14 Colin the Rajah

CHAPTER 14 Colin the Rajah Martha was very busy the next day. It was afternoon before Mary could talk to her. "I've found out who was crying last night," Mary said, "and I went to his room. It's Colin." Martha looked red with fright. "You shouldn't have done that!" she said tearfully. "You'll get me in trouble!" "It's all right," Mary said. "He was glad I came."

第十四章王王柯林第二天玛莎很忙。 直到下午玛丽才和她说话。 “我已经知道昨晚是谁哭了，”玛丽说，“我去了他的房间。 这是科林。”玛莎吓得满脸通红。 “你不该那么做！”她泪流满面地说。 “你会给我惹麻烦的！”“没关系，”玛丽说。 “他很高兴我来了。”

"Are you sure?" Martha asked. "When he's angry, he screams and throws the most terrible tantrums to frighten us." "He wasn't angry at me. We talked, and he showed me his mother's portrait. Then I sang him to sleep." Martha was amazed. "It's like you walked into the lion's den! He never lets strangers look at him. But if Mrs. Medlock finds out, she'll say I told you, and she'll send me away!" "Colin wants it to be our secret. He wants you to tell me when I can go and see him. Mrs. Medlock will have to obey him." Then Mary asked what was wrong with Colin. Martha had calmed down a bit. She began, "No one really knows. He began all wrong with his mother dying and his father raging with grief. The doctors were afraid Mr. Colin

“你确定吗？”玛莎问。 “当他生气的时候，他会尖叫，还会发最可怕的脾气来吓唬我们。” “他没有生我的气。我们聊了聊，他给我看了他母亲的画像。 然后我唱歌哄他入睡。” 玛莎大吃一惊。“这就像你走进了狮子洞！”他从不让陌生人看他。 可是如果梅德洛克太太发现了，她会说是我告诉你的，她会把我撵走的！”“科林希望这是我们的秘密。 他想让你告诉我什么时候能去见他。 梅德洛克太太只好听他的话了。” 然后玛丽问科林怎么了。 玛莎平静了一些。 她开始说：“没有人真正知道。 他母亲去世，父亲悲痛欲绝，他一开始就错了。 医生们很害怕，科林先生

had a weak back, so they kept him lying down all the time. He had to wear an iron brace." "He's very spoiled," Mary said, not realizing that she had been spoiled, too. "Well, he's had many colds and coughs," Martha said. "He had rheumatic fever once, and typhoid. Mother says all he needs is fresh air and running around, but he just lies in his room reading picture books and taking medicine. The last time he went out, he began sneezing. A new gardener looked at him, and Mr. Colin threw a terrible tantrum, yelling, 'He thinks I'm a hunchback!' Then he cried himself into a fever." "If he gets angry with me, I won't see him again," Mary said. "He'll see you if he wants," Martha smiled. "He always has his way." A bell rang, and Martha got up. "His nurse

他的背很软，所以他们让他一直躺着。 他必须戴上铁支架。” “他被宠坏了，”玛丽说，她没有意识到自己也被宠坏了。 “嗯，他经常感冒和咳嗽，”玛莎说。 “他有一次患过风湿热，又患过伤寒。 妈妈说他需要的只是新鲜空气和跑来跑去，但他只是躺在房间里看绘本和吃药。 他上次出去时就开始打喷嚏。 一个新来的园丁看着他，科林先生大发脾气，大叫道：“他认为我是个驼背！”然后他哭得发烧了。” “如果他生我的气，我就不再见他了，”玛丽说。 “如果他愿意，他会看你的。”玛莎微笑着说。 “他总是我行我素。”铃响了，玛莎站了起来。 “他的护士

wants me to watch him for a while," she said. "I hope he's in a good temper." She returned ten minutes later. "Well, you have bewitched him!" she said in amazement. "He's sitting up, and he wants you to come as quickly as you can." Mary hurried to Colin's room. In daylight, she saw how beautiful it was. The walls and rugs were richly colored, and the fire burned brightly. Colin's cheeks glowed in his pale face. "Martha's scared," Mary told him. "She thinks Mrs. Medlock will send her away if she finds out we've met." Colin frowned. "Tell Martha that everyone has to do what I please, and that I will send Medlock away if she gets angry when she brings you. I'll take care of everything," said Colin regally. Mary looked at him oddly. "I was just

“要我照看他一会儿，”她说。 “我希望他心情好。” 她十分钟后回来了。 “好吧，你把他迷惑住了！”她惊奇地说。 “他坐起来了，他要你越快越好。” 玛丽急忙跑到科林的房间。 在白天，她看到了它是多么美丽。 墙壁和地毯色彩斑斓，炉火明亮地燃烧着。 科林苍白的脸上闪着红光。 “玛莎害怕了，”玛丽告诉他。 “她觉得如果梅德洛克太太发现我们见过面，她会把她打发走的。” 科林皱起了眉头。“告诉玛莎，每个人都得听我的，如果她带你来的时候生气了，我就把梅德洛克送走。 我会处理好一切的。”科林庄严地说。 玛丽奇怪地看着他。“我只是。

reminded of a boy I once saw in India," she began. "He was a rajah—that's a royal prince. He talked to his people just like you do. They had to do whatever he said—they might have been killed if they didn't." She paused. "I was also thinking how different you are from Dickon, Martha's brother. He's twelve years old, and he can charm the birds and foxes and squirrels with his pipe, just like an Indian fakir or snake charmer." Colin was curious to hear more. Mary told him how Dickon knew all the creatures that lived on the moor. "But how can he like the moor?" Colin asked. "It's such a dreary place." "On the night I arrived," Mary said, "I hated it, too. But Martha talks about it, and Dickon tells me it's a beautiful place full of living things."

让我想起了我在印度见过的一个男孩，”她开始说。 “他是王公，也就是王室的王子。 他跟他的人说话就像你一样。 他们必须按照他说的去做——如果他们不这样做，他们可能会被杀死。” 她停顿了一下。“我还在想，你和玛莎的哥哥狄肯是多么不同啊。 他才十二岁，却能像印第安的苦行僧或耍蛇人一样，用烟斗引诱鸟儿、狐狸和松鼠。” 科林很想知道更多。 玛丽告诉他狄肯是如何认识住在沼地上的所有生物的。 “可是他怎么会喜欢沼地呢？”科林问道。 “这是个沉闷的地方。” “我到的那天晚上，”玛丽说，“我也讨厌它。 但是玛莎谈起了它，狄肯告诉我那是一个美丽的地方，到处都是生物。”

"I wish I could see it," Colin said, "but I can't go out because I'm going to die. Everybody says so." Mary didn't like the way Colin almost boasted about dying. She said in her most contrary way, "If everybody wished me to die, then I wouldn't do it! Besides, I don't believe everybody thinks you'll die. The doctor from London didn't. He made them take off the irons." "That's true," said Colin. "One time I heard him say, 'The lad might be fine if he makes up his mind. Put him in a humor to get well.'" Mary said, "Dickon could do it. He talks about living things—not about being sick and dying." Colin was enjoying himself so much that he forgot about his weak back. He sat up straight and said, "I just thought of

“我希望我能看到它，”科林说，“但是我不能出去，因为我要死了。 每个人都这么说。”玛丽不喜欢科林几乎是在吹嘘自己的死亡。 她以最相反的方式说：“如果每个人都希望我死，那我就不去死！再说，我不相信大家都认为你会死。 从伦敦来的医生没有。 他叫他们把熨斗摘下来。” “那倒是真的。”科林说。 “有一次我听到他说，‘如果这孩子下定决心，他可能会没事的。 让他心情好起来。’”玛丽说，“狄肯能做到。 他谈论的是有生命的东西，而不是生病和死亡。” 科林玩得太开心了，他忘了自己虚弱的背。 他坐直身子说：“我刚想到