E03 003 黑券

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0:11 Later that day, I stopped at the captain's door with a cool drink 那天晚些时候，我端着一杯冷饮停在船长的门前。
0:15 He seemed weak and excited at the same time 他看起来既虚弱又兴奋。
0:19 " Jim," he said," I've been good to you. But now, I'm low and alone “吉姆，”他说，“我一直待你不薄。但现在，我情绪低落，孤身一人。”
0:26 Bring me some rum, won't you, matey?" 给我拿点朗姆酒，好吗，伙计？”
0:30 " The doctor? —," I began “医生？——”我开口说道。
0:33 He cursed the doctor." Doctors are all swabs, only fit to clean a ship," he said 他咒骂医生。“医生都是些扫帚，只配打扫船，”他说。
0:39 " What does the doctor know? I've been in places hot as a furnace, with mates falling sick with yellow fever, and I lived on rum, I tell you “医生懂什么？我去过热得像火炉的地方，同伴们染上黄热病倒下，而我全靠朗姆酒活下来，告诉你。
0:52 If I can't have some rum now, I'll die — and my death will be your fault, Jim." 如果我现在喝不到朗姆酒，我会死的——而我的死就是你的错，吉姆。”
1:01 He cursed some more and then began to plead 他又咒骂了一会儿，然后开始哀求。
1:04 " Look how my fingers are shaking. I haven't had a drop to drink today 看我的手指抖得多厉害。今天我滴酒未沾。
1:11 The doctor himself said one glass wouldn't hurt me 医生亲口说，喝一杯不碍事。
1:15 I'll give you a gold coin for a drink, Jim!" 吉姆，给我来一杯！我给你一枚金币！
1:18 He was growing far too excited and loud, and my father needed peace and quiet 他越来越激动，嗓门也大得吓人，可父亲需要静养。
1:23 And the doctor had said one drink wouldn't hurt 何况医生也说过，一杯不碍事的。
1:28 Finally I said," I don't want your money, except what you owe my father 最后我只好说：“我不要你的钱，除了你欠我父亲的那份。
1:32 I'll get you one glass, and no more." 我给你倒一杯，就一杯，不能再多了。”
1:35 When I brought it, he seized it greedily and drank 我刚把酒端过去，他就贪婪地抓过杯子，一饮而尽。
1:39 " Aye," he said." That's better. How long must I lie here?" “啊，”他说，“这才像话。我还得在这儿躺多久？”
1:46 " A week, at least," I replied “至少一周。”我回答。
1:50 " Thunder!" the captain cried loudly." I can't do that! “天打雷劈！”船长大声嚷道，“我可躺不了！
1:54 They'll find out where I am and give me the black spot. I must get away." 他们会找到我，给我黑点。我必须离开。
2:00 He rose from the pillow with great difficulty, holding on to my shoulder with a grip that almost made me cry out 他艰难地从枕头上撑起身，死死抓住我的肩膀，抓得我差点叫出声来。
2:07 Then he paused, sat up in bed, and said," Help me up." 然后他停了一下，在床上坐直，说：“扶我起来。”
2:13 But before I could, he fell back on his pillow 但我还没来得及扶，他就又倒回了枕头上。
2:18 " You saw that seafaring man today?" “你今天见到那个水手了？”
2:22 " Black Dog?" I asked “黑狗？” 我问。
2:24 " Yes, Black Dog. He's bad, but there are worse men than him from old Flint's crew “对，黑狗。他是坏，但弗林特那帮老船员里还有比他更坏的人。”
2:31 They're after my sea chest, boy, and if I can't get away..." The old man coughed “他们想抢我的水手箱，孩子，要是我逃不掉的话……” 老头咳嗽起来。
2:40 " Captain?" I said “船长？” 我说。
2:43 " You get on a horse and ride to that doctor and tell him to have them all arrested, all of them, all that's left of old Flint's crew!" “你骑上马去找那个医生，让他把他们全抓起来，一个也不留，弗林特那帮老船员剩下的祸害全都抓起来！”
2:53 The captain closed his eyes, but kept speaking 原文>
2:57 " I was Flint's first mate, and I am the only one who knows the secret place 原文>
3:03 Flint told me when he was dying 原文>
3:06 But don't get the doctor unless Flint's old crew puts the black spot on me, or if you see Black Dog again, or a seafaring man with one leg — him above all." 原文>
3:21 " But what's the black spot?" I asked 原文>
3:25 " It's a judgment, Jim — an evil summons to my own death." 原文>
3:32 I gave him some medicine, and he fell into a deep sleep 原文>
3:38 As it happened, my father died quite suddenly that evening 原文>
3:43 Our grief, the visits from the neighbors, the funeral arrangements, and the work at the inn kept me too busy to worry about the captain for a few days 原文>
3:52 He came downstairs to eat his meals as usual, but he drank more rum than he had before 原文>
3:59 He seemed shut up in his own thoughts, never talking to me or any of the other guests 他似乎陷入自己的思绪中，从来不同我或其他客人说话。
4:05 Then one frosty afternoon, as I stood at the door, full of sad thoughts, I noticed a blind man outside 后来一个寒冷的下午，我满心悲伤地站在门口，注意到外面有个盲人。
4:13 He tapped his way down the road, using a long stick for a cane 他用一根长棍当拐杖，敲着路面走了过来。
4:19 He wore a green cloth over his eyes and a huge, tattered sea cloak with a hood that made him appear deformed 他眼睛上蒙着绿布，身穿一件带兜帽的巨大破旧海员斗篷，模样显得畸形。
4:27 I never saw a more dreadful-looking figure 我从未见过如此可怕的人物。
4:31 He stopped, and addressing the air, said," Will any kind friend inform a poor blind man where he is?" 他停下脚步，对着空气说道：“哪位好心人能告诉一个可怜的盲人，他这是在什么地方？”
4:39 " You are at the Admiral Benbow Inn," I said “您在本葆海军上将客栈。”我说。
4:44 " I hear a young voice," he said “我听到一个年轻的声音。”他说。
4:46 " Will you give me your hand, my kind young friend, and lead me in?" “你愿意把手伸给我，好心的年轻朋友，带我进去吗？”
4:52 I held out my hand, and the horrible, soft-spoken, eyeless creature gripped me so hard it hurt 我伸出手，那个可怕、说话温和、没有眼珠的家伙紧紧抓住我，抓得生疼。
4:58 I struggled, but the blind man pulled me closer 我挣扎着想挣脱，但那盲人把我拉得更近了。
5:02 " Now, boy," he said," take me to the captain or I'll break your arm." “听着，小子，”他说，“带我去见船长，不然我就拧断你的胳膊。”
5:07 He gave my arm a wrench that made me cry out 他狠拧了一下我的胳膊，疼得我叫出声来。
5:11 " Sir," I said," the captain is ill." “先生，”我说，“船长他病了。”
5:14 " March," he commanded “走，”他命令道。
5:17 The blind man held me tight, and I never heard a voice more cruel, cold, and ugly 那盲人紧紧抓住我，我从未听过比这更残忍、冷酷又丑恶的声音。
5:24 " Lead me to him and say,' A friend is here to see you, Bill,' or else I'll do this." “带我去见他，然后说，‘比尔，有位朋友来看你了，’不然我就这么拧。”
5:29 And he pinched me so hard I thought I'd faint 他掐得我那么用力，以至于我以为自己要晕过去了。
5:33 I walked over to the captain's table and said," Your friend is here, Bill!" 我走到船长的桌旁，说道：“比尔，你的朋友来了！”
5:38 The poor captain raised his head from his arms on the table; the drunkenness went out of his eyes, and he stared at me sober 可怜的船长把头从桌上的胳膊间抬起来，眼中的醉意消失了，清醒地凝视着我。
5:46 He looked mortally sick 他看起来像是病入膏肓。
5:48 " Time for business," the blind man said “该办正事了，”盲人说道。
5:51 " Boy, take his wrist and bring it near to me." “小子，抓住他的手腕，递到我这边来。”
5:55 I took the captain's wrist and he didn't resist 我抓住了船长的手腕，他没有反抗。
5:59 I brought his hand toward the blind man and then saw something pass from the blind man's hand into the captain's palm 我把他的手引向盲人，接着看到有个东西从那盲人手中落到了船长的掌心。
6:07 " And now that's done," the blind man said “好了，事儿办完了，”盲人说道。
6:10 He let go of me, and with incredible nimbleness, skipped out of the inn 他放开我，以难以置信的敏捷速度，连蹦带跳地窜出了客栈。
6:15 He went out to the road, his stick tap-tap-tapping into the distance 他走到了大路上，他的手杖敲击地面，笃笃笃地渐渐远去。
6:21 The captain looked sharply into his palm 船长目光锐利地看着自己的掌心。
6:24 " Ten o'clock!" he cried." Six hours." “十点钟！”他喊道。“我们只有六个小时了。”
6:28 He sprang to his feet but then staggered backward, putting his hand to his throat 他猛地跳起来，但接着又向后踉跄，用手捂住了自己的喉咙。
6:36 Swaying for a moment, he then fell with a thud to the floor 他摇晃了片刻，然后砰的一声倒在地板上。
6:41 I ran to him at once." Mother!" I cried." Help us! Mother!" 我立刻跑到他身边。“妈妈！”我哭喊道。“快来帮忙！妈妈！”
6:46 But it was too late. The captain was dead 但已经太晚了。船长死了。
6:52 I burst into tears. It was the second death I'd known, and the sorrow of the first was still fresh in my heart 我顿时放声大哭。这是我经历的第二次死亡，而第一次的悲痛在我心中仍记忆犹新。