This cry for help made Darnay very unhappy.
這個求救的哭訴使代爾那十分難受 。
After the death of the Marquis, he had told Gabelle to do his best for the people.
侯爵死后,他就告訴過加貝爾要盡自己最大的努力去幫助人民,
But now Gabelle was in prison, just because he was employed by a nobleman.
但是現在加貝爾進了監獄,僅僅因為他受雇于一個貴族 。
It was clear to Darnay that he must go to Paris.
代爾那清楚自己必須去一趟巴黎 。
He did not think that he would be in danger,
他認為自己不會有危險,
as he had done everything he could to help the people of his village.
因為他已盡力去幫助過他的村民們 。
He hoped that he would be able to save his old servant.
他希望他能搭救老仆人 。
That night Charles Darnay sat up late, writing two letters.
那天晚上查爾斯·代爾那熬夜熬到很晚,寫了兩封信,
One was to his wife, Lucie;the other was to her father, Dr Manette.
一封給他的妻子路茜,另一封給他的岳父馬內特醫生 。
He told them where he had gone and why, and he promised that he would write to them from France.
他告訴了他們他要去哪兒以及為什么要去,并許諾他會從法國寫信給他們 。
He had left secretly, he wrote, to save them from worrying.
他之所以不辭而別,他寫道,是為了不讓他們擔心 。
The next day he went out, without saying anything to them of his plans.
第二天他走時,投有提起任何有關他計劃的事 。
He kissed his wife and his daughter, and said that he would be back soon.
他吻了妻子和女兒,而且說了他很快就會回來,
And then he began his journey to Paris.
然后他就開始了他的巴黎之旅 。
When he arrived in France, Darnay found that
到了法國以后,代爾那發現,
he could travel only very, very slowly towards Paris.
他的巴黎之行只能異常緩慢地進行 。
The roads were bad and every town,
路況很糟,而且每個城鎮、
every village had its citizens with guns who stopped all travellers,
每個村莊都有拿槍的公民攔截任何過往的行人 。
asked them questions, looked at their papers, made them wait or threw them in prison,
他們盤問,查看他們的證件,讓他們等候著或把他們送進監獄,
turned them back or sent them on their way.
讓他們返回或押送他們上路 。
And it was all done in the name of freedom—the new Freedom of France.
這一切都是在自由的名義下干出來的——新式的法蘭西自由 。
Darnay soon realized that he could not turn back until he had reached Paris and proved himself to be a good citizen, not an enemy of the people.
代爾那很快意識到在他去巴黎并證明自己是個好公民而不是人民的敵人之前,他是回不去的了 。
人物形象分析:
理想人物卡爾登,是狄更斯心目中的一個偉大的利他主義者和可敬的自我犧牲者 。他有才華,有見識,思想敏銳,道德高尚,但卻不為社會所賞識,只能屈身于庸俗的皇家律師史曲勒孚之下,充當其助手 。生活使他變的懶散、冷漠、玩世不恭 。