3 The Black Spot

CHAPTER 3 The Black Spot When next I saw the Captain, he was pulling himself up from his bed and begging me to come closer. I did so, and then he barked out: "I can't lie here for a week. I've been seeing visions of Old Flint himself! Now, tell me," he said, "have you seen that sailor?" I asked him if he meant Black Dog. "No, not Black Dog, there's worse than him. They may hand me the death note we call a Black Spot, and they're after my sea

第三章黑点当我再次看到船长时，他正从床上爬起来，恳求我靠近他。 我照做了，然后他吼道：“我不能在这里躺一个星期。 我看到了老弗林特本人的幻象！现在，告诉我，”他说，“你看见那个水手了吗？”我问他是不是指“黑狗”。 “不，不是黑狗，还有比他更坏的。 他们可能会把死亡笔记交给我我们称之为“黑点”他们要的是我的海

chest. Now ride to get the doctor and tell him to call all hands to me here. I was Flint's first mate and I'm the only one knows where the treasure's at. He told me where it was hid before he died. Keep your eye open for the man with one leg and Black Dog and I'll share it all with you, upon my honor." With that, he collapsed, but I did not ride to seek the doctor's help because that very night my kind father passed away. His death was so sudden, I could hardly spare a moment to think of the Captain. He would upset us all with his bad behavior on the very night before the funeral. As we mourned, he sang old sea songs, scowling and growling like an old blind dog. And then, the day after the funeral, I was sitting out by the back door just thinking of my father, when a strange blind man drew near, hunched over a knobbly old stick. He called out, asking where he was, and I

胸部。现在去把医生叫来，让他召集所有的人来找我。 我是弗林特号的大副，我是唯一知道宝藏在哪里的人。 他死前告诉了我藏在哪里。 你睁大眼睛找那个一条腿的人和黑狗，我以名誉担保，我会和你一起分享的。” 说着，他倒下了，但我没有骑马去找医生帮忙，因为就在那天晚上，我善良的父亲去世了。 他的死太突然了，我几乎没有时间去想船长。 他在葬礼前一天晚上的恶劣行为会使我们所有人感到不安。 当我们哀悼时，他唱着古老的海上歌曲，像一只老盲狗一样皱着眉头咆哮着。 葬礼后的第二天，我正坐在后门边想着我的父亲，这时一个陌生的盲人走过来，弯腰驼背，拄着一根多节的旧棍子。 他大声问我他在哪里，我

answered the Admiral Benbow. When he drew close, I saw that he was eyeless and hooded and, suddenly, he had my wrist in a deathly grip. "Now, boy," he said, "take me to the Captain or I will break your arm! Take me to him, and when we are near, say 'Here is a friend for you, Bill!'" He then twisted my arm hard and marched me into the inn, where I yelled out as he had commanded. The Captain sat up, suddenly fully awake, looking terrified and mortally sick. He tried to rise but was too weak. "Now, Bill, sit where you are," said the blind man, "I can't see, but I can feel a finger stirring. Business is business. Now, hold out your left hand. Boy, take his left hand by the wrist and bring it near to my right." I did as he told me and he dropped something from his hand into the Captain's.

本葆上将回答。 当他走近时，我看到他双目失明，戴着兜帽，突然，他死死抓住了我的手腕。 “现在，孩子，”他说，“带我去见船长，否则我就打断你的胳膊！带我去见他，我们快到的时候，对他说：“比尔，这是你的朋友！”’”然后他使劲扭着我的胳膊，把我押进旅店，我按照他的命令大喊大叫。 船长坐了起来，突然完全清醒了，看上去吓坏了，病得要命。 他想站起来，但太虚弱了。 “现在，比尔，坐在你原来的地方，”盲人说，“我看不见，但我能感觉到一根手指在动。 公事公办。现在伸出你的左手。 孩子，抓住他的左手手腕，把它拉近我的右手。” 我照他说的做了，他从手里把什么东西扔进了船长的手里。

"There," he said, "that's done." And without uttering another word he leapt out the door with terrible speed. When the Captain regained his sense, he looked into his palm with horror, saying "Ten o'clock! Six hours left. We'll get them yet!" With that, he sprang to his feet, suddenly clutched his throat, and fell to my feet. I ran to him, but all in vain. He had died and, though I never liked him, I burst into tears. It was the second death I had known in the space of two days.

“好了，”他说，“搞定了。” 他二话不说，以可怕的速度跳出门去。 当船长恢复知觉时，他惊恐地看着自己的手掌，说道：“十点！还剩6个小时。 我们会抓到他们的！”说着，他跳了起来，突然掐住喉咙，倒在我的脚上。 我跑向他，但一切都是徒劳。 他死了，虽然我从来都不喜欢他，但我还是哭了起来。 这是两天内我所知道的第二起死亡。