Treasure Island — Page 12

我一直留意着出海的人，不管是独腿还是双腿的，我记得这个人让我很困惑。

I had always my eye open for seafaring men, with one leg or two, and I remember this one puzzled me.

他看起来不像水手，但身上又隐约带着几分海上的气息。

He was not sailorly, and yet he had a smack of the sea about him too.

我问他需要什么，他说他要喝朗姆酒；

I asked him what was for his service, and he said he would take rum;

但就在我转身出去取酒时，他坐到了一张桌子上，示意我走近些。

but as I was going out of the room to fetch it, he sat down upon a table and motioned me to draw near.

我停在原处，手里拿着餐巾。

I paused where I was, with my napkin in my hand.

「过来，孩子，」他说，「再靠近点。」

"Come here, sonny," says he. "Come nearer here."

我向前走了一步。

I took a step nearer.

「这张桌子是给我的伙伴比尔留的吗？」他带着一种斜睨的眼神问道。

"Is this here table for my mate Bill?" he asked with a kind of leer.

我告诉他，我不认识他的伙伴比尔，这张桌子是为一位住在我们客栈里、我们称之为船长的人留的。

I told him I did not know his mate Bill, and this was for a person who stayed in our house whom we called the captain.

「哦，」他说，「我的伙伴比尔多半也会被人叫做船长的。

"Well," said he, "my mate Bill would be called the captain, as like as not.

他一边脸颊上有道疤，为人十分和气，尤其是喝了酒之后，我的伙伴比尔就是这样。

He has a cut on one cheek and a mighty pleasant way with him, particularly in drink, has my mate Bill.

就姑且说吧，你们的船长一边脸颊上有道疤——而且，如果你愿意，就说那是右边那只脸颊。

We'll put it, for argument like, that your captain has a cut on one cheek--and we'll put it, if you like, that that cheek's the right one.

啊，好吧！我早就告诉你了。那么，我的伙伴比尔现在在这栋房子里吗？」

Ah, well! I told you. Now, is my mate Bill in this here house?"

我告诉他，他出去散步了。

I told him he was out walking.

「往哪个方向，孩子？他往哪边去了？」

"Which way, sonny? Which way is he gone?