Peter Pan — Page 2

他们中有些人希望这是一艘诚实的船，另一些人则主张继续当海盗；但船长待他们如狗，他们甚至不敢联名向他表达心愿。

Some of them wanted it to be an honest ship and others were in favour of keeping it a pirate; but the captain treated them as dogs, and they dared not express their wishes to him even in a round robin.

立即服从是唯一安全的做法。

Instant obedience was the only safe thing.

斯莱特利因被命令去测量水深时面露困惑，被打了十几下。

Slightly got a dozen for looking perplexed when told to take soundings.

大家普遍认为，彼得此刻表现诚实，不过是为了消除温迪的疑心，但等那套新衣服做好之后，情况也许会有所改变——那套衣服是温迪违背自己的意愿，用虎克船长最邪恶的几件衣物为他缝制的。

The general feeling was that Peter was honest just now to lull Wendy's suspicions, but that there might be a change when the new suit was ready, which, against her will, she was making for him out of some of Hook's wickedest garments.

事后有人私下传言，说他第一次穿上那套衣服的那天晚上，独自在船舱里久坐，嘴里叼着虎克的雪茄烟嘴，一只手握成拳，只伸出食指，弯曲着高高举起，活像一只钩子，神情充满威胁。

It was afterwards whispered among them that on the first night he wore this suit he sat long in the cabin with Hook's cigar-holder in his mouth and one hand clenched, all but for the forefinger, which he bent and held threateningly aloft like a hook.

然而，我们此刻不该继续盯着这艘船，而必须回到那个荒凉的家——我们故事中的三位人物很久以前曾狠心地从那里出走。

Instead of watching the ship, however, we must now return to that desolate home from which three of our characters had taken heartless flight so long ago.

这么长时间都忽视了第十四号，实在令人惭愧；然而我们可以肯定，达林太太并不会责怪我们。

It seems a shame to have neglected No. 14 all this time; and yet we may be sure that Mrs. Darling does not blame us.

如果我们早些回来，带着悲悯的心情望向她，她大概会喊道："别犯傻了；我算什么？快回去照看孩子们吧。"

If we had returned sooner to look with sorrowful sympathy at her, she would probably have cried, "Don't be silly; what do I matter? Do go back and keep an eye on the children."