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One evening, in the beginning of June, I had stayed out very late with Mary Ann in the wood;
六月初的一個晚上，我與瑪麗·安在林子里逗留得很晚。
We had, as usual, separated ourselves from the others, and had wandered far.
像往常一樣，我們又與別人分道揚(yáng)鑣，閑逛到了很遠(yuǎn)的地方。
So far that we lost our way, and had to ask it at a lonely cottage, where a man and woman lived, who looked after a herd of half-wild swine that fed on the mast in the wood.
遠(yuǎn)得終于使我們迷了路，而不得不去一間孤零零的茅舍回路。那里住著一男一女，養(yǎng)了一群以林間山毛櫸為食的半野的豬。
When we got back, it was after moonrise.
回校時，己經(jīng)是明月高掛。
A pony, which we knew to be the surgeon's, was standing at the garden door.
一匹我們知道是外科醫(yī)生騎的小馬，呆在花園門口。
Mary Ann remarked that she supposed some one must be very ill, as Mr. Bates had been sent for at that time of the evening.
瑪麗.安說她猜想一定是有人病得很重，所以才在晚間這個時候請貝茨先生來。
She went into the house.
她先進(jìn)了屋。
I stayed behind a few minutes to plant in my garden a handful of roots I had dug up in the forest,
我在外面呆了幾分鐘，把才從森林里挖來的一把樹根栽在花園里，
and which I feared would wither if I left them till the morning.
怕留到第二天早晨會枯死。
This done, I lingered yet a little longer.
栽好以后，我又多耽擱了一會兒。
The flowers smelt so sweet as the dew fell.
沾上露水的花異香撲鼻。
It was such a pleasant evening, so serene, so warm.
這是一個可愛的夜晚，那么寧靜，又那么溫煦。
The still glowing west promised so fairly another fine day on the morrow.
西邊的天際依舊一片紅光，預(yù)示著明天又是個好天。
The moon rose with such majesty in the grave east.
月亮從黯淡的東方莊嚴(yán)地升起。
I was noting these things and enjoying them as a child might,
我注意著這一切，盡一個孩子所能欣賞著。
when it entered my mind as it had never done before: "How sad to be lying now on a sick bed, and to be in danger of dying!"
這時我腦子里出現(xiàn)了一個從未有過的想法：“這會兒躺在病床上，面臨著死亡的威脅是多么悲哀呀！”
This world is pleasant — it would be dreary to be called from it, and to have to go who knows where?
這個世界是美好的，把人從這里喚走，到一個誰都不知道的地方去，會是一件十分悲慘的事。
And then my mind made its first earnest effort to comprehend what had been infused into it concerning heaven and hell, and for the first time it recoiled, baffled.
隨后我的腦袋第一次潛心來理解已被灌輸進(jìn)去的天堂和地獄的內(nèi)涵，而且也第一次退縮了，迷惑不解了。
And for the first time glancing behind, on each side, and before it, it saw all round an unfathomed gulf.
也是第一次左右前后掃視著。它在自己的周圍看到了無底的深淵。
It felt the one point where it stood — the present.
感到除了現(xiàn)在這一立足點之外。
All the rest was formless cloud and vacant depth.
其余一切都是無形的浮云和空虛的深淵。
And it shuddered at the thought of tottering, and plunging amid that chaos.
想到自己搖搖晃晃要落入一片混亂之中，便不禁顫抖起來。
While pondering this new idea, I heard the front door open.
我正細(xì)細(xì)咀嚼著這個新想法，卻聽得前門開了。
Mr. Bates came out, and with him was a nurse.
貝茨先生走了出來，由一個護(hù)士陪同著。
After she had seen him mount his horse and depart, she was about to close the door, but I ran up to her.
她目送貝茨先生上馬離去后，正要關(guān)門，我一個箭步到了她跟前。
