涟漪和树林里的囚犯的呱呱声。
the ripple and the croaking of the inmates of the wood.
当我们到达村子的时候，已经亮起了蜡烛，我永远不会忘记是怎样到达的
It was already candle-light when we reached the hamlet, and I shall never forget how
看到黄色的灯光照在门窗上，我很高兴；
much I was cheered to see the yellow shine in doors and windows;
但是，就像它一样
but that, as it
事实证明，这是我们在那个地区可能得到的最好的帮助。
proved, was the best of the help we were likely to get in that quarter.
你会
For—you would
你以为人们会为自己感到羞耻吗？没有一个人会同意回来
have thought men would have been ashamed of themselves—no soul would consent to return
和我们一起去本葆海军上将号。
with us to the Admiral Benbow.
我们说的麻烦越多，男人，女人，
The more we told of our troubles, the more—man, woman,
还有孩子，他们紧紧抓住房子的庇护。
and child—they clung to the shelter of their houses.
不过弗林特船长的名字
The name of Captain Flint, though
这对我来说很奇怪，但对那里的一些人来说却很熟悉，而且承载着很大的重量
it was strange to me, was well enough known to some there and carried a great weight of
恐怖。
terror.
有些人在海军上将号的另一边做过田间工作
Some of the men who had been to field-work on the far side of the Admiral
此外，本葆还记得在路上看见几个陌生人，就把他们带走了
Benbow remembered, besides, to have seen several strangers on the road, and taking them
做走私犯，逃得远远的；
to be smugglers, to have bolted away;
至少有一个人看到了一个小拖船在什么
and one at least had seen a little lugger in what
我们打电话给凯特洞。
we called Kitt’s Hole.
说到这一点，只要是船长的同志，就算是他的同志
For that matter, anyone who was a comrade of the captain’s was
足以把他们吓死。
enough to frighten them to death.
这件事的总而言之就是
And the short and the long of the matter was, that
而我们可以找到几个愿意骑马去利弗西医生诊所的人
while we could get several who were willing enough to ride to Dr. Livesey’s, which lay
换句话说，没人会帮我们守住旅店。
in another direction, not one would help us to defend the inn.
人们说怯懦是会传染的；
They say cowardice is infectious;
但另一方面，争论是伟大的
but then argument is, on the other hand, a great
鼓励;
emboldener;
所以，当每个人都说完了自己的话，我母亲给他们做了一个演讲。
and so when each had said his say, my mother made them a speech.
她会
She would
她宣称，不要失去属于她失去父亲的儿子的钱；
not, she declared, lose money that belonged to her fatherless boy;
“如果没有。
“If none of the
你们都敢，”她说，“吉姆和我敢。
rest of you dare,” she said, “Jim and I dare.
我们会回去，走我们来的路，然后
Back we will go, the way we came, and
小小感谢你们这些大块头胆小鬼。
small thanks to you big, hulking, chicken-hearted men.
我们要把箱子打开，如果
We’ll have that chest open, if
我们为它而死。
we die for it.
我要谢谢你的包，克罗斯利夫人，把我们的
And I’ll thank you for that bag, Mrs. Crossley, to bring back our
合法的钱。”
lawful money in.”
当然，我说我要和我妈妈一起去，当然，他们都哭了
Of course I said I would go with my mother, and of course they all cried out at our
真是鲁莽，但即便如此，也没有一个人愿意和我们一起去。
foolhardiness, but even then not a man would go along with us.
他们所能做的就是
All they would do was to
给我一支上了膛的手枪，免得我们遭到攻击，并保证准备好马匹
give me a loaded pistol lest we were attacked, and to promise to have horses ready
我们备好了鞍，以防回来时被人追赶，而一个小伙子则骑马去
saddled in case we were pursued on our return, while one lad was to ride forward to the
医生在寻求武装援助。
doctor’s in search of armed assistance.
当我们俩在寒冷的夜晚出发时，我的心怦怦直跳
My heart was beating finely when we two set forth in the cold night upon this
危险的风险。
dangerous venture.
一轮满月开始冉冉升起，红彤彤的月光从上方照了进来
A full moon was beginning to rise and peered redly through the upper
雾的边缘，这增加了我们的速度，因为它是明显的，在我们出来之前
edges of the fog, and this increased our haste, for it was plain, before we came forth
再一次，一切都会像白天一样明亮，我们的离去会暴露在任何人的眼睛里
again, that all would be as bright as day, and our departure exposed to the eyes of any
观察人士。
watchers.
我们悄无声息地飞快地沿着树篱溜过去，既没看见也没听见
We slipped along the hedges, noiseless and swift, nor did we see or hear
任何增加我们恐惧的东西，直到本葆海军上将号的门才使我们松了一口气
anything to increase our terrors, till, to our relief, the door of the Admiral Benbow
已经在我们身后关闭了。
had closed behind us.
我立刻打开门闩，我们站在那里，在黑暗中喘了一会儿气
I slipped the bolt at once, and we stood and panted for a moment in the dark, alone
和船长的尸体在一起。
in the house with the dead captain’s body.
然后我妈在酒吧里点了根蜡烛，然后
Then my mother got a candle in the bar, and
我们手拉手走进客厅。
holding each other’s hands, we advanced into the parlour.
他像我们离开时那样躺着，
He lay as we had left him,
他仰面躺着，睁着眼睛，伸出一只胳膊。
on his back, with his eyes open and one arm stretched out.
“把窗帘拉下来，吉姆。”母亲低声说。
“Draw down the blind, Jim,” whispered my mother;
“他们可能会过来观看
“they might come and watch
在外面。
outside.
“现在，”当我这样做的时候，她说，“我们必须把钥匙从那上面取下来；
And now,” said she when I had done so, “we have to get the key off THAT;
和
and
我倒想知道，由谁来碰它！
who’s to touch it, I should like to know!
说着，她呜咽了一声
” and she gave a kind of sob as she said the
单词。
words.
我立刻跪了下来。
I went down on my knees at once.
在他手边的地板上有一点
On the floor close to his hand there was a little
圆形的纸，一面涂黑了。
round of paper, blackened on the one side.
我毫不怀疑，这就是布莱克
I could not doubt that this was the BLACK
现货;
SPOT;
我把它拿起来，发现它的另一面写着字迹非常清晰，
and taking it up, I found written on the other side, in a very good, clear hand,
这条短信是：“今晚10点前。”
this short message: “You have till ten tonight.”
“他活到十点，妈妈，”我说。
“He had till ten, Mother,” said I;
就在我说话的时候，我们的旧钟开始响了
and just as I said it, our old clock began
引人注目。
striking.
这突如其来的声音把我们吓了一跳；
This sudden noise startled us shockingly;
但这是个好消息，因为它确实是好消息
but the news was good, for it was
只有6个。
only six.
“喂，吉姆，”她说，“那把钥匙。”
“Now, Jim,” she said, “that key.”
我在他的口袋里摸了一个又一个。
I felt in his pockets, one after another.
几个小硬币，一个顶针，还有一些
A few small coins, a thimble, and some
线和大针，一根烟叶的辫子在末端咬掉，他的沟壑
thread and big needles, a piece of pigtail tobacco bitten away at the end, his gully
他们只有一个歪歪扭扭的把手，一个袖珍指南针和一个火绒盒
with the crooked handle, a pocket compass, and a tinder box were all that they
我开始感到绝望。
contained, and I began to despair.
“也许在他的脖子上，”我母亲说。
“Perhaps it’s round his neck,” suggested my mother.
克服强烈的反感，我撕开了他的衬衫的脖子，那里，当然
Overcoming a strong repugnance, I tore open his shirt at the neck, and there, sure
足够了，挂在一根柏油的绳子上，我用他自己的沟剪断了，我们找到了
enough, hanging to a bit of tarry string, which I cut with his own gully, we found the
关键。
key.
听到这一胜利，我们充满了希望，毫不拖延地跑上楼去
At this triumph we were filled with hope and hurried upstairs without delay to the
他睡了那么久的那个小房间，他的箱子从他出生那天起就一直放在那里
little room where he had slept so long and where his box had stood since the day of his
的到来。
arrival.
就像其他水手的胸口一样，开头的“B”还在燃烧
It was like any other seaman’s chest on the outside, the initial “B” burned on
它的顶部用热熨斗烫过了，边角有些碎了，
the top of it with a hot iron, and the corners somewhat smashed and broken as by long,
粗糙的使用。
rough usage.
“把钥匙给我，”妈妈说；
“Give me the key,” said my mother;
虽然锁很硬，她还是开了
and though the lock was very stiff, she had
把它翻过来，一眨眼就把盖子掀开了。
turned it and thrown back the lid in a twinkling.
一股强烈的烟草味和柏油味从里面冒了出来，但什么也看不见
A strong smell of tobacco and tar rose from the interior, but nothing was to be seen
在上面除了一套非常好的衣服，仔细刷和折叠。
on the top except a suit of very good clothes, carefully brushed and folded.
他们有
They had
从来没有穿过，妈妈说。
never been worn, my mother said.
在那下面，乱七八糟的东西开始了——一个象限仪，一个罐头
Under that, the miscellany began—a quadrant, a tin
几根烟草，两对很漂亮的手枪，一根棒子
canikin, several sticks of tobacco, two brace of very handsome pistols, a piece of bar
银器、一块古老的西班牙表和其他一些没什么价值的小饰品
silver, an old Spanish watch and some other trinkets of little value and mostly of
外国制造的，一对黄铜圆规，五六个奇怪的西方
foreign make, a pair of compasses mounted with brass, and five or six curious West
印度的贝壳。
Indian shells.
从那以后，我常常想，他为什么要带着这些东西
I have often wondered since why he should have carried about these
贝壳伴随着他的漂泊，罪恶和被追捕的生活。
shells with him in his wandering, guilty, and hunted life.
在此期间，除了银器和小饰品外，我们没有发现任何有价值的东西，
In the meantime, we had found nothing of any value but the silver and the trinkets,
这两件事都没有妨碍我们。
and neither of these were in our way.
下面是一件旧的船斗篷，已经变白了
Underneath there was an old boat-cloak, whitened
许多港口的沙洲上都有海盐。
with sea-salt on many a harbour-bar.
我妈妈不耐烦地把它拔了出来，就在那儿
My mother pulled it up with impatience, and there
躺在我们面前，箱子里最后的东西，用油布捆着的一捆，看着
lay before us, the last things in the chest, a bundle tied up in oilcloth, and looking
像纸一样，还有一个帆布袋，轻轻一碰，就发出金子的叮当声。
like papers, and a canvas bag that gave forth, at a touch, the jingle of gold.
“我要让这些流氓知道我是个诚实的女人，”我母亲说。
“I’ll show these rogues that I’m an honest woman,” said my mother.
“我要
“I’ll have
我的会费，一分钱都没有多。
my dues, and not a farthing over.
帮克罗斯利太太拿着包。”
Hold Mrs. Crossley’s bag.”
她开始数
And she began to count
把船长的分数从水手的袋子里加到我的袋子里
over the amount of the captain’s score from the sailor’s bag into the one that I was
持有。
holding.
这是一项漫长而艰难的工作，因为硬币是各种国家和大小的
It was a long, difficult business, for the coins were of all countries and sizes—
杜布，路易·多，几尼，八个里亚尔，还有我不知道的东西
doubloons, and louis d’ors, and guineas, and pieces of eight, and I know not what
而且，这些都是随机摇在一起的。
besides, all shaken together at random.
珍珠鸡也是最稀有的，而且
The guineas, too, were about the scarcest, and
只有这样，我母亲才知道如何让她有价值。
it was with these only that my mother knew how to make her count.
当我们讲到一半的时候，我突然把手放在她的胳膊上，因为我曾经这样做过
When we were about half-way through, I suddenly put my hand upon her arm, for I had
在寂静的寒冷的空气中听到一种声音，使我的心都提到了嗓子眼——敲击声
heard in the silent frosty air a sound that brought my heart into my mouth—the tap-
盲人用手杖敲打结冰的道路。
tapping of the blind man’s stick upon the frozen road.
它越来越近了，
It drew nearer and nearer,
当我们屏住呼吸坐着的时候。
while we sat holding our breath.
然后它猛烈地敲在旅店的门上，然后我们
Then it struck sharp on the inn door, and then we
你能听到门把手转动的声音吗
could hear the handle being turned and the bolt rattling as the wretched being tried to
输入;
enter;
然后是很长一段时间的内外沉默。
and then there was a long time of silence both within and without.
最后，
At last the
敲击声又开始了，伴随着我们难以形容的喜悦和感激，敲击声慢慢地消失了
tapping recommenced, and, to our indescribable joy and gratitude, died slowly away
一遍又一遍，直到听不见为止。
again until it ceased to be heard.
“妈妈，”我说，“全拿了，我们走吧，”因为我确信
“Mother,” said I, “take the whole and let’s be going,” for I was sure the
闩上的门一定很可疑，会引起整个马蜂窝的骚动
bolted door must have seemed suspicious and would bring the whole hornet’s nest about
我们的耳朵，虽然我是多么感激我把它关起来，谁也不知道谁从来没有
our ears, though how thankful I was that I had bolted it, none could tell who had never
遇到了那个可怕的盲人。
met that terrible blind man.
但是我的母亲，尽管她很害怕，也不同意多拿一点
But my mother, frightened as she was, would not consent to take a fraction more than
是她应得的，而且固执地不愿满足于此。
was due to her and was obstinately unwilling to be content with less.
那时还没有
It was not yet
七个，她说，好长一段路；
seven, she said, by a long way;
她知道自己的权利，她一定会得到的；
she knew her rights and she would have them;
和她
and she
当我还在和我争论的时候，远处传来一声低沉的哨声
was still arguing with me when a little low whistle sounded a good way off upon the
山。
hill.
对我们俩来说，这就够了，而且绰绰有余。
That was enough, and more than enough, for both of us.
“我要多少就拿多少，”她说着跳了起来。
“I’ll take what I have,” she said, jumping to her feet.
“我拿这个来算账，”我拿起那包油皮说。
“And I’ll take this to square the count,” said I, picking up the oilskin packet.
接着，我们俩都摸索着下楼，把蜡烛放在空箱子旁边；
Next moment we were both groping downstairs, leaving the candle by the empty chest;
第二天，我们打开了门，全部撤退了。
and the next we had opened the door and were in full retreat.
我们还没有开始
We had not started a
这一刻太早了。
moment too soon.
雾正在迅速消散；
The fog was rapidly dispersing;
月亮已经照得很清楚了
already the moon shone quite clear on
高地：两边的高地；
the high ground on either side;
它就在山谷的底部，然后
and it was only in the exact bottom of the dell and
在酒馆的门边，还挂着一层薄薄的面纱
round the tavern door that a thin veil still hung unbroken to conceal