8 Lucy Sleepwalks to the Cemetery

CHAPTER 8 Lucy Sleepwalks to the Cemetery The storm left Whitby as quickly as it had come, as though it had accomplished its one and only purpose. It turned out the strange ship was Russian, called the Demeter, and carried a very unusual cargo—a number of great wooden boxes filled with dirt. Members of a firm came by a few days later with papers proving that they had been hired to pick up and transport the boxes. The police authorized their removal.

第八章露茜梦游到坟场风暴来的时候和来的时候一样快，离开惠特比的时候也一样快，仿佛它已经完成了它唯一的目的。 原来这艘奇怪的船是俄国的，名叫“得墨忒耳号”，船上载着一种非常不寻常的货物——一些装满泥土的大木箱。 几天后，一家公司的成员带着文件来了，证明他们被雇来取走和运输箱子。 警察批准他们离开。

In the dead captain's pocket, the police found a bottle containing a note. Written shortly before he died, the note told a tale of a fearful crew whose members had gone missing one by one. Someone had reported seeing a tall, thin, pale man—not one of them—aboard. A search, however, revealed no one. The note told of fog growing and engines failing and still more men disappearing. Finally only the captain and one man were left, a Romanian who claimed not only to have seen the tall, pale stranger but to have stabbed him with a knife—only to have the blade slice right through him, as if through air! "He is probably hiding in one of those boxes!" the Romanian concluded, vowing to go down and search every single case. Only a few minutes later, however, the captain heard a horrible scream followed by the

在死去的船长的口袋里，警察发现了一个装着纸条的瓶子。 这张纸条是在他去世前不久写的，讲述了一个可怕的船员一个接一个失踪的故事。 有人报告说，在船上看到一个又高又瘦、脸色苍白的人——不是他们中的一个。 然而，搜索没有发现任何人。 纸条上说雾越来越大，引擎失灵，还有更多的人失踪。 最后只剩下船长和一个罗马尼亚人，他声称不仅看到了那个高大、苍白的陌生人，而且还用刀刺了他——只是刀刃直接刺穿了他，就像刺穿了空气一样！“他可能就藏在其中一个箱子里！”罗马尼亚人总结道，发誓要下去搜查每一个箱子。 然而，仅仅几分钟后，船长听到一声可怕的尖叫，接着是一声巨响

Romanian running back up on deck. "Save me!" he had cried, according to the note in the captain's pocket, his eyes bulging with fear. The captain had watched with horror as the Romanian ran to the rail and threw himself to his death in the cold water below, claiming that only the sea could save him now. Finally, the note related, the captain saw the pale man, too. "But I will not leave my wheel," the note concluded. "No matter what happens, this evil monster cannot make me!" No one knew what to make of the note. Had the captain been insane? The entire town attended his funeral, except, that is, for poor Mr. Swales. He had been found dead that morning, sitting on the women's favorite seat in the cemetery. He had died of fright, the doctor said. His face still had the expression of someone staring at something horrible. What could he have

罗马尼亚人回到甲板上。 “救救我！”船长口袋里的纸条上写着，他喊了一声，眼睛因恐惧而凸出来。 船长惊恐地看着这个罗马尼亚人跑向栏杆，跳入冰冷的海水中自尽，声称现在只有大海才能救他。 最后，信上说，船长也看到了那个脸色苍白的人。 “但我不会离开我的轮子，”纸条总结道。 “不管发生什么事，这个邪恶的怪物都不能强迫我！”谁也不知道该怎么看这张纸条。 船长是不是疯了？ 全镇的人都参加了他的葬礼，除了可怜的斯韦尔斯先生。 那天早上他被发现死了，坐在墓地里女人最喜欢的座位上。 医生说他是吓死的。 他的脸上仍然有一种盯着可怕的东西的表情。 他会有什么

possibly seen? The night of the funeral, Mina was so tired that she slept deeply and did not hear Lucy get up and sleepwalk down the stairs and outside. When Mina awoke she found her friend gone. She had a feeling where Lucy could be. Grabbing a heavy shawl, she ran toward the cliffs and the cemetery. Sure enough, as she approached and the moon peeked out from behind a cloud, she could see her friend in the distance, pale in her white nightdress, sitting upon their favorite headstone seat. But what was that behind her, that long, dark thing seeming to bend over her? A shadow from a cloud? Some kind of man or beast? Mina ran as fast as she could and, upon arriving, confirmed it: Something long and dark was bending over her half-reclining friend. "Lucy!" she cried, and the dark thing raised

可能见过呢?葬礼那天晚上，米娜太累了，睡得很沉，没有听到露西起床，梦游般地走下楼梯，走到外面。 当米娜醒来时，她发现她的朋友走了。 她觉得露西可能在哪里。 她抓起一条沉重的披肩，向悬崖和墓地跑去。 果然，当她走近时，月亮从云后露出来，她看见她的朋友在远处，穿着白色睡衣，脸色苍白，坐在他们最喜欢的墓碑上。 但是她身后的那个东西是什么，那个似乎向她弯下腰的又长又黑的东西是什么？ 云的影子？是人还是野兽？ 米娜以最快的速度跑着，一到那里，她就证实了这一点：有个又长又黑的东西在她半躺着的朋友身上弯下腰来。 “露茜！”她叫了一声，那黑乎乎的东西抬起头来

its head, revealing a white face and red, gleaming eyes. Or perhaps she herself was sleepwalking and dreaming? The clouds momentarily hid the moon again, making everything dark. When the moon came back, the monster was gone, and Lucy was still asleep. Mina shook her gently awake, and Lucy moaned and put her hand to her throat. She had probably caught a sore throat, Mina thought, from the chilly night air. Giving Lucy her shawl and pinning it at her friend's throat with a safety pin, Mina led Lucy back to the inn. The next day Lucy seemed fine, except for two little pinpricks on her throat. "I'm so sorry," Mina said. "I must have pricked you with my safety pin." "Don't worry," Lucy said. "I didn't feel a thing." But Mina was worried, for, over breakfast, Lucy described what she was certain must have been a dream, featuring

它的头露出一张白色的脸和一双闪闪发光的红眼睛。 或者她自己也在梦游和做梦？ 乌云又把月亮遮住了，四周一片漆黑。 月亮回来的时候，怪物已经不见了，露茜还在睡觉。 米娜轻轻地摇醒她，露西呻吟着，用手捂住喉咙。 米娜想，她可能是被寒冷的夜风吹得喉咙痛了。 米娜把她的披肩递给露西，用别针别在她朋友的脖子上，领着露西回到旅店。 第二天，露西看上去很好，只是喉咙上有两个小针孔。 “我很抱歉，”米娜说。 “我一定是用别针扎到你了。” “别担心。”露茜说。“我一点感觉都没有。” 但米娜很担心，因为在早餐时，露西描述了一个她肯定是在做梦的东西

the same long, dark figure with red, gleaming eyes that Mina herself had seen. That night Mina locked the door to their room and kept the key on a string around her wrist, so that Lucy could not find it and leave the inn again. Lucy tried another route, however. Mina was awakened in the middle of the night by the sound of the window latch being opened. Mina went to get her friend and pull her away from the window. There, in the sky between them and the moon, she could see a giant bat coming and going in great whirling circles. "Go back to your bed," Mina said, shivering, and the sleeping Lucy obeyed. Every night after that, Lucy continued to sleepwalk to the window. Once there, she would fall asleep, her head resting on the sill. One night Mina was awakened by a cold gust of wind and sat up to see her friend sleeping

就是米娜亲眼见过的那个又长又黑、眼睛闪着红光的人。 那天晚上，米娜把房门锁在房间里，把钥匙用绳子挂在手腕上，这样露西就找不到钥匙，也就不会再离开旅馆了。 露茜试了另一条路。 米娜在半夜被打开门闩的声音吵醒了。 米娜去找她的朋友，把她从窗户边拉开。 在他们和月亮之间的天空中，她看见一只巨大的蝙蝠盘旋着飞来飞去。 “回到你的床上去。”米娜颤抖着说，熟睡的露西照做了。 从那以后，露茜每天晚上都梦游到窗前。 一到那里，她就头靠在窗台上睡着了。 一天晚上，米娜被一阵冷风惊醒，她坐起来看着她的朋友睡着了