"Miss Manette, I know that you could never have feelings of love for me, a man who has spent his life so badly."
"馬內(nèi)恃小姐,我知道您是永遠(yuǎn)不會(huì)對(duì)我有愛(ài)情的。我這個(gè)人生活得這么糟糕."
"Even without my love, Mr Carton, can I not save you? Can I not help you?"
"即便沒(méi)有愛(ài)情,卡登先生,難道我就不能挽救您嗎?我不能幫您嗎?"
"No, Miss Manette,"said Carton."Even if it was possible for you to love me, it is too late for me.
"不,馬內(nèi)特小姐,”卡登說(shuō)。"即使您可能愛(ài)我,那對(duì)我來(lái)說(shuō)也已經(jīng)太晚了。
I would only make you sad, and destroy your life.
我只會(huì)讓您傷心,從而毀了您的生活。
But it has been a last dream of my heart.
但那也是我心中最后的一個(gè)夢(mèng)想。
To see you and your father together, to see the home that you have made for him—this has brought back old and happier memories for me."
能看到您和您的父親在一起,看到您為他建起的這個(gè)家——這已經(jīng)為我?guī)Щ亓四枪爬隙腋5幕貞?"
"Can I do nothing to help you?" asked Lucie sadly.
"我就不能為您做點(diǎn)兒什么嗎?”路茜悲傷地問(wèn)。
"Only this, Miss Manette. Let me remember that I spoke to you of the feelings of my heart, and that you were kind and gentle towards me."
"僅此而已,馬內(nèi)特小姐,就讓我記住我曾對(duì)您說(shuō)過(guò)我心中的感情,而您對(duì)我又關(guān)懷又體貼。"
"Oh, Mr Carton. Try again to change."
"哦,卡登先生,再試著去改變一下吧。”
"No, Miss Manette, it is too late. My bad habits will never change now.
"不,馬內(nèi)特小姐,這太晚了。我的壞毛病永遠(yuǎn)也不會(huì)改掉了。
But tell me that you will never speak of what I have said today, not to anyone, not even to the person dearest to you."
但是請(qǐng)您告訴我您以后絕不會(huì)提起我今天對(duì)您說(shuō)過(guò)的話,不要告訴任何人,甚至您最親愛(ài)的人。"
"Mr Carton, " said Lucie."This is your secret. No one will ever know of it from me."
"卡登先生,”路茜說(shuō)。"這是您的隱私,不會(huì)有人從我這兒知道這些的。"
"Thank you, Miss Manette. I shall never speak of this again. But in the hour of my death, it will be a happy memory for me that my last words of love were to you."
"謝謝您,馬內(nèi)特小姐。我不會(huì)再說(shuō)這些了,但在我死的時(shí)候,我會(huì)因?yàn)槲易詈蟮膼?ài)情表白是對(duì)您說(shuō)的而留下幸福的回憶。"
作者簡(jiǎn)介:
其他作品有《奧列佛·特維斯特》(又譯《霧都孤兒》1838)、《老古玩店》(1841),《董貝父子》(1848),《大衛(wèi) 科波菲爾》(1850)和《遠(yuǎn)大前程》(1861),等等。
狄更斯是19世紀(jì)英國(guó)現(xiàn)實(shí)主義文學(xué)的主要代表。藝術(shù)上以妙趣橫生的幽默、細(xì)致入微的心理分析,以及現(xiàn)實(shí)主義描寫與浪漫主義氣氛的有機(jī)結(jié)合著稱。馬克思把他和薩克雷等稱譽(yù)為英國(guó)的“一批杰出的小說(shuō)家”。