10 Extraordinary News

CHAPTER 10 Extraordinary News The truth was that Mrs. Errol had found many sad things in the village of Erlesboro. The people were poor and sick and feeling hopeless. When Mrs. Errol had first visited, it made her shudder. It was crowded and dirty and sad. As she watched the sick children running around with ragged clothes on their backs, she thought of her own son, spending his days in a splendid castle, living like a prince. And it gave her a bold idea. Cedric had the good fortune of being the

事实是埃罗尔太太在埃尔斯伯勒村发现了许多令人伤心的事情。 人们又穷又病，感到绝望。 埃罗尔太太第一次来的时候，吓得她不寒而栗。 那里又挤又脏又悲伤。 当她看着生病的孩子们穿着破烂的衣服跑来跑去时，她想起了自己的儿子，他在一座华丽的城堡里过着王子般的生活。 这给了她一个大胆的想法。 塞德里克很幸运，他是

earl's favorite companion. The earl wanted to please the boy however he could. If there was something that Cedric wanted, the earl would not refuse him. Mrs. Errol knew she could trust her son's kind, innocent heart. So she told him the story of Earl's Court. She told him everything. She felt sure that he would mention it to his grandfather. The earl heard Cedric's story, but didn't know what to say at first. He knew he wasn't a good person. But he loved that his grandson thought he was good, and admired him for it. What could he do? Look into those warm brown eyes and say, "I am a selfish old rascal. I never did a good thing in my life, and I don't care about Earl's Court or the poor people"? He couldn't say that. And so he called for Newick. They decided that they would tear down the horrible

厄尔最喜欢的伙伴。 伯爵想尽一切办法取悦男孩。 如果塞德里克想要什么，伯爵不会拒绝他的。 埃罗尔太太知道她可以信任儿子善良、天真的心。 于是她给他讲了伯爵宫廷的故事。 她把一切都告诉了他。她确信他会把这件事告诉他的祖父。 伯爵听了塞德里克的故事，但起初不知道该说什么。 他知道自己不是个好人。 但他很高兴他的孙子认为他很好，并为此钦佩他。 他能怎么办呢？看着那双温暖的棕色眼睛，说：“我是一个自私的老流氓。 我这辈子没做过一件好事，我也不在乎伯爵府和穷人" 他不能这么说。于是他叫来了纽维克。 他们决定要拆除这些恐怖的建筑

houses in Earl's Court and build new ones. "It is Lord Fauntleroy who wants this," the earl told Newick. "You can tell the tenants that it was his idea." It happened just as Mrs. Errol had hoped it would. Soon enough, workers had come to tear down the dirty cottages. Everyone in the village knew that little Lord Fauntleroy had helped them again. If the boy only knew how they talked about him and praised him everywhere, how astonished he would have been! But he never realized. He lived his simple, happy life as usual. He played in the gardens. He read wonderful books and talked about them with the earl. He wrote long letters to Dick and to Mr. Hobbs. He rode his pony into town at his grandfather's side. Cedric and the earl often rode over to Earl's Court together to watch the cottages

在伯爵宫的房子里盖新房子 “这是方特勒罗伊勋爵想要的，”伯爵告诉纽维克。 “你可以告诉房客，这是他的主意。” 事情正如埃罗尔太太所希望的那样发生了。 很快，工人们就来拆除这些肮脏的小屋。 村里的每个人都知道小方特勒罗伊勋爵又帮助了他们。 如果这孩子知道他们是如何到处谈论他，赞美他的话，他会多么惊讶啊！但他从未意识到。 他像往常一样过着简单幸福的生活。 他在花园里玩。他读了很多好书，并和伯爵谈论这些书。 他给迪克和霍布斯先生写了长信。 他在祖父身边骑着小马进城了。 塞德里克和伯爵经常一起骑马到伯爵府去看村舍

being built. Cedric liked to learn about building and bricklaying. He asked many questions, and ended up making friends with all the workers. When he left, the workers would talk about him. They would go home and tell their wives about him. And the women would tell one another. Soon, almost everyone in the village knew some story about little Lord Fauntleroy. And they knew that the "wicked earl" had found someone he cared for at last. Someone had finally warmed his bitter old heart. But no one knew quite how much it had warmed. Day by day, the earl found himself caring more for his grandson, the only creature who had ever trusted him. The earl looked forward to the day the boy would grow up. He wondered what he'd become. The boy can do anything! he would tell

正在建造。塞德里克喜欢学习建筑和砌砖。 他问了很多问题，最后和所有的工人都成了朋友。 当他离开时，工人们会谈论他。 他们会回家把他的事告诉他们的妻子。 女人们会互相告诉对方。 很快，村里几乎每个人都知道了小方特勒罗伊勋爵的一些故事。 他们知道“邪恶的伯爵”终于找到了他关心的人。 终于有人温暖了他那颗苦涩苍老的心。 但是没有人知道它变暖了多少。 日复一日，伯爵发现自己更加关心他的孙子，这个唯一信任过他的人。 伯爵盼望着男孩长大的那一天。 他不知道自己变成了什么样子。 这个男孩什么都能做！他会说

himself. One evening, just before the Earl's Court cottages were finished, there was a grand dinner party at Dorincourt Castle. There had not been a dinner party there for a long time. The earl had even invited his sister, Lady Lorridaile. They hadn't spoken in many, many years. But when she and her husband received the invitation to go to the castle and meet the earl's heir, she couldn't resist. Lady Lorridaile had heard a great many things about her brother over the years. She knew that he had paid very little attention to his children. And she knew how he had disliked them when they were older, especially the first two boys. She knew how ashamed of them he had been. She had met only the earl's youngest son, Captain Errol. He had come to visit her on his own. Lady Lorridaile's kind heart had

他自己。一天晚上，就在伯爵宫别墅完工之前，在多林科特城堡举行了一场盛大的宴会。 那里已经很久没有举行宴会了。 伯爵甚至邀请了他的妹妹洛瑞黛尔夫人。 他们已经很多年没有说过话了。 但当她和丈夫收到去城堡见伯爵继承人的邀请时，她无法抗拒。 这些年来，洛瑞黛尔夫人听说了很多关于她哥哥的事。 她知道他很少关心他的孩子。 她还知道，他们长大后，他是多么不喜欢他们，尤其是头两个男孩。 她知道他是多么为他们感到羞耻。 她只见过伯爵最小的儿子埃罗尔船长。 他是独自来看她的。 洛瑞黛尔夫人善良的心

warmed through and through at the sight of him, and she had made him stay with her for a week. He was so sweet and light-hearted that she hoped to see him again. But when the earl found out about the stay, he told his son to never visit again. Lady Lorridaile always remembered Captain Errol tenderly. She had heard about his marriage in New York and agreed that it was too quick, but she was very angry to hear that her brother had disowned him. Then came news of the captain's death. And then his two older brothers had died. And soon after came the story of the American child who had been brought to England to be Lord Fauntleroy. Lady Lorridaile had become even angrier when she learned how the earl treated the little Lord Fauntleroy's mother. It was a disgrace. The stories of the kind, generous Lord Fauntleroy and what he had done for the

她一见到他就浑身发热，她让他和她一起住了一个星期。 他是那么和蔼可亲，无忧无虑，她希望能再见到他。 但当伯爵发现了他的逗留，他告诉他的儿子再也不要来了。 洛瑞黛尔夫人总是温柔地记得埃罗尔上尉。 她听说过他在纽约结婚的事，也认为这事太快了，但听到哥哥和他断绝了关系，她非常生气。 然后传来了船长死亡的消息。 然后他的两个哥哥都死了。 不久之后，又传来了一个被带到英国当方特勒罗伊勋爵的美国孩子的故事。 当洛瑞黛尔夫人得知伯爵对待小方特勒罗伊勋爵母亲的方式时，她更加生气了。 这是一个耻辱。善良慷慨的方特勒罗伊勋爵的故事以及他为