I felt like i was trapped in one of those terrifying nightmares, the one where you have to run, run till your lungs burst, but you can’t make your body move fast enough. My legs seemed to move slower and slower as I fought my way through the callous crowd, but the hands on the huge clock tower didn’t slow. With relentless, uncaring force, they turned inexorably toward the end — the end of everything.
我觉得自己就像身陷在那种可怕的噩梦中一样，在梦境中你得不停地奔跑，直到你的肺都快爆裂开来，但是你还是没法让自己跑得更快些。当我从冷漠无情的人群中挤过去的时候，我的双腿好像跑得越来越慢，但是巨大的钟楼上的指针却一点儿也没慢下来。在一股决不罢休、漠不关心的力量的驱使下，它们残酷无情地朝着终点——朝着一切事物的终点转动。
But this was no dream, and, unlike the nightmare, I wasn’t running for my life; I was racing to save something infinitely more precious. My own life meant little to me today.
但这绝不是梦，并且，它也不像梦魇，我不是在为我自己的生命奔跑；我要抢在终点之前挽救对我而言极其珍贵的东西。我自己的生命此刻已经毫无意义了。
Alice had said there was a good chance we would both die here. Perhaps the outcome would be different if she weren’t trapped by the brilliant sunlight; only I was free to run across this bright, crowded square.
爱丽丝曾经说过，我们两个死在这里的可能性很大。要是她没被困在灿烂的阳光里的话，结果恐怕会大不一样，但现在，却只有我一个人能够自由地跑过这明亮拥挤的广场。
And I couldn’t run fast enough.
而我却无法跑得更快。
So it didn’t matter to me that we were surrounded by our extraordinarily dangerous enemies.
因此，尽管我们被外界极其危险的敌人所包围，这对我而言已经无关紧要了。
As the clock began to toll out the hour, vibrating under the soles of my sluggish feet, I knew I was too late — and I was glad something bloodthirsty waited in the wings. For in failing at this, I forfeited any desire to live.
钟楼上的钟在整点响了起来，钟声在我缓慢移动着的脚底下振动，此时，我知道一切都已经太迟了——不过，想到附近有嗜血的东西，我仍感到开心不已。由于我没能做到这一点，我已经丧失了活下去的愿望。
The clock tolled again, and the sun beat down from the exact center point of the sky.
钟声又响了起来，太阳从天空正中央照射下来，散发出耀眼的光芒。
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