6 Opening Doors

CHAPTER 6 Opening Doors It rained the next day, and the moor almost disappeared into the gray mist. Mary would not be able to go outside. "What does your family do when it rains?" she asked Martha. "Mostly we try to keep from getting under each other's feet," Martha chuckled. "The older children play in the cowshed. But Dickon goes out like it was a sunny day. Once he found a halfdrowned fox cub and

第六章开门第二天下雨了，沼地几乎消失在灰色的雾中。 玛丽就不能出去了。 “下雨的时候你们家干什么？”她问玛莎。 “大多数时候，我们都尽量避免踩到对方的脚，”玛莎轻声笑着说。 “大一点的孩子在牛棚里玩耍。 但狄肯出去了，就像晴天一样。 有一次他发现了一只差点淹死的小狐狸

brought it home. Another time he found a young crow and named it Soot because it was so black. Now it goes with him everywhere." "If I had a fox or a crow, I could play with it," Mary said. "Can you read? You could read a book or work on your spelling," Martha suggested. "I can, but all my books were left in India," Mary said. Martha had an idea. "There are thousands of books in the library. Mrs. Medlock might let you in." But Mary had another idea. When Martha left, Mary stood at her window and thought of a plan. She didn't care much for the library, but it reminded her of the hundred rooms with closed doors. Were they all locked? What was inside them? If there really were a hundred, she could count them. At least it would be something

把它带回家了。还有一次，他发现了一只小乌鸦，因为它太黑了，就给它起名叫“烟灰”。 现在他走到哪里都带着它。” “如果我有一只狐狸或一只乌鸦，我就可以和它一起玩，”玛丽说。 “你识字吗？”你可以读一本书，或者练习拼写，”玛莎建议。 “我能，但我所有的书都留在印度了，”玛丽说。 玛莎有了一个主意。“图书馆里有成千上万的书。 梅德洛克太太也许会让你进去的。” 但是玛丽有了另一个想法。 玛莎走后，玛丽站在窗前，想了一个计划。 她不太喜欢图书馆，但它使她想起那一百间关着门的房间。 它们都锁上了吗？里面是什么？ 如果真的有一百个，她可以数出来。 至少会有所收获

to do. She quietly left her room and entered a long hallway that branched off into other ones. There were doors everywhere and pictures on the walls. She wandered into a long gallery. Its walls were covered with paintings of men and women in grand costumes of satin and velvet. Mary continued to explore. One room down the hall seemed to be a lady's sitting room with embroidered velvet covering the walls. A little cabinet displayed dozens of little elephants made of ivory. Mary had lived in India, so she knew all about elephants. She played with the ivory elephants until she grew tired and decided to return to her room, but she had lost her way. She came to a tapestry hanging at the end of a short hallway. As she tried to decide which way to go, a

要做。她悄悄地离开自己的房间，走进一条长长的走廊，这条走廊分岔成几条。 到处都是门，墙上挂着画。 她漫步走进一条长长的走廊。 它的墙上挂满了穿着华丽的绸缎和天鹅绒服装的男女画像。 玛丽继续探索。 走廊尽头的一个房间似乎是女士的客厅，墙上挂着绣花天鹅绒。 一个小柜子里陈列着几十只象牙做的小象。 玛丽曾在印度生活过，所以她对大象了如指掌。 她和象牙大象玩耍，直到她玩累了，决定回到她的房间，但她迷路了。 她来到一条短走廊尽头挂着的一幅挂毯前。 当她试图决定该走哪条路时，a

cry broke through the stillness. It wasn't like the crying she had heard the night before: this time it was a short, childish whine. Her heart began beating fast. "It is crying," she said to herself, "and it's nearer than last night!" She brushed against the tapestry by mistake. To her surprise, she opened a hidden door. Mary could see down another hall, and at the end of it, Mrs. Medlock

哭声打破了寂静。 这和她昨天晚上听到的哭声不一样，这次是一种短暂的、孩子气的呜咽。 她的心跳得很快。 “它在哭，”她自言自语道，“而且比昨晚更近！”她不小心擦到了挂毯。 令她吃惊的是，她打开了一扇隐藏的门。 玛丽可以看到另一个大厅，大厅的尽头是梅德洛克太太

coming toward her carrying a bunch of keys. She looked very cross. "What are you doing here?" Mrs. Medlock demanded. She took Mary's arm and pulled her away. "I took a wrong turn—" Mary began, "and then I heard someone crying—" "You didn't hear anything of the sort," Mrs. Medlock snapped. "Go to your room now, or I'll box your ears!" Mrs. Medlock pulled Mary down the twisting hallways back to her room. "Stay where you're told or you'll be locked in!" the housekeeper warned sharply. Then she left, slamming the door. Mary sat by the fireplace. She was furious, but she didn't cry. She thought about what she'd discovered that morning: the maze of rooms, the ivory elephants, and the crying— someday, she would discover who it was.

拿着一串钥匙向她走来。 她看上去很生气。“你在这儿干什么？”梅德洛克太太问。 她抓住玛丽的胳膊把她拉开了。 “我拐错了弯——”玛丽开口说，“然后我听到有人在哭——”“你什么也没听到，”梅德洛克太太厉声说。 “现在回你的房间去，不然我打你耳光！”梅德洛克太太拉着玛丽穿过曲折的走廊回到她的房间。 “待在叫你待的地方，否则你会被锁在里面的！”管家严厉地警告道。 然后，她砰地关上了门，离开了。 玛丽坐在壁炉旁。 她很生气，但没有哭。 她想着那天早上发现的东西：迷宫般的房间、象牙大象和哭声——总有一天，她会发现那是谁。