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The Necklace (Part 2)
項鏈（第二部分）
C1 Read Part 2 of 'The Necklace' to see how the story ends.
C1 讀《項鏈》的第二部分，看一看故事的發展過程。
Mathilde turned towards her husband in the utmost distress. 'I ... I ... I've no longer got Madame Forestier's necklace ...'
瑪蒂爾蒂發癡似地轉過身來向著丈夫：“我已經……我已經……我現在找不著伏來士潔太太那串項鏈了。”
He started with astonishment. 'What! ... Impossible!'
他張皇失措地站起來：“什么！……怎樣！……哪兒會有這樣的事！”
They searched everywhere. They could not find it.
他倆到處尋了一個遍，可是找不到它。
'I'll go over all the ground we walked,' her husband said, 'and see if I can't find it.'
他丈夫說，“我去把我倆步行經過的路線再走一遍，去看看是不是可以找得著它。”
He went out and returned about seven. He had found nothing.
她丈夫在七點鐘回家。什么也沒有找得著。
Then he went to the police station, to the newspapers and to the cab companies to offer a reward.
他走到警察總廳和各報館里去懸一種賞格，又走到各處出租小馬車的公司。
He came home that night, his face lined and pale; he had discovered nothing.
他在傍晚的時候帶著瘦削灰白的臉回來了；他一點線索也沒有發現。
By the end of a week they had lost all hope. Her husband declared, 'We must see about replacing the diamonds.'
一星期以后，他們任何希望都消失了。并且她丈夫高聲說道：“我們現在應當設法去賠這件寶貝了。”
At a jeweller they found a string of diamonds which were exactly like the one they were looking for.
他們在一家珠寶店找到了一串用金剛鉆鑲成的念珠，他們覺得正像他們尋覓的那一串。
They cost thirty-six thousand francs.
它值得三萬六千法郎。
Her husband possessed eighteen thousand francs left to him by his father. He borrowed the rest.
她丈夫存著他父親從前留給他的一萬八千金法郎。剩下的數目就得去借了。
Mathilde took the new necklace back to Madame Forestier, but was afraid to tell her that she had lost the original.
瑪蒂爾蒂把首飾還給伏來士潔太太，但是害怕告訴伏來士潔太太她丟掉了那串項鏈。
Mathilde came to know the life of poverty. This fearful debt must be paid off.
瑪蒂爾蒂嘗到了窮人的困窘生活了。那筆駭人的債是必須償還的。
She would pay it. Their servant was dismissed and they changed their flat.
她預備償還它。他們辭退了女傭；搬了家。
She came to know the heavy work of the house.
她開始做種種家務上的粗硬工作了。
She washed the plates, the shirts and dishcloths, and hung them out to dry;
她洗杯盤碗碟，襯衫，洗碟布，再晾到繩子上；
every morning she took the dustbin down into the street and carried up the water, stopping on each landing to get her breath.
每天早起，她搬運垃圾下樓，再把水提到樓上，每逢走完一層樓，就得坐在樓梯上喘口氣。
And, clad like a poor woman, when she went shopping she haggled over every halfpenny.
并且穿著得像是一個平民婦人了，她去購物時講價錢，極力一個銅元一個銅元地去防護她那點兒可憐的零錢。
Meanwhile, her husband took on extra work in the evenings as a bookkeeper.
同時，她丈夫也兼職，在傍晚當抄寫員。
