16 Mina Is Burned by the Bread

CHAPTER 16 Mina Is Burned by the Bread The men decided they would go to the house in Piccadilly, and that Van Helsing, Dr. Seward, and Jonathan would remain there while Lord Godalming and Quincey Morris left to find the coffins at various other locations and destroy them. It was possible, Van Helsing said, that the count might show up at Piccadilly during the day in human form, in which case they would confront him then.

第十六章米娜被面包烤焦了他们决定到皮卡迪利大街的那所房子里去。 苏厄德和乔纳森将留在那里，而戈达明勋爵和昆西·莫里斯则去其他地方寻找并销毁棺材。 范赫尔辛说，伯爵有可能在白天以人形出现在皮卡迪利大街，那时候他们就会去找他对簿公堂。

Mina, who was still too sick to travel, would be safe at the asylum until sunset. The men would be sure to return before then. Still, just to be safe, Van Helsing spread garlic and crucifixes around her room. He then took out a piece of sacred wafer and touched it to her forehead. When the bread touched her skin, Mina let out a fearful scream that froze everyone's hearts. The wafer had burned into her flesh, branding her as if it were a piece of white-hot metal! Everyone realized at once what that meant: The count had truly poisoned her, and she was well on her way to becoming one with him. Sinking to her knees, she cried, "Unclean! Unclean! I must now bear this mark of shame upon my forehead!" Van Helsing tried to comfort her. "I know that scar will vanish just as soon as this monster that is still upon us vanishes, too.

米娜仍然病得很重，不能旅行，她在精神病院会安全到日落。 这些人肯定会在那之前回来。 不过，为了安全起见，范赫尔辛在她的房间里撒了大蒜和十字架。 然后他拿出一块圣饼，放在她的额头上。 当面包碰到她的皮肤时，米娜发出一声可怕的尖叫，所有人的心都僵住了。 晶圆片烧进了她的肉里，烙在她身上，仿佛是一块白热的金属！大家立刻明白了这句话的意思：伯爵确实给她下了毒，而她正在慢慢地和他结为一体。 她跪在地上喊道：“不洁净！不洁净!我现在必须在我的额头上留下这个耻辱的印记！”范赫尔辛试图安慰她。 “我知道，只要这个仍在我们身上的怪物消失，那个伤疤也会消失的。

Your forehead will someday be as pure as the heart we still know." Before heading to Piccadilly, the men stopped briefly at Carfax to sterilize it, scattering pieces of sacred wafer into all the boxes there. And, once at Piccadilly, they followed the plan they had come up with. Lord Godalming pretended to be the owner, locked out of his home. The others watched from a park across the street as a locksmith picked the lock. The police actually passed by on the sidewalk and tipped their hats, wishing the burglar Lord Godalming and the locksmith a good day! It was all in how you acted, the men realized.

总有一天，你的额头会像我们仍然熟悉的心一样纯洁。” 在前往皮卡迪利大街之前，这些人在卡法克斯短暂停留了一下，对它进行了消毒，把圣餐片撒进了那里所有的盒子里。 一到皮卡迪利大街，他们就按照计划行事了。 戈达明勋爵假装是主人，把自己锁在门外。 其他人在街对面的公园里看着一个锁匠开锁。 警察真的从人行道上经过，并向窃贼Godalming勋爵和锁匠敬礼，祝他们一天愉快！他们意识到，一切都取决于你的行为。

Once the men were inside with the door pulled closed behind them, they did a quick

他们一进去，身后的门就关上了

search. The count was not there, but they did find eight more boxes and sterilized them all. The ninth box was missing, but they found many important papers, as well as keys to other houses where more boxes of earth were being stored. Lord Godalming and Quincey Morris headed out to destroy the remaining boxes at the other houses, and time seemed to crawl while Jonathan and Van Helsing awaited their return. To pass the hours, Van Helsing told Dr. Seward and Jonathan a bit more about the count. A long time ago, Van Helsing explained, this monster had actually been a wonderful man—a soldier, a statesman, and a scientist. Van Helsing's story was interrupted by a knock on the door. It was a boy delivering a message by telegraph. Van Helsing opened the door and the boy handed them a piece of paper. It was from Mina.

搜索。计数员不在那里，但他们又找到了8个盒子，并把它们全部消毒了。 第九个盒子不见了，但他们找到了许多重要的文件，以及其他房子的钥匙，那里存放着更多的土盒子。 戈达明勋爵和昆西·莫里斯去销毁其他房子里剩下的盒子，乔纳森和范赫尔辛等待他们回来的时间似乎过得很慢。 为了打发时间，范赫尔辛告诉他的医生。 苏厄德和乔纳森讲了更多关于计数的内容。 范赫尔辛解释说，很久以前，这个怪物实际上是一个了不起的人——一个军人、一个政治家和一个科学家。 范赫尔辛的故事被敲门声打断了。 那是一个男孩用电报送信。 范赫尔辛打开门，男孩递给他们一张纸。 是米娜寄来的。

LOOK OUT FOR D, the telegraph said. HE HAS JUST LEFT CARFAX AND SEEMS TO BE HEADED YOUR WAY. "Let him come!" Jonathan cried. "I can't wait to wipe this brute off the face of the earth. I would sell my soul to do it!" "Do not say such things," Van Helsing warned him. "No one is going to sell their soul. We are going to fight this thing head- on." Morris and Godalming returned and confirmed that the boxes of earth in Bermondsey and Mile End had been destroyed. But just then, the men could hear a key softly being turned in the recently picked lock of the front door. Without a word the men instantly came together as a team and took their planned positions, their crucifixes and wafers held tightly in their hands. The seconds seemed to pass with nightmarish slowness. Soon, careful

电报上写着：当心D。 他刚离开卡法克斯，好像朝你这边来了。 “让他来！”乔纳森哭了。 “我等不及要把这个畜生从地球上抹去。 我愿意出卖灵魂来做这件事！”“不要说这样的话，”范赫尔辛警告他。 “没有人会出卖自己的灵魂。 我们将与之正面对抗。” 莫里斯和戈达明回来后证实，在伯蒙德赛和米尔恩德的土箱已经被摧毁。 但就在这时，他们听到一把钥匙在前门刚被撬开的锁上轻轻转动。 这些人一言不发，立即集合成一个团队，各就各位，手里紧紧握着十字架和晶圆片。 时间仿佛过得像噩梦一般缓慢。 很快,小心