15 Jim Resumes the Story The Garrison in the Stockade

CHAPTER 15 Jim Resumes the Story: The Garrison in the Stockade As soon as Ben saw the flag flying, he sat me down and told me it was there I would find my friends. I thought it more likely the pirates would be there, but he told me that pirates would fly, not the British flag, but their dreaded Jolly Roger—the famous black flag with its skull and crossbones inscribed in white. "That place was built by Flint himself, who was afraid of no man but Long John Silver!"

第十五章吉姆继续讲故事：寨子里的驻军本一看到旗在飘扬，就叫我坐下，告诉我在那里可以找到我的朋友。 我以为海盗更有可能在那里，但他告诉我，海盗会飞的不是英国国旗，而是他们可怕的乔利·罗杰旗——那面著名的黑色旗帜，上面用白色写着骷髅和交叉的骨头。 “那地方是弗林特自己建的，除了高个子约翰·西尔弗，他谁也不怕！”

"Well," I answered, "let's go there before Silver himself finds us!" But Ben, trusting no man, would not go. He made me swear that tomorrow I would send someone from our camp to meet him, as he had a proposal for us. He insisted one of us should come, holding up a white handkerchief for caution's sake. "And if you run into Silver," he added, "don't let it be known that Ben Gunn is on this island. It would be the ruin of us!" I promised I wouldn't and just then, a cannonball fell with a crash right by our side, setting each of us off and running in his own direction. The shots continued and I was sure they were chasing me. Soon enough, I came to a clearing and saw that the Hispaniola was offshore and flying the Jolly Roger.

“好吧，”我回答说，“我们还是在西尔弗发现我们之前去吧！”但本不相信任何人，不肯去。 他让我发誓，明天我会从我们营地派人去见他，因为他有一个建议给我们。 他坚持要我们中有一个人去，为了小心起见，他举起一块白手帕。 “如果你碰到西尔弗，”他又说，“千万别让人知道本·葛恩在这个岛上。 那会毁了我们的！”我答应过我不会的，就在这时，一颗炮弹轰隆一声落在我们身边，把我们每个人都吓跑了，朝自己的方向跑去。 枪声还在继续，我确信他们在追我。 很快，我来到一块空地上，看到伊斯班袅拉号停在岸边，挂着“海盗旗”。

I also saw what the pirates on shore were up to. They were hacking the jolly-boat apart and throwing the wood into a blazing fire. These men, who had once been so gloomy as they rowed the light boats back and forth to the ship, were clapping and singing and being foolish and mean. I almost felt pity for men who could act so much like beasts. I thought now was the time to make for the stockade and, while on the way, found the white rock where Ben had been hiding his boat. This information I stored in my mind in case I might need it later. I kept

我还看到了岸上的海盗在干什么。 他们把划艇劈开，把柴扔进熊熊的火里。 这些人，曾经是那样阴郁地划着轻便的小船来来回回地向大船划去，现在却在拍手、唱歌，变得愚蠢而卑鄙。 我几乎为那些行为如此像野兽的人感到怜悯。 我想现在是向寨子走去的时候了。在路上，我发现了本藏船的那块白色岩石。 我把这些信息储存在脑子里，以备不时之需。 我一直在

going and made my way over the fence to the stockade and into the party of my friends. I soon told them my story and took stock of the log house. It would do, but it was smoky from our fire, not to mention poor Gray lying wrapped in a bandage on account of his knife cut, and poor Tom cold and dead under a flag in the corner of the room. The Captain, however, wisely kept us all busy with chores, collecting firewood and digging a grave for Redruth. I spoke to the doctor about Ben, and he told me he had something special for him. "In my handkerchief," he said, "I have a piece of Parmesan cheese from Italy that we shall give him." A meeting was held and we found when we counted only fifteen mutineers left. Two were wounded and one, who'd been shot by the cannon, probably was dead. We knew

我走过去，越过栅栏来到寨子，加入了朋友们的队伍。 我很快就把我的故事告诉了他们，并清点了一下那间木屋。 还凑合，可是我们家的火冒着烟，更不用说可怜的格雷因为被刀割伤而裹着绷带躺在那里，可怜的汤姆又冷又死，躺在房间角落的一面旗子下面。 然而，船长明智地让我们大家忙着干些杂活，捡柴火，给雷卓斯挖个坟墓。 我跟医生说了本的事，他告诉我他有特别的东西给他。 “在我的手帕里，”他说，“我有一块意大利的帕尔马干酪，我们要送给他。” 举行了一次会议，我们数了数，发现只剩下15名叛变者。 两人受伤，一人被大炮击中，可能已经死亡。 我们知道

that the climate and the mosquitoes would soon affect the remaining men and that they might soon be sick and in a bad way. "They might simply decide to get back in the ship, head out to sea, and return to being pirates," said the doctor. The Captain grumbled, but he knew that losing his first ship might prove best for all of us in the long run. Suddenly, we heard a voice rise up. "There's a flag of truce! It's Long John Silver himself!" With that, I rubbed my eyes and ran to peer through a loophole in the wall. We could see two men, one of them being

气候和蚊子很快就会影响到剩下的人，他们可能很快就会生病，而且病得很严重。 “他们可能只是决定回到船上，出海，重新做海盗，”医生说。 船长嘟囔着，但他知道，从长远来看，失去他的第一艘船也许对我们大家都是最好的。 突然，我们听到有人说话。 “有一面休战旗！”是高个子约翰·西尔弗本人！”说着，我揉了揉眼睛，跑过去从墙上的一个洞往里看。 我们能看到两个人，其中一个

Silver, indeed waving the white flag. "Who goes there?" said the Captain. "Flag of truce," answered Silver. "Cap'n Silver to come aboard and make terms." The Captain snorted at Silver calling himself Captain, and yet he promised not to harm Silver if he came to the stockade unarmed. He then hopped his way over the fence and made his way, painfully and slowly, up the hill and toward us. We could see that he was in his finest blue coat, with a frilled hat tipped far back on his head. Once inside, the Captain refused to let him in the fort, and Silver was forced to sit in the sand across from the Captain. "It's a mighty cold morning, sir, to be sitting in the sand outside." The Captain shrugged this off, telling Silver that he had brought it upon himself. "You're either the ship's cook or you're

西尔弗，确实挥舞着白旗。 “谁在那儿？”船长问道。 “休战旗。”西尔弗回答。 “西尔弗船长要上船来谈条件。” 船长对西尔弗自称船长嗤之以鼻，但他保证，如果西尔弗赤手空拳来到寨子，他不会伤害他。 然后他跳过栅栏，痛苦而缓慢地爬上山坡，向我们走来。 我们可以看到他穿着最漂亮的蓝色外套，头上戴着一顶有褶边的帽子。 一进去，船长就不让他进去，西尔弗被迫坐在船长对面的沙滩上。 “这么冷的早晨，先生，坐在外面的沙滩上。” 船长耸了耸肩，告诉西尔弗这是他自找的。 “你要么是船上的厨子，要么是。