020 双胞胎

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One mild October evening, Anne leaned back in her chair and sighed

一个温和的十月傍晚，安妮靠在椅背上，叹了口气。

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She was sitting at a table covered with textbooks and exercises

她坐在一张堆满教科书和练习册的桌前。

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" What is the matter?" asked Gilbert, who had just arrived

“怎么了？”刚到的吉尔伯特问道。

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" How's school going? I heard you are doing a splendid job and all the children like you."

“学校怎么样？我听说你做得非常好，所有孩子都喜欢你。”

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" Actually, no, not all," said Anne." Anthony Pye doesn't and won't like me

“其实不是，不是全部，”安妮说。“安东尼·派伊不喜欢我，也不会喜欢我。

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And what's worse is he doesn't respect me

更糟的是，他不尊重我。

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I don't mind confessing to you that it worries me miserably

我不介意向你坦白，这让我非常苦恼。

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I've tried every way to win him over, and I'm beginning to fear I never shall

我用尽了各种方法想赢得他的好感，我开始担心我永远也做不到了。

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But we'll see what patience and kindness can do."

不过，我们看看耐心和善意能做到什么吧。”

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" Do you at least like teaching?" asked Gilbert." I do

“那至少你喜欢教书吗？”吉尔伯特问道。“我喜欢。

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Why, I've learned more in the past few weeks of teaching than in all the years I went to school myself!"

哎呀，我过去几周教书学到的东西，比我上学这么多年学到的还要多！”

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Anne and Gilbert talked for a while about their plans, and Gilbert announced that he wanted to study to be a doctor

安妮和吉尔伯特聊了一会儿各自的计划，吉尔伯特宣布他想学医，成为一名医生。

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" I want to do my share of honest, real work in the world, Anne."

“我想在这个世界上，做我那一份诚实、实在的工作，安妮。”

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" I'd like to add some beauty to life," said Anne dreamily

“我想给生活增添一些美好，”安妮向往地说。

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" I don't exactly want to make people know more — though I know that teaching is the noblest ambition —

“我并不完全是想让人们懂得更多——尽管我知道教书是最崇高的志向——

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but I'd love for people to have some little joy or happy thought because of me."

但我希望人们能因为我，而拥有一些小小的快乐或愉悦的心情。”

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" I think you're fulfilling that ambition every day," said Gilbert admiringly

“我觉得你每天都在实现这个志向呢，”吉尔伯特钦佩地说。

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Gilbert left, and when Marilla returned home, the fire was crackling and Anne had dinner ready

吉尔伯特离开了。玛丽拉回到家时，炉火噼啪作响，安妮已经准备好了晚饭。

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But Marilla sank wearily into her chair

但玛丽拉疲惫地坐到椅子上。

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" Are your eyes troubling you? Does your head ache?" queried Anne anxiously

“你的眼睛不舒服吗？头疼吗？”安妮担心地询问。

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" No," said Marilla." I'm just tired... and worried about my cousin Mary and her children

“没有，”玛丽拉说，“我只是累了……还担心我的表妹玛丽和她的孩子。”

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Mary is very ill and may die soon."

玛丽病得很重，可能活不久了。”

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" What are the children like? How old are they?" Anne asked

“孩子们什么样？他们多大了？”安妮问道。

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" They're twins — six years old," replied Marilla

“他们是双胞胎——六岁了，”玛丽拉回答。

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" Oh, I've always been especially interested in twins since Mrs. Hammond had so many," said Anne eagerly." Are they pretty?"

“哦，自从哈蒙德太太有过那么多双胞胎后，我就一直对双胞胎特别感兴趣，”安妮热切地说，“他们漂亮吗？”

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" Goodness, I couldn't tell," said Marilla." They were too dirty

“天哪，我看不出来，”玛丽拉说，“他们太脏了。”

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Davy was making mud pies outside, and he pushed Dora into the mud

戴维在外边做泥巴派，他把多拉推到了泥里。

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Mary said Dora was really a very good child but that Davy was full of mischief." Marilla paused for a moment

玛丽说多拉真是个很乖的孩子，但戴维特别调皮。”玛丽拉停顿了片刻。

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" Anne, I'm sure Mary wants me to take those children

“安妮，我肯定玛丽想让我收养那两个孩子。

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She didn't say so, but I'm sure she thinks it."

她没这么说，但我肯定她是这么想的。”

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" Oh!" Anne clasped her hands with excitement

“哦！”安妮兴奋地紧握双手。

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" And of course you will, Marilla, won't you?"

“你当然会收养他们的，玛丽拉，对吧？”

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" I haven't made up my mind," said Marilla

“我还没打定主意。”玛丽拉说。

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Marilla thought there was only one thing you could say about twins: they were twice as bad as a single child

玛丽拉心想，说起双胞胎，只一点好说：他们可比一个孩子麻烦一倍。

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" I think twins are very interesting," repeated Anne." At least one pair of them."

“我觉得双胞胎很有趣嘛，”安妮又说了一遍，“至少有一对是这样。”

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Marilla frowned and said," Dora seems good and quiet, but that Davy..."

玛丽拉皱起眉头说：“多拉看起来又乖又安静，可那个戴维……”

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Anne was fond of children, and the memory of her own lonely childhood before she came to Green Gables was still very vivid

安妮很喜欢孩子，她自己来绿山墙之前那段孤独的童年生活，记忆依然十分清晰。

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" It's our duty to look after them, Marilla," Anne insisted

“照顾他们是咱们的责任，玛丽拉。”安妮坚持说道。

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" I suppose it is," Marilla agreed with some reluctance

“我想也是。”玛丽拉有些勉强地应承下来。

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" Don't look so happy, Anne. It will mean extra work for you

“别这么高兴，安妮。这意味着你得多干好些活呢。

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My eyes are bad, so you'll have to make their clothes. And you don't like sewing."

我眼睛不好，所以你来做他们的衣服。但你不喜欢针线活。”

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" I do hate sewing," said Anne calmly," but it's good for people to do things they don't like... in moderation."

“我是讨厌做针线活，”安妮平静地说，“但让人做点不喜欢的事……适度地做，是有好处的。”

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A few weeks later, Mrs. Lynde was sitting at her kitchen window, knitting

几周后，林德太太坐在厨房窗前织着毛线。

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Five years previously, Mrs. Lynde had sat at the same window

五年前，林德太太也曾坐在这同一扇窗前，

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and watched Matthew Cuthbert drive past with Anne when the young girl first arrived in Avonlea

看着马修·卡斯伯特赶着马车，带着刚来到埃文利的少女安妮经过。

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" There's Marilla coming home from her cousin's funeral," Mrs. Lynde said to her husband," and she's got the twins with her

“玛丽拉参加完她表妹的葬礼回来了，”林德太太对她丈夫说，“她把那对双胞胎也带来了。

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Yes, there's Davy trying to grab the pony's tail and Marilla jerking him back. Dora's sitting up straight

是啊，达维想去抓小马的尾巴，玛丽拉一把把他拽了回去。多拉笔直地坐着。

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She always looks as if she's just been starched and ironed."

她看起来总像是刚浆洗熨烫过一样。”

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The pony jogged past the Lyndes' farm and along the lane to Green Gables. Marilla's face was rather grim

小马迈着轻快的步子经过林德家的农场，沿着小路朝绿山墙跑去。玛丽拉脸色相当阴沉。

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She could not make Davy sit still and worried that he might fall off the buggy and break his neck

她没法让达维安分地坐着，又担心他会从马车上摔下来，摔断脖子。

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In despair she finally threatened to smack him

绝望之中，她终于威胁说要打他。

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Whereupon Davy climbed into her lap, flung his chubby arms about her neck, and gave her a bear-like hug

达维一听，立刻爬到她膝上，用胖乎乎的胳膊搂住她的脖子，像只小熊似的给了她一个拥抱。

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" I don't believe you mean it," Davy said, touching her wrinkled cheek affectionately

“我不信你真会打，”达维说着，亲昵地碰了碰她布满皱纹的脸颊。

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" You don't look like a lady who'd smack a little boy

“你看起来不像是会打小男孩的女士。

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Didn't you find it hard to keep still when you were little?"

你小时候不也觉得乖乖坐着一动不动很难吗？”

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" No, I always kept still when I was told," said Marilla, trying to speak sternly but warming to Davy's hugs

“不，我小时候让不乱动就不乱动，”玛丽拉说着，本想板起脸孔，但心却被达维的拥抱暖化了。

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" Well, I suppose that was because you're a girl," said Davy

“嗯，我猜那是因为你是女孩吧，”达维说。

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" Dora can sit still. But it's not as fun."

“多拉就能安安静静地坐着。可那不就没那么好玩了。”

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" How can you be such a naughty boy when your poor mother's funeral was today?" demanded Marilla despairingly

“今天刚给你可怜的妈妈办完葬礼，你怎么能这么淘气呢？”玛丽拉绝望地问。

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" But she was glad to die," said Davy confidentially

“可是，妈妈对‘走’这件事是开心的，”达维悄声说道。

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" I know, because she told me so. Mother was tired of being sick

“我知道的，因为她这么跟我说的。妈妈病得太累了。

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We had a long talk before she died

她过世前，我们谈了很久。

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She said you would take me and Dora, and I would be a good boy."

她说你会照顾我和多拉，还说我会做个好孩子。”

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They arrived at Green Gables, and Anne greeted them

他们到了绿山墙，安妮迎上前去。

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Dora calmly allowed herself to be kissed, but Davy gave Anne a hearty hug and cheerfully announced," I'm Mr. Davy Keith."

多拉安安静静地让安妮亲了亲，可达维却给了安妮一个热情的拥抱，兴高采烈地宣布：“我是达维·基思先生。”