6.Lorna’s new troubles 洛娜的新麻烦
When I arrived at the farm, Mother held me tightly and cried for half an hour.
当我回到农场时，母亲紧紧抱住我，哭了半个小时。
I gave everyone all the presents I had bought for them in London, but of course what I wanted to do most of all was find Lorna, and see how she was.
我把在伦敦给大家买的礼物都分发了出去，但我最想做的当然是去找洛娜，看看她过得怎么样。
I wanted to tell Mother all about her, but the thought of my father’s murder by the Doones stopped me.
我想把关于她的一切都告诉母亲，但一想到父亲是被杜恩家族杀害的，我就打消了这个念头。
There was little chance that Lorna would love me, so why should I worry my mother about it?
洛娜爱上我的可能性微乎其微，我又何必让母亲为此担忧呢？
As soon as I could, I went to Doone valley — but, there, I could not believe my bad luck.
一有机会，我就去了杜恩山谷——然而在那里，我简直不敢相信自己的霉运。
When I looked from the cliff top, I saw Lorna’s sign — her coat on a white rock!
当我从悬崖顶上望去时，我看到了洛娜留下的信号——一件搭在白色岩石上的外套！
She had needed me, and now perhaps I was too late to help her.
她曾经需要我，而现在我或许已经太迟，无法帮助她了。
I climbed round the outer cliffs to the waterfall, and was soon looking down towards the green fields of the valley.
我绕过外围的悬崖来到瀑布旁，很快就能俯瞰山谷中绿色的田野。
I stood and waited — not caring, now, if anyone saw me — and then at last a little figure came towards me.
我站着等待——此刻已不在乎是否有人看见我——终于，一个娇小的身影向我走来。
I could see she was frightened, so I went towards her slowly.
看得出她很害怕，于是我慢慢地向她走去。
‘Miss Lorna, I saw your sign on the white rock, that you needed me.’
“洛娜小姐，我在白石上看到了你的信号，知道你需要我。”
‘Oh, yes, but that was a long time ago — two months or more, sir,’ and she looked away.
“噢，是的，但那已经是很久以前的事了——两个月甚至更久了，先生，”说着她把目光移开了。
She looked so sad that I thought everything was over between us, and tried to turn away and go.
她看起来如此悲伤，我以为我们之间的一切都结束了，便试图转身离开。
But when she saw that I was hurt and ashamed, she ran towards me and took my hands.
但当她看到我既受伤又羞愧时，她跑向我并握住了我的双手。
‘Oh John, I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to hurt you,’ she said.
“噢，约翰，对不起。我不是故意要伤害你的，”她说。
How happy I was, to hear her call me ‘John’!
听到她叫我“约翰”，我是多么高兴啊！
Then she led me away to her secret room, through the cave in the mountain.
然后她领着我穿过山洞，来到了她的秘密房间。
Since it was partly open to the sky, plants and flowers were able to grow there, and now, in the late summer, it was beautiful.
因为那里部分露天，花草得以生长，如今正值夏末，景色十分美丽。
She could not look at me at first, but when she did, I could see that she had been crying.
起初她不敢看我，但当她看向我时，我能看出她哭过。
‘My grandfather is not well,’ she said.
“我祖父身体不好，”她说。
‘And now Carver Doone and his evil father, the Counsellor, have more control over the Doones.
“现在卡弗·杜恩和他那邪恶的父亲‘参事’对杜恩家族有了更多的控制权。
They want me to marry Carver. Not immediately — I am only seventeen.
他们想让我嫁给卡弗。不是马上——我才十七岁。
But they want me to give my promise, in front of my grandfather, that I will marry Carver.
但他们要我当着祖父的面许诺嫁给卡弗。
They say it’s for the peace of the Doones.
他们说这是为了杜恩家族的安宁。
That’s why I left the signal out for you, Mr Ridd.
这就是我给你留信号的原因，里德先生。
They wanted to force me, but my grandfather would not let them.
他们想强迫我，但我祖父不允许。
They won’t do it — at least while grandfather is alive.
只要祖父还活着，他们就不会这么做。
But they’re watching me, and following me, and I can’t go where I want any more.
但他们监视我、跟踪我，我再也不能想去哪儿就去哪儿了。
Gwenny is helping me. If she wasn’t, I couldn’t even be here, talking to you.
格温妮在帮我。如果没有她，我甚至不可能在这里和你说话。
But perhaps even you don’t care about me any more.’
但也许连你也不再关心我了。”
Her eyes filled with tears, and I quickly explained about my journey to London.
她的眼里充满了泪水，我赶紧解释了我去伦敦的经过。
I told her how much I had missed her and how I had worried about her all this time.
我告诉她我是多么想念她，这段时间又是多么担心她。
Then I showed her the present I had brought her from London — a ring with blue and white stones.
然后我拿出了从伦敦带给她的礼物——一枚镶着蓝白宝石的戒指。
At first she cried even more, and then came and sat so close to me that I began to tremble.
起初她哭得更厉害了，随后走过来紧挨着我坐下，让我开始颤抖起来。
Then I picked up her hand and, while I was pretending to look at its beauty and softness, put the ring on her finger.
我拿起她的手，假装欣赏它的美丽与柔软，趁机把戒指戴在了她的手指上。
‘Oh, Mr Ridd!’ she said, her face going red.
“噢，里德先生！”她红着脸说道。
‘I thought you were much too honest and simple ever to do something like this!
“我以为你太老实、太单纯了，绝不会做这种事！
No wonder, you are good at catching fish.
难怪你这么擅长捕鱼。
But no, John, you have not caught me yet, not completely, though I like you very much — and if you will only keep away, out of danger, I will like you even more.’
但是不，约翰，你还没有完全捕获我的心，虽然我非常喜欢你——如果你能远离这里、避开危险，我会更喜欢你。”
With tears still in her eyes, which seemed to come partly from wanting to love me as much as I loved her, she kissed my head.
她眼中仍含着泪水，似乎部分是因为她也想像我爱她那样爱我，她吻了我的额头。
Then she gently took my ring off her finger, and, kissing it three times, gave it back to me.
然后她轻轻地把戒指从手指上取下，吻了三次后还给了我。
‘John, I cannot take it now,’ she said. ‘It would not be right.
“约翰，我现在不能收下它，”她说，“这不合适。
I will try to love you dearly — as dearly as you could wish.
我会试着深深地爱你——像你所期望的那样深。
Keep the ring for me until then. Something tells me I will earn it — very soon.’
在那之前替我保管这枚戒指吧。直觉告诉我，我很快就会赢得它。”
This time, I promised Lorna that I would not come back to see her for two months.
这一次，我向洛娜保证两个月内不再来看她。
If Carver or the Counsellor became violent towards her, she would signal me as before.
如果卡弗或参事对她施暴，她会像以前一样给我发信号。
Two months was a long time to wait, but because of what she had said to me, I was happy.
两个月的等待很漫长，但因为她说的那些话，我很开心。
Very soon after that I told my sister Annie about Lorna.
此后不久，我就把洛娜的事告诉了妹妹安妮。
I knew she would keep my secret, and it was good to be able to talk to her about my troubles.
我知道她会保守秘密，能跟她倾诉烦恼真好。
Then she gave me a surprise. Tom Faggus had asked her to marry him, and she had agreed.
接着她给了我一个惊喜。汤姆·法格斯向她求婚了，而她已经答应了。
But although Mother liked Tom, we both knew she would not like her daughter to marry him!
虽然母亲喜欢汤姆，但我们都知道她不会愿意女儿嫁给他！
And how would she feel about me wanting to marry Lorna Doone? We promised to help each other, if we could.
那对于我想娶洛娜·杜恩这件事，她又作何感想呢？我们约定尽可能互相帮助。
On the very first day after the agreed two months, I went to find Lorna.
约定的两个月期满后的第一天，我就去找洛娜。
But this time when I got to the top of the waterfall, she was not there.
但这次当我到达瀑布顶端时，她却不在那里。
I waited for hours, but she didn’t come.
我等了好几个小时，但她没有出现。
Then I saw something that made me afraid for her.
接着我看到了一样东西，不禁为她的安危感到恐惧。
While I was hiding behind a tree, a big man appeared, walking lazily down the valley.
当我躲在一棵树后时，一个魁梧的男人出现了，正懒洋洋地沿着山谷走下来。
He wore a wide hat, a dark jacket and tall boots, and he carried a gun over his shoulder.
他戴着宽边帽，穿着深色夹克和高筒靴，肩上扛着一把枪。
As he came closer, I could see his face clearly, and there was something in it that turned me cold, with a kind of horror.
当他走近时，我能清楚地看到他的脸，那张脸上有种令我毛骨悚然的恐怖神情。
It was a face that never smiled — and in his eyes was only cruelty.
那是一张从不微笑的脸——眼神里只有残忍。
I did not doubt that this was Carver Doone.
我确信这就是卡弗·杜恩。
And this was the man, I thought angrily, who planned to marry Lorna.
我愤怒地想，就是这个男人打算娶洛娜。
He had no idea I was there, but I almost hoped he would discover me.
他完全不知道我就在那里，但我几乎希望他能发现我。
If we could fight hand to hand, a fight between us would be fair, as he was the only man I knew who was near my size.
如果我们能肉搏，这场较量会是公平的，因为他是我认识的唯一一个身材与我相仿的人。
But I knew it would be a mistake to fight Carver.
但我知道与卡弗打斗是个错误。
Whether I won or lost, the Doones would learn about me, and I would never see Lorna again.
无论输赢，杜恩家族都会知道我的存在，我就再也见不到洛娜了。
When, by the evening, Lorna had still not appeared, I went home.
直到傍晚洛娜仍未出现，我只好回家了。
I went back to the valley every day for two weeks, but never saw Lorna.
接下来的两周里，我每天回到山谷，却再也没见过洛娜。
I saw Carver Doone again, though, walking with his gun round the top of the valley, and that worried me.
不过我又看到了卡弗·杜恩扛着枪在山谷顶部巡逻，这让我十分担忧。
I was sure that Lorna was in danger; I would go into Doone valley and find her.
我确信洛娜处境危险；我要进入杜恩山谷找到她。
This time, I decided to go by the Doone-gate.
这一次，我决定从杜恩之门进去。
It was a dangerous route, but I knew it would be useful to know how the Doones defended the main entrance to their valley.
这条路很危险，但我知道了解杜恩家族如何防守山谷主入口是有用的。
At night the Doone-gate, with its tall black cliffs and sharp rocks, was a frightening place.
夜晚的杜恩之门高耸着黑色悬崖和尖锐岩石，是个令人畏惧的地方。
There were no guards outside, and very quietly and carefully, I entered the narrow, dark path between the cliffs.
外面没有守卫，我极其安静小心地走进了悬崖间狭窄黑暗的小路。
Soon I saw a light shining round a corner of the cliff and, staying close to the rock wall, I stepped carefully up to the corner and looked round it.
很快我看到悬崖拐角处透出光亮，我紧贴岩壁小心翼翼地走到拐角处向外窥探。
Two guards were sitting by the light, with their guns on the ground beside them.
两名守卫坐在灯光旁，枪放在身边的地上。
Here, the cliffs widened out into broken, rocky ground, with deep shadows between the rocks.
这里的悬崖变宽，形成了一片崎岖多石的地带，岩石间投下深深的阴影。
The guards were clearly not expecting an attack, and were drinking and talking.
守卫们显然没料到会有袭击，正在喝酒聊天。
I stood and watched, and while I was wondering what to do, they began to argue, and then to fight.
我站着观察，正当我琢磨该怎么办时，他们开始争吵，继而打了起来。
This gave me my chance.
这给了我机会。
I went slowly along the cliff wall, and then moved quickly into the shadows of the open rocky ground.
我沿着崖壁缓慢移动，然后迅速闪入开阔乱石区的阴影中。
The guards were so busy with their fight that they did not see or hear me, and I was soon past them and going down the hillside into Doone valley.
守卫们忙于打斗，既没看见也没听见我，我很快就通过了他们，顺着山坡进入了杜恩山谷。
Lorna had told me that her grandfather’s house was the first one after the gate.
洛娜曾告诉我，过了大门后的第一栋房子就是她祖父的家。
So, carefully and quietly, I went towards it and stood below one of the windows.
于是我小心翼翼、悄无声息地走过去，站在一扇窗户下面。
I could not shout or call out because there were other guards around the small village, but luck was with me that night.
我不能喊叫，因为小村庄周围还有其他守卫，但那晚运气站在我这边。
Lorna came to the window, opened it, and looked out up at the night sky.
洛娜来到窗前，打开窗子仰望夜空。
I whispered her name. She jumped in alarm, but then looked down and saw who I was.
我轻声呼唤她的名字。她吓了一跳，随即低头看清了是我。
‘John!’ she said. ‘Oh, John, you must be mad!’
“约翰！”她说，“噢，约翰，你一定是疯了！”
‘I was going mad, because I didn’t know what had happened to you. But you knew I would come.’
“我确实快疯了，因为我不知道你到底出了什么事。但你知道我会来的。”
‘I hoped you would! But do you see they have put these bars across my window?’
“我也盼着你来！但你看到他们在我的窗户上装了这些铁栏杆吗？”
She put her hand out through them, and I took it and kissed it, and then held both her hands in mine.
她把手伸出栏杆缝隙，我握住亲吻了一下，然后将她的双手紧紧包在我的手中。
‘Oh, John, you’ll make me cry,’ she said, though I could see she had already been crying.
“噢，约翰，你要把我弄哭了，”她说，尽管我能看出她已经哭过了。
‘We can never be together. Why should I make you unhappy? Try to forget me.’
“我们永远不可能在一起了。我为什么要让你难过？试着忘了我吧。”
‘Never,’ I said. ‘If we want to belong to one another, Lorna, no one can stop us — only God, if he wishes it.
“绝不，”我说，“洛娜，如果我们真心想属于彼此，没人能阻止我们——除非上帝有意如此。
Now tell me, why have you been kept in prison here?’
现在告诉我，为什么把你囚禁在这里？”
‘My grandfather is very ill now. I am afraid he won’t live long.
“我祖父病得很重，恐怕活不了多久了。
The Counsellor and his son are the masters of the valley.
参事和他的儿子现在是山谷的主宰。
They want me here where they can see me, so that I can’t escape from Carver;
他们把我关在这里以便监视，让我无法逃离卡弗；
and Gwenny is not allowed to move about now, so I couldn’t send you a message, or signal you.
而且格温妮现在也不许随意走动，所以我没法给你送信或发信号。
You must watch this house day and night, John, if you wish to save me.
约翰，如果你想救我，就必须日夜监视这栋房子。
There is nothing they wouldn’t do, if my poor grandfather — Oh, I can’t think only of myself, when I should think of him.’
如果我可怜的祖父……他们什么都做得出来——噢，我不该只想着自己，我应该多为祖父着想。”
‘How can I leave you even one more night here, Lorna?’ I said.
“洛娜，我怎么忍心让你在这里再多待哪怕一晚？”我说。
‘You must, John,’ she said. ‘You’re so brave, but I love you too much to let you stay any longer.
“你必须走，约翰，”她说，“你很勇敢，但我太爱你了，不能让你再冒险逗留。
Yes, it’s true! But I cannot leave my grandfather while he is dying.
是的，这是真心话！但在祖父弥留之际，我不能离开他。
So, if you love me, John, you must go.’
所以，约翰，如果你爱我，就必须离开。”
‘I’ll go for now. But when I hear that your grandfather has died, I will come and get you out of here.
“我现在就走。但一旦听说你祖父去世，我就会来接你离开这里。
If I promise to take you safely away, will you come with me?’
如果我保证带你安全离开，你愿意跟我走吗？”
‘Yes,’ she said. ‘Of course I will.’
“愿意，”她说，“我当然愿意。”
So now I took her hand in mine again, and put my ring on her finger.
于是我又拉起她的手，把戒指戴在了她的手指上。
I had kept it in my pocket since the day I had first brought it to her.
自从第一次拿给她之后，我一直把它揣在口袋里。
This time she kept it, though she cried and held my hand tightly.
这一次她收下了戒指，尽管她流着泪紧紧抓着我的手。
‘Oh, John. This can never, never be!’ she said.
“噢，约翰。这绝对、绝对不可能实现！”她说。
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