Light O' the Morning: The Story of an Irish Girl — Page 6

那匹马值三百英镑，如果她值一便士的话。"

That horse is worth three hundred pounds, if she's worth a penny."

"你以为我会那样做吗？"那女孩带着责备的语气说道。

"Do you think I would?" said the girl reproachfully.

"爸爸，这是您好多天来对您的诺拉说过的最残忍的话了。"

"Now, dad, that is about the cruelest word you have said to your Nora for many a day."

"过来抱抱我，孩子，"庄园主说道。

"Come and give me a hug, colleen," said the Squire.

诺拉跑向他，双臂搂住他的脖子，亲了他一两下。

Nora ran to him, clasped her arms round his neck, and kissed him once or twice.

他已走到房间的另一头，现在他直视着她的脸。

He had moved away to the other end of the room, and now he looked her full in the face.

"你是不是在为什么事烦恼？"

"You are fretting about something?"

"没有——没有，"那女孩说道；但她脸红了。

"Not I--not I," said the girl; but she flushed.

"听我说，孩子，"庄园主说道，"如果是那笔小抵押贷款的事，你就把它从脑子里赶出去吧。

"Listen to me, colleen," said the Squire; "if it is that bit of a mortgage, you get it right out of your head.

这件事不会让我烦恼的。今晚我就去找丹谈谈。"

It's not going to worry me. I am going this very evening to have a talk with Dan."

"哦，如果您欠的是丹·墨菲的债，"那女孩说道。

"Oh, if it is Dan Murphy you owe it to," said the girl.

"啊，他没问题的；他是个好人；是老子的翻版——对吗？他不会在患难兄弟困难时为难人的，是吧？"

"Ah, he's all right; he's the right sort; a chip of the old block--eh? He wouldn't be hard on a brother in adversity?"

"如果他能避免的话，他不会的，"诺拉说道；但那片阴云并未从她那敏感的脸上散去。

"He wouldn't if he could help it," said Nora; but the cloud had not left her sensitive face.

随后，看到父亲用十分焦虑的眼神望着她，她鼓起勇气努力振作起来。

Then, seeing that father looked at her with intense anxiety, she made a valiant effort.

"我当然相信您，"她说，"再说，只要我们在一起，失去钱财又算得了什么呢？"

"Of course, I believe in you," she said; "and, indeed, what does the loss of money matter while we are together?"

"说得对！说得对！"庄园主大笑着说道。

"Right you are! right you are!" said the Squire, with a laugh.