004 女仆

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The next morning Mary woke up when a young housemaid came into her room

第二天早晨，一个年轻的女仆走进房间时，玛丽醒了过来。

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While the young maid cleaned up the cinders in the fireplace, Mary lay in bed and looked around the gloomy room

年轻女仆清理壁炉里的灰烬时，玛丽躺在床上，环顾着昏暗的房间。

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The walls were covered with strange tapestries embroidered with forest scenes

墙上挂满了奇怪的挂毯，上面绣着森林的景象。

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Through a window she could see a great stretch of land

透过一扇窗户，她能看到一片广阔的土地。

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It looked like an endless, dull purple sea

看起来像一片无边无际、暗淡的紫色海洋。

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" What is that?" Mary pointed out the window

“那是什么？”玛丽指着窗外问道。

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" That's the moor," said the housemaid with a grin." Do you like it?"

“那是荒原，”女仆咧嘴笑着说，“你喜欢吗？”

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" No. I hate it."

“不，我讨厌它。”

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" That's because you're not used to it

“那是因为你还不习惯。”

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You think it's too big and bare now. But you will like it."

你现在觉得它太大、太光秃秃的。但你会喜欢上它的。”

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" Do you like it?"

“你喜欢它吗？”

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" I do," said the housemaid

“我喜欢，”女仆说。

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" In the spring it's covered with growing things that smell sweet

“春天的时候，那里长满了各种闻起来香香的东西。

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There's lots of fresh air, and the sky looks so high

空气很新鲜，天空看起来那么高。

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I wouldn't live away from the moor for anything."

无论如何我都不想离开这片荒原。”

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As the maid lit the fire, Mary listened to her with a puzzled expression

女仆生火时，玛丽带着困惑的表情听着她说话。

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Servants in India were not like this

印度的仆人可不是这样的。

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Her nanny and the others did not talk to their masters in such a friendly way

她的保姆和其他人都不会用这么友好的方式和主人说话。

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" What's your name?" Mary asked." Are you going to be my servant?"

“你叫什么名字？”玛丽问道，“你会做我的仆人吗？”

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" I'm Martha. I'll do the housemaid's work up here and wait on you a bit

“我叫玛莎。我会在这儿做些女仆的活儿，顺便照料你一下。

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But you won't need much waiting on."

但你不需要太多人伺候。”

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" Who is going to dress me?" demanded Mary

“那谁给我穿衣服？”玛丽问道。

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Martha looked at Mary in amazement." Can't you dress yourself?"

玛莎惊讶地看着玛丽。“难道你不会自己穿衣服吗？”

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" No. My nanny dressed me, of course."

“不会。当然是我的保姆给我穿。”

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" Well," said Martha bluntly," it's time you learned."

“好吧，”玛莎直截了当地说，“是时候你该学学了。”

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Martha helped Mary get dressed that morning

那天早上，玛莎帮玛丽穿好了衣服。

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Then they went into the next room, where she set out Mary's breakfast on a table

然后她们去了隔壁房间，她在桌上摆好了玛丽的早餐。

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" I don't want it," said Mary

“我不想吃。”玛丽说。

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" You don't want your porridge!" Martha couldn't believe this

“你不想喝粥！”玛莎简直不敢相信。

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" You don't know how good it is. Put a bit of sugar on it."

“你不知道这有多好吃。往上面撒点糖吧。”

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But Mary refused

但玛丽拒绝了。

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" If my brothers and sisters were here," said Martha," they'd clean this table bare in five minutes."

“要是我的弟弟妹妹们在这儿，”玛莎说，“他们五分钟就能把这一桌子吃得精光。”

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" Why?"

“为什么？”

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" Because they never have enough to eat. I am one of 12 children

“因为他们从来都吃不饱。我家有十二个孩子，我是其中之一。

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My father gets only a small wage each week

我父亲每周只能赚很少的工资。

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The children play on the moor all day, and my mother says the air of the moor fattens them up

孩子们整天在荒原上玩耍，我妈妈说，是荒原的空气把他们喂饱了。

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She thinks they must eat the grass the same as the wild ponies do

她觉得他们一定像那些野生小马一样，是吃草长大的。

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My brother Dickon is 12 years old, and he has a young pony he calls his own."

我的弟弟狄肯十二岁，他有一匹小马，把它当作自己的。”

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" Where did he get the pony?" asked Mary

“他从哪儿弄来的小马？”玛丽问道。

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She was amazed at how this servant talked on and on

她很惊讶这个仆人竟然这样滔滔不绝地说话。

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" Dickon found it on the moor with its mother

“迪肯在荒原上发现了它和它妈妈。

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He gave it bread and new grass, so now it follows him around and lets him sit on its back

他喂它面包和嫩草，所以现在它跟着他到处走，还让他骑到背上。

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Dickon's a kind lad, and animals like him."

迪肯是个善良的小伙子，动物们都喜欢他。”

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Mary had never had a pet of her own, but she'd always wanted one

玛丽从来没有过属于自己的宠物，但她一直想要一只。

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She began to be a little interested in Dickon. This was something new

她开始对迪肯产生了一点兴趣。这倒是件新鲜事。

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The only person she'd ever been interested in before was herself

她以前唯一感兴趣的人就是她自己。

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She drank some tea and ate some toast with marmalade

她喝了点茶，吃了些涂了橘子酱的烤面包。

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" You wrap up warmly and run out to play now," said Martha

“你穿暖和点，现在出去玩吧，”玛莎说。

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" It'll do you good and give you an appetite."

“这对你有好处，会让你有胃口的。”

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Mary went to the window and looked out

玛丽走到窗边，向外望去。

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She saw gardens and paths and big trees, but everything looked dull and wintry

她看到花园、小径和大树，但一切都显得沉闷而萧瑟。

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" Why should I go out on a day like this?"

“这样的日子我为什么要出去？”

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" Well, if you don't go out, you'll have to stay in, and what is there to do here?"

“嗯，你要是不出去，就得待在屋里，可这儿有什么可做的呢？”

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Mary looked around. There was nothing to do." But who will go out with me?"

玛丽环顾四周。确实没什么可做的。“可谁能陪我出去呢？”

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" You'll have to learn to play by yourself

“你得学会自己一个人玩。

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Our Dickon goes off on the moor and plays by himself for hours

我弟弟迪肯跑到荒原上，能自己一个人玩上好几个小时。

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That's how he made friends with the pony

他就是那样和那只小马交上朋友的。

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He has sheep on the moor that know him and birds that come and eat from his hand."

他在荒原上有认识他的羊，还有会飞到他手上吃东西的鸟。”

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It was this mention of Dickon that made Mary decide to go out, though she was not aware of it

正是这番关于迪肯的话让玛丽决定出去，尽管她自己并没有意识到这一点。

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Perhaps she would see some birds

也许她会看到一些鸟。

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They would be different from those in India, and it might amuse her to look at them

它们会和印度的鸟不同，看看它们或许能让她开心。

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Martha found Mary's coat and hat for her

玛莎为玛丽找来了她的外套和帽子。

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Then Martha showed Mary the way downstairs and outside

然后玛莎给玛丽指了楼下和外出的路。

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" If you go around that way, you'll come to the gardens," she said, pointing to a gate in a wall of shrubbery

“如果你沿着那条路绕过去，就能到花园了，”她指着灌木墙里的一道门说。

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" One of the gardens is locked up. No one has been in it for ten years."

“其中一个花园是锁着的。已经十年没人进去过了。”

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" Why?"

“为什么？”

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" Mr. Craven shut it when his wife died suddenly. It was her garden

“克雷文先生在他太太突然过世时关掉了它。那是她的花园。

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He locked the door and then buried the key so no one could go inside

他锁上门，然后把钥匙埋了，这样谁也进不去了。

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There's Mrs. Medlock's bell ringing. I must run."

梅德洛克太太的铃响了。我得赶紧走了。”

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And with that Martha was off, leaving Mary to wander outside by herself

说完玛莎就走了，留下玛丽一个人在外面闲逛。