牛津書(shū)蟲(chóng)系列 弗蘭肯斯坦 11

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One evening two months later I was sitting in my lab-oratory.Most of my work was done，and I could finish the woman monster that night.But I wondered if I should finish the work.

兩個(gè)月后的一天晚上，我坐在了我的實(shí)驗(yàn)室里。我的大部分工作均已完成，那天晚上我就可以完成女怪物的制作工作了。但是我不知道是否應(yīng)該完成這項(xiàng)工作。

Was I making a monster more evil than the first creature?Perhaps a thousand times more evil.How could I know? Perhaps the woman monster would be another murderer.She had not promised to stay away from other people.Perhaps the two monsters would hate each other…and would kill，and murder， and destroy… without end.

我是否在造一個(gè)比第一個(gè)家伙更加邪惡的怪物呢?也許要邪惡一千倍。我怎么知道呢?也許這個(gè)女怪物會(huì)成為另一個(gè)殺人兇手。她可沒(méi)有答應(yīng)要呆在遠(yuǎn)離旁人的地方。或許那兩個(gè)怪物會(huì)相互仇恨……并且會(huì)沒(méi)完沒(méi)了地兇殺、謀害和毀滅……。

As I thought these things，I looked up at the window. Suddenly，in the moonlight，I saw the monster's awful face looking at me.And in his yellow eyes I could see only hate and evil.I knew he would not keep his promise.

我想這些事時(shí)抬頭望了望窗戶。突然，在月光下我看見(jiàn)那個(gè)怪物的恐怖的臉正看著我。并且在他那黃色的眼中我只看到了仇恨和邪惡。我知道他是不會(huì)遵守諾言的。

I went over to the laboratory table where the new creature was lying.I pulled off the wires that joined her to my machine.I took a sharp knife and cut through the body that I had joined together so carefully.Through the window the monster saw me destroy his woman.With a loud and miserable scream of sadness and lost hope，he ran into the laboratory.

我走到那個(gè)新的家伙躺著的實(shí)驗(yàn)室桌子的旁邊。我扯開(kāi)了連接她和我的機(jī)器的電線。我拿起一把鋒利的刀切碎了精心拼揍起來(lái)的那個(gè)身體。怪物從窗戶里看見(jiàn)我毀了他的女人。于是，隨著一聲悲傷和失望的、凄慘的吼聲，他跑進(jìn)了實(shí)驗(yàn)室。

‘You have destroyed all my hopes of happiness，’he cried.‘You have left me with one feeling—hate…and with one wish—to destroy your happiness.You will be sorry that you were ever born.Remember this：I shall be with you on your wedding night.’

“你已經(jīng)毀滅了我所有的有關(guān)幸福的期望，”他哭喊道，“你只給我留下了一種感情——仇恨之感……和一種愿望——毀掉你的幸福的愿望。你會(huì)為你來(lái)到這個(gè)世界上而后悔的。記住這一點(diǎn)：在你的新婚之夜我會(huì)跟你在一起的。”

He ran quickly out of the laboratory，and I watched him as he left the island in his boat and sailed away across the sea.

他快速跑出實(shí)驗(yàn)室，我看著他劃船離開(kāi)海島向大海駛?cè)ァ?/p>

I sat and cried as I thought of the danger to Elizabeth.But I knew that the monster would not visit us until our wedding night.I would not die easily，and I would try to kill him before he could kill me.

當(dāng)我想到對(duì)伊麗莎白構(gòu)成的危險(xiǎn)時(shí)坐下來(lái)哭了起來(lái)。但是我知道在我們的新婚之夜之前怪物是不會(huì)“造訪”我們的。我不會(huì)輕易地死去，而且要在他殺死我之前設(shè)法殺死他。

The next morning I received a letter from Henry.He told me that he was waiting for me to return.I decided to clear the laboratory and to leave the island on the following day.So I re-turned to the laboratory，where the pieces of the woman monster's body still lay on the floor.I put them all in a large bag with some heavy stones.Then I took the bag to my boat and sailed out to sea.I threw the bag into deep water，and watched it disappear.

第二天早上我收到了亨利的一封信。他告訴我說(shuō)他在等著我回去。我決定清理一下實(shí)驗(yàn)室并在第二天離開(kāi)海島。于是我返回實(shí)驗(yàn)室，女怪物的那具身體還躺在地上。我把它們和一些重的石頭一起裝進(jìn)一個(gè)大袋子。然后我把袋子扛到船上并駛向大海。我把袋子投入深水中，看著它消失了。

I was happier than I had felt for months.I knew I had done the right thing，and now there would be no second monster to follow the first.

我現(xiàn)在比好幾個(gè)月以來(lái)感覺(jué)要好些了。我知道自己做對(duì)了一件事，現(xiàn)在不會(huì)有第二個(gè)怪物步那第一個(gè)的后塵了。

I was very tired，and I went to sleep in the boat.I do not know how long I slept，but when I woke up，I was in the middle of a storm. The wind was driving me further out to sea and my boat began to fill with water.I knew I was in great danger.After some hours the storm passed，and I saw land to the south.Soon I could see the beach…and a crowd of people standing and watching me.Their faces were cold and unfriendly.

我非常疲勞，在船上睡著了。我不清楚睡了多長(zhǎng)時(shí)間，只知道我醒來(lái)時(shí)正處在一場(chǎng)暴風(fēng)雨之中。風(fēng)把我吹向離海岸更遠(yuǎn)的地方，我的船還開(kāi)始進(jìn)水了。我明白自己正處于極大的危險(xiǎn)之中。幾個(gè)小時(shí)后暴風(fēng)雨過(guò)去了，我看見(jiàn)往南有陸地。很快我就看見(jiàn)了海灘……一群人正站在那兒看著我。他們的表情既冷酷又不友好。

As I landed，four of the men came towards me and took me by the arms.

在我登陸時(shí)，四個(gè)男人走向我并抓住了我的胳膊。

‘We are taking you to Mr Kerwin，the judge.He wants to ask you some questions about the murder of a man here last night，’one of the men told me.

“我們要把你帶到法官克文先生那兒去。他要審問(wèn)你這兒昨晚發(fā)生的一樁謀殺案的事，”其中的一個(gè)人告訴我。

I was sad to hear of the murder，but I did not worry about it.I had been far away at the time，and knew nothing about any murder.It would be easy to explain that.So I went with the men to the large house where Judge Kerwin lived.

聽(tīng)了那樁謀殺案我很傷心，但我沒(méi)有為此擔(dān)心。我那時(shí)正在遠(yuǎn)處，根本不知道什么謀殺的事。將會(huì)容易地解釋清這一點(diǎn)。這樣我便隨那些人去了克文法官住的大屋子。