7 The Little Girl Who Was Not a Beggar

CHAPTER 7 The Little Girl Who Was Not a Beggar After he had gone, Sara stood in the middle of her room and let all sorts of memories wash over her. The lascar had brought them back for her— especially when he had spoken to her so nicely, as though she were still a little princess and had a divine right to her place in the world. While some of her make-believe stories had come back to her in these recent hard

第七章不讨饭的小女孩他走后，萨拉站在房间中央，让各种各样的回忆涌上心头。 印度水手把它们给她带回来了——尤其是他对她说话那么和蔼可亲，仿佛她仍然是一位小公主，在这个世界上享有神圣的地位。 虽然她的一些虚构的故事又回到了她最近的困难

days—and indeed had saved her life, she thought—there had been one "pretend" that she still could not bring back to life. And that was the princess pretend. Not even an expert pretender, she had thought, could make that one real in her present situation. But somehow, seeing the lascar and the monkey made her strong once again. "Even if I am a pretend princess in rags and tatters," she thought, "I can still be a true princess— inside." And from then on, that's what she did. When someone treated her rudely, Sara would simply fix her eyes upon them and smile. "You don't know that you are saying and doing these things to a princess," she would think to herself. "If I chose to, I could send you off to jail with a wave of my hand. I spare you only because I am a princess, and because you are a poor, stupid, mean old

她想，日子的确救了她的命，但有一个“假象”她仍然无法复活。 这就是公主的装扮。 她曾想，在她目前的情况下，即使是一个装模作样的专家也不能把这句话变成真的。 但不知何故，看到印度水手和猴子，她又变得坚强起来。 “即使我是一个衣衫褴褛的假公主，”她想，“我仍然可以是一个真正的公主——内心的公主。” 从那以后，她就这么做了。 当有人粗鲁地对待她时，萨拉只是盯着他们，微笑着。 “你不知道你在对一位公主说这些话，做这些事。”她这样想。 “如果我愿意，我可以挥挥手把你送进监狱。 我饶恕你，只是因为我是公主，而你是一个可怜的、愚蠢的、卑鄙的老人

thing who doesn't know any better!" One time, when Sara was thinking these things, Miss Minchin almost seemed to read her mind. For some reason (that Miss Minchin herself was unaware of), she reached out and boxed Sara's ears in full view of the other girls. "Sister!" Miss Amelia was in shock. It seemed to her that Sara had just been standing there, doing nothing. And while her sister often boxed Sara's ears (and Becky's, too), never had she done so in the schoolroom. "Why did you do that? Did Sara say something smart-mouthed?" "Well, no," Miss Minchin admitted. "But she was thinking something—I'm sure of it!" Her eyes turned into slits as she stared at Sara. "You were thinking something rude— confess it!" "I was," Sara said steadily.

什么都不懂的东西！”有一次，当萨拉在想这些事情的时候，明钦小姐似乎几乎看透了她的心思。 出于某种原因（明钦小姐自己也不知道），她在其他女孩的众目睽睽之下，伸出手给了萨拉一记耳光。 “姐姐!”阿米莉亚小姐震惊了。 在她看来，萨拉只是站在那里，什么也没做。 虽然她姐姐经常打萨拉（也打贝基）的耳朵，但她从来没有在教室里这样做过。 “你为什么要那样做？”萨拉说了什么花言巧语吗？”“哦，不，”明钦小姐承认。 “但她肯定在想什么——我敢肯定！”当她盯着萨拉时，她的眼睛变成了裂缝。 “你在想什么粗鲁的话——承认吧！”“是的，”萨拉坚定地说。

"How dare you think?" Miss Minchin screeched. This was such a silly remark that a few of the girls started to giggle. Miss Minchin turned red. "I mean," she corrected herself, "what were you thinking?" Sara thought perhaps it would be dangerous to reply to Miss Minchin, but felt it her duty to give an honest answer. "I was wondering how you would feel," she began in a slow, serious way, "if you found out that I really was a princess. I wondered if you would feel scared, or regret the fact that you had kept a true princess up in your attic, and had been treating her ill the whole time." All the other girls were listening closely. Not a sound could be heard as they waited with keen interest for Miss Minchin's answer. "Go to your room this instant!" Miss Minchin cried, out of breath. She felt as

“你怎么敢这么想？”明钦小姐尖叫道。 这句话太蠢了，有几个女孩咯咯地笑了起来。 明钦小姐脸红了。“我是说，”她纠正自己，“你在想什么？”萨拉认为给明钦小姐回信也许是危险的，但她觉得自己有责任诚实地回答。 “我在想，如果你发现我真的是个公主，”她慢慢地、严肃地说，“你会作何感想。 我不知道你会不会感到害怕，或者后悔你把一位真正的公主藏在你的阁楼里，而且一直虐待她。” 其他女孩都在仔细听着。 他们饶有兴趣地等待着明钦小姐的回答，一点声音也听不见。 “马上回你的房间去！”明钦小姐上气不接下气地叫道。 她觉得

though she might faint. How could she feel so defeated by such an uppity little girl? She became enraged and could no longer control it. She turned to the students. "And you, young ladies, attend to your lessons!" "Did you see her proud little face?" Jessie said to Lavinia, who seemed as oddly stirred by Sara's comment as Miss Minchin was. "I wouldn't be at all surprised if she did turn out to be someone important! I almost hope she does!" One evening, a very strange thing happened. The Large children were going to a party. They were getting into their carriage when Sara passed by. Veronica Eustacia Large and Rosalind Gladys Large (Sara had made up these names), in lovely dresses with sashes, had just climbed into the carriage, with little

虽然她可能会晕倒。她怎么会被这样一个傲慢的小女孩打败呢？ 她被激怒了，再也控制不住了。 她转向学生。 “还有你们，小姐们，认真听讲吧！”“你看到她那张骄傲的小脸了吗？”杰西对拉维尼娅说，她似乎和明钦小姐一样被萨拉的话奇怪地感动了。 “如果她真的是一个重要人物，我一点也不惊讶！”我几乎希望她会！”一天晚上，发生了一件非常奇怪的事情。 大孩子们要去参加一个聚会。 萨拉经过时，他们正上马车。 大维罗妮卡·尤斯塔西亚和罗莎琳德·格拉迪斯（这两个名字是萨拉编的）穿着漂亮的裙子，系着腰带，刚上了马车，身上几乎没有带什么东西

Guy Clarence Large, aged five, behind them. He was such a cute little boy, with rosy chubby cheeks and blue eyes, that Sara forgot about her basket and her shabby, odd appearance. Instead of hurrying past, as she had lately been doing in public, she paused to look at Guy Clarence for a moment. Guy Clarence looked right back. It was Christmastime, and his parents had told him that there were poor children in the world who had no lovely Christmas presents or warm and delicious Christmas dinners. This story had made Guy Clarence so sad that he had vowed to find one such poor child, and give her the coins he had been keeping in his pocket. Guy Clarence didn't know much about money. He thought that his small treasure might make someone rich and, generous little soul that he was, he was glad to do it. And Sara seemed like the perfect choice.

盖伊·克拉伦斯·拉奇，五岁，在他们后面。 他是一个如此可爱的小男孩，有着红润圆润的脸颊和蓝色的眼睛，以至于萨拉忘记了她的篮子和她那寒酸古怪的样子。 她没有像最近在公共场合那样匆匆走过，而是停下来看了看盖伊·克拉伦斯一会儿。 盖伊·克拉伦斯回头看了看。 现在是圣诞节，他的父母告诉他，世界上有很多可怜的孩子没有可爱的圣诞礼物，也没有温暖美味的圣诞晚餐。 这个故事让盖伊·克拉伦斯非常伤心，他发誓要找到一个这样可怜的孩子，把他一直放在口袋里的硬币给她。 盖伊·克拉伦斯不太懂钱。 他想他的小宝可能会使某人富有，他是个慷慨的小灵魂，他很乐意这样做。 莎拉似乎是最佳人选。