Crime and Punishment — Page 4

由于干草市场近在咫尺，加之彼得堡市中心这些街道和小巷里聚集着大量性质恶劣的场所，商人和工人阶层的人口拥挤其间，街头可见各式各样的人物，无论多么奇异的面孔都不会引起任何人的注意。

Owing to the proximity of the Hay Market, the number of establishments of bad character, the preponderance of the trading and working class population crowded in these streets and alleys in the heart of Petersburg, types so various were to be seen in the streets that no figure, however queer, would have caused surprise.

然而这个年轻人心中积聚着如此深沉的苦涩与鄙视，以至于尽管年轻人天性爱惜体面，他在街上却对自己褴褛的衣衫毫不在意。

But there was such accumulated bitterness and contempt in the young man's heart, that, in spite of all the fastidiousness of youth, he minded his rags least of all in the street.

遇到熟人或昔日的同学则是另一回事了——事实上，他任何时候都不喜欢与这些人相遇。

It was a different matter when he met with acquaintances or with former fellow students, whom, indeed, he disliked meeting at any time.

然而，就在一个醉汉——不知出于何故，被人用一辆套着重型驮马的大货车拉着运往某处——驾车经过时突然冲他大喊："嘿，德国帽匠！"声嘶力竭地叫嚷着并指着他，这个年轻人猛地停下脚步，颤抖着抓住了自己的帽子。

And yet when a drunken man who, for some unknown reason, was being taken somewhere in a huge waggon dragged by a heavy dray horse, suddenly shouted at him as he drove past: "Hey there, German hatter" bawling at the top of his voice and pointing at him--the young man stopped suddenly and clutched tremulously at his hat.

那是一顶购自齐默尔曼帽店的高圆礼帽，却已破旧不堪，因年久而锈迹斑斑，到处破烂污渍，帽檐全无，帽身歪向一侧，样子极为不雅。

It was a tall round hat from Zimmerman's, but completely worn out, rusty with age, all torn and bespattered, brimless and bent on one side in a most unseemly fashion.

然而令他感到不安的并非羞耻，而是一种截然不同的、近乎恐惧的感觉攫住了他。

Not shame, however, but quite another feeling akin to terror had overtaken him.

"我早就料到了，"他慌乱地喃喃自语，"我就知道会这样！这才是最糟糕的！就这么一件蠢事，最微不足道的细节，都可能毁掉整个计划。是的，我的帽子太显眼了……"

"I knew it," he muttered in confusion, "I thought so! That's the worst of all! Why, a stupid thing like this, the most trivial detail might spoil the whole plan. Yes, my hat is too noticeable....