001 无人问津

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When Mary Lennox was sent to Misselthwaite Manor to live with her uncle, everyone said she was the most disagreeable-looking child ever seen

当玛丽·伦诺克斯被送到米瑟斯韦特庄园与她的叔叔同住时，人人都说她是见过的最不讨人喜欢的孩子。

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It was true too

这确实是真的。

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She had a thin, little face; a thin, little body; and thin, blond hair

她有一张瘦小的脸，一副瘦小的身板，还有一头稀疏的金发。

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She had a sour look on her face, and her skin was pale because she had always been sick

她脸上总带着愠怒的表情，皮肤苍白，因为她一直在生病。

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She had been born in India, where her father worked for the English government

她出生在印度，父亲在那里为英国政府工作。

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Her mother was a great beauty who only wanted to go to parties and amuse herself with interesting people

她的母亲是个大美人，只想去参加派对，与有趣的人寻欢作乐。

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She had not wanted a little girl at all

她根本不想要一个小女孩。

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So when Mary was born, her mother handed her over to the care of a nanny

所以玛丽一出生，母亲就把她交给了一个保姆照顾。

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The nanny had strict instructions: Keep the baby out of sight as much as possible

保姆得到了严格的指示：尽量别让这孩子出现在眼前。

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The servants always let Mary do whatever she wanted to keep her from crying and making her mother angry

仆人们总是让玛丽随心所欲，免得她哭闹，惹她母亲生气。

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By the time Mary was six years old, she was very selfish and stubborn

到玛丽六岁时，她已经变得非常自私又固执。

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A young English governess came to teach her to read and write

一位年轻的英国家庭女教师来教她读书写字。

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But she disliked Mary so much that she stayed only three months

但她太讨厌玛丽了，只待了三个月。

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Other governesses came and went even faster

其他家庭女教师来得快，走得更快。

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One very hot morning, when she was about ten, Mary awoke feeling grumpy

一个非常炎热的早晨，玛丽大约十岁时，醒来觉得心情烦躁。

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She was even grumpier when she saw that the woman standing by her bed was not her usual nanny

当她看到站在床边的女人不是她平时的保姆时，她更加烦躁了。

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" Why are you here?" she said to the strange woman

“你为什么在这里？”她对那个陌生女人说。

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" I will not let you stay. Send my nanny to me."

“我不会让你留下来的。把我的保姆叫来。”

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The woman looked frightened." She cannot come."

那女人看上去很害怕。“她不能来。”

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Mary flew into a rage and beat and kicked the servant

玛丽勃然大怒，对那个仆人又打又踢。

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But the frightened woman would only repeat," The nanny cannot come."

但那惊慌失措的女人只是重复着：“保姆不能来了。”

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" There is a mystery in the air this morning," said Mary to herself after the servant went away

“今天早上的气氛有些神秘，”佣人走后，玛丽自言自语道。

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As she walked about the house, she noticed that some of the servants were missing

她在屋子里走来走去时，发现有些佣人不见了。

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The ones that she did see looked frightened

她见到的那些，看起来都惊恐万分。

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She went out into the garden and began to play under a tree near the porch

她走到外面的花园，在门廊旁的一棵树下玩了起来。

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" I can pretend to make a flower garden," said Mary

“我可以假装在造一个花园，”玛丽说。

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She stuck big, red hibiscus blossoms into little heaps of earth, but still felt angry that her nanny had abandoned her

她把又大又红的木槿花插进一小堆一小堆的土里，但心里还是为保姆抛弃她的事感到气愤。

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Suddenly someone came out on the porch

突然，有人走到了门廊上。

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It was her mother and a young English soldier

是她母亲和一个年轻的英国军官。

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Her mother's face and clothes were as beautiful as ever, but something was wrong

她母亲的脸庞和衣着都一如既往地美丽，但有什么地方不对劲。

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Mary's mother looked upset

玛丽的母亲看起来心烦意乱。

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" Is it so very bad? Oh, is it?" Mary heard her ask

“真有那么糟吗？哦，是吗？”玛丽听到她问。

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" Awful," said the young soldier

“糟透了。”年轻军官说。

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" You ought to have gone to the hills two weeks ago."

“你两周前就该上山去了。”

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Mary did not know what they were talking about

玛丽不知道他们在说什么。

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She stayed quiet and listened

她安静地待着，继续听。

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" Oh, I know I should have gone," said Mary's mother

“哦，我知道我本该走的，”玛丽的母亲说。

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" I only stayed to go to that silly party. What a fool I was!"

“我留下来只是为了去那个愚蠢的聚会。我真是个傻瓜！”

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Suddenly the sound of wailing came from the servants' quarters

突然，仆人住处传来嚎哭声。

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The noise grew louder and wilder

那声音越来越响，越来越疯狂。

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" What is that?" cried Mary's mother

“那是什么？”玛丽的母亲喊道。

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" Someone has died," said the soldier

“有人死了，”那个士兵说。

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" You did not tell me it had broken out among your servants."

“你没有告诉我，瘟疫在你的仆人里爆发了。”

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" I did not know," said Mary's mother." Come with me!"

“我不知道，”玛丽的母亲说，“跟我来！”

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And she ran into the house with the soldier

她带着那个士兵跑进了房子。

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Mary soon learned why the servants were wailing

玛丽很快就明白了仆人们为何嚎哭。

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Her nanny had died of cholera, a dreaded disease that was spreading quickly and killing many people

她的保姆死于霍乱，那是一种传播迅速、夺走许多人性命的可怕疾病。

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By the next day, three more servants were dead, and the others had run away in terror

到了第二天，又有三个仆人死去，其他人都惊恐地逃跑了。

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During the confusion of the following day, Mary hid in the nursery and was forgotten by everyone

在接下来那天的混乱之中，玛丽躲进育儿室，被所有人遗忘了。

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Nobody thought of her and nobody wanted her

没有人想到她，也没有人想要她。

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Mary alternately cried and slept through the hours

玛丽在那段时间里，一会儿哭，一会儿睡。

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When she awoke the house was perfectly quiet

当她醒来时，整栋房子寂静无声。

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" I wonder if everyone is better," Mary said

“不知道大家是不是都好起来了，”玛丽说。

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She heard something rustling on the floor, and when she looked down, she saw a little snake gliding along

她听见地板上有什么东西窸窣作响，低头一看，只见一条小蛇正在滑行。

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" It sounds as if no one is here but the snake and me."

“听起来这里除了我和这条蛇，好像没有别人了。”

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The next minute she heard footsteps on the porch and voices in the house

又过了一会儿，她听见门廊传来脚步声，屋里响起了说话声。

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Mary jumped out of bed as a soldier came into her room

一个士兵走进她的房间时，玛丽从床上跳了起来。

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" There is a child here!" he called to the other soldiers in the house

“这里有个孩子！”他向屋里的其他士兵喊道。

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" A child alone! In a place like this! Who is she?"

“一个独自待着的孩子！在这种地方！她是谁？”

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" I am Mary Lennox," she said

“我是玛丽·伦诺克斯，”她说。

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" I fell asleep when everyone had cholera, and I just woke up

“大家得霍乱的时候我睡着了，这会儿才刚醒。

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Why was I forgotten? Why does no one come?"

为什么把我忘了？为什么没有人来？”

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The soldier looked at her sadly." Because there is no one left to come."

士兵悲伤地看着她。“因为已经没有能来的人了。”

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So it was in this strange and sudden way that Mary found out that both her father and mother had died of cholera

就这样，玛丽以如此奇特又突然的方式，得知她的父亲和母亲都已死于霍乱。

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There was no one left in the house but Mary and the little, rustling snake

屋子里再没有别人留下，只剩下玛丽，和那条窸窣作响的小蛇。