4 A Stranger Comes to the Three Jolly Bargemen

CHAPTER 4 A Stranger Comes to the Three Jolly Bargemen After school the next evening, my sister sent me to fetch Joe at the Three Jolly Bargemen. The restaurant was just down the road from our house. I found Joe inside by the fire with a stranger and Mr. Wopsle. The stranger said, "So, you're the blacksmith?" He rubbed his leg in a very strange manner when he spoke. "Yes," Joe answered. "And this is Mr. Wopsle, our church clerk, right, Pip?" "Yes, Joe," I answered, looking at the man's strange hat. Underneath it he wore a handkerchief

第4章陌生人来到三个快乐的船夫第二天晚上放学后，姐姐让我到三个快乐的船夫那里去接乔。 那家餐馆就在我们家那条路的尽头。 我发现乔和一个陌生人以及伍甫赛先生在屋里火炉旁。 陌生人说：“那么，你就是那个铁匠？”他说话时用一种很奇怪的方式揉着腿。 “是的，”乔回答。“这位是伍甫赛先生，我们的教堂执事，对吗，匹普？”“是的，乔，”我回答，看着那人奇怪的帽子。 在帽子下面，他戴着一块手帕

that covered his hair. The stranger said, "Pip? That's his given name?" Joe said, "He gave it to himself as a baby and it stuck." "Your son?" Joe smiled. "He's my nephew." "Drinks for my friends, please," the stranger said as he stared at me. When the drinks arrived, the stranger pulled something odd out of his pocket to stir his drink. It was the file I'd stolen last Christmas! Was this stranger my convict? How could that be? Spellbound, I couldn't take my eyes away. After he was sure I had noticed the file, he returned it to his pocket. Then the stranger changed the conversation to turnips. Later, when Joe stood up to go, he said, "Stop a moment, Mr. Gargery. I've got something in my pocket for the boy." He pulled out some coins, wrapped them in paper, and handed them to me. "Remember, these are just for you," he told me. Wednesday came and I was back at Miss Havisham's. Estella opened the door and said coldly, "You're to come this way."

盖住了他的头发。陌生人说：“匹普？ 这就是他的名字？”乔说：“他还是个婴儿的时候就给自己吃了，然后就粘住了。” “你儿子?”乔笑了笑。“他是我的侄子。” “请给我的朋友们来杯饮料，”陌生人盯着我说。 当饮料端上来时，陌生人从口袋里掏出一个奇怪的东西来搅拌他的饮料。 这是我去年圣诞节偷的文件！这个陌生人是我的苦役犯吗？ 这怎么可能呢？我被迷住了，无法把眼睛移开。 当他确信我注意到了文件后，他把它放回了口袋。 然后陌生人把话题转到萝卜上。 后来，乔站起来要走的时候，他说：“等一下，葛吉瑞先生。 我口袋里有些东西要给这孩子。” 他掏出一些硬币，用纸包好，递给我。 “记住，这些只是给你的，”他告诉我。 星期三到了，我回到了郝薇香小姐家。 艾丝黛拉打开门，冷冷地说：“你得这边走。”

We wound along a series of passageways, chased by shadows from her single candle. Finally, we came to a door that opened up into the back courtyard. Three ladies and two gentlemen stood by the clock on the outside wall—also stopped at twenty minutes to nine. Everyone turned to look at us. Estella pointed to an ugly corner. "You stand over there while I go talk to Sarah Pocket and her brother Matthew." She left. When a bell rang in the distance some time later, Estella said, "Let's go, boy." Sarah and Matthew Pocket and the rest of the party watched as we left. The others were merrily clinking their teacups and enjoying tiny pieces of cake. When we rounded the corner, I could no longer hear them. Suddenly, Estella stopped and asked, "Are you still upset from last week?" "No," I replied. "I'll make you cry again." We were silent the rest of the way to Miss Havisham's room. "In you go, boy," Estella said.

我们沿着一连串的通道蜿蜒而行，被她那只蜡烛的影子追赶着。 最后，我们来到一扇通向后院的门前。 三位女士和两位先生站在外墙上的钟旁，也停在了差二十分九点。 每个人都转过身来看着我们。 艾丝黛拉指着一个丑陋的角落。 “你站在那边，我去跟莎拉·朴凯特和她哥哥马修谈谈。” 她离开了。过了一会儿，远处响起了铃声，艾丝黛拉说：“孩子，我们走吧。” 莎拉、马修·朴凯特和其他人看着我们离开。 其他人都在愉快地碰杯，吃着小块蛋糕。 当我们转过拐角时，我再也听不见他们的声音了。 突然，艾丝黛拉停下来问道：“你还在为上周的事烦恼吗？”“不，”我回答。 “我要让你再哭一次。” 在去郝薇香小姐房间的余下的路上，我们一直沉默着。 “进去吧，孩子，”艾丝黛拉说。

She walked away, her candle bobbing up and down the dark hallway. "It's that time again, is it, Pip?" the old woman asked. She stopped me before I said anything. "What will you play today?" "Anything you'd like, Miss Havisham." "Fine," she said. "Let's go into the other room across the hall." I crossed the staircase and went into a dark room lit only by a fire. Smoke hung in the air like the fog on the marshes. A big room, it must have been grand once. Now the furniture was dusty and falling apart. Great cobwebs hung from a large table, and mice rattled around in the walls. A great bride's cake was displayed on the table. Cobwebs draped over that, too. "Walk me around the ballroom," Miss Havisham demanded. After a few laps, she said, "Call Estella." I did, and Estella came in with the company from the courtyard. Each asked Miss Havisham how she was and told her how well she looked, all while we toured around the room. Miss Havisham never said a word. We didn't even stop walking

她走开了，手里的蜡烛在黑暗的走廊里上下摆动。 “又到那个时候了，是吗，匹普？”老妇人问。 我还没开口，她就阻止了我。 “你今天要玩什么？”“随你便，郝薇香小姐。” “很好，”她说。“我们到大厅对面的另一个房间去吧。” 我穿过楼梯，走进一间只有炉火照亮的黑屋子。 空气中弥漫着烟，就像沼泽上的雾一样。 房间很大，以前一定很宏伟。 现在家具满是灰尘，开始散架。 一张大桌子上挂着巨大的蜘蛛网，老鼠在墙上嘎嘎作响。 桌上摆着一个很大的新娘蛋糕。 那上面也布满了蜘蛛网。 “带我在舞厅里转转，”郝薇香小姐要求道。 跑了几圈后，她说：“打电话给艾丝黛拉。” 我照做了，艾丝黛拉和一群人从院子里走了进来。 每个人都问郝薇香小姐怎么样，并告诉她她看起来很好，我们在房间里转了一圈。 郝薇香小姐一句话也没说。 我们甚至没有停下脚步

once they were gone. Their good-byes were left unanswered. "Today is my birthday," Miss Havisham said. I was about to give my good wishes when she continued, "I don't like to talk about it. I know why they were here. They come every year." When Estella came back from showing the group out, Miss Havisham said, "I'd like to watch the two of you play cards."

一旦他们走了。他们的告别没有得到回应。 “今天是我的生日，”郝薇香小姐说。 我正要祝福她，她接着说：“我不喜欢谈论这件事。 我知道他们为什么在这里。 他们每年都来。”艾丝黛拉带大家出去后回来，郝薇香小姐说：“我想看你们俩打牌。”