6 A Letter for London

CHAPTER 6 A Letter for London The King was suspicious. He had been fooled by the Cardinal before and did not wish to be humiliated again. "I'm eager to see you wearing the diamonds I gave you," the King said when he told the Queen about the party. The Queen grew nervous when she heard this. The King was watching her closely. He noticed that the subject of the diamonds seemed to upset her. "When exactly is the party?" she asked.

第6章寄往伦敦的一封信国王起了疑心。 他以前曾被红衣主教愚弄过，不想再被羞辱了。 “我很想看到你戴上我送给你的钻石，”国王告诉王后这次聚会时说。 王后听了这话，变得紧张起来。 国王正密切注视着她。 他注意到钻石的话题似乎使她心烦意乱。 “聚会具体是什么时候？”她问。

"I forget the date," the King said. "I will ask the Cardinal." "So this was the Cardinal's idea?" she asked. "Certainly. Why do you ask?" "And was it also his idea that I wear the diamonds?" the Queen asked. "What does that matter?" the King replied. "It doesn't," the Queen said. "Good," said the King. He thought about her reaction and tried to understand what her secret could be. "I shall count on seeing them." After the King left, the Queen began to cry. What shall I do? she thought. The Cardinal must know everything already, and soon the King will know, too. Suddenly a voice from behind her asked, "Can I help, your majesty?" It was Madame Bonacieux.

“我忘了日期。”国王说。 “我去问问红衣主教。” “所以这是红衣主教的主意？”她问道。 “当然。你为什么这么问？”“让我戴钻石也是他的主意吗？”女王问道。 “那有什么关系？”国王回答。 “没有，”女王说。 “很好，”国王说。他想了想她的反应，想弄明白她的秘密是什么。 “我一定会看到他们的。” 国王走后，王后哭了起来。 我该怎么办呢？她想。 红衣主教肯定已经知道了一切，很快国王也会知道的。 突然，一个声音从她身后传来：“陛下，我能帮忙吗？”那是波那瑟太太。

"You have nothing to fear," she said. "You can trust me. Those diamonds were in the box you gave to the Duke, were they not? We must get them back." "But how?" the Queen asked. "They are with him in London. The King and Cardinal will be watching everyone who tries to travel there." "Write a letter to the Duke. I will make sure it gets to him," Madame Bonacieux said. "My husband is a good, honest man. He will do anything I ask." The Queen thanked her and wrote a short note explaining everything to the Duke, which Madame Bonacieux took and ran home. To her surprise, her thoughts kept returning to D'Artagnan. He was brave and handsome, and he seemed to be very much in love with her. Meanwhile, Monsieur Bonacieux was thinking about the Cardinal's friendliness and

“你没什么好害怕的，”她说。 “你可以相信我。那些钻石就在你给公爵的盒子里，对吧？ 我们必须把他们找回来。”“可是怎么做呢？”王后问。 “他们和他一起在伦敦。 国王和红衣主教将监视每一个试图前往那里的人。” “给公爵写封信。 我一定把这封信送到他那里去。”波那瑟太太说。 “我丈夫是一个善良、诚实的人。 我叫他做什么，他都必做。” 王后谢过她，给公爵写了一张便条，把这一切解释了一遍。波那瑟太太拿着条子就跑回家去了。 令她吃惊的是，她的思想不断回到达达尼昂身上。 他勇敢、英俊，似乎很爱她。 这时，波那瑟先生正在想着红衣主教的友好和

dreaming that the Cardinal would make him rich. "I have something important to tell you," Madame Bonacieux told her husband when she entered their apartment. "You must help me deliver a letter to a man in London. I can't tell you more, but believe me, this is very important." Monsieur Bonacieux hadn't seen his wife in a week and was angry that she didn't ask about his stay in jail or explain how she had escaped from her kidnappers. "Don't you want to know what has happened to me?" he asked. "Yes, of course," she said. "But this business is much more important. Our future may depend on it." "Our fortunes have changed since I last saw you," he said. "In the past week I have become a close friend of the Cardinal." He held up a small bag of coins.

梦想着红衣主教会让他富有。 “我有一件重要的事要告诉您，”波那瑟太太走进房间时对她丈夫说。 “你必须帮我把一封信交给伦敦的一个人。 我不能告诉你更多，但请相信我，这非常重要。” 波那瑟先生有一个星期没有见到他的妻子了，他很生气，因为她既没有问起他在监狱里的事，也没有解释她是怎样从绑架者那里逃出来的。 “你不想知道我发生了什么事吗？”他问。 “是的，当然，”她说。 但这项业务要重要得多。 我们的未来可能取决于它。” “自从我上次见到你以来，我们的命运发生了变化，”他说。 “在过去的一个星期里，我成了红衣主教的密友。” 他举起一小袋硬币。

"He has been very kind to us. Look at this money he gave me." "You would serve a man who mistreats your wife and insults your Queen?" asked Madame Bonacieux, shocked. "You must be careful. The Cardinal's friendship can disappear as quickly as it arrived. We should serve the people greater than him." "I only serve the Cardinal now. There is no one greater," he said. "What on earth did you want me to do, anyway? What's this letter, and who's in London?" Madame Bonacieux worried that her husband would ruin her plans. "Oh, it was nothing," she said, pretending to change her mind. "I just wanted to order some dresses. I thought we might sell them here." Her husband didn't believe her and decided to report to the Cardinal. He told her he had to run an errand and hurried away.

“他对我们很好。 看看他给我的钱。” “您愿意侍奉一个虐待您的妻子，侮辱您的王后的人吗？”波那瑟太太吃惊地问。 “你一定要小心。红衣主教的友谊来得快去得也快。 我们应该为比他更伟大的人服务。” “我现在只服侍红衣主教。 没有人比他更伟大。” “你到底想让我做什么？” 这是什么信，谁在伦敦？”波那瑟太太担心她丈夫会破坏她的计划。 “哦，没什么，”她说，假装改变了主意。 “我只是想订几件裙子。 我想我们可以在这里卖。” 她的丈夫不相信她，决定向红衣主教报告。 他告诉她他有事要办，就匆匆走开了。

Left alone, Madame Bonacieux felt helpless. What have I done? she thought. I promised to help the Queen, and now my own husband works for her enemy. There was a knock on her ceiling. She looked up and heard D'Artagnan's voice. "Madame, please open the side door. I shall come downstairs at once." D'Artagnan came in and told her that he had been listening through the floor of his room. "Your husband is certainly a sorry specimen," he said. "But from your conversation with him I learned four things. First, I learned that he is a fool. Second, I learned that you are in distress, which makes me happy because it gives me a chance to help you. Third, I realized that I would risk anything to help you. And fourth, I learned that the Queen needs someone to go to

波那瑟太太一个人留在家里，感到很无助。 我做了什么？她想。 我答应过帮助王后，现在我丈夫却为她的敌人卖命。 有人敲了敲她的天花板。 她抬起头来，听到了达达尼昂的声音。 “夫人，请打开侧门。 我马上下楼来。” 达达尼昂走了进来，对她说，他一直隔着自己房间的地板在偷听。 “你丈夫确实是个令人遗憾的人，”他说。 “但从你和他的谈话中，我学到了四件事。 首先，我知道他是个傻瓜。 第二，我知道你很痛苦，这让我很高兴，因为这给了我一个帮助你的机会。 第三，我意识到我愿意冒任何风险来帮助你。 第四，我了解到女王需要有人投靠