The King in Yellow — Page 2
但我内心深知一切终将步入正轨，我也会像安排善良的约翰·阿彻医生的未来一样，妥善安排他们的未来。
But I knew in my heart that all would come right, and that I should arrange their future as I expected to arrange that of my kind doctor, John Archer.
然而，若非那叮叮作响的锤声对我有着如此强烈的魔力，我本不会在那个时候特意去拜访他们。
However, I should never have troubled myself about visiting them just then, had it not been, as I say, that the music of the tinkling hammer had for me this strong fascination.
我可以一连数小时坐在那里，一遍又一遍地聆听，每当一缕游荡的阳光照射在镶嵌的钢铁上，那种感觉几乎令我难以承受。
I would sit for hours, listening and listening, and when a stray sunbeam struck the inlaid steel, the sensation it gave me was almost too keen to endure.
我的双眼会变得凝滞，因一种将每根神经都绷至将断的愉悦而慢慢放大，直到老铠甲师的某个动作遮断了那道阳光。
My eyes would become fixed, dilating with a pleasure that stretched every nerve almost to breaking, until some movement of the old armourer cut off the ray of sunlight.
随后，我仍在内心悄悄颤栗着，向后靠去，再度聆听那抛光布擦过铆钉、拭去铁锈时发出的"嗖嗖"声响。
then, still thrilling secretly, I leaned back and listened again to the sound of the polishing rag, swish! swish! rubbing rust from the rivets.
康斯坦斯膝上摊着刺绣活计，不时停下手来，凑近细看那张来自大都会博物馆的彩色图版上的花样。
Constance worked with the embroidery over her knees, now and then pausing to examine more closely the pattern in the coloured plate from the Metropolitan Museum.
「这是为谁做的？」我问道。
"Who is this for?" I asked.
霍伯克解释说，除了大都会博物馆中那批他受命看管的珍贵铠甲之外，他还负责照管几位富有藏家的私人收藏。
Hawberk explained, that in addition to the treasures of armour in the Metropolitan Museum of which he had been appointed armourer, he also had charge of several collections belonging to rich amateurs.
这块护胫甲是某套著名铠甲中一直缺失的部件，他的一位客户循迹追至巴黎奥赛河岸的一家小铺，终于将其寻获。
This was the missing greave of a famous suit which a client of his had traced to a little shop in Paris on the Quai d'Orsay.
霍伯克亲自出面谈判，将这块护胫甲购入手中，至此，这套铠甲终于完整无缺了。
He, Hawberk, had negotiated for and secured the greave, and now the suit was complete.
Vocabulary
- But
- 表示转折或对比的连接词
- knew
- know的过去式，表示了解或认识
- in
- 表示位置、时间或状态的介词
- my
- 第一人称单数的物主代词
- heart
- 身体器官，也指感情或情感中心
- that
- 指示代词或从属连接词，表示那个
- all
- 全部的、所有的、整体的
- would
- 助动词，表示将来时或假设
- come
- 来到、到达、发生
- right
- 正确的、恰当的、权利
- and
- 连接词，表示并列关系
- should
- 助动词，表示应该或建议
- arrange
- 安排、整理、策划
- their
- 他们的、她们的物主代词
- future
- 未来、将来的时间
- as
- 如同、当...时、因为
- expected
- expect的过去式，预期或期待
- to
- 介词或不定式标记
- of
- 表示所属、成分的介词
- kind
- 种类、品种或善良的
- doctor
- 医生、博士学位持有人
- However
- 然而、但是、不过
- never
- 从不、永远不
- have
- 有、拥有、已...（完成式）
- troubled
- trouble的过去式，困扰或麻烦
- myself
- 我自己、反身代词
- about
- 关于、大约、四处
- visiting
- visit的现在分词，访问或拜访
- them
- 他们、她们、它们
- just
- 仅仅、刚才、公正的
- then
- 那时、然后、当时
- had
- have的过去式，有或拥有
- it
- 它、代词指代事物
- not
- 否定词，表示不是或没有
- been
- be的过去分词，被动或完成式
- say
- 说、讲述、表达
- the
- 定冠词，表示特定的人或物
- music
- 音乐、乐曲
- hammer
- 锤子、铁锤工具
- for
- 为了、因为、表示原因
- me
- 我、宾格代词
- this
- 这个、这个东西
- strong
- 强的、强壮的、有力的
- fascination
- 迷恋、着迷、强烈的吸引力
- sit
- 坐、位于、静坐
- hours
- 小时、时间单位
- listening
- listen的现在分词，聆听
- when
- 当...时、何时、什么时候
- stray
- 迷路的、散落的、离群的
- struck
- strike的过去式，打击或敲击
- steel
- 钢、钢铁材料
- sensation
- 感觉、感受、轰动
- gave
- give的过去式，给予或赋予
- almost
- 几乎、差不多、接近
- too
- 太、过于、也
- keen
- 敏锐的、热情的、渴望的
- endure
- 忍耐、承受、持续
- My
- 我的、第一人称物主代词
- eyes
- 眼睛、视觉器官
- become
- 变成、成为、适合
- fixed
- 固定的、确定的、修理
- with
- 用、和、伴随
- pleasure
- 快乐、愉快、乐趣
- stretched
- stretch的过去式，伸展或拉长
- every
- 每个、每一个
- nerve
- 神经、勇气、胆量
- breaking
- break的现在分词，破裂或折断
- until
- 直到、到...为止
- some
- 某些、一些、约
- movement
- 动作、运动、活动
- old
- 旧的、老的、年长的
- cut
- 切、割、中断
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