006 走廊里的哭声

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At first every day was the same for Mary

起初，玛丽每天都过着一样的日子。

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Every morning she awoke and found Martha kneeling upon the hearth building her fire

每天早上她醒来，都会看到玛莎跪在壁炉前生火。

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After breakfast she gazed out the window at the huge moor

吃完早饭，她就望着窗外那片广阔的荒原。

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And every day she realized that if she did not go outside, she would have to stay in and do nothing

而每一天她都意识到，如果不出去，就只能待在屋里无所事事。

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So she went outside

于是她就出门了。

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Mary ran only to make herself warm

玛丽跑步只是为了让自己暖和起来。

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But the big breaths of fresh air filled her lungs with something that was good for her whole body

但大口呼吸新鲜空气，让她的肺里充满了一种对身体大有裨益的东西。

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The air brought color into her cheeks and brightened her eyes

这空气让她的脸颊有了血色，眼睛也明亮起来。

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After a few days, she began to wake up hungry and eat her porridge

过了几天，她开始醒来就饿，也能喝下麦片粥了。

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When she went outside, there was one place she went to most often: the long path outside the walled gardens

她出门时，最常去的是一个地方：带围墙的花园外那条长长的小路。

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One day she noticed that the ivy grew more thickly on one part of the wall

有一天，她注意到墙上有一处常春藤长得特别茂密。

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She was just wondering why this was so, when she heard a chirp

她正纳闷为什么会这样，忽然听见一声啾鸣。

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She looked up and saw Ben Weatherstaff's robin perched on top of the wall

她抬头一看，本·韦瑟斯塔夫的知更鸟正停在墙头上。

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" Oh!" she cried." Is it you?"

“噢！”她叫起来，“是你呀？”

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She spoke to him as if she expected him to answer

她跟它说话，仿佛等着它回答似的。

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And he did answer. He chirped and hopped along the wall

它还真回答了。它唧唧叫着，沿着墙头跳来跳去。

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He might as well have been saying," Good morning! Isn't the sun nice?

它简直就像在说：“早上好！太阳真好，不是吗？

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Let's chirp and hop together."

咱们一块儿叫，一块儿跳吧。”

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Mary began to laugh

玛丽笑了起来。

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As the bird hopped and took little flights along the wall, she ran after him

鸟儿沿着墙头又跳又飞，她就跟在后面跑。

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" I like you! I like you!" she cried as she ran down the path

“我喜欢你！我喜欢你！”她沿着小路一边跑一边喊道。

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The robin spread his wings and flew to the top of a tree

知更鸟展开翅膀，飞到了一棵树的树顶。

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This reminded Mary of the first time she saw him

这让玛丽想起了她第一次见到它的情景。

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She had been standing in the orchard, and he had been at the top of a tree

那时她正站在果园里，而它就在一棵树的树顶上。

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Suddenly she realized that she was standing outside the orchard

她突然意识到，自己正站在果园外面。

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" He's in the garden without a door," Mary said

“它在那个没有门的花园里。”玛丽说。

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" Oh, I wish I could see that garden!"

“哦，我真希望能看看那个花园！”

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She ran up the path to the green door that led into the kitchen gardens

她沿着小路跑到那扇通向菜园的绿色门前。

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Then she ran through the walled gardens and into the orchard

然后她跑过带围墙的花园，进了果园。

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When she stopped and looked up, there was the tree on the other side of the wall

她停下脚步，抬头望去，墙的另一边正是那棵树。

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The robin was just finishing his song

知更鸟刚唱完它的歌。

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" That's the secret garden," she said." I'm sure it is."

“那就是秘密花园，”她说，“我敢肯定。”

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She looked closely but could not find a door

她仔细看了看，却找不到门。

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Then she ran through the kitchen gardens again and out onto the path outside the wall

然后她又跑过菜园，来到围墙外的小路上。

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She studied the long, ivy-covered wall from end to end

她从头到尾仔细查看了那面爬满常春藤的长围墙。

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" It's very strange," she said." Ben Weatherstaff said there was no door

“真奇怪，”她说，“本·韦瑟斯塔夫说没有门。

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But there must have been one because Mr. Craven buried the key."

但肯定有一扇门，因为克莱文先生把钥匙埋了。”

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Mary was quite interested in this mystery

玛丽对这个谜团十分感兴趣。

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She stayed outdoors nearly all day, and when she sat down to her supper that night, she felt hungry and sleepy

她几乎一整天都待在户外，那天晚上坐下来吃晚饭时，她感到又饿又困。

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After supper she sat with Martha in front of the fire

晚饭后，她和玛莎坐在火炉前。

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" Why did Mr. Craven hate the garden?" asked Mary

“克兰文先生为什么讨厌那个花园？”玛丽问道。

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" Are you still thinking about that garden?" Martha asked in surprise

“你还在想那个花园啊？”玛莎惊讶地问。

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" Yes, and I want to know why Mr. Craven hated it."

“是的，我想知道克兰文先生为什么讨厌它。”

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" Oh, listen to the wind!

“哎呀，听听这风声！

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You could barely stand up on the moor if you went out tonight."

今晚要是出去，在沼泽地上你几乎都站不稳。”

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" Yes, I hear it. Answer my question. Why did he hate the garden?"

“嗯，我听到了。回答我的问题吧。他为什么讨厌那个花园？”

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" All right, I'll tell you

“好吧，我告诉你。

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But Mrs. Medlock says we're not supposed to talk about this."

不过，梅德洛克太太说过，我们不该谈论这件事。”

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Martha shifted on the hearth rug and began her story

玛莎在炉前地毯上挪了挪身子，开始讲了起来。

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" It was Mrs. Craven's garden, and she loved it

“那是克兰文太太的花园，她非常喜欢那里。

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She used to tend the flowers with Mr. Craven

她以前总和克兰文先生一起照料那些花。

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There was an old tree with a branch built like a seat

那里有一棵老树，有一根树枝弯得像把椅子。

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And she made roses grow over it, and she used to sit there

她让玫瑰花蔓爬满了枝条，自己常常坐在那里。

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But one day the branch broke, and she fell to the ground

可有一天，那根树枝断了，她跌落到了地上。

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She was hurt so badly that she died the next day

她伤得太重，第二天就去世了。

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The doctors thought Mr. Craven would go out of his mind with grief and die too

医生们都以为克兰文先生会伤心过度，神志失常，甚至也会跟着死去。

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No one has gone into that garden since."

打那以后，就再也没人进去过那个花园了。”

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Mary felt sorry for Mr. Craven

玛丽为克兰文先生感到难过。

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She didn't ask any more questions, but sat staring at the fire and listening to the wind

她没再继续问下去，只是坐着，一边盯着炉火，一边听着风声。

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Suddenly she heard a strange sound almost as if a child were crying

突然，她听到一个奇怪的声音，那声音几乎就像是有个孩子在哭泣。

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" Do you hear someone crying?"

“你听到有人在哭吗？”

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" No." Martha looked upset." It's the wind

“没有。”玛莎看起来有些不安。“是风声。

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Sometimes it sounds as if someone is lost on the moor and wailing."

有时候风声听起来，就像是有人在沼泽地里迷了路，正在哀嚎呢。”

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At that very moment, a gust of wind came rushing down the corridor and blew open their door with a crash

就在那一刻，一阵风顺着走廊猛灌过来，砰的一声把她们的门吹开了。

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Now the mysterious sound was louder than ever

现在，那个神秘的声音比之前更响了。

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" Someone is crying!" Mary insisted

“就是有人在哭！”玛丽坚持说。

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" Oh no. It's the wind," Martha said stubbornly

“啊，不是的。是风声。”玛莎固执地说。

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" Or it's the kitchen maid. She's had a toothache all day."

“要不就是厨房的女仆。她一整天都在牙疼。”

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Something in Martha's manner was strange

玛莎的态度有点奇怪。

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Mary kept quiet, but she did not believe that Martha was telling the truth

玛丽没再吭声，但她不相信玛莎说的是实话。