021 伤痕累累

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Blantyre stayed at Earlshall until Lady Anne recovered from her fall

布兰太尔留在厄尔肖庄园，直到安妮小姐从坠马的伤中康复。

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Then he returned home

之后他便回家了。

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The head groom, Reuben Smith, drove him to the train since Mr. York was still in London with the earl

因为约克先生还和伯爵在伦敦，所以由马夫长鲁本·史密斯驾车送他去火车站。

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The cart needed some repairs, so Reuben had decided to leave it in town

马车需要修理，所以鲁本决定把它留在镇上。

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He'd brought along a saddle to ride me home

他带了一副马鞍，准备骑着我回家。

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First he left me at the hotel stable to eat and rest

他先把我留在旅馆的马厩里吃草料和休息。

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The grooms had me ready to leave again at four o'clock

四点钟的时候，马夫们已经备好我，可以再次出发了。

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But Reuben wasn't ready yet. He was having a fine time drinking at the pub

但鲁本还没准备好。他正在酒馆里喝得起劲。

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He didn't show up until almost nine o'clock

他直到快九点才出现。

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As soon as he climbed into the saddle, I could feel that something wasn't right

他刚一爬上马鞍，我就感觉到事情不对劲。

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Reuben was normally an excellent rider with a light hand

鲁本平时是个出色的骑手，手法轻柔。

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Now he swayed back and forth and yanked at the reins

现在他前后摇晃，猛拽缰绳。

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As we left town, he kicked me into a gallop

离开镇子时，他踢我让我奔跑起来。

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I obeyed, even though I could feel one of my shoes coming loose and it was a little uncomfortable

我服从了，尽管我能感到一只马蹄铁松了，有点不舒服。

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" Faster, you!" he shouted, smacking me with his whip." Faster!"

“快点，你！”他喊道，并用鞭子抽打我。“快点！”

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I didn't understand. I was already going as fast as I could!

我不明白。我已经跑得最快了！

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My muscles strained, and my shoe loosened more with every stride

我的肌肉紧绷，每一步马蹄铁都更松一些。

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It was a dark night, and I could hardly see where I was going

那是个漆黑的夜晚，我几乎看不清路。

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That made it impossible to avoid uneven or rocky spots on the road

这让我无法避开路上不平或有石块的地方。

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We reached a place where the road workers had laid some new stone

我们来到了一个地方，修路工人在那里铺了些新石头。

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That was when my loose shoe finally came off

就在这时，我那松动的蹄铁终于脱落了。

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Galloping over the stones on my tender foot was very painful

用我那柔弱的蹄子在石头上狂奔，疼痛难忍。

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I started to slow down, but Reuben struck me again with the whip, so I kept going

我开始放慢脚步，但鲁本又抽了我一鞭子，我只好继续跑。

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My hoof started to crack as the stones dug into my foot

石子扎进我的脚掌，我的蹄子开始裂开。

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No horse could keep going forever under such conditions! But I did my best

没有哪匹马能在这种条件下永远跑下去！但我已竭尽全力。

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Finally my bare foot hit a slippery patch of gravel

最后，我没有蹄铁保护的脚踩到了一片打滑的砾石。

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I stumbled and lurched forward, landing hard on both knees

我绊了一下，猛地向前一冲，双膝重重地跪倒在地。

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Reuben was flung out of the saddle and hit the ground

鲁本被摔离马鞍，重重地砸在地上。

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I climbed to my feet and limped off to a softer spot

我挣扎着站起来，一瘸一拐地走到一处较软的地方。

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My knees hurt, my foot was sore, and I was exhausted

我的膝盖疼痛，脚掌酸楚，精疲力竭。

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I waited for Reuben to get up, but after a few groans, he lay silent and still

我等着鲁本站起来，但他呻吟了几声之后，就一动不动地躺着，没了声息。

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And so I waited

于是，我就这样等着。

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The moon rose, and I could see the empty road stretching away in both directions

月亮升起来了，我能看到空荡荡的大路向两头延伸。

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Hours passed before I heard a cart approaching

几个小时过去了，我才听到有马车靠近的声音。

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As it came nearer, I thought I recognized the sound of Ginger's step

当它走近时，我似乎听出了金吉儿的脚步声。

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Sure enough she soon came into view pulling two men in a small cart

果然，她很快就出现在视野里，拉着一辆小马车，上面坐着两个人。

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The men soon spotted me — and Reuben

那两个人很快就发现了我和鲁本。

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It turned out that Reuben had been killed in the fall

原来鲁本在坠落中丧生了。

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I wasn't blamed for the accident, as it was easy enough for everyone to figure out what had happened

我没有因为事故而受到责备，因为大家都很容易猜到发生了什么。

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One of the men led me carefully back to Earlshall Park, where the grooms tended to my injured knees and wrapped my sore foot

其中一个人小心翼翼地牵着我回到厄尔肖庄园，马夫们照料我受伤的膝盖，并给我的蹄子包扎。

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The foot healed quickly. My knees were another story

蹄子很快就痊愈了，而我的膝盖就不一样了。

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" I don't think the joint is injured," the veterinarian told the grooms

“我认为关节没有受伤。”兽医对马夫们说。

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" This horse should be able to return to full work after a while

“这匹马过一段时间应该就能恢复正常工作了。

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But he'll always have ugly scars on his knees."

但他的膝盖上会永远留下难看的疤痕。”

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" That's too bad," one of the grooms said." The lady won't like that."

“那太糟了，”一个马夫说，“夫人不会喜欢的。”

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It took a long time for my knees to heal, with lots of painful treatments

我的膝盖花了很长时间才愈合，期间经历了许多痛苦的治疗。

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After some time in my stall, the grooms put me out into a small pasture

在马厩里待了一段时间后，马夫们把我放到了一小块牧场上。

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I spent a month or so grazing and resting out there

我在那里吃草、休息，度过了大约一个月的时间。

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It was nice, although I was a little lonely

虽然有点孤独，但感觉还不错。

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One day I heard the gate open

一天，我听到大门打开了。

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When I looked over, I saw a groom releasing Ginger into the field!

我望过去，看见一个马夫把金吉儿放进了牧场！

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I trotted over to her with a joyful whinny. She was glad to see me too

我高兴地嘶鸣着，小跑着迎向她。她见到我也很开心。

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But her reason for being there was not a happy one

但她来这儿的原因却并不令人愉快。

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She told me the earl's son had been riding her too hard lately

她告诉我，伯爵的儿子最近骑她骑得太狠了。

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During a hunt, he'd pressed her so much that she'd ended up with a strained back and breathing problems

在一次狩猎中，他把她逼得太紧，导致她背部劳损，还出现了呼吸问题。

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" We are not quite the horses we once were, are we?" she said sadly

“我们都不再是曾经的自己了，对吗？”她悲伤地说。

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Still we were happy to be together again

尽管如此，能再次相聚，我们还是很高兴。

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We enjoyed the next few weeks until the earl finally returned from London

接下来的几周我们过得非常愉快，直到伯爵终于从伦敦回来了。

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He and York came to see us. The earl frowned as he looked us over

他和约克来看我们。伯爵打量着我们，皱起了眉头。

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" What a waste of good horses!" he told York

“真是糟蹋了两匹好马！”他对约克说。

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" I feel terrible, especially since I told my friend that these two would have a good home here."

“我感觉糟透了，尤其是我还跟朋友说过，这两匹马在这里会有一个好归宿。”

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" Ginger, the mare, might come around after a rest," York said

“那匹母马金吉儿，休息之后或许能恢复过来。”约克说。

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The earl nodded." We'll give her a chance," he said

伯爵点点头。“我们会给她一个机会。”他说。

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" But I can't have a horse with those knees in my stables

“但我不能让膝盖成这样的马留在我的马厩里。

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The black one will have to be sold."

这匹黑马必须得卖掉。”