GARRONE'S MOTHER.
卡隆的母親
Saturday, 29th.
周六,二十九日
On my return to school, the first thing I heard was some bad news. Garrone had not been there for several days because his mother was seriously ill. She died on Saturday. Yesterday morning, as soon as we came into school, the teacher said to us:--
回到學校里,我最初聽見的是一個惡消息,卡隆因母親大病,缺課好幾天了。終于,他母親于前星期六那天死了。昨天早晨我們一走進教室,先生對我們說;
"The greatest misfortune that can happen to a boy has happened to poor Garrone: his mother is dead. He will return to school to-morrow. I beseech you now, boys, respect the terrible sorrow that is now rending his soul. When he enters, greet him with affection, and gravely; let no one jest, let no one laugh at him, I beg of you."
“卡隆遭遇了莫大的不幸!死去了母親!他明天大約要回到學校里來的,望你們大家同情他的苦痛。他進教室來的時候,要親切丁寧地招呼他,安慰他,不許說戲言或向他笑!”
And this morning poor Garrone came in, a little later than the rest; I felt a blow at my heart at the sight of him. His face was haggard, his eyes were red, and he was unsteady on his feet; it seemed as though he had been ill for a month. I hardly recognized him; he was dressed all in black; he aroused our pity. No one even breathed; all gazed at him. No sooner had he entered than at the first sight of that schoolroom whither his mother had come to get him nearly every day, of that bench over which she had bent on so many examination days to give him a last bit of advice, and where he had so many times thought of her, in his impatience to run out and meet her, he burst into a desperate fit of weeping. The teacher drew him aside to his own place, and pressed him to his breast, and said to him:--
今天早晨,卡隆略遲了一刻來校。我見了他,心里好像被什么塞住了。他臉孔瘦削,眼睛紅紅的,兩腳顫悸著,似乎自己生了一個月大病的樣子。全身換了黑眼,差不多一眼認不出他是卡隆來。同學都屏了氣向他注視。他進了教室,似乎記到母親每日來接他,從椅子背后看他,種種的注意他的情形,忍不住就哭了起來。先生攜他過去,將他貼在胸前:
"Weep, weep, my poor boy; but take courage. Your mother is no longer here; but she sees you, she still loves you, she still lives by your side, and one day you will behold her once again, for you have a good and upright soul like her own. Take courage!"
“哭吧!哭吧!苦孩子!但是不要灰心!你母親已不在這世界了,但是仍在照顧你,仍在愛你,仍在你身旁呢。你有時會和母親相見的,因為你有著和母親一樣的真正的精神。??!你要自己珍重??!”