15 Renfield Speaks

CHAPTER 15 Renfield Speaks Jonathan was hot on the trail of the missing boxes of earth. He questioned various people, starting at the company the count had hired to ship and deliver the boxes. He learned the destinations of some of the boxes in many different areas of London. Later, Jonathan learned that several boxes had been taken to a house in Piccadilly. By pretending to be the sheriff, he was able to get the exact address. Upon going there, he

第十五章伦菲尔德讲话乔纳森没有找到丢失的土箱的踪迹。 他问了很多人，从伯爵雇来运送箱子的公司开始。 他了解了伦敦许多不同地区的一些盒子的目的地。 后来，乔纳森得知有几个箱子被送到皮卡迪利大街的一所房子里。 通过假扮警长，他得到了确切的地址。 一到那里，他就

knew he had reached the right place, for it looked like it had been a long time since anyone had lived in this house. A FOR SALE sign listing MITCHELL, SONS & CANDY as agents had only recently been taken down and was propped up against the house. Jonathan went to the agents' office. When asked who had purchased the house, however, all they would say is, "The house has been sold." When pressed, one agent said, "The affairs of our clients are absolutely confidential." "Your clients are lucky to have such serious and loyal men at their service," he said. "My boss, Lord Godalming, will be disappointed, but he will simply have to accept this news." "Lord Godalming?" the agent asked. Jonathan could almost see the agent's mind working as he weighed the name of such a noble and wealthy man. The agent shrugged sheepishly. "Well, perhaps an exception can

他知道自己来对地方了，因为这所房子似乎已经很久没有人住过了。 一个写着MITCHELL， SONS & CANDY为代理商的“出售”牌子最近才被取下，靠在房子旁边。 乔纳森去了探员办公室。 然而，当被问及谁买了房子时，他们只会说：“房子已经卖了。” 当被追问时，一位经纪人说：“我们客户的事情绝对是保密的。” 他说：“你的客户很幸运，有这么认真、忠诚的人为他们服务。” “我的老板戈达明勋爵会很失望，但他只能接受这个消息。” “戈达明勋爵？”探员问道。 乔纳森几乎可以看到代理人在权衡这样一个高贵而富有的人的名字时，脑子里在想什么。 代理人不好意思地耸了耸肩。 “嗯，也许有个例外可以

be made, just this one time. The house was purchased by a foreign nobleman, a Count Deville. He paid in cash. Beyond that we know nothing." "How are we going to get into the house?" the men asked when Jonathan returned with details of the house in Piccadilly. They suspected they would find everything they were looking for there—all of the count's papers and deeds and keys. "We can break in, just as we did at Carfax," Van Helsing said. "I don't think so," Morris pointed out. "There, we had the night and a wall to protect us. It will be a different thing to break into a house in broad daylight, and in such a central location, on a sidewalk." Van Helsing thought for a moment before asking, "If we were the owners of that house and we couldn't get in, what would we do?" "We would call the locksmith," Jonathan

他成功了，就这一次。 这所房子被一位外国贵族——德维尔伯爵买下了。 他用现金支付。除此之外，我们一无所知。” “我们怎么进去呢？”当乔纳森带着皮卡迪利大街房子的详细情况回来时，那些人问道。 他们怀疑他们会在那里找到他们要找的一切——伯爵所有的文件、契约和钥匙。 “我们可以破门而入，就像我们在卡法克斯做的那样，”范赫尔辛说。 “我不这么认为，”莫里斯指出。 “在那里，我们有黑夜和一堵墙来保护我们。 在光天化日之下闯入一所房子是另一回事，而且是在这样一个中心位置，在人行道上。” 范赫尔辛想了一会儿，然后问道：“如果我们是那所房子的主人，而我们进不去，我们该怎么办？”“我们会叫锁匠来，”乔纳森说

said, "and stand there with him while he picked the lock. It's brilliant, really. The police could walk right by but if they saw an official locksmith's truck and uniform, they wouldn't think to interfere!" The men agreed it was a perfect plan. Meanwhile Renfield seemed to be acting stranger than usual. "Would you like some flies?" Dr. Seward asked him, trying to analyze him. "Or spiders?" "Spiders?" Renfield scoffed. "There is nothing in them to eat or drink." "Drink?" Dr. Seward repeated, alarmed. Renfield looked guilty, as if he had accidentally revealed something. He did not want to talk anymore. Dr. Seward gave up but found it interesting how the patient had become so nervous at the mention of drinking. Then Dr. Seward realized it: Renfield had

他说，“在他开锁的时候和他站在一起。 真是太棒了。警察可以直接经过，但如果他们看到一个正式的锁匠的卡车和制服，他们不会想要干涉！”人们一致认为这是一个完美的计划。 与此同时，伦菲尔德似乎表现得比平时更奇怪。 “你想来点苍蝇吗？”博士。 西沃德问他，试图分析他。 “还是蜘蛛?”“蜘蛛?”Renfield嘲笑。 “里面没有吃的，也没有喝的。” “喝点什么?”苏厄德医生惊慌地重复了一遍。 伦菲尔德看起来很内疚，好像他不小心泄露了什么。 他不想再说话了。 苏厄德医生放弃了，但他发现有趣的是，病人一提到喝酒就变得如此紧张。 然后苏厄德医生意识到：伦菲尔德

moved past just wanting to feast on animals. It was a human life, and blood, that Renfield was looking for! Dr. Seward could only conclude that the count had gotten to Renfield, and that some new plan of terror was afoot. Later that night the doctor's worst fears were confirmed. An attendant came to tell him that something had happened to Renfield. Dr. Seward rushed to Renfield's room, only to find him lying on the floor, unconscious and horribly injured, bleeding from blows to the body, head, and face. "Go get Professor Van Helsing," Dr. Seward told the attendant. Arthur, Quincey Morris, and Lord Godalming came as well. Van Helsing had the patient quickly whisked into surgery where he performed an operation to relieve the pressure on Renfield's brain. Later, the patient opened his eyes.

不再只想着享用动物大餐了。 伦菲尔德要的是人的生命和鲜血！博士。 苏厄德只能断定，伯爵已经到了伦菲尔德，新的恐怖计划正在酝酿之中。 那天晚上，医生最担心的事情得到了证实。 一个随从过来告诉他伦菲尔德出事了。 苏厄德医生赶到伦菲尔德的房间，却发现他躺在地板上，不省人事，伤势严重，身体、头部和面部都受到了打击，血流不止。 “去找范赫尔辛教授。” 苏厄德告诉侍者。 亚瑟、昆西·莫里斯和戈达明勋爵也来了。 范赫尔辛很快将病人送进了手术室，在那里他给伦菲尔德做了一个手术，以减轻他脑部的压力。 后来，病人睁开了眼睛。

"Am I dying, Doctor?" he asked Van Helsing. "You may be, so now is the time to tell us everything." "He promised me things," Renfield said. "He made me do things." "The count? Go on," Van Helsing said. "But he was a liar. And so tonight, when he came again for Miss Mina—" At this, every man in the room jumped with a start and came closer. "—I fought him," Renfield continued. "He did this to me. He broke me." The effort of speaking then became too much for him, and

“我要死了吗，医生？”他问范赫尔辛。 “也许是，所以现在是时候把一切都告诉我们了。” “他答应了我一些事情，”伦菲尔德说。 “他强迫我做事。”“伯爵? 范赫尔辛说。“但他是个骗子。 所以今晚，当他再次来找米娜小姐时——”听到这里，房间里的每个人都吓了一跳，走近了他。 “我和他打了起来，”伦菲尔德接着说。 “他这样对我。他击垮了我。” 这时说话对他来说太难了