25 The Voice Among the Trees

CHAPTER 25 The Voice Among the Trees The men were now exhausted and rattled and sat down at the first opportunity. They all turned to talk of Flint. "He was so ugly. And his temper was vicious." "Well then," said Silver, "you should thank your stars he's dead." Then, all at once, we heard a voice call out: "Fifteen men on a dead man's chest— Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum!"

第二十五章树林里的声音男人们这时已经精疲力竭，心急火急，一有机会就坐了下来。 他们都转过身来谈论弗林特。 “他太丑了。他的脾气很恶毒。” “那么，”西尔弗说，“你应该谢天谢地，他死了。” 突然，我们听到一个声音喊道：“十五个人躺在一个死人的胸膛上——哟——嗬——嗬，再来一瓶朗姆酒！”

The men were instantly in terror. "It's Flint!" they cried, "back from the dead!" And then, the voice called out, "Fetch me my sword, Darby!" "Those were his last words!" one of the men cried out. The pirates stayed rooted to the ground, each man crying that he wanted to go and that they were afraid of ghosts. Dick, who was the man with fever and sickness in the group, read from his Bible and seemed about to go mad. But Silver stood his ground. "That voice had an echo!" he said. "Ghosts don't have echoes! That's someone made of flesh and blood!" This seemed to bring the men around. "Aye," said one, "that didn't sound like Flint, it sounded like someone else. It

这些人立刻陷入了恐惧之中。 “是弗林特！”他们叫道，“死而复生！”接着，那个声音喊道：“达比，把我的剑拿来！”“那是他最后的话！”其中一个人喊道。 海盗们站在地上一动不动，每个人都哭着说他想走，说他们害怕鬼。 迪克是这群人中发烧和生病的人，他读着《圣经》，似乎要发疯了。 但西尔弗坚持自己的立场。 “那声音有回声！”他说。 “鬼魂没有回声！”那是一个有血有肉的人！”这似乎使男人们回心转意了。 “是啊，”一个人说，“那声音不像弗林特，像是另外一个人。 它

sounded like Ben Gunn!" And it was clear none was afraid of Ben Gunn, even if they thought him dead. Even as a ghost, they were not concerned about him. Soon the men were back on track and turning their attention toward the climb ahead. Silver pulled me by the rope with which they had tied my hands, and I could see his mood change. I could tell his mind was on the treasure. He scowled my way as he pulled me along. I knew then that all thought of mercy was gone from him. He would try to find the treasure and his ship and slit the throat of any man who stood in his way. I was shaken and tired and Dick continued to babble madly behind as we walked in the blazing heat. I thought of the many men who had been killed here by Flint and thought I would be next.

听起来像本·葛恩！”很明显，没有人害怕本·葛恩，即使他们以为他死了。 即使他是鬼，他们也不担心他。 很快，他们又回到了正轨，把注意力转向了前面的攀登。 西尔弗拉着他们绑住我双手的绳子，我可以看出他的情绪变化了。 我看得出来他一心想着宝藏。 他一边拉着我，一边怒目而视。 那时我知道，仁慈的念头已经从他身上消失了。 他要设法找到宝藏和他的船，割断任何阻挡他的人的喉咙。 我浑身发抖，疲惫不堪，迪克还在后面疯狂地叽叽喳喳，我们在酷热中走着。 我想到了很多被弗林特杀死的人，我想下一个就是我。

Suddenly, we were in the clearing and heard Merry shouting out as we moved forward. We ran to him and Silver doubled his pace until we all came to a halt. Before us was a great hole, and we could tell that it was not new. The sides were caved in and grass had grown in it. At its bottom were a broken pick and bits of packing crate from the Walrus, Flint's ship. But all was clear, too. The hoard had been found and raided and the seven hundred thousand pounds of treasure were gone! Now the men were in a rage. They all yelled out and cursed, but with Silver, the change was quicker. He turned and handed me a pistol and we quickly stepped off to the side.

突然，我们走到空地上，听到梅利在喊叫。 我们跑向他，西尔弗加快了速度，直到我们都停了下来。 在我们面前是一个大洞，我们可以看出这不是一个新洞。 两边都塌陷了，里面长满了草。 在它的底部有一个破碎的镐和从弗林特的船“海象号”上取下来的一些包装箱碎片。 但一切都很清楚。宝藏被发现并被洗劫一空，70万磅的宝藏不见了！这些人都发怒了。 他们又喊又骂，但西尔弗的变化更快。 他转过身来递给我一支手枪，我们迅速走到一旁。

"So," I said, "you've changed sides again?" He paid me no mind, and the men jumped in the pit to find only one single coin. They nimbly climbed out and turned to Silver, their eyes spelling murder. "So this is the wooden-legged fool who's led us here!" said George Merry. "Well, look at his face. He knew all along there was no treasure." They all glared at Silver, who soon spoke up. "So, back to seeking the post of Captain, eh, George?" They stood across from us and we looked toward them, pistols ready. "There's two of them, one a cripple and one a boy, whose heart I will have—and there's five of us," said George. But just then, shots rang out and two of the men dropped, with Merry falling into the pit. Long John quickly fired both rounds andto

“那么，”我说，“你又变卦了？”他没把我放在心上，那些人跳进坑里，只为找到一枚硬币。 他们敏捷地爬了出来，转向西尔弗，眼神里充满了杀气。 “原来这就是那个带我们到这儿来的木腿傻瓜！”乔治·墨利说。 “嗯，看看他的脸。他一直都知道没有宝藏。” 他们都瞪着西尔弗，西尔弗很快就开口了。 “那么，你又开始谋求上尉的职位了，是吗，乔治？”他们站在我们对面，我们朝他们看了看，手枪准备好了。 “他们有两个人，一个是瘸子，一个是男孩，我要取他的心——我们一共有五个人。”乔治说。 但就在这时，枪声响起，两个人倒下了，墨利也掉进了坑里。 高个子约翰迅速开了两枪

him and said, "I reckon I settled you, George." Suddenly, the doctor, Gray, and Ben Gunn joined us with their smoking pistols. We ran quickly through the woods to cut off the escaped men from the boats. Soon enough, we found they had gone in the wrong direction—we took a rest while the doctor explained what had happened. Ben, in his yearlong wanderings, had found the skeleton and the treasure. He had dug up the gold and transported it to his cave only two months before we arrived on the island. It was the afternoon of the attack when the doctor had gotten this confession from him. The next morning, after seeing the boat gone, the doctor had gone to Silver and given him the map. After all, it was useless now. And he had given him the supplies in order to gain our friends safe passage to Ben's cave, where there was salted goat in great supply.

他说：“我想我把你安顿下来了，乔治。” 突然，医生、葛雷和本·葛恩拿着冒烟的手枪来到我们身边。 我们飞快地穿过树林，拦住那些从船上逃出来的人。 很快，我们发现他们走错了方向——我们休息了一会儿，让医生解释发生了什么事。 本在长达一年的流浪中，找到了那具骨架和宝藏。 就在我们到达这个岛的两个月前，他把金子挖出来运到了他的山洞里。 医生从他那里得到这段供词时，正是袭击发生的那个下午。 第二天早上，医生看到船开走了，就去找西尔弗，把地图给了他。 毕竟，现在已经没有用了。 他把这些东西给了他，好让我们的朋友们安全到达本的山洞，那里有大量的咸山羊。