10.Gone 洛娜离去
Now I had to tell Lorna. So, a day or two later, with an aching heart, I went to tell her what Jeremy had said. I’m afraid that some of my sadness was for me, because now, more than ever, it was certain: Lorna was far, far above me. How could she possibly marry a simple farmer now?
现在我不得不告诉洛娜了。于是，一两天后，我怀着悲痛的心情去把杰里米说的话告诉她。恐怕我的悲伤有一部分是为了我自己，因为现在比以往任何时候都更确定：洛娜的地位远远高于我。她现在怎么可能嫁给一个普通的农夫呢？
We sat in the garden, and she held my hand while she listened without a word to what I said. But by the look in her beautiful eyes, and by her trembling hand, I could tell how she was feeling. At the end, she turned away and cried for her poor parents. But she spoke not even one word of anger about what had happened to them.
我们坐在花园里，她握着我的手，一言不发地听我说完。但从她美丽的眼神和颤抖的手中，我能感受到她的痛苦。最后，她转过身去，为她可怜的父母哭泣。但对于发生在他们身上的事，她没有说过一句愤怒的话。
Then, to my surprise, she turned to me and caught me in her arms and kissed me as she had never done before. ‘John, I have you. You, and only you. And I want no one else. It does not matter how rich or important my family is.’
接着，令我惊讶的是，她转向我，紧紧抱住我，以前所未有的深情吻了我。“约翰，我还有你。只有你。除了你我谁也不要。无论我的家族多么富有或显赫，都不重要。”
It was impossible to doubt those clear deep eyes, and bright trembling lips. But I was afraid of what the future would bring. To me, she was Lorna Doone, but to the world, she was Lady Lorna Dugal — young, beautiful, and rich. And if the world learnt about her, it would want to take her away from me.
面对那双清澈深邃的眼睛和明亮颤抖的双唇，让人无法怀疑她的真心。但我害怕未来会发生什么。对我来说，她是洛娜·杜恩；但在世人眼中，她是洛娜·杜格尔小姐——年轻、美丽且富有。如果世人知道了她的存在，就会想把她从我身边夺走。
Now the date of Tom and Annie’s wedding was decided, and I went to Dulverton to buy a present for them. As I was riding, I had time to think more about what Jeremy had told me.
汤姆和安妮的婚期已经定下来了，我去德尔弗顿给他们买礼物。骑马的路上，我有时间更多地思考杰里米告诉我的事情。
It was clear from his story that Lorna’s mother’s family, the Lornes, were the family with whom Sir Ensor Doone had argued about land, before he came to Exmoor. This explained why Lorna’s mother had called him her ‘old enemy’, when she saw him that terrible night. And this must be why the Doones had carried Lorna away and kept her, and never told her who she really was. If they could marry her to a Doone before she learnt the truth, perhaps they hoped in this way to get the Lorne family’s land. They would be rich and important again — and at the same time have revenge on the Lornes. But it would have to be a lawful marriage, so Sir Ensor had taken good care of Lorna and kept her safe from the wild Doone men. And Carver, seeing how beautiful Lorna had become, had decided to marry her himself.
从他的讲述中可以清楚地看出，洛娜母亲的家族——洛恩家族，正是恩索尔·杜恩爵士来到埃克斯穆尔之前因土地问题与之争执的那个家族。这就解释了为什么在那个可怕的夜晚，洛娜的母亲见到他时称他为“老仇人”。这也一定是杜恩家族带走并抚养洛娜、却从不告诉她真实身份的原因。如果能在她得知真相前将她嫁给一个杜恩家的人，或许他们希望能借此获得洛恩家族的地产。这样他们就能再次变得富有和显赫——同时也能向洛恩家族复仇。但这必须是一场合法的婚姻，所以恩索尔爵士一直悉心照料洛娜，保护她免受那些野蛮的杜恩男人的伤害。而卡弗看到洛娜出落得如此美丽，便决定亲自娶她为妻。
In Dulverton I stayed with Uncle Ben, and his granddaughter, Ruth. She was a beautiful and intelligent girl, and had often been very kind to me.
在德尔弗顿，我住在本叔叔和他的孙女露丝家里。她是个美丽聪明的女孩，过去对我一直很友善。
I did not spend too much money on a present in Dulverton. I was saving for my own wedding to Lorna. I had told her that if her family’s great riches ever came to her, I would not touch any of her money. In fact, we had both agreed that we would give nearly everything to the poor, and live simply.
我在德尔弗顿没有花太多钱买礼物。我在为我和洛娜的婚礼攒钱。我曾告诉她，如果她继承了家族的巨额财富，我绝不会动用她的一分钱。事实上，我们都同意将几乎所有财产捐给穷人，过简朴的生活。
Three days later, dreaming hopefully of the future, I walked into the kitchen at home — and saw immediately that something was wrong. Then Mother and Annie told me that Lorna had gone.
三天后，当我满怀希望地憧憬着未来走进家里的厨房时，立刻察觉到有些不对劲。随后母亲和安妮告诉我，洛娜走了。
Two men had come from London. They were lawyers and had been sent by the King’s judges to take Lorna away. The judges had heard that she was still alive, and they and her uncle had ordered her to come to London. Her uncle was Earl Brandir — the last living person in her family — and Lorna now had to live with him. She could not refuse. She was not yet twenty-one, so she had to do what this uncle and the judges said. Of course, she had begged the lawyers not to take her. But they said they had their orders, and they could not wait for her to say goodbye to me.
两个来自伦敦的男人带走了她。他们是律师，受国王法官的派遣来接洛娜。法官们听说她还活着，便和她的舅舅一起命令她前往伦敦。她的舅舅是布兰迪尔伯爵——她家族中唯一在世的亲人——洛娜现在必须和他住在一起。她无法拒绝。她还不到二十一岁，所以必须听从舅舅和法官的安排。当然，她曾恳求律师们不要带她走。但他们说这是奉命行事，不能等她向我道别。
Upstairs, by my bed, Lorna had left me a letter. I ran up to read it. She said she loved me, and she said ‘Goodbye’, and the letter finished like this:
在楼上我的床边，洛娜给我留了一封信。我跑上去读它。信中她说她爱我，说了“再见”，信的结尾是这样写的：
John, we have been through so many troubles and dangers, but there is no doubt that we belong together. You must believe me. Whatever happens, I am yours.
约翰，我们经历了这么多磨难和危险，但毫无疑问我们是属于彼此的。你一定要相信我。无论发生什么，我都是你的。
But I could not stop myself from thinking: ‘It is over.’
但我还是忍不住想：“一切都结束了。”
Later, I wondered how the judges and Lorna’s uncle had heard that Lorna was still alive. Perhaps Jeremy Stickles had mentioned her in his spying reports to the King and Judge Jeffreys. Perhaps the Doones themselves had sent the news to London — in order to get their revenge on me. The daughter of so famous a family would not be allowed to marry a simple farmer and live quietly in Devon. Jeremy was away on one of his spying trips now, so I could not ask him about it. But, anyway, there was nothing he could do.
后来，我一直在想，法官和洛娜的舅舅是怎么知道她还活着的。也许是杰里米·斯蒂克尔斯在向国王和杰弗里斯法官提交的间谍报告中提到了她。也许是杜恩家族自己把消息传到了伦敦——为了报复我。这样一个名门望族的女儿是不被允许嫁给一个普通农夫并在德文郡安静生活的。杰里米现在外出执行间谍任务去了，所以我没法问他这件事。不过，无论如何他也无能为力。
The weeks and months passed, and life on the farm seemed lonely and empty. After Annie married Tom, and went to live with him, I felt even more alone. Sometimes I used to go over and see her in her new home, but it was not the same as having her by my side, the friend and companion from my childhood days.
几周几个月过去了，农场的生活显得孤独而空虚。安妮嫁给汤姆搬去和他同住后，我感到更加孤单了。有时我会去新家看她，但这终究不同于她在我身边的时候，那个从小陪伴我的朋友和伙伴已不在身旁。
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