Light O' the Morning: The Story of an Irish Girl — Page 4

她走了进来，把双手藏在围裙下面。

She came in, hiding both her hands under her apron.

奥沙纳根太太发出一声不耐烦的叹息。

Mrs. O'Shanaghgan uttered an impatient sigh.

「这些家伙真是无法调教，」她低声说道。

"It is impossible to train these creatures," she said under her breath.

随即，她用平静而冷淡的语气大声吩咐道：

Aloud, she gave her order in quiet, impassive tones:

「尽快在西客厅备好茶，准备好了就敲锣通知。」

"Tea as soon as possible in the west parlor, and sound the gong when it is ready."

「哎呀，我这不正去准备吗？」佩吉恩说道。

"Why, then, wasn't I getting it?" said Pegeen.

她离开了房间，把门敞开得大大的。

She left the room, leaving the door wide open.

「就是这样，」奥沙纳根太太说。「你想让门开着，他们偏偏把门关上；你想让门关着，他们却把门敞开。」

"Just like them," said Mrs. O'Shanaghgan. "When you want the door open they invariably shut it, and when you want it shut they leave it open."

「在英格兰也是如此，就我所知，」乡绅用略带恼火的语气说道。

"They do that in England too, as far as I can tell," said the Squire, with a slightly nettled tone in his voice.

「好了，帕特里克，趁我们还有片刻独处的时间，我想知道你打算如何处理那一万英镑的事？」

"Well, now, Patrick, while we have a few moments to ourselves, I want to know what you mean to do about that ten thousand pounds?"

「艾伦，我实在不知道该怎么跟你说。」

"I am sure, Ellen, it is more than I can tell you."

「你是知道的，必须得还的。」

"You will have to pay it, you know."

「大概吧，总有一天得还。我今晚去跟丹谈谈。他是最不会为难人的人。」

"I suppose so, some day. I'll speak to Dan to-night. He is the last man to be hard on a chap."

「还得再卖掉一些土地，」妻子用烦躁的语气说道。「我们的地租收入会更少。供特伦斯读书的钱也会更加紧张。我一心盼着他能去剑桥或牛津。你完全忘了他现在已经十八岁了。」

"Some more of the land must go," said the wife in a fretful tone. "Our rent-roll will be still smaller. There will be still less money to educate Terence. I had set my heart on his going to Cambridge or Oxford. You quite forget that he is eighteen now."

「剑桥或牛津！」乡绅说道。

"Cambridge or Oxford!" said the Squire.