16 An Argument

CHAPTER 16 An Argument Mary had almost forgotten about seeing Colin that afternoon. After lunch, she asked Martha to tell him that she couldn't come till later. "That will put him in a bad mood," Martha said fearfully. But Mary wasn't used to thinking of others' feelings. She didn't understand how lonely life could be for a person who was ill and nervous and thought he couldn't control

第十六章争论玛丽几乎忘了那天下午要去见科林。 午饭后，她让玛莎告诉他她晚一点才能来。 “那会使他心情不好的。”玛莎害怕地说。 但是玛丽不习惯考虑别人的感受。 她无法理解，对于一个生病、神经紧张、自认为无法控制自己的人来说，生活是多么孤独

his temper. She and Dickon worked all afternoon. They rested a little, and Dickon played a song on his flute. He told her about the trees that would bloom before spring was over— apple, cherry, peach, and plum. As the sun set, they both promised to return to the garden the next morning. When she returned, Martha was waiting. Her face was not happy. "Mr. Colin's been acting terrible all afternoon," Martha said. "We've had quite a time keeping him quiet. You should have gone to see him today." But Mary didn't feel guilty or afraid when she went to his room. She marched straight up to him and said, "Why are you still in bed?" "I got up this morning thinking you were coming," he said, looking away, "but I made

他的脾气。她和狄肯整个下午都在工作。 他们休息了一会儿，狄肯吹起了笛子。 他给她讲了春天结束前会开花的树——苹果、樱桃、桃子和李子。 太阳落山时，他们俩都答应第二天早上再来花园。 她回来时，玛莎正在等她。 她脸上露出不高兴的表情。“先生。 科林整个下午都表现得很糟糕，”玛莎说。 “我们好不容易才让他闭嘴。 你今天应该去看看他。” 但是当玛丽走进他的房间时，她并没有感到内疚或害怕。 她径直走到他面前说：“你怎么还躺在床上？”“今天早上我起床时以为你要来，”他说着，把目光移开，“但我没有。

them put me in bed this afternoon. My back and my head ached. Why didn't you come?" "I was in the garden with Dickon," she said. "I won't let him come here anymore," said Colin in his rajah manner. Mary grew angry, stiff, and stubborn. "If you send Dickon away, I'll never visit you again!" "I'll make you!" he shouted. "They'll drag you here!" "Oh, will they, Mr. Rajah?" Mary said fiercely. "But they can't make me talk to you! Or look at you!" Even though they couldn't have a roughand- tumble fight, they could yell and shout. "You're selfish!" Colin cried. "No—you're selfish!" Mary shouted. "I'm not as selfish as Dickon!" Colin yelled. "He keeps you playing in the dirt when he

他们今天下午把我放在床上。 我的背和头都疼。 你为什么不来？”“我和狄肯在花园里。”她说。 “我不会再让他来这里了。”柯林以王公的态度说。 玛丽变得愤怒、僵硬和固执。 “如果你把狄肯送走，我就再也不来看你了！”“我要逼你！”他喊道。 “他们会把你拖到这儿来的！”“哦，是吗，拉贾先生？”玛丽恶狠狠地说。 “可他们不能逼我跟你说话！”或者看看你！”虽然他们不能大打出手，但他们可以大喊大叫。 “你是自私的!”科林哭了。 “不,你是自私的!”玛丽喊道。 “我不像狄肯那么自私！”科林喊道。 “他让你玩泥巴，当他。

knows I'm here all alone." Mary's eyes flashed with anger. "Dickon's nicer than any other boy!" she exclaimed. "He's magical! He's like—an angel!" "He's just a common country boy," Colin said with a sneer. "He's better than a common rajah!" Mary shouted back. Their arguing was getting the better of Colin. He'd never had a fight with anyone who argued back. So he turned his head away and cried a little tear of self-pity. "I'm not selfish," he whimpered. "I'm ill. I have a lump on my back, and I'm going to diesoon..." "You are not," Mary said frostily. "But I am! Everybody says so!" Colin cried. "I don't believe it," Mary said sourly. "You say that to make people sorry for you. You're proud of it."

知道我独自一人在这里。” 玛丽的眼睛里闪着愤怒的光芒。 “狄肯比别的男孩都好！”她叫道。 “他是神奇的!他就像——一个天使！”“他只是一个普通的乡下男孩。”科林冷笑着说。 “他比一个普通的王公好！”玛丽喊道。 他们的争吵使科林占上风。 他从来没有和任何反驳他的人打过架。 于是他转过头去，流下了一点自怜的眼泪。 “我不自私，”他呜咽着说。 “我生病了。我背上有个肿块，我很快就要死了……” “你不是。”玛丽冷淡地说。 “但我是！”大家都这么说！”科林哭了。 “我不相信，”玛丽酸溜溜地说。 “你这么说是为了让别人同情你。 你为此感到骄傲。”

At that, Colin was so angry that he forgot his aching back and sat straight up. "Get out of my room!" he screamed. He threw his pillow at her. It landed at her feet. Mary went to the door. She stopped to say, "I was going to tell you all sorts of nice things —about Dickon's fox cub and his crow—but now I won't tell you a single thing!" And she stormed out. Walking back to her room, Mary felt cross. She was thinking that she wouldn't tell Colin about the secret garden. It would serve him right! Then she remembered how afraid Colin was that he would become a hunchback and die. She knew he had tantrums when he was tired and afraid. "Just maybe he was thinking about lumps because he was alone this afternoon," she thought. "I think I will go see him tomorrow

听了这话，科林非常生气，他忘记了背痛，坐直了身子。 “滚出我的房间！”他尖叫道。 他把枕头朝她扔去。 它落在她的脚边。玛丽走到门口。 她停下来说：“我本来要告诉你各种各样的好事——关于狄肯的小狐狸和他的乌鸦——但现在我什么也不想告诉你！”她气冲冲地走了。 玛丽走回自己的房间，心里很生气。 她在想她不会把秘密花园的事告诉科林。 这是他活该！然后她想起科林是多么害怕他会变成一个驼背，然后死去。 她知道他累了害怕的时候会发脾气。 她想：“也许他今天下午一个人呆着，所以想到了肿块。” “我想我明天去看他

even if he throws pillows at me."

即使他朝我扔枕头。”