有声读物《双城记》第10期:埃弗蒙侯爵(2)

The people in the street came close to the coach and looked to the coach and looked at the Marquis with stony, silent faces. The Marquis looked back at them in bored dislike. To him, they were no more than animals.
街上的人们走近马车，带着冰冷、无言的表情看着侯爵。侯爵不耐烦又厌恶地回头看着他们。对他来说，他们不过是些动物而已。
"I can't understand, " he said coldly, "why you people cannot take care of yourselves and your children. I hope my horses are not hurt." And he threw a gold coin to his driver."Give this to that man！"
“我真不明白，”他冷冷地说，“你们这帮人为什么不能照顾好自己和你们的孩子。但愿我的马没有受伤。”接着他把一个金币扔给车夫。“把它给那个男人！”
"Dead！"shouted the father of the child again.
“死了呀！”孩子的父亲又一次嚷道。
Another man came forward."Be brave, Gaspard. Your child has died quickly, and without pain. It is better to die like that than to go on living in these terrible times."
另外一个男人走上前来。“勇敢些，加斯珀，你的孩子很快地就死了，而且没有痛苦，这样死掉总比活在这个可怕的年月里要好些。”
"You are a sensible man, " said the Marquis from his coach.
“你是一个通情达理的人，”侯爵在马车上说。
"What is your name?"
“你叫什么名字?”
"They call me Defarge."
“他们叫我得法热。”
"This is for you, " said the Marquis, and he threw Defarge another gold coin."Drive on, " he called to his driver.
“这是给你的。”侯爵说着，将另一枚金币扔给得法热。“继续走。”他对他的车夫喊道。
Just as the coach was leaving, a coin was thrown back in through the window. The Marquis looked angrily at the corner where Defarge had been standing. Defarge had gone. At the corner there now stood a large, dark－haired woman, knitting. She stared long and hard at the face of the Marquis, but he did not look at her, and drove on.
就在马车离开时，一枚金币从车窗扔进了车里。侯爵愤怒地看着得法热一直站着的那个拐角处。得法热已经走了。那个拐角处现在站着一个身材高大、黑头发的女人在织着毛线活儿。她长久地死死盯着侯爵的脸，但他并没有看她而是接着赶路。




双城故事：
1757年12月的一个月夜，寓居巴黎的年轻医生梅尼特（Dr.Manette）散步时，突然被厄弗里蒙得侯爵(Marquis St. Evremonde)兄弟强迫出诊。在侯爵府第中，他目睹一个发狂的绝色农妇和一个身受剑伤的少年饮恨而死的惨状，并获悉侯爵兄弟为了片刻淫乐杀害他们全家的内情。他拒绝侯爵兄弟的重金贿赂，写信向朝廷告发。不料控告信落到被告人手中，医生被关进巴士底狱，从此与世隔绝，杳无音讯。两年后，妻子心碎而死。幼小的孤女露茜(Lucie Manette)被好友罗瑞(Jarvis Lorry)接到伦敦，在善良的女仆普洛丝(Miss Pross)抚养下长大。