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"Mon Dieu, I hope the sun hasn't affected me," he muttered.
“上帝啊，我不是被太陽曬昏了吧，”他喃喃自語道。
A slight movement attracted his attention, and he saw that Ata was lying on the floor, sobbing quietly.
一個人影晃動了一下，引起他的注意，他發現愛塔正躺在地板上，低聲嗚咽著。
"Ata," he called. "Ata."
“愛塔，”他喊道，“愛塔。”
She took no notice. Again the beastly stench almost made him faint, and he lit a cheroot. His eyes grew accustomed to the darkness, and now he was seized by an overwhelming sensation as he stared at the painted walls. He knew nothing of pictures, but there was something about these that extraordinarily affected him. From floor to ceiling the walls were covered with a strange and elaborate composition. It was indescribably wonderful and mysterious. It took his breath away. It filled him with an emotion which he could not understand or analyse. He felt the awe and the delight which a man might feel who watched the beginning of a world. It was tremendous, sensual, passionate; and yet there was something horrible there, too, something which made him afraid. It was the work of a man who had delved into the hidden depths of nature and had discovered secrets which were beautiful and fearful too. It was the work of a man who knew things which it is unholy for men to know. There was something primeval there and terrible. It was not human. It brought to his mind vague recollections of black magic. It was beautiful and obscene.
她沒有理睬他。屋子里的腥臭味又一次差點兒把他熏倒，他點了一支方頭雪茄。他的眼睛已經完全適應屋里的朦朧光線了。他凝視著墻上的繪畫，心中激蕩著無法控制的感情。他對于繪畫并不怎么內行，但是墻上的這些畫卻使他感到激動。四面墻上，從地板一直到天花板，展開一幅奇特的、精心繪制的巨畫，非常奇妙，也非常神秘。庫特拉斯醫生幾乎連呼吸都停止了。他心中出現了一種既無法理解、又不能分析的感情。如果能夠這樣比較的話，也許一個人看到開天辟地之初就是懷著這種欣喜而又畏服的感覺的。這幅畫具有壓人的氣勢，它既是肉欲的，又充滿無限熱情。與此同時它又含著某種令人恐懼的成分，叫人看著心驚肉跳。繪制這幅巨作的人已經深入到大自然的隱秘中，探索到某種既美麗、又可怕的秘密。這個人知道了一般人所不該知道的事物。他畫出來的是某種原始的、令人震駭的東西，是不屬于人世塵寰的。庫特拉斯醫生模模糊糊地聯想到黑色魔法，既美得驚人，又污穢邪惡。
