月亮和六便士 第二十五章(5)

 Oh, Dirk, I've never since we met asked you to do anything for me. “噢，戴尔克，自从咱们认识以后我还没有求你做过什么事呢。”

You know there's nothing in the world that I wouldn't do for you. “你自己也知道，只要你说一句话，天底下没有一件事我不肯为你做的。”

I beg you not to let Strickland come here. “我求你别叫思特里克兰德到这里来。

Anyone else you like. Bring a thief, a drunkard, any outcast off the streets, and I promise you I'll do everything I can for them gladly. 你叫谁来都成，不管是小偷，是醉鬼，还是街头的流浪汉，我敢保证，我都服侍他们，尽我的一切力量服侍他们。

But I beseech¹ you not to bring Strickland here. But why? 但是我恳求你，千万别把思特里克兰德带回家里。”“可是为什么呀？”

I'm frightened of him. I don't know why, but there's something in him that terrifies me. “我怕他。我也不知道为什么，他这个人叫我怕得要死。

He'll do us some great harm. I know it. I feel it. 他会给我们带来祸害。我知道得非常清楚。我感觉得出来。

If you bring him here it can only end badly. 如果你把他招来，不会有好结局的。”

But how unreasonable²! “你真是没有道理。”

No, no. I know I'm right. Something terrible will happen to us. “不，不，我知道我是对的。咱们家会发生可怕的事的。”

Because we do a good action? “为什么？因为咱们做了一件好事？”

She was panting now, and in her face was a terror which was inexplicable³. 她的呼吸非常急促，脸上有一种无法解释的恐惧。

I do not know what she thought. 我不知道她想的是什么。

I felt that she was possessed⁴ by some shapeless dread⁵ which robbed her of all self-control. 我觉得她好象正被一种无形的恐怖紧紧抓住，完全失去控制自己的能力了。

As a rule she was so calm; her agitation⁶ now was amazing. 她一向总是沉着稳重，现在这种惊惧不安的样子着实令人吃惊。

Stroeve looked at her for a while with puzzled consternation⁷. You are my wife; you are dearer to me than anyone in the world. 施特略夫带着困惑、惊愕的神情打量了她一会儿。“你是我的妻子，对我说来，你比任何事物都宝贵。

No one shall come here without your entire consent. 如果你没有完全同意谁也不会到咱们家来。”

She closed her eyes for a moment, and I thought she was going to faint.  她闭了一会儿眼睛，我以为她或许要晕过去了。

1 beseech   

v.祈求，恳求

参考例句：

• I beseech you to do this before it is too late.我恳求你做做这件事吧，趁现在还来得及。
• I beseech your favor.我恳求您帮忙。

2 unreasonable   

adj.不讲道理的，不合情理的，过度的

参考例句：

• I know that they made the most unreasonable demands on you.我知道他们对你提出了最不合理的要求。
• They spend an unreasonable amount of money on clothes.他们花在衣服上的钱太多了。

3 inexplicable   

adj.无法解释的，难理解的

参考例句：

• It is now inexplicable how that development was misinterpreted.当时对这一事态发展的错误理解究竟是怎么产生的，现在已经无法说清楚了。
• There are many things which are inexplicable by science.有很多事科学还无法解释。

4 possessed   

adj.疯狂的；拥有的，占有的

参考例句：

• He flew out of the room like a man possessed.他像着了魔似地猛然冲出房门。
• He behaved like someone possessed.他行为举止像是魔怔了。

5 dread   

vt.担忧，忧虑；惧怕，不敢；n.担忧，畏惧

参考例句：

• We all dread to think what will happen if the company closes.我们都不敢去想一旦公司关门我们该怎么办。
• Her heart was relieved of its blankest dread.她极度恐惧的心理消除了。

6 agitation   

n.搅动；搅拌；鼓动，煽动

参考例句：

• Small shopkeepers carried on a long agitation against the big department stores.小店主们长期以来一直在煽动人们反对大型百货商店。
• These materials require constant agitation to keep them in suspension.这些药剂要经常搅动以保持悬浮状态。

7 consternation   

n.大为吃惊，惊骇

参考例句：

• He was filled with consternation to hear that his friend was so ill.他听说朋友病得那么厉害，感到非常震惊。
• Sam stared at him in consternation.萨姆惊恐不安地注视着他。