1 No One Left

CHAPTER 1 No One Left When Mary Lennox was born, no one really wanted her. Her father worked for the British government in India and had no time for raising a child. Mary's beautiful mother hadn't wanted a little girl at all; she cared only about going to parties. So their sickly, fretful baby was handed over to an Ayah—an Indian nanny. Mary's Ayah knew that the baby's crying made her mother angry, so to keep Mary quiet, she let

第一章无人离开玛丽·伦诺克斯出生时，没有人真正想要她。 她的父亲在印度为英国政府工作，没有时间抚养孩子。 玛丽美丽的母亲根本不想要一个小女孩；她只关心参加聚会。 于是，他们把体弱多病、烦躁不安的孩子交给了一位印度保姆。 玛丽的保姆知道孩子的哭声让她妈妈很生气，所以为了让玛丽保持安静，她让

her have her own way in everything. Mary grew up as selfish a child as had ever lived. Her thin face looked yellow, and her expression was sour as a lemon. Even her blond hair wouldn't behave. Governesses were hired to teach the cross child to read and write, but they never lasted longer than a few months. Except for her Ayah and the servants, Mary hardly ever saw other people—not even her mother. One blazing hot morning when Mary was nine, she was awakened by an unknown servant. She wanted her Ayah, but her Ayah couldn't come. Even when Mary had a tantrum, the servant just looked frightened and repeated her message. Mary knew something strange was happening, but no one would tell her what. Left alone, she went outside to play under a tree near the veranda. She was making a

她做什么事都我行我素。 玛丽从小就是个非常自私的孩子。 她瘦削的脸泛黄，表情像柠檬一样酸。 就连她的金发也不听话。 家庭教师被雇来教这个脾气暴躁的孩子读书写字，但他们只教了几个月。 除了保姆和仆人们，玛丽几乎没有见过其他人，甚至连她母亲也没有。 玛丽九岁时，一个炎热的早晨，她被一个不知名的仆人叫醒了。 她想要她的保姆，但她的保姆不能来。 即使当玛丽发脾气时，仆人也只是看起来很害怕，重复她的信息。 玛丽知道发生了一些奇怪的事情，但没有人告诉她是什么。 她独自一人走到外面，在阳台附近的一棵树下玩耍。 她在做一个

pretend flowerbed when she heard her mother's voice speaking with a young army officer. They didn't notice the little girl, but Mary saw that her mother was alarmed. "Is it so very bad?" her mother asked. "Awfully," the officer replied. "You should have left two weeks ago, Mrs. Lennox, instead of staying for the ball." Just then, Mary heard a shout from the servants' quarters that grew louder and wilder. "Someone has died," the officer said, his voice shaking. Mary's mother gasped and ran inside. Later Mary found out that a dread disease — cholera—had broken out. Her Ayah had been the first to die, and many others were in danger. In a panic, many of the servants ran away in terror, leaving no one to care for Mary.

当她听到她母亲的声音和一个年轻的军官说话时，假装花坛。 他们没有注意到那个小女孩，但玛丽看出她妈妈很惊慌。 “有那么糟糕吗？”她妈妈问。 “太可怕了，”警官回答。 “你两个星期前就该走了，伦诺克斯太太，不该留下来参加舞会。” 就在这时，玛丽听到仆人们的喊声越来越大，越来越疯狂。 “有人死了，”警官说，声音颤抖。 玛丽的妈妈喘着气跑了进去。 后来玛丽发现一种可怕的疾病——霍乱爆发了。 她的保姆是第一个死去的，其他许多人也处于危险之中。 在一片恐慌中，许多仆人惊恐地逃跑了，没有人照顾玛丽。

For two whole days, Mary hid in the nursery. Off and on, she cried and slept. She could hear odd, frightening sounds in the house and from the servants' huts. In the confusion, everyone had forgotten about her. The next day, Mary wandered into the dining room and ate some biscuits and fruit. She also drank a glass of tonic someone had left on the table. It was like medicine, and it made her drowsy. She went back to her bedroom and fell into a deep sleep. Mary finally awoke to silence and lay on her bed and listened for noises, but the house was perfectly still. Then she heard a rustling on the floor mat. Looking down, she saw a little snake. She wasn't afraid of him, knowing he was harmless. She watched him glide across the floor and slip under her door. Were they alone in the house? she wondered. Then she heard heavy footsteps on the

整整两天，玛丽躲在育儿室里。 她时而哭，时而睡。 她能听到房子里和仆人们的小屋里传来奇怪而可怕的声音。 在混乱中，每个人都忘记了她。 第二天，玛丽走进餐厅，吃了一些饼干和水果。 她还喝了一杯别人放在桌上的汤力水。 这就像吃药一样，使她昏昏欲睡。 她回到卧室，沉沉地睡去了。 玛丽终于在寂静中醒来，躺在床上，听着有没有什么声音，但屋子里一片寂静。 然后她听到地板上有沙沙的声音。 往下看，她看见一条小蛇。 她并不害怕他，因为她知道他是无害的。 她看着他滑过地板，从她的门缝里溜了进去。 房子里只有他们吗？ 她想知道。然后她听到沉重的脚步声

veranda and men talking in low voices. One man said, "What a shame! That beautiful woman dead! I heard there was a child, too, but no one ever saw her." Just then, Mary's door opened. Mary stood up and an army officer came in, looking weary and troubled. Stiffly, the child said in a cross voice, "I am Mary Lennox. I fell asleep when everyone had cholera, and I just woke up." Stamping her foot, she demanded, "Why have they forgotten me? Why does nobody come?" A younger soldier with the officer just shook his head sadly and held Mary's hand. "Poor little kid. There's nobody left to come!" This was the strange, sudden way Mary found out that both her parents and most of the servants had died. There really was no one left but herself and the rustling little snake.

阳台和人们低声交谈。 一个人说：“太可惜了！那个美丽的女人死了！我听说还有个孩子，但没人见过她。” 就在这时，玛丽的门开了。 玛丽站起身来，一个军官走了进来，看上去又累又烦。 那孩子生硬地、生气地说：“我是玛丽·伦诺克斯。 大家都得了霍乱的时候，我睡着了，然后我就醒了。” 她跺着脚问道：“他们为什么把我忘了？ 为什么没人来？”一个年轻的士兵和军官只是悲伤地摇了摇头，握着玛丽的手。 “可怜的孩子。没有人留下来了！”这是玛丽发现她的父母和大多数仆人都死了的奇怪而突然的方式。 除了她和那条沙沙作响的小蛇，真的没有人留下来了。