11 Lucy Changes Some More

CHAPTER 11 Lucy Changes Some More Van Helsing was pleased by Dr. Seward's promise. "I will give you one specific answer," he said. "The small holes in the local people's throats were not made by the creature that bit Miss Lucy." He paused. "They were made by Miss Lucy herself." "Professor, are you mad?" Dr. Seward exclaimed. "I can prove the things I say," Van Helsing said. "Come with me tonight to the

第十一章露西又变了些什么范赫尔辛很高兴能见到露西医生。 苏厄德的承诺。“我会给你一个具体的答案，”他说。 “当地人喉咙上的小洞不是咬了露西小姐的那个生物造成的。” 他停顿了一下。“是露西小姐亲手做的。” “教授，您疯了吗？”博士。 苏厄德喊道。“我可以证明我说的话，”范赫尔辛说。 “今晚和我一起去。

cemetery." He took something out of his pocket. "I managed to get the key to the tomb." Dr. Seward had never been more confused. However, he trusted and respected his old teacher more than anyone else in the world, so he agreed to go. He would try to believe. He would try to have faith. In Lucy's tomb that night, Dr. Seward watched as Van Helsing unscrewed Lucy's coffin and opened the lid. The coffin was empty. "Proof enough?" Van Helsing asked. "Could have been a body snatcher," John Seward replied. "All right," Van Helsing said. "I will give you more proof." That night they waited for Lucy's return. Something white came through the trees, but it was not Lucy. It was a child. Van Helsing suspected that Lucy was not far away, and

墓地。”他从口袋里拿出了什么东西。 “我设法拿到了坟墓的钥匙。” 苏厄德医生从来没有这么困惑过。 然而，他比世界上任何人都更信任和尊重他的老老师，所以他同意去。 他试着去相信。他会努力保持信心。 那天晚上，在露西的坟墓里。 西沃德看着范赫尔辛拧开露西的棺材，打开盖子。 棺材是空的。“足够的证据?”范赫尔辛问道。 “可能是个盗尸犯，”约翰·苏厄德回答。 “好吧，”范赫尔辛说。 “我会给你更多的证据。” 那天晚上，他们等着露西回来。 一个白色的东西穿过树林，但不是露茜。 那是一个孩子。范赫尔辛怀疑露西就在不远处

had probably been chasing the child. Luckily the child was not harmed, only tired and dirty and scared. Van Helsing felt their first priority had to be to take the child to the police, out of harm's way. "I think that is an excellent idea," said Dr. Seward. He was still not convinced about Van Helsing's theory about Lucy. The next morning Dr. Seward returned with Van Helsing to the tomb, and this time Lucy was in her coffin. She was, if possible, even more beautiful than she had been while alive. Her cheeks were pink and her lips were bright red. "Convinced yet?" Van Helsing said. "Well," Seward said uncertainly, "maybe the body snatcher returned her." "This is not the face of a dead woman." Dr.Van Helsing said. He pulled back Lucy's lips to reveal long, sharp white teeth. "But these are the teeth that have been biting the

可能一直在追那个孩子。 幸运的是，孩子没有受伤，只是又累又脏又害怕。 范赫尔辛觉得他们的首要任务是把孩子带到警察局，以免受到伤害。 “我认为这是一个极好的想法。” 苏厄德。他仍然不相信范赫尔辛关于露西的理论。 第二天早上，苏厄德医生带着范赫尔辛回到坟墓，这一次露西躺在棺材里。 如果可能的话，她甚至比活着的时候还要漂亮。 她的脸颊红润，嘴唇鲜红。 “相信吗?”范赫尔辛说。 “嗯，”苏厄德不确定地说，“也许是盗尸者把她放回来了。” “这不是一张死去女人的脸。” 范赫尔辛博士说。他拉开露茜的嘴唇，露出又长又尖的白牙齿。 “但这些牙齿一直在咬

local people." As he spoke, he arranged some garlic around the coffin, and laid a crucifix around Lucy's neck. "All right, John. Here is the plain truth, all of it: Lucy was bitten by a vampire when she was sleepwalking. Now she is a vampire. And I must kill her in her sleep." "Go on," Dr. Seward said, his mind spinning. "I must drive a stake through her heart. I must do this to her first and then to the great vampire who did this to her. But not tonight. We need to break the news to Arthur first. "Arthur!" Dr. Seward exclaimed. "We cannot tell him. He will not be able to take this news." Van Helsing disagreed. "We have to tell him. He senses something is wrong, but does not know what. This leaves him filled with anger and worry. In that state he will never heal. He must know the truth."

当地人民。”他一边说，一边在棺材周围放了一些大蒜，并在露茜的脖子上放了一个十字架。 “好吧，约翰。事实就是这样：露西在梦游时被吸血鬼咬了一口。 现在她是吸血鬼了。我一定要在她睡觉的时候杀了她。” “说下去，”苏厄德博士说，他的脑子在旋转。 “我一定要用木桩刺穿她的心脏。 我必须先杀了她然后再杀那个杀了她的吸血鬼。 但今晚不行。我们得先把这个消息告诉亚瑟。 “亚瑟!”苏厄德医生叫道。 “我们不能告诉他。他不会接受这个消息的。” 范赫尔辛不同意。“我们必须告诉他。 他感觉到有些不对劲，但不知道是什么。 这让他充满了愤怒和担忧。 在那种状态下，他永远不会痊愈。 他必须知道真相。”

The next night, as requested, Dr. Seward gathered Morris and Arthur and met Van Helsing at his hotel. "Do you trust me?" Van Helsing asked the three men standing before him. "Will you support me in doing whatever it is that I must do?" John Seward, already knowing of the plan, silently bowed his head. Morris said, "I don't know what's going on here, but I trust the professor and swear he's honest, and that's good enough for me. I'm in." Arthur was not as easily convinced. "I don't mean to be difficult," he said, "but I am a Christian and a gentleman. If you can assure me that what you intend does not go against either of those two things, then I will support you." "I accept your limitation," Van Helsing said. "Follow me." As Van Helsing led the men into the

第二天晚上，医生按要求来了。 苏厄德召集莫里斯和阿瑟，在范赫尔辛的旅馆与他见面。 “你相信我吗？”范赫尔辛问站在他面前的三个人。 “你会支持我做我必须做的事吗？”约翰·苏厄德已经知道了这个计划，默默地低下了头。 莫里斯说：“我不知道这是怎么回事，但我相信教授，发誓他是诚实的，这对我来说已经足够好了。 我在。”亚瑟就没那么容易被说服了。 “我不是故意刁难你，”他说，“但我是个基督徒，是个绅士。 如果你能向我保证你的计划不违背这两件事中的任何一件，那么我就支持你。” “我接受你的限制，”范赫尔辛说。 “跟我来。”范赫尔辛带领士兵们进入

churchyard where Lucy was buried, Arthur grew more and more tense. "Look here," he said, grabbing Van Helsing's arm. "What are we doing?" Van Helsing spoke directly. "We are going to go into Lucy's tomb and open her coffin." "Absolutely not!" Arthur cried. "Why?" Van Helsing asked. "If she is dead, there can be no harm to her." "If?" Arthur asked wildly. "Do you think she might not be dead? Was there a mistake? Was she buried alive?" "She is not alive," Van Helsing explained patiently. "But she may very well be undead." Arthur looked as if he might cut off Van Helsing's head. "I warn you, sir," he said quietly. "I have a duty to protect her grave, and by God I shall do it." "I have a duty, too," Van Helsing replied. "I have a duty to others, to you, and a duty to the dead, and by God I shall do it. All I ask is

在埋葬露西的教堂墓地里，阿瑟变得越来越紧张。 “看这儿，”他说着，抓住范赫尔辛的胳膊。 “我们在做什么？”范赫尔辛直截了当地说。 “我们要进入露西的坟墓，打开她的棺材。” “绝对不是!”亚瑟哭了。 “为什么?”范赫尔辛问道。“如果她死了，就不会有什么伤害了。” “如果?”阿瑟疯狂地问。 “你觉得她可能还没死吗？” 搞错了吗？她是被活埋的吗？”“她已经不在人世了，”范赫尔辛耐心地解释道。 “但她很可能是不死的。” 阿瑟看上去好像要砍下范赫尔辛的头。 “我警告你，先生。”他平静地说。 “我有责任保护她的坟墓，上帝作证，我一定会这么做的。” “我也有责任，”范赫尔辛回答。 “我对别人有责任，对你有责任，对死人也有责任，我对上帝发誓，我会这样做的。 我只要求