牛津書蟲系列 化身博士 6 The face at the window

6 The face at the window

6 窗戶上的臉

One Sunday soon afterwards Mr Utterson was walkingwith his friend Enfield when they happened to passthrough the narrow side-street again. Enfleld pointed to themysterious door.

沒過多久，在一個(gè)星期天，厄特森先生和恩菲爾德一起散步，正巧又一次走過那條背靜的小街。恩菲爾德指著那扇神秘的門。

'Well，'he said，'that story is finished.We shall never seeMr Hyde again.'

“好了，”他說，“那個(gè)故事結(jié)束了，我們?cè)僖膊粫?huì)見到海德先生了。”

'I hope you're right，'said the lawyer.'Did I tell you? Ionce saw Hyde too and had the same strong feelings of dislikefor him as you did.What an evil man!'

“希望你說得對(duì)，”律師說，“我有沒有告訴過你，有一次我也見到了這個(gè)人，而且和你一樣對(duì)他有種特別的厭惡，他真是個(gè)邪惡的家伙!”

'I agree，'said his friend.'By the way， why didn't you tellme that our mysterious door led to the laboratory at the back ofDoctor Jekyll's house?I didn't know then，but I know now.'

“是啊，”朋友說，“對(duì)了，你怎么沒告訴我那扇門通向杰基爾博土的實(shí)驗(yàn)室呢?我以前還不知道，現(xiàn)在才明白。”

'Well，now that you know，let's go into the courtyard andlook up at his window.I must tell you，'I'm worried aboutpoor Jekyll.Perhaps the sight of a friendly face will do himgood.'

“那么，既然你知道了，咱們不妨進(jìn)院子看看他家的窗戶。坦白跟你說，我對(duì)可憐的杰基爾很不放心，也許我們友好的面孔會(huì)讓他好過點(diǎn)。”

Overhead the evening sky was bright，but the courtyard wascool and dark.At an open window of the study above the laboratory， Doctor Jekyll sat， like a prisoner staring at the worldoutside.

抬頭看去，夜空是那么明亮，可院子里卻那么陰暗，而且涼嗖嗖的。實(shí)驗(yàn)室樓上，書房的窗邊，坐著杰基爾博士，像個(gè)囚犯似的，盯著外面的世界。

'I hope you are better，Jekyll，'the lawyer called up to him.

“杰基爾!希望你好點(diǎn)了。”律師抬頭沖他喊道。

The doctor shook his head sadly.'I'm not well，Utterson，'he said.'I shall not be here much longer-thankGod.'

博士憂郁地?fù)u了搖頭。“我情況很糟，厄特森，”他說，“我的日子不會(huì)長(zhǎng)了，感謝上帝!”

'You spend too much time indoors!You ought to get outinto the fresh air like Enfield and me… By the way， this ismy cousin， Mr Enfield… COme now-get your hat and join usfor a quick walk.'

“你在屋里關(guān)的時(shí)間太久了，應(yīng)該多出來活動(dòng)活動(dòng)，像我和恩菲爾德一樣……順便介紹一下，這是我表弟，恩菲爾德先生……來吧!戴上帽子，出來稍微蹓跶一會(huì)兒。”

'You 're very kind，'said the doctor.'But no， it's quiteimpossible. I would like to invite you and Mr Enfield inside，but the place is not very tidy…'

“你真好，”博士說，“但是不行啊!不可能的。我很想請(qǐng)你和思菲爾德先生進(jìn)來坐坐，但我這兒有點(diǎn)亂，不像樣子……”

'Well then，'said the lawyer gently，'we can talk to youfrom here.'

“沒關(guān)系，”律師謙和地說，“我們就在下面和你談一會(huì)兒，這就挺好。”

'That's an excellent idea-'began the doctor，with asmile.But suddenly the smile left his face and was replaced byan expression of hopelessness， fear and horror. The two menbelow saw it，but only for a second， as the window was shutwith a bang. The two men looked at each other， then turnedand left the courtyard without a word.In silence they crossedthe narrow side-street.They did not speak until they came outinto a busy， noisy street. Then Mr Utterson at last turned andlooked at his companion， whose face was as pale as his own.The expression on Doctor Jekyll's face had upset them bothdeeply.

“這太好了——”醫(yī)生微笑著，可話還沒說完，笑容就不見了，換成一臉無(wú)助;擔(dān)心和恐懼的神情，下面的兩位都看見了，但只瞥到一眼，窗戶就“呯”地一聲關(guān)上了。兩個(gè)人互相看看，然后一言不發(fā)地轉(zhuǎn)身離開了院子。他們默不作聲地穿過小街，一直來到熙熙攘攘的大街上，厄特森先生這才轉(zhuǎn)身看了看他的伙伴，倆人的臉色一樣蒼白。杰基爾博士臉上的表情讓他們?yōu)樗械缴钌畹仉y過。

'God help him!'whispered Mr Utterson.'God help thepoor man!'

“上帝保佑他!”厄特森先生喃喃說道，“上帝保佑這個(gè)可憐人!”

But Mr Enfield only nodded his head very seriously andwalked on without a word.

但恩菲爾德先生只是嚴(yán)肅地點(diǎn)了點(diǎn)頭，繼續(xù)走路，一句話也沒說。