Peter Pan — Page 4

只有在他最黑暗的时刻，他才会用第三人称来称呼自己。

It was in his darkest hours only that he referred to himself in the third person.

"没有小孩子爱我！"

"No little children to love me!"

奇怪的是他竟会想到这件事，这从来都没有困扰过他；也许是缝纫机让他想起了这件事。

Strange that he should think of this, which had never troubled him before; perhaps the sewing machine brought it to his mind.

他长时间地喃喃自语，凝视着斯米，而斯米正在平静地锁边缝纫，深信所有的孩子都害怕他。

For long he muttered to himself, staring at Smee, who was hemming placidly, under the conviction that all children feared him.

害怕他！害怕斯米！那天夜里船上没有一个孩子不已经喜欢上了他。

Feared him! Feared Smee! There was not a child on board the brig that night who did not already love him.

他曾对孩子们说过很难听的话，也曾用手掌打过他们，因为他没办法用拳头打人，但孩子们却因此更加依附他。

He had said horrid things to them and hit them with the palm of his hand, because he could not hit with his fist, but they had only clung to him the more.

迈克尔还试戴过他的眼镜。

Michael had tried on his spectacles.

把他们认为斯米可爱这件事告诉可怜的斯米！胡克很想这么做，但这似乎太残忍了。

To tell poor Smee that they thought him lovable! Hook itched to do it, but it seemed too brutal.

他转而在心里反复思索这个谜团：为什么他们觉得斯米可爱呢？

Instead, he revolved this mystery in his mind: why do they find Smee lovable?

他像那个他本性中的猎犬一样追究这个问题：如果斯米是可爱的，究竟是什么让他如此可爱呢？

He pursued the problem like the sleuth-hound that he was. If Smee was lovable, what was it that made him so?

一个可怕的答案突然浮现出来——"风度翩翩？"

A terrible answer suddenly presented itself—"Good form?"

难道这位水手长生来就有良好的风度而自己却浑然不知，而这恰恰是最高境界的风度？

Had the bo'sun good form without knowing it, which is the best form of all?

他记得，你必须先证明自己不知道自己拥有这种风度，才有资格加入波普社交圈。

He remembered that you have to prove you don't know you have it before you are eligible for Pop.

他发出一声愤怒的叫喊，将他的铁钩高举过斯米的头顶；但他没有落下。

With a cry of rage he raised his iron hand over Smee's head; but he did not tear.