035 阿弗里尔的赎罪

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A few days after the gathering at Ruby's, Anne and Diana were walking slowly near the stream next to Green Gables

露比家聚会过后几天，安妮和戴安娜在绿山墙旁的小溪边缓步而行。

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" What are you thinking, Anne?" asked Diana

“你在想什么，安妮？”戴安娜问。

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" I've been thinking about writing a short story," Anne confessed

“我一直在想写一篇短篇小说，”安妮承认道。

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" I'm hoping I can get it published, in a women's magazine maybe."

“我希望我能让它出版，也许是在女性杂志上。”

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" Oh, have you started it?" exclaimed Diana, very interested

“哦，你开始写了吗？”戴安娜叫道，很感兴趣。

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" I've only written a few pages, but I've got a suitable plot," Anne replied

“我只写了几页，但有了一个合适的情节，”安妮回答。

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" The main character's name is Averil. The hero's name is Harold Jonathon Wittington

“女主人公叫艾薇儿。男主人公叫哈罗德·乔纳森·惠廷顿。

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I think they are elegant and fitting names for the main characters, don't you?

我觉得这些名字优雅又贴切，很适合主角，你不觉得吗？

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It took me hours to think of those names, Diana."

我想出这些名字花了好几个小时，戴安娜。”

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" Have you named all the characters?" asked Diana wistfully

“你把所有角色都命名好了吗？”戴安娜若有所思地问。

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" If you haven't, could I name someone? Even if it's just some unimportant person."

“如果你还没起，我能给某个人物起个名吗？就算只是个无足轻重的角色。”

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" You can name the servant," conceded Anne

“你可以给仆人起名，”安妮让步道。

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" I think his name will be... Bobby," said Diana promptly

“我想他的名字就叫……鲍比，”戴安娜脱口而出。

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" And you'll let me read your story, won't you, Anne?"

“你会让我读你的故事吧，安妮？”

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" When it is finished," Anne said," I'll read it to you and Mr. Harrison." He was Anne's neighbor in Avonlea

“写完之后，”安妮说，“我会读给你和哈里森先生听。” 他是安妮在阿冯利的邻居。

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" And I want you both to criticize it severely, since no one else shall see it until it is published."

“我希望你们俩都严格批评，因为在它出版之前，我不会给其他人看。”

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" How are you going to end the story? Happily or unhappily?" Diana asked

“你打算怎么结束这个故事？是喜剧还是悲剧？”戴安娜问道。

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" I'm not sure," Anne said." I'd like it to end unhappily, because that would be so much more romantic

“我不确定，”安妮说，“我倒想让它以悲剧收场，因为那会浪漫得多。

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But I think magazine editors have a prejudice against sad endings

但我觉得杂志编辑们对悲伤的结局有偏见。

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A famous author once said that only a genius should write an unhappy ending. And I am anything but a genius."

一位著名作家曾说过，只有天才才应该写悲剧结局。而我绝非天才。”

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" Oh, I like happy endings best

"哦，我最喜欢幸福的结局。

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I think the hero should marry Averil," said Diana, who, especially since her engagement to Fred, thought this was how every story should end

我觉得男主角应该娶艾薇儿，"戴安娜说，自从她和弗雷德订婚后，她就更觉得每个故事都该这样结尾。

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" But don't you like to cry when you read stories?" Anne asked

"可是你看故事的时候不喜欢流泪吗？"安妮问道。

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" Yes," Diana said." But I only like crying in the middle of the story. I like everything to end happily."

"喜欢，"戴安娜说。"但我只喜欢在故事中间流泪。我希望一切都幸福地结束。"

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" Hmm, perhaps I should have one tragic scene," said Anne thoughtfully

"嗯，也许我该写一个悲剧场景，"安妮若有所思地说。

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" Perhaps Bobby the servant is injured in a tractor accident in the fields and dies — "

"也许仆人鲍比在田里遭遇了一场拖拉机事故，受了重伤死去——"

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" No! You can't kill Bobby!" said Diana, laughing

"不行！你不能写死鲍比！"戴安娜笑着说。

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" He belongs to me and I want him to live and flourish! Kill someone else."

"他是我这儿的人，我要他好好活下去，日子越过越好！写死别人吧。"

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" But it's my story!" Anne laughed with her

"可这是我的故事呀！"安妮和她一起笑起来。

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Over the next fortnight, Anne worked hard on her story, writing day and night

接下来的两周里，安妮很用功地写她的故事，没日没夜地写。

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She managed to include a tragic scene without killing Bobby the servant

她成功写了一个悲剧场景，却没有让仆人鲍比死掉。

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When the story was finally finished, Anne read it to Diana on the porch of Green Gables

故事终于写完时，安妮在绿山墙的走廊上读给戴安娜听。

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When Anne looked up after reading the last paragraph, Diana seemed disappointed

读完最后一段，安妮抬起头，戴安娜看起来有些失望。

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" Why did you kill Anthony Lennox?" Diana asked reproachfully

“你为什么让安东尼·伦诺克斯死掉？”戴安娜带着责备的语气问。

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" He was the villain," protested Anne." He had to be punished!"

“他是反派呀，”安妮不服气地说，“他必须受到惩罚！”

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" I liked him best of all!" said Diana, unreasonably, it seemed to Anne

“我最喜欢的就是他！”戴安娜说，在安妮看来这简直毫无道理。

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" Well, he's dead, and he'll have to stay dead," said Anne, annoyed

“唉，他已经死了，而且就得一直死着。”安妮有点恼火地说。

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" If I had let him live, he would have kept persecuting Averil and Harold. The villain had to die, Diana!"

“要是我让他活着，他就会一直迫害艾薇儿和哈罗德。反派必须死，戴安娜！”

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" Well, anyway," Diana said," it's a wonderful story, Anne, and it will make you famous, I'm sure. What's its title?"

“好吧，不管怎样，”戴安娜说，“这故事很棒，安妮，我相信它会让你出名的。书名是什么？”

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" Oh, I decided that long ago," Anne replied." It's called ' Averil's Atonement.'

“哦，我早就想好了，”安妮回答，“就叫《艾薇儿的赎罪》。”

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Both words begin with the letter a, so it sounds sophisticated

两个词都以字母A开头，所以听起来很精致。

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Now, Diana, tell me honestly, do you see any faults in my story?"

现在，戴安娜，老实告诉我，你觉得我的故事有什么缺点吗？”

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" Well," hesitated Diana," that part where Averil makes the cake doesn't seem quite romantic enough to match the rest of the story

“嗯，”戴安娜犹豫道，“艾薇儿做蛋糕的那部分，跟故事的其余部分比起来，似乎不够浪漫。

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Heroines shouldn't cook."

女主角不应该下厨。”

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" But that's a funny part, and one of the best parts of the story!" Anne exclaimed

“但那可是个有趣的部分，而且是故事里最精彩的部分之一呀！”安妮大声说。

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Diana prudently refrained from any further criticism, but later Mr. Harrison criticized the story a lot

戴安娜谨慎地没再多说，但后来哈里森先生对这个故事大加批评。

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" Why did you write a story about rich people with silly names?" he asked

“你为什么要写一个关于有着愚蠢名字的有钱人的故事？”他问道。

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" You should write about the people you know, here in Avonlea."

“你应该写你认识的人，在埃文利这里的人。”

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" But Avonlea is not romantic," Anne protested

“可是埃文利一点也不浪漫，”安妮反驳道。

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" Well," Mr. Harrison replied," I don't like the hero, Harold, either

“嗯，”哈里森先生回答，“我也不喜欢那个男主角哈罗德。

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He's too good. He just stands around being polite and romantic. I prefer the villain, Anthony Lennox."

他太好了，只知道站在一边，表现得彬彬有礼又富有浪漫情调。我更喜欢那个反派，安东尼·伦诺克斯。”

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Anne decided the next time she wrote a story, she wouldn't ask for anyone's feedback!

安妮决定，下次她再写故事，绝不征求任何人的意见了！

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Anne sent the story to one of the biggest women's magazines and waited to hear from them. She didn't have to wait long

安妮把故事寄给了最大的一家女性杂志社，然后等着他们的消息。她没等多久。

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The magazine sent the story back a week later with a letter that said " Averil's Atonement " wasn't " suitable."

一周后，杂志社把故事退了回来，还附了一封信，说《艾薇儿的赎罪》“不合适”。

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Diana tried to comfort Anne, saying," Those big magazines are no good anyway," and that she should keep trying

戴安娜试图安慰安妮，说：“反正那些大杂志社也没什么好的，”还说她应该继续尝试。

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Not to be dissuaded, Anne sent the story to another magazine

安妮并没有气馁，她把故事寄给了另一家杂志社。

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It was sent back even faster. Anne didn't believe the editor had read it at all!

这次退稿更快。安妮简直不相信那位编辑压根儿就没读过它！

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Discouraged, she put her story away underneath her dresser and gave the extra copy to Diana

安妮灰心丧气，她把故事收起来，塞到梳妆台底下，把多余的那份稿子给了戴安娜。

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Anne never mentioned the two rejections to Mr. Harrison, but one evening he asked her bluntly if her story had been accepted

安妮从未跟哈里森先生提起过这两次退稿的事，但一天晚上，他直截了当地问她，她的故事被采用了没有。

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" No, the editors didn't accept it," Anne answered briefly

“没有，编辑们没有采用它。”安妮简短地回答。

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Mr. Harrison looked at Anne's flushed face

哈里森先生看着安妮通红的脸。

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" Well, I hope you keep writing, Anne," he said encouragingly

“唔，我希望你继续写下去，安妮。”他鼓励地说。

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" No, I shall never try to write a story again," declared Anne

“不，我再也不会尝试写故事了。”安妮宣告说。

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" I wouldn't give up altogether," said Mr. Harrison gently, looking at Anne's flushed face

“要是我，就不会完全放弃，”哈里森先生温和地说，看着安妮通红的脸。

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" I would keep writing once in a while

“我会时不时地坚持写一写。

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Why don't you write about people and places you know?

你为什么不写写你认识的人和熟悉的地方呢？

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Make the characters talk in everyday English, and write about everyday life. But don't stop writing, Anne."

让人物用日常英语交谈，写写日常生活。但别停下笔，安妮。”

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" No. It was foolish of me to try," Anne said firmly

“不。我尝试这件事，真是太傻了。”安妮坚决地说。

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" I am good at teaching, and when I finish college, I'll return to that

“我擅长教书，等我读完大学，我就会回去干老本行。

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I can teach. I can't write stories."

我能教书。我不会写故事。”

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" When you finish college, it'll be time to get married, Anne," said Mr. Harrison

“等你读完大学，就该是结婚的时候了，安妮。”哈里森先生说。

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Anne scowled. Sometimes Mr. Harrison was so annoying! She got up and marched home

安妮皱起了眉头。有时候哈里森先生真是烦人！她站起身来，大步走回了家。