019 木寨里的守军

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As soon as Ben Gunn saw the flag above the cabin in the stockade, he grabbed me by the arm." Ah, your friends are there," he said

本·冈恩一看到寨子里小屋上的旗子，就抓住我的胳膊。“啊，你的朋友们在那儿。”他说。

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" It's probably the mutineers," I answered

“那可能是叛乱者。”我回答。

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" No, Long John would fly the Jolly Roger, the skull and crossbones flag. That's your friends

“不，高个子约翰会挂海盗旗，就是骷髅旗。那是你的朋友们。

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There's been a fight, and I'll bet your friends are now ashore in the old stockade that Flint built years ago."

这里打过仗，我敢说你的朋友们现在已经在岸上的那个老寨子里，那是弗林特多年前建的。”

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" Well, then," I said," I should hurry and join them."

“那么，”我说，“我得赶紧去和他们汇合。”

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" If anyone needs me, they can find me where we met today

“如果有人需要我，可以到我们今天见面的地方找我。

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But whoever comes to find me must carry something white and they must come alone

但是不管谁来，都必须带一样白色的东西，而且必须一个人来。

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If they ask why, tell them,' Ben Gunn has reasons of his own.'"

如果他们问为什么，就告诉他们：‘本·冈恩自有他的理由。’”

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" I understand," I said." Is that all?"

“我明白了，”我说。“就这些吗？”

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He nodded." They can find me from about noon to about six o'clock."

他点点头。“他们可以在大约中午到大约六点之间来找我。”

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" Good."

“好的。”

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" And, Jim, if you see Long John, don't tell him you saw me! Please don't!"

“还有，吉姆，如果你见到高个子约翰，千万别告诉他你见过我！求你了！”

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" I wouldn't―," I started to say, but suddenly, we were interrupted by a loud, sharp noise

“我不会——”我刚要开口，突然被一声响亮刺耳的噪音打断了。

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A cannonball came tearing through the trees

一颗炮弹呼啸着穿过树林。

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The next moment, Ben Gunn and I ran off in different directions

下一刻，本·冈恩和我便朝不同方向跑开了。

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For the next hour, balls kept crashing through the woods

接下来整整一个小时，炮弹不断射进树林。

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I moved from place to place, always pursued — or so it seemed — by those terrifying missiles

我不停地换地方，仿佛一直被那些可怕的炮弹追赶着。

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Feeling brave, I finally crept down among the shoreside trees to see what was going on

我壮起胆子，终于悄悄爬到岸边的树丛里，想看看发生了什么。

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The Hispaniola was still where she'd been anchored, but sure enough, the Jolly Roger — the flag of piracy — was flying from her mast

伊斯帕尼奥拉号仍停在抛锚的地方，但那面骷髅旗——海盗旗——确实正在桅杆上飘扬。

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I lay for a while, watching as two pirates on the shore near the stockade demolished our poor, sunken rowboat

我躺了一会儿，望着岸上木寨附近的两个海盗，把我们那条沉没的可怜小划艇砸了个稀烂。

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Then I crawled closer to the mouth of the river, where a great fire glowed among the trees

然后我爬到离河口更近的地方，那里树林间燃着一大堆篝火。

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One of the shore boats kept going to and from the ship, as the pirates shouted drunkenly to each other

一只岸上的小艇不停地在船与岸之间往返，海盗们醉醺醺地互相叫喊着。

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" Don't forget the sea biscuits!" hollered one man on the beach

“别忘了海饼干！”海滩上的一个人喊道。

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" Quiet, swab!" yelled another, rowing toward the ship." I want more rum!"

“安静，笨蛋！”另一个划向船的人喊道，“我要更多朗姆酒！”

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I got up and, keeping out of sight, headed toward the stockade

我爬起来，避开视线，朝着寨子走去。

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Soon I saw an isolated rock rising high up from among the low bushes. Strangely, it was white

不久我看见一座孤立的岩石从矮灌木丛中高高耸起。奇怪的是，它是白色的。

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" Could that be Ben Gunn's white rock?" I asked myself

“那会不会就是本·冈恩的白色岩石？”我问自己。

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" That might be the place where he keeps his boat."

“可能就是他放小船的地方。”

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I continued walking through the woods and was soon at the stockade;

我继续穿过树林，很快就到了寨子；

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I scrambled over the fence with high hopes that my friends would be there

我翻过围栏，满怀希望我的朋友们会在那里。

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" Jim!" the doctor shouted when he saw me, and welcomed me warmly

“吉姆！”医生一看到我就喊道，并热情地欢迎了我。

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As I told my story, I looked around and noticed that the log house was made of pine tree trunks and had a floor about a foot above the sand

在我讲述经历时，我环顾四周，注意到这木屋是用松树树干建成的，地板高出沙子大约一英尺。

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There was a porch, and under it, a little spring was bubbling up into a big iron pot with the bottom knocked out

有个门廊，门廊下，一股小泉水汩汩地流进一个底部被敲掉的大铁锅里。

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Inside, a stone slab formed a corner hearth, and a big, rusty iron grate contained a smoky fire

里面，一块石板构成了角落的炉床，一个大而生锈的铁炉架上生着冒烟的火。

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Gray, the new man, had his face bandaged because of a cut he'd gotten from the mutineers

新来的人格雷脸上缠着绷带，因为他被反叛者割伤了。

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And poor Tom Redruth was laid out along the wall under the Union Jack

可怜的汤姆·雷德鲁斯躺在墙边，身上盖着英国国旗。

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To keep us busy and our spirits up, Captain Smollett gave everyone something to do

为了让我们忙碌起来并振作精神，斯莫利特船长给每个人都分配了任务。

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" Men," the captain said," we're all tired, but we can't just sit around

“伙计们，”船长说，“我们都累了，但不能就这么干坐着。

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Gray and Hunter will collect firewood. The squire and Joyce will dig Redruth's grave

格雷和亨特去捡柴火。乡绅和乔伊斯去挖雷德鲁斯的坟墓。

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The doctor will be our cook, and Jim, you'll be the lookout at the door."

医生当我们的厨师，吉姆，你负责在门口放哨。”

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A bit later, the doctor came to the door for air and tilted his head toward me

过了一会儿，医生到门口透透气，朝我这边偏了偏头。

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" Tell me again about Ben Gunn," he said

“再跟我说说本·冈恩的事。”他说道。

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" Well," I replied," I'm not sure he's sane."

“嗯，”我答道，“我不确定他神志是否正常。”

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" If you have any doubt, he probably is," said the doctor

“要是你有所怀疑，那他八成还正常，”医生说。

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" You can't expect a man who's been on a deserted island for three years to appear as sane as you or I. You said he had a craving for cheese?"

“你不能指望一个在荒岛上待了三年的人，看起来跟你我一样清醒。你说他特别想吃奶酪？”

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" Yes, sir, cheese," I answered

“是的，先生，奶酪。”我回答。

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" Well, Jim," he said with a laugh," inside my medicine bag, I carry a piece of Parmesan cheese — a cheese made in Italy, very nutritious

“好吧，吉姆，”他笑着说，“我的药包里有一块帕尔马干酪——一种意大利产的奶酪，非常有营养。

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That's going to be for our friend Ben Gunn!"

那就要留给咱们的朋友本·冈恩了！”

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Before supper, we buried old Tom in the sand and said a prayer

晚饭前，我们把老汤姆埋在了沙地里，并做了祷告。

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Then we collected firewood, but not enough to satisfy the captain

然后我们去捡柴火，但捡得不多，没能让船长满意。

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" We'll get back to this tomorrow when we're more rested," he said

“明天我们休息好了再回来接着干，”他说。

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" But now, let's eat and then make some plans."

“但现在，我们先吃饭，然后制定些计划。”

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We ate a bit of pork and each had a good, stiff glass of brandy, and then the doctor, the squire, and the captain huddled together in a corner

我们吃了点猪肉，每人喝了一大杯烈性白兰地，然后医生、乡绅和船长在角落里凑到了一起。

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" We'll starve to death long before help comes," declared Smollett

“在救援到来之前，我们早就饿死了，”斯莫列特断言道。

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" Our best hope is to kill all the pirates."

“我们最大的希望是干掉所有海盗。”

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" We've already reduced their number from nineteen to fifteen," noted the squire

“我们已经把他们的人数从十九个减少到十五个了，”乡绅指出。

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" And others are wounded," the captain added

“还有其他人受了伤，”船长补充道。

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" Well, we have two strong allies — rum and the climate," the doctor said

“嗯，我们有两个强大的盟友——朗姆酒和这儿的天气，”医生说。

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" Listen to them! We're half a mile away and can still hear them singing late into the night

“听听他们！我们相隔半英里，还能听见他们唱歌唱到深夜。

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Making camp in the marsh, without medicine, half will be sick in a week." He frowned

在沼泽地里扎营，又没有药，一周之内一半的人都会病倒。”他皱起了眉头。

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" So, hopefully," he continued," they'll be glad to return to the ship and get back to sea again."

“所以，但愿，”他继续说道，“他们会乐于回到船上去，重新出海。”

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" That's the first ship I ever lost," Captain Smollett said sadly

“那是我损失的第一艘船，”斯莫列特船长伤心地说。

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We all went to bed then, and after a great deal of tossing, I slept soundly

随后我们都去睡觉了，我辗转反侧了好一阵，才沉沉睡去。

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In the morning, I was awakened by the sound of excited voices

早上，我被一阵激动的说话声吵醒了。

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" There's a flag of truce!" someone exclaimed

“有休战旗！”有人喊道。

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Then another, with a cry of surprise, said," It's Silver himself!"

接着，另一个人惊讶地大叫道：“是西尔弗本人！”

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I jumped up, rubbed my eyes, and ran to a musket hole in the wall

我一跃而起，揉了揉眼睛，跑到墙上的一个射击孔前。