Later that night Sydney Carton visited a shop in a quiet corner of Paris. He wrote on a piece of paper the names of several powders and gave it to the shopkeeper.
那天晚上西得尼·卡登去了巴黎的一個寂靜角落處的商店 。他在一張紙上寫下了幾個藥粉的名字并把它給了店主 。
'For you, citizen? 'asked the shopkeeper.
"是你用嗎,公民? "店主問 。
'Yes, for me. '
"是的,是我用 。"
'You must be careful, citizen Keep these things separate. You know what happens if you put them together. '
"你得小心,公民 。把這些東西分開著放 。你清楚如果把它們放在一起會發生什么事情的 。"
'Perfectly, 'replied Carton.
"非常清楚 。"卡登說道 。
He spent the rest of that night walking the streets of Paris. He watched the moon rise in the sky, he listened to the sounds of the River Seine flowing through the heart of the city, and he thought calmly about the past, and the future. He thought about all the deaths that the city had already seen…and he thought about Lucie's gentle, loving face and her sad, sad eyes.
那天晚上剩下的時間他都用于漫步巴黎的街道 。他看見月亮升起在天空中,聽見塞納河流經這個城市中心時的聲響,他平靜地想到了過去,還有未來 。他想到了這個城市所經歷過的死亡……他也想到了路茜那溫柔、可愛的臉龐以及她悲傷、憂郁的眼睛 。
背景簡介:
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