008 望远镜酒馆

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After breakfast, the squire gave me a note to deliver to Long John Silver

早饭后，乡绅交给我一封信，让我转交给朗·约翰·西尔弗。

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" He runs a tavern called The Spyglass," Trelawney said

“他经营一家叫‘望远镜’的酒馆，”特里劳尼说。

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" Follow the docks until you see a sign with a telescope on it."

“沿着码头走，直到你看到有个望远镜的标志。”

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I set off and picked my way through people and carts until I found the place, a bright little tavern with crisp, red curtains

我出发了，在人群和马车中穿行，终于找到了那个地方——一家明亮的小酒馆，挂着干净平整的红窗帘。

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In spite of clouds of tobacco smoke, I could clearly see the customers inside the room, and most of them were loud seafaring men

尽管烟雾缭绕，我还是能清楚地看到屋里的客人，大多数是大声喧哗的航海人。

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As I stood in the door, a man came out of a side room, and I was sure he must be Long John

当我站在门口时，一个男人从旁边的房间出来，我敢肯定他一定是朗·约翰。

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His left leg was cut off close to the hip, and under his left shoulder was a crutch that he managed with wonderful skill

他的左腿从大腿根部被截去，左肩下拄着一根拐杖，他用得极其娴熟。

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He was tall and strong, with a face as big as a ham — plain and pale, but intelligent

他高大强壮，脸大如火腿——平凡而苍白，但透着聪明。

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He whistled as he moved about the tables and had a merry word for his favorite guests

他穿梭在桌子间时吹着口哨，还和喜欢的客人愉快地打趣。

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From the very first mention of Long John in Squire Trelawney's letter, I feared he would be the evil one-legged sailor the captain had warned me about

自从特里劳尼乡绅的信里第一次提到朗·约翰，我就担心他会是船长警告过我的那个邪恶的独腿水手。

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But one look at the man before me was enough

但我只看了眼前这个人一眼，就足够了。

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I'd seen the captain, Black Dog, and blind Pew, and I believed I knew what a pirate looked like

我见过船长、黑狗和瞎子皮尤，所以我觉得我知道海盗长什么样。

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This one-legged tavern owner was very different; he was clean and pleasant-tempered

这位独腿的酒馆老板却非常不同；他干净整洁，脾气也好。

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I walked up to him." Mr. Silver, sir?" I asked, holding out the note

我走到他跟前。“西尔弗先生？”我一边问，一边递上信。

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" Yes, my lad," he said." And who are you?" Then he saw the squire's letter

“是我，孩子，”他说。“你是哪位？”这时他看到了乡绅的信。

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" Oh!" he said, quite loud." You're our new cabin boy — pleased to meet you."

“哦！”他相当大声地说。“你是我们新来的船上侍应生——很高兴见到你。”

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He took my hand in his large, firm grasp

他用他那有力的大手握住了我的手。

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Just then, a customer rose suddenly and made for the door, and I recognized him right away

就在这时，一个客人突然站起来冲向门口，我立刻认出了他。

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It was the greasy-faced man, missing two fingers, who had come to the Admiral Benbow

就是那个缺了两根手指、油光满面的男人，他来过“本博上将”旅店。

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" Oh," I cried," stop him! It's Black Dog!"

“哦，”我喊道，“拦住他！他是黑狗！”

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" I don't care who he is," said Long John," but if he hasn't paid his bill... Harry, run and catch him!"

“别管他是谁，”朗·约翰说，“可他要是没付账……哈里，快去追他！”

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A man nearest the door leapt up and started in pursuit

离门最近的一个男人立刻跳起来，追了出去。

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" Who did you say he was?" Long John asked." Black what?"

“你说他是谁来着？”朗·约翰问道。“黑的什么？”

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" Dog, sir," said I." Didn't Mr. Trelawney tell you about the pirates? He was one of them."

“黑狗，先生，”我说。“特里劳尼先生没跟您说起过那些海盗吗？他就是其中之一。”

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" Let's see — Black Dog?" Long John said thoughtfully

“让我想想——黑狗？”朗·约翰若有所思地说。

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" I don't know that name, but I have seen him before

“我不认识这个名字，但我以前见过他。

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He came in here once with a blind man."

他有次跟一个瞎子来过这里。”

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" The blind man's name was Pew," I said

“那个瞎子叫皮尤，”我说。

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" It was!" Long John said, stamping up and down the tavern on his crutch

“没错！”朗·约翰说着，拄着拐杖在酒馆里来回踱步。

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" Pew! That was his name for certain. Ah, he looked like a shark, he did

“皮尤！他肯定就叫这个名字。啊，他看起来就像条鲨鱼，真的。

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If we catch this Black Dog, now won't that please Captain Trelawney!

要是咱们抓住这个黑狗，特里劳尼船长该多高兴啊！

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Harry's a good runner — he should catch him."

哈里跑得快——他应该能抓住他。”

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My suspicions were thoroughly reawakened on finding Black Dog at The Spyglass, despite what Long John said, and I watched the one-legged man narrowly

尽管朗·约翰那么说，在望远镜酒馆发现黑狗这件事，让我的疑心彻底复燃了。我警惕地盯着这个独腿男人。

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Long John was too clever for me, however, and by the time Harry came back, out of breath

然而，朗·约翰对我来说太精明了。等到哈里气喘吁吁地回来时，

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I would have sworn that Long John was innocent of conspiring to break the law with any villainous character

我都几乎要发誓，朗·约翰是清白的，绝没有和任何恶棍合伙做违法勾当。

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The fellow was so convincing as he acted out his lie that any policeman would have believed Long John and Black Dog were strangers to each other

这家伙撒起谎来如此令人信服，任何警察都会相信朗·约翰和黑狗彼此是陌生人。

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" I'm sorry," Harry gasped." I lost him in a crowd."

“对不起，”哈里喘着气说。“我在人群里跟丢了他。”

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" You are a worthless swab!" Long John yelled. He scolded him with a furious intensity

“你这个没用的废物！”朗·约翰吼道。他怒不可遏地斥责着哈里。

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" What's Captain Trelawney to think?" he said

“这让特里劳尼船长怎么想？”他说。

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" This pirate was sitting in my own tavern drinking my own rum, and you let him give us the slip!"

“这个海盗就坐在我自己的酒馆里，喝着我自己的朗姆酒，你竟然让他从我们眼皮底下溜走了！”

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He turned to me." Now, Hawkins, you're a lad, but you're as smart as a fox

他转向我。“听着，霍金斯，你是个孩子，但你机灵得像只狐狸。

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I saw that when you first came in

你刚进门时我就看出来了。

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What could I do, with this old wooden crutch I hobble on?

靠着这副旧木头拐杖，我一瘸一拐的，又能做什么呢？

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When I was young, I would have asked the man his purpose here immediately, but now — "

要是年轻那会儿，我当场就会质问那家伙来这儿干什么，可现在——”

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And then, all of a sudden, his jaw dropped as though he'd remembered something

然后，突然间，他张大了嘴，好像想起了什么。

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" His bill!" he burst out." Three glasses of rum! Why, shiver my timbers, he owes me a lot of money!"

“他的账！”他叫了起来。“三杯朗姆酒！哎呀，我的老天爷，他欠我好多钱呢！”

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Finally he plopped down on a nearby bench and burst into laughter, making me laugh too

最后他一屁股坐到旁边的长凳上，放声大笑起来，惹得我也跟着笑了。

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" You and I should get on well, Hawkins," he said

“霍金斯，咱俩应该会是很合得来的，”他说。

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" But come with me now. We'll go see Captain Trelawney and report this whole incident

“不过现在跟我走吧。我们去见乡绅特里劳尼老爷，把整件事都报告给他。

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Mind you, this is serious, and neither you nor I will look very good in his eyes

要当心，这事儿挺严重的，在他眼里，咱们俩的面子都不会太好看。

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Certainly we won't look very smart."

咱们肯定算不上精明。”

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As we walked to the inn, Long John told me about all the ships we passed, explaining the work that was being done on them and the cargo they carried

去旅馆的路上，朗·约翰把一路经过的船都讲给我听，解释着那些船上正进行的修理工作和它们载的货物。

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It was then I decided he would be one of the best possible shipmates I could ever sail with

就在那时，我认定，他将会是我能同行出海的最理想的船伴之一。

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When we arrived, Squire Trelawney and Dr. Livesey were seated together

我们到达时，乡绅特里劳尼和李甫西医生正坐在一起，

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and Long John told the story from beginning to end with great spirit and perfect truth

朗·约翰便精神头十足、一五一十地把事情从头到尾讲了一遍。

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" That's how it was, now, wasn't it, Hawkins?" he said, and I nodded

“事情就是这样，对吧，霍金斯？”他说，我点了点头。

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" It's a pity Black Dog got away," Trelawney said," but there's nothing to be done about it now. Thank you for telling us."

“可惜让黑狗跑掉了，”特里劳尼说，“不过现在也于事无补了。谢谢你告诉我们这些。”

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Long John took up his crutch and said," Aye, aye, sir," as he departed

朗·约翰拿起拐杖，说了声“是，是，先生”，便离开了。

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" Well, Squire," Dr. Livesey said," As a general rule, I don't put much faith in your judgments of character, but Silver suits me."

“嗯，乡绅，”李甫西医生说，“通常来说，我都不太相信你对人品的判断，但西尔弗很合我意。”

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" He's a fine person," Trelawney declared

“他是个大好人，”特里劳尼断言道。

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" And now," the doctor said," may we go on board?"

“那么现在，”医生说，“我们可以上船看看吗？”

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" Of course," Trelawney said." Get your hat. We'll see the ship."

“当然可以，”特里劳尼说，“拿上你的帽子，咱们去看船。”