14 Mina Fears the Night

CHAPTER 14 Mina Fears the Night While Mina stayed behind and sullenly went to sleep, the men left the asylum and crept next door to Carfax through the dark. Each carried a crucifix, some garlic, and a piece of sacred wafer. They had skeleton keys also, which can sometimes, if jiggled properly, open many different doors. The bolt to the front door of Carfax eventually opened; with a push, its rusty hinges creaked and the door slowly

第十四章米娜害怕黑夜当米娜留下闷闷不乐地睡着时，男人们离开了精神病院，摸黑爬到隔壁的卡法克斯家。 每个人都带着一个十字架，一些大蒜和一块圣饼。 他们还有万能钥匙，如果摆动得当，有时可以打开许多不同的门。 卡法克斯前门的门闩终于打开了；一推，生锈的铰链嘎吱作响，门慢慢地打开了

gave way. Peering inside, the men could see that the whole place was thick with dust and masses of spiderwebs. They crossed themselves as they walked over the threshold. "You saw maps of this place when you were arranging the purchase," Van Helsing whispered to Jonathan. "Lead the way to the chapel." Jonathan quickly found the boxes filled with earth that they were looking for but, counting them, the men saw that there were only twenty-nine, not fifty. Just then something started moving on the floor beneath their feet. Was it the count crawling? Other vampires? No, it was rats—hundreds of them. The place was alive with rats! Lord Godalming reacted calmly. Taking a silver whistle from his pocket, he blew. It was answered from behind Dr. Seward's

给了。他们往里面看了看，发现整个地方都积满了灰尘和蜘蛛网。 他们跨过门槛时画了十字。 “你在安排购买的时候看过这个地方的地图，”范赫尔辛低声对乔纳森说。 “带我去教堂。” 乔纳森很快找到了他们要找的装满泥土的箱子，但是数了数，发现只有29个，而不是50个。 就在这时，他们脚下的地板上有什么东西动了起来。 是伯爵在爬吗？ 其他吸血鬼吗?不，是老鼠——好几百只。 这个地方到处都是老鼠！戈达明勋爵反应平静。 他从口袋里掏出一个银哨子吹了起来。 有人从后面回答。 苏厄德的

house by the yelping of dogs. After a minute three feisty terriers came rushing through the open door of the house and into the chapel. They charged and barked wildly, and all of the rats scurried away. The men searched the rest of the house, but found nothing. The count was not there. "At least we were able to count the boxes," Van Helsing said as they made their exit. "We also gained a sense of the house" The men agreed it was best that Mina had remained behind. They also agreed that they would not share the frightening details of their job with her. This was hard for Jonathan, because he and she had always been partners, but he would do anything to protect her, and so he went along with the plan. When they returned to the asylum, Jonathan checked on Mina. He found her looking paler than usual, but otherwise she

房子被狗的吠叫所包围。 过了一分钟，三只暴躁的小猎犬从敞开的房门冲了进来，跑进了小教堂。 它们冲过来，狂吠着，所有的老鼠都跑开了。 这些人搜查了房子的其余部分，但什么也没找到。 伯爵不在那儿。“至少我们还能数出箱子，”范赫尔辛在他们离开时说。 “我们也感受到了房子的味道。”男人们一致认为米娜最好还是留下来。 他们还同意不会与她分享工作中令人恐惧的细节。 这对乔纳森来说很难，因为他和她一直是搭档，但他愿意做任何事来保护她，所以他同意了这个计划。 当他们回到精神病院时，乔纳森检查了米娜的情况。 他发现她看起来比平时苍白，但除此之外她

seemed well and was sleeping softly. The next day Mina awoke feeling strangely sad and low-spirited. It must have been her horrible dream, she thought, shivering as she remembered it. There had been mist, a heavy smoke pouring in through the cracks of the door. The air had seemed to grow heavy and dank and cold. And then there were red eyes and a dark figure, bending over her. Surely, she thought, this was just guilt over the part she had played in Lucy's death by bringing her to Whitby. The next few nights, however, she experienced the same thing, and felt even worse when she awoke. She was growing paler and more tired by the day. She asked Dr. Seward for some medicine to help her sleep. Dr. Seward prescribed something and the next night Mina took it, but as it began to take effect, a strange fear overtook her. Suddenly she wondered if she might have

看起来很好，睡得很香。 第二天，米娜醒来时感到莫名的悲伤和低落。 这一定是她做的可怕的梦，她想，想起这件事就发抖。 有雾，一股浓烟从门缝里涌进来。 空气似乎变得阴沉、潮湿、寒冷。 然后出现了一双红眼睛和一个黑影，向她弯下腰来。 她想，这肯定是她把露茜带到惠特比来，对她在露茜的死中所起的作用感到内疚。 然而，接下来的几个晚上，她经历了同样的事情，醒来时感觉更糟了。 一天下来，她的脸色越来越苍白，也越来越疲惫。 她向苏厄德医生要了一些帮助她入睡的药。 苏厄德医生开了一些药，第二天晚上米娜吃了，但当它开始生效时，一种奇怪的恐惧袭上了她的心头。 突然间，她想知道自己是不是说错了

made a mistake in taking medicine that would not allow her to wake up if she needed to. Suddenly she suspected that she might be safer if she was awake. But it was too late, for sleep had come.

在吃药时犯了个错误，如果她需要的话，吃药是不会让她醒来的。 突然，她想到如果她醒着也许会更安全。 但是太晚了，因为睡意已经来临。