7 The secret of the locket

Chapter 7 The secret of the locket They reached the bridge at dawn. Mr. Brownlow was waiting, just as Nancy had promised. "Run!" she cried to Oliver.

第7章挂坠盒的秘密他们在黎明时分到达了桥。 布朗罗先生正在等着，正如南希答应的那样。 “快跑！”她对奥利弗喊道。

Oliver dashed forward. He'd almost reached Mr. Brownlow's outstretched arms when Nancy's frightened voice made him turn around. "W-why did you follow me, Bill?" Nancy stuttered. "I told no tales- I'd never grass on you." "You took the boy away," Bill bellowed. "You betrayed me, Nancy. I can't ever trust you again." Then Oliver heard Nancy scream. "No! Please, Bill, NO!"

奥利弗冲上前去。他几乎要碰到布朗罗先生张开的双臂时，南希惊恐的声音使他转过身来。 “你——你为什么跟踪我，比尔？”南希口吃。 “我没有说谎——我决不会出卖你的。” “你把孩子带走了。”比尔吼道。 “你背叛了我，南希。我再也不能相信你了。” 接着奥利弗听到南希的尖叫。 “不!求你了，比尔，不要！”

BANG! A pistol shot exploded and Nancy slumped lifeless to the ground. Bill swore and closed his eyes. "I had to kill her," he muttered. Oliver was frozen to the spot with terror. "I'm here, Oliver," said Mr. Brownlow, reassuringly. "Come to me. Don't look." By now, a crowd had appeared, drawn by the sound of the pistol shot. Bill fled from the bridge, desperate to escape. The crowd tore after him. In a panic, Bill climbed the drainpipe of a nearby house and scaled the roof.

砰!一声枪响，南希毫无生气地倒在地上。 比尔咒骂了一声，闭上了眼睛。 “我必须杀了她，”他喃喃地说。 奥利弗吓得呆在原地不动。 “我在这儿，奥利弗，”布朗罗先生安慰地说。 “到我这儿来。不要看。”这时，一群人被枪声吸引过来了。 比尔从桥上逃了出来，不顾一切地想逃跑。 人群紧跟着他。惊慌之下，比尔爬上了附近一所房子的排水管，爬上了屋顶。

He grabbed a rope that was dangling from its chimney, intending to swing over to the roof of the house opposite. Quickly, he made a loop and slipped it over his head. But before he could bring it down his body and under his arms, a policeman sounded his whistle below. "Stop him!" cried a woman. "He's getting away." Bill lost his balance and tumbled off the roof, the rope tightening around his neck. In seconds, he was dead, his body swaying in mid-air.

他抓住一根悬挂在烟囱上的绳子，打算荡到对面房子的屋顶上去。 他迅速地绕了个圈，套在头上。 但还没等他把枪拿下来夹在腋下，一个警察就在下面吹响了哨子。 “拦住他！”一个女人喊道。 “他要跑了。”比尔失去平衡，从屋顶上摔了下来，绳子紧紧地缠住了他的脖子。 几秒钟后，他就死了，他的身体在半空中摇晃。

Bullseye ran back and forth, howling dismally. Then the dog leaped at the dead man, trying to reach him. Instead, he dashed his head on a stone windowsill and fell to the ground. The dog was as dead as his master.

靶心跑来跑去，凄凄惨惨地嚎叫着。 然后狗扑向死人，试图接近他。 相反，他的头撞在了石头窗台上，摔倒在地。 那条狗和它的主人一样死了。

Mr. Brownlow held Oliver firmly in his arms. Oliver couldn't stop shaking. "Nothing can hurt you now," Mr. Brownlow told him. "You're safe. Bill deserved that, for what he did to Nancy." "Poor Nancy," Oliver sobbed. "Yes, she was a brave girl." He hugged Oliver tightly. "Listen, Oliver, I have good news for both of us. I went to see Mr. Bumble and he gave me this." He handed Oliver a gold locket. "Open it." Oliver looked at the inscription inside. "Agnes," he read. "Mrs. Mann, the midwife who was with your mother at the workhouse, stole this locket from her. Later, Mrs. Mann married Mr. Bumble. That's how he discovered the locket."

布朗罗先生紧紧地把奥利弗抱在怀里。 奥利弗不停地发抖。 “现在没有什么能伤害你了，”布朗罗先生对他说。 “你是安全的。比尔对南希做的事，他活该。” “可怜的南希，”奥利弗抽泣着说。 “是的，她是个勇敢的女孩。” 他紧紧地拥抱着奥利弗。“听着，奥利弗，我有个好消息要告诉我们俩。 我去找班布尔先生，他给了我这个。” 他递给奥利弗一个金挂坠盒。 “打开它。”奥利弗看了看里面的铭文。 “阿格尼斯，”他念道。曼太太，那个在济贫院陪你母亲的助产士，从她那里偷走了这个吊坠盒。 后来，曼太太嫁给了班布尔先生。 他就是这样发现挂坠盒的。”