011 艰难的冬天

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The same night that Nello had visited Alois at her window, there was a fire at the mill

就在尼洛到阿洛娃窗前看望她的同一天晚上，磨坊发生了火灾。

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The fire engines came from Antwerp, rushing through the snow

消防车从安特卫普赶来，在雪中疾驰。

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Many villagers also came to help

许多村民也赶来帮忙。

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Nello, too, came to save the mill from burning

尼洛也赶来，想救下燃烧的磨坊。

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The outer buildings and many cornfields were destroyed

外围的建筑和许多玉米田被烧毁了。

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Thankfully, the mill itself and the house were unharmed

所幸磨坊本身和住宅没有受损。

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The miller was insured and would lose nothing

磨坊主是投了保险的，不会有什么损失。

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Nevertheless, he was furious

然而，他还是怒不可遏。

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The miller declared that the fire was not an accident

磨坊主宣称，这场火灾并非意外。

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He insisted that someone had set fire to the mill

他坚称是有人故意纵火烧磨坊。

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When he saw Nello helping put out the fire, he said

当他看到尼洛帮忙灭火时，他说：

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" I saw you here in the night

“我晚上在这里看到过你。

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I think you know something about the fire!"

我觉得你知道火灾的一些情况！”

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Nello listened to Master Cogez

尼洛听着科热师傅的话。

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He was too shocked to reply

他震惊得说不出话来。

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" How could anyone say such a thing except as a joke?" Nello thought

“怎么会有人说出这样的话，除非是在开玩笑？”尼洛心想。

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But clearly, the miller was not joking

但显然，磨坊主不是在开玩笑。

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The next day, the miller told his neighbors that he suspected Nello

第二天，磨坊主告诉邻居们，他怀疑尼洛。

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People in the village gossiped

村里的人议论纷纷。

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They said Nello was angry with the miller because he was not allowed to see Alois

他们说尼洛对磨坊主很生气，因为他不被允许见阿洛娃。

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In their hearts, the villagers didn't really believe that Nello had lit the fire

其实在内心深处，村民们并不真的相信是尼洛放的火。

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But the miller was powerful, and the villagers were poor

但磨坊主有权有势，而村民们都很穷。

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They didn't dare question the miller's opinion

他们不敢质疑磨坊主的看法。

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So the villagers no longer smiled at Nello or said hello

于是，村民们不再对尼洛微笑或打招呼了。

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When Nello and Patrasche picked up their milk, the villagers just looked at the ground

当尼洛和帕特拉奇来取牛奶时，村民们都只是低着头看着地面。

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Nello could do nothing

尼洛无可奈何。

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" You are very cruel to Nello," the miller's wife said to her husband

“你对尼洛太残忍了，”磨坊主的妻子对丈夫说。

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" He is innocent

“他是无辜的。

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Maybe Nello was upset that he couldn't see Alois anymore

也许尼洛因为不能再见到阿洛娃而心烦意乱。

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But he is a good boy

但他是个好孩子。

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He would never set fire to our house."

他绝不会放火烧我们家的。

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When he thought over his wife's words, the miller felt she was right

磨坊主仔细想了想妻子的话，觉得她说得对。

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But the miller was a stubborn man

但磨坊主是个固执的人。

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Once he had said something, he would not change his mind

话一旦说出口，他就不会改变主意。

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Nello, for his part, never complained about the miller

尼洛呢，他从不抱怨磨坊主。

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To Patrasche only, he sighed a little about what had happened

他只对帕特拉奇轻轻叹息过发生的事。

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But then he thought," If my picture wins, he'll be sorry, perhaps."

但他转念一想：“要是我的画赢了，他也许会后悔的。”

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Still, it was a difficult time for the 15-year-old boy

可是，对这个十五岁的男孩来说，这段日子依然很难熬。

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He had done nothing wrong, and he was a good young man

他没做错任何事，而且他是个好青年。

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Yet it seemed as if the whole world were against him

然而，仿佛全世界都在和他作对。

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Winters in Flanders are hard

弗兰德斯的冬天很难熬。

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In the village, there was a lot of snow and little food

村里积雪很厚，食物却很少。

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Usually, the villagers helped each other out, but this winter was different

通常，村民们会互相帮忙，但这个冬天不一样了。

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No one came to visit Nello's grandfather or left extra milk at their door

没人来探望尼洛的爷爷，也没人在他们门口多放些牛奶了。

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And then, it got worse

然后，情况更糟了。

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A man from Antwerp started to deliver milk with a large wagon and a mule

一个安特卫普来的人开始用一辆大马车和一头骡子送奶。

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Most villagers stopped giving their milk to Nello to deliver

大多数村民不再把牛奶交给尼洛去送了。

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Instead of twenty customers, now Nello had only four

尼洛原来的二十个客户，现在只剩下四家了。

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Patrasche did not understand the change

帕特拉奇不明白这种变化。

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In the mornings, he would stop, as always, at all the familiar gates

早晨，它还是会一如既往地停在所有熟悉的大门前。

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Now the gates stayed closed

现在，这些大门都紧闭着。

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Patrasche had less milk to carry in the green cart, and Nello had fewer coins in his pocket

帕特拉奇的绿色小车里要拉的牛奶少了，尼洛口袋里的硬币也少了。