5 Oliver’s life changes
第五章 奥利弗的生活发生了转变
Oliver was taken to the nearest police station.
奥利弗被带到了最近的警察局。
The officer at the gate looked at the boy. ‘Another young thief, eh?’
门口的警官看着这个男孩。“又是个小偷，是吧？”
He turned to the old gentleman, ‘Are you the person who was robbed, sir?’
他转向那位老先生问道：“先生，您就是被抢的人吗？”
‘Yes, I am,’ replied the old gentleman, ‘but I’m not sure that this boy actually took the handkerchief. I don’t really want to take him to court.’
“是的，”老先生回答道，“但我不确定这孩子是否真的偷了手帕。我真的不想把他送上法庭。”
‘Too late. He must go before the magistrate now.’
“太晚了。他现在必须去见治安法官。”
Oliver was locked in a small stone cell, which was disgustingly dirty and smelly.
奥利弗被关进了一间狭小的石头牢房里，里面脏得令人作呕，臭气熏天。
As the key turned in the lock, the old gentleman said to himself thoughtfully, ‘There’s something in that boy’s face… He could be innocent. Where have I seen someone like him before?’
当钥匙在锁孔里转动时，老先生若有所思地自言自语道：“这孩子的脸上有种特别的东西……他可能是无辜的。我以前在哪里见过像他这样的人呢？”
After thinking about this for a few minutes, he said, ‘No; it must be imagination.’
想了几分钟后，他说：“不，一定是我的幻觉。”
He sighed unhappily, and began reading the book again.
他不快地叹了口气，又开始读起书来。
Some time later, the officer touched his shoulder and told him that the court was ready.
过了一会儿，警官拍了拍他的肩膀，告诉他法庭已经准备好了。
A magistrate was a judge who dealt with small crimes in local courts, and the magistrate for this district was well known.
治安法官是在地方法院审理轻微犯罪的法官，而这个地区的治安法官非常有名。
His name was Mr Fang and he was a disagreeable, bad-tempered man.
他姓方，是个脾气暴躁、令人讨厌的人。
Today he was in a particularly bad mood.
今天他的心情尤其糟糕。
He frowned angrily at the old gentleman, and asked sharply, ‘Who are you?’
他愤怒地对老先生皱着眉头，厉声问道：“你是谁？”
‘My name, sir, is Brownlow.’
“先生，我叫布朗洛。”
‘Officer! What is this man charged with?’
“警官！这个人被指控犯了什么罪？”
‘He’s not charged, sir,’ answered the officer. ‘He’s accusing the boy.’
“他没有被指控，先生，”警官回答，“他是来控告这个男孩的。”
The magistrate looked at Mr Brownlow from head to foot. ‘And what have you got to say?’
治安法官从头到脚打量着布朗洛先生。“你有什么要说的？”
Mr Brownlow began to explain. ‘I was standing outside a bookshop —’
布朗洛先生开始解释：“我当时正站在一家书店外面——”
‘Be quiet, sir!’ shouted Mr Fang. ‘Policeman! Now — you arrested the boy. What happened?’
“闭嘴，先生！”方先生吼道，“警察！是你逮捕了这个男孩。发生了什么？”
The policeman told the magistrate what he had heard, and how he had searched Oliver afterwards and found nothing.
警察告诉治安法官他所听到的情况，以及事后他如何搜查了奥利弗却一无所获。
‘Are there any witnesses?’ asked the magistrate.
“有证人吗？”治安法官问。
‘None,’ answered the policeman.
“没有，”警察回答。
Mr Fang then turned to Mr Brownlow and angrily told him to describe what had happened.
方先生随后转向布朗洛先生，愤怒地命令他描述事情的经过。
Mr Brownlow explained that he had run after the boy only because he saw him running away.
布朗洛先生解释说，他追那个男孩仅仅是因为看到他跑开了。
He did not think that the boy was the actual thief and he hoped that the boy would not be punished.
他认为这个男孩并不是真正的小偷，希望不要惩罚他。
‘He’s been hurt already,’ he added, ‘and now I’m afraid he’s very ill.’
“他已经受伤了，”他补充道，“而且现在恐怕病得很重。”
‘I don’t believe that for a moment,’ said Mr Fang unpleasantly.
“我一点也不相信，”方先生刻薄地说。
He turned to Oliver. ‘Come now, don’t try any clever tricks with me! What’s your name?’ he demanded.
他转向奥利弗。“来吧，别在我面前耍花招！你叫什么名字？”他质问道。
Oliver tried to reply, but he was too weak to speak.
奥利弗试图回答，但他虚弱得说不出话来。
He was deadly pale, and he felt the room spinning round him.
他脸色惨白，感觉房间在他周围旋转。
At last he managed to whisper a request for water, but the magistrate refused angrily.
最后他勉强低声请求喝点水，但治安法官愤怒地拒绝了。
Suddenly, Oliver fainted and fell to the floor.
突然，奥利弗晕倒在地。
Mr Fang stared at him angrily. ‘Guilty. Three months’ prison,’ he said immediately. ‘Let him lie there. He’ll soon be tired of that.’
方先生愤怒地盯着他。“有罪。监禁三个月，”他立刻说道，“让他躺在那儿吧。他很快就会厌倦的。”
Mr Fang stood up. ‘This court is now closed.’
方先生站了起来。“本庭现在休庭。”
At that moment a man in an old black coat rushed in. ‘Stop!’ he shouted. ‘Don’t take the boy away. I saw it all. I’m the bookshop owner.’
就在这时，一个穿着旧黑外套的男人冲了进来。“停下！”他喊道，“别把孩子带走。我都看见了。我是书店老板。”
Mr Fang’s face was black with anger at this unexpected interruption, but the bookshop owner demanded to be heard.
方先生的脸因这意外的打断而气得发黑，但书店老板坚持要求发言。
He described exactly what had really happened.
他准确地描述了实际发生的事情。
He had seen two boys steal the handkerchief and then run away, leaving Oliver to be arrested.
他看到两个男孩偷了手帕然后逃跑了，留下奥利弗被捕。
In a final burst of bad temper, Mr Fang said that his time had been wasted.
在一阵最后的坏脾气中，方先生说他的时间被浪费了。
He announced that Oliver was innocent, and ordered everybody out of the court.
他宣布奥利弗无罪，并命令所有人离开法庭。
The order was obeyed, and as Mr Brownlow turned to go down the street, he saw Oliver lying on the pavement, shaking, his face as white as death.
命令被执行了，当布朗洛先生转身走上街道时，他看到奥利弗躺在人行道上，浑身发抖，脸色像死一样苍白。
‘Poor boy! Poor boy!’ said Mr Brownlow, bending over him.
“可怜的孩子！可怜的孩子！”布朗洛先生说着，俯下身去。
He called a coach quickly, laid Oliver on the seat, and drove away.
他很快叫了一辆马车，把奥利弗放在座位上，然后驱车离开了。
The coach stopped at a neat house in a quiet, shady street in north London.
马车停在伦敦北部一条安静荫蔽街道上的一座整洁房子前。
Oliver was gently carried in to a bed, and received more care and kindness than he had ever had in his life.
奥利弗被轻轻地抱到床上，得到了他一生中从未有过的照顾和关怀。
But he had a fever, and for many days he lay there unconscious.
但他发了烧，好多天都昏迷不醒地躺在那里。
When he eventually awoke, weak, thin and pale, he looked anxiously around the room.
当他终于醒来时，身体虚弱、消瘦且苍白，焦虑地环顾四周。
‘What room is this? Where am I?’ he said. ‘This is not the place I fell asleep in.’
“这是什么房间？我在哪里？”他说，“这不是我睡着的地方。”
Mrs Bedwin, the motherly old housekeeper, heard his words, and instantly came to him. ‘Hush — be quiet, my dear, or you’ll be ill again. Lie down.’
贝德温太太，这位慈母般的老管家，听到了他的话，立刻来到他身边。“嘘——安静点，亲爱的，不然你又要病了。躺下吧。”
He lay down, and woke up again much later.
他躺下了，过了很久才再次醒来。
After a while, he was able to sit up in a chair, although he was still too weak to walk.
过了一会儿，他能够坐在椅子上了，尽管仍然虚弱得无法行走。
In this new position he could see a picture of a woman hanging on the wall opposite. ‘Who is that, madam?’ he asked the old housekeeper.
在这个新姿势下，他能看到对面墙上挂着一幅女人的画像。“那是谁，夫人？”他问老管家。
‘I don’t know, my dear. Do you like it?’
“我不知道，亲爱的。你喜欢它吗？”
‘The eyes look so sad, and they seem to be staring at me. As if the person was alive, and wanted to speak to me but couldn’t.’
“那双眼睛看起来那么悲伤，似乎正盯着我看。就好像那个人还活着，想跟我说话却说不出一样。”
‘You’re weak and nervous after your illness,’ Mrs Bedwin said kindly. ‘Don’t worry about things like that.’
“你病后身体虚弱，神经也紧张，”贝德温太太和蔼地说，“别担心这种事。”
Later that day Mr Brownlow came in, having heard that the boy was a little better at last.
那天晚些时候，布朗洛先生进来了，听说男孩终于好些了。
He was delighted to see that Oliver could sit up.
看到奥利弗能坐起来，他很高兴。
But when he saw Oliver’s face clearly, Mr Brownlow stared hard at him.
但当他看清奥利弗的脸时，布朗洛先生死死地盯着他。
‘I hope you’re not angry with me, sir,’ said Oliver anxiously.
“希望您没有生我的气，先生，”奥利弗焦虑地说。
‘No, no. Not in the least,’ he replied. Then he turned to the housekeeper. ‘But look, Mrs Bedwin, look there!’
“不，不。一点也没有，”他回答道。然后他转向管家。“但是看，贝德温太太，看那儿！”
He pointed to the picture of the woman above Oliver’s head and then to the boy’s face.
他指了指奥利弗头顶上那幅女人的画像，又指了指男孩的脸。
It was a living copy of the picture; even the expression was the same.
这简直是画像的活版；连表情都一模一样。
Oliver did not understand what was happening. He was so alarmed by Mr Brownlow’s excitement that he fainted once more.
奥利弗不明白发生了什么。布朗洛先生的激动让他惊慌失措，以至于他又晕了过去。
The Dodger and Charley Bates had left the crowd which was chasing Oliver as soon as they could.
机灵鬼和查理·贝茨一有机会就离开了追逐奥利弗的人群。
They went back to their house through the narrow streets, using a complicated route in case anyone was following them.
他们穿过狭窄的街道回到住处，走了一条复杂的路线以防有人跟踪。
Once they were safely away from other people, Charley Bates rolled on the ground and laughed and laughed.
一旦安全地远离了人群，查理·贝茨就在地上打滚，笑个不停。
‘Ha! Ha! Ha! When I saw Oliver running away so fast, round all the corners, bumping into walls… and all the time I had the handkerchief in my pocket… Ha! Ha! Ha!’
“哈！哈！哈！当我看到奥利弗跑得那么快，绕过各个角落，撞到墙上……而手帕一直都在我的口袋里……哈！哈！哈！”
‘But what’ll Fagin say?’ asked the Dodger.
“但是费金会怎么说？”机灵鬼问。
‘What do you mean?’
“你什么意思？”
The Dodger said nothing more but led Charley Bates into the house and up the stairs.
机灵鬼没再说什么，只是领着查理·贝茨进了屋，上了楼。
When Fagin saw them enter, he rose to his feet.
费金看到他们进来，站起身来。
‘Where’s Oliver?’ he asked them furiously.
“奥利弗在哪儿？”他愤怒地问他们。
The two boys looked uneasily at each other, but said nothing.
两个男孩不安地对视了一眼，但什么也没说。
Fagin took hold of the Dodger’s collar and shook him violently. ‘Tell me or I’ll kill you!’
费金抓住机灵鬼的衣领猛烈摇晃。“告诉我，否则我杀了你！”
The Dodger slid out of his coat in one smooth movement, leaving Fagin holding only the empty coat.
机灵鬼顺滑地脱掉了外套，让费金手里只抓着一件空衣服。
‘The police have got him,’ he said reluctantly.
“警察抓住他了，”他不情愿地说。
He looked round for a weapon to fight with, but Fagin already had a heavy metal pot in his hand.
他四处寻找武器搏斗，但费金手里已经拿了一个沉重的金属壶。
He threw it hard at the Dodger, but missed and hit Charley Bates, who started to shout with fear.
他用力把壶扔向机灵鬼，但没砸中，反而打中了查理·贝茨，吓得他大叫起来。
Suddenly, all this noise and confusion was silenced by a deep voice at the door.
突然，门口一个低沉的声音让所有的喧闹和混乱都安静了下来。
‘What the devil’s going on here?’ the voice demanded.
“这里到底在搞什么鬼？”那个声音质问道。
The owner of the voice was a big man of about thirty-five in a black coat and very dirty trousers, with a brown hat on his head and a dirty handkerchief around his neck.
说话的是一个三十五岁左右的大个子男人，穿着黑外套和非常脏的裤子，头戴棕色帽子，脖子上围着一条脏手帕。
He also had a three-day-old beard. A white dog with torn ears followed him into the room.
他还留着三天没刮的胡子。一只耳朵撕裂的白狗跟着他进了房间。
The man kicked the dog into a corner and looked round at the signs of battle.
那人把狗踢到角落里，环顾四周打斗的痕迹。
‘Are they trying to murder you, Fagin? I would if I was them. I’d have done it long ago. Now, give me some beer, and don’t poison it.’
“他们是想谋杀你吗，费金？如果我是他们，我也会这么做。我早就动手了。现在，给我点啤酒，别下毒。”
It was said as a joke, but if the man had seen the evil look on Fagin’s face, he might have thought the warning was a necessary one.
这话是开玩笑说的，但如果这人看到了费金脸上邪恶的表情，他可能会觉得这个警告是很有必要的。
Fagin produced some beer, and as the fight appeared to be over, everybody sat down.
费金拿出了一些啤酒，既然打架似乎结束了，大家都坐了下来。
In the conversation that followed, Fagin told the newcomer that Oliver had been caught by the police.
在接下来的谈话中，费金告诉新来的人奥利弗被警察抓住了。
‘I’m afraid, Mr Sikes,’ he said, ‘the boy may say something which will get us into trouble.’
“恐怕，赛克斯先生，”他说，“这孩子可能会说出什么让我们惹上麻烦的话。”
‘Very likely,’ said Bill Sikes, smiling unkindly. ‘You’ve got problems, Fagin.’
“很有可能，”比尔·赛克斯不怀好意地笑着说，“你有麻烦了，费金。”
‘And I’m afraid,’ added Fagin, ignoring Sikes’ remark, ‘that if we’re in trouble, then a lot of other people will be in trouble too, if you understand me, my dear.’
“而且恐怕，”费金补充道，无视赛克斯的话，“如果我们有了麻烦，那么很多人也会有麻烦，如果你明白我的意思的话，亲爱的。”
Sikes turned angrily towards the old man. There was a silence.
赛克斯愤怒地转向老人。一阵沉默。
Then Sikes said, ‘Somebody must find out what’s happened. If he hasn’t said anything yet, we must catch him when he leaves the police station.’
然后赛克斯说：“必须有人去弄清楚发生了什么。如果他还没说什么，我们必须在他离开警察局时抓住他。”
Fagin nodded. But there was a difficulty. None of them wanted to go anywhere near a police station.
费金点了点头。但这有个困难。他们谁也不想靠近警察局半步。
The problem was solved with the arrival of the two young ladies whom Oliver had met one evening in Fagin’s house.
随着两位年轻女士的到来，问题解决了，奥利弗曾在费金家的一个晚上见过她们。
‘Nancy, my dear,’ Fagin said. He smiled sweetly at one of the young ladies. ‘Can you go to find out what’s happened to Oliver?’
“南希，亲爱的，”费金说。他对其中一位年轻女士甜甜地笑着，“你能去打探一下奥利弗怎么样了吗？”
The young lady answered calmly, ‘No, I won’t.’
那位年轻女士平静地回答：“不，我不去。”
‘You’re the only one here that the police in this district don’t know,’ said Sikes. ‘She’ll go, Fagin.’
“你是这里唯一一个这一区的警察不认识的人，”赛克斯说，“她会去的，费金。”
‘No,’ repeated Nancy.
“不，”南希重复道。
‘Yes, she will, Fagin.’ Sikes was right. With a mixture of threats and promises, he soon persuaded Nancy to go.
“是的，她会去的，费金。”赛克斯是对的。通过威胁和许诺并用，他很快就说服了南希去。
She set off at once, and at the police station pretended to be a shy, frightened girl. ‘Is my poor little brother Oliver here?’ she asked the officer with the keys.
她立刻出发了，在警察局假装成一个害羞、受惊的女孩。“我那可怜的小弟弟奥利弗在这里吗？”她问拿着钥匙的警官。
‘He’s not here,’ the officer replied. ‘The gentleman’s got him.’
“他不在这里，”警官回答，“那位先生把他带走了。”
‘The gentleman? Oh no! What gentleman?’ cried Nancy, very upset.
“那位先生？哦不！哪位先生？”南希叫道，显得非常难过。
The policeman explained that Oliver had become ill, and the old gentleman had taken him to his house in the Pentonville district of north London.
警察解释说奥利弗病了，那位老先生已经把他带到了北伦敦彭顿维尔区他自己的家里。
Nancy, still looking terribly upset, left the station, and hurried back to Fagin’s house with this news.
南希仍然看起来非常难过，她离开了警局，带着这个消息匆匆赶回费金的住处。
As soon as he heard it, Sikes called his white dog, put on his hat and left without saying goodbye to anyone.
赛克斯一听完，就叫上他的白狗，戴上帽子，没跟任何人道别就离开了。
‘We must find him,’ Fagin said urgently to the rest of them. ‘No one can stay here — it’s too dangerous now. All of you — walk around Pentonville and keep your ears open. Don’t come back until you have some news of Oliver! If you can, kidnap him! We’ve got to keep him quiet before he starts talking about us to his new friends.’
“我们必须找到他，”费金急切地对其他人说，“谁也不能待在这里——现在太危险了。你们所有人——在彭顿维尔附近转转，竖起耳朵听着。没有奥利弗的消息就别回来！如果可以的话，绑架他！在他开始向新朋友谈论我们之前，我们必须让他闭嘴。”
With these words, he pushed them all from his room and double-locked the door behind them.
说完这些话，他把他们都推出了房间，并在身后把门锁了两道。
Then he took out his hidden box and very carefully hid all the watches and the jewellery beneath his clothes.
然后他拿出藏起来的盒子，非常小心地把所有手表和珠宝藏在衣服下面。
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