【23 Oliver Twist 霧都孤兒】
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“Bow to the board,” said Bumble. Oliver brushed away two or three tears that were lingering in his eyes, and seeing no board but the table, fortunately bowed to that.
“給各位理事鞠一躬。”邦布爾說道。奧利弗抹掉在眼裡打轉的兩三滴淚水，他看見前麵隻有一張桌子，沒有木板，隻好將就著朝著桌子鞠了一躬。
“What’s your name, boy?” said the gentleman in the high chair.
“你叫什麼名字？”坐在高椅上的紳士問道。
Oliver was frightened at the sight of so many gentlemen, which made him tremble: and the beadle gave him another tap behind, which made him cry. These two causes made him answer in a very low and hesitating voice; whereupon a gentleman in a white waistcoat said he was a fool, which was a capital way of raising his spirits, and putting him quite at his ease.
奧利弗一見有這麼多的紳士不禁大吃一驚，渾身直哆嗦，乾事又在背後捅了他一下，捅得他大哭。由於這兩點原因，他回答的時候遲疑不決、聲音很低。一位穿白色背心的先生當即斷言奧利弗是個傻瓜。應該說明，這樣做出評判是這位紳士提神舒心的一種重要方法。
“Boy,” said the gentleman in the high chair, “listen to me. You know you’re an orphan, I suppose?”
“孩子，”高椅上的紳士說道，“聽我說，你是個孤兒，我想你應該是知道的吧？”
“What’s that, sir?” inquired poor Oliver.
“先生，那是什麼？”可憐的奧利弗詢問道。
“The boy is a fool-I thought he was,” said the gentleman in the white waistcoat, in a very decided tone. If one member of a class be blessed with an intuitive perception of others of the same race, the gentleman in the white
“這個男孩是個傻瓜，我剛剛就說了他是個傻瓜。”穿著白色背心的紳士用非常肯定的口吻說道。如果同一階級的成員可以體察同類人的話，毫
waistcoat was unquestionably well qualified to pronounce an opinion on the matter.
無疑問，穿白色背心的紳士有資格就這個問題發聲。
“Hush!” said the gentleman who had spoken first.“You know you’ve got no father or mother, and that you were brought up by the parish, don’t you?”
“噓！”第一個說話的紳士說道。“你沒有父親也沒有母親，是被教區的人撫養長大的，這你是知道的吧？”
.ylrettib gnipeew ,revilO deilper ”,ris ,seY“
。淚著流地心傷邊著答回邊弗利奧”。生先，的是“
𝐰𝐭.𝐩𝐨𝐨名域的們我住記請
”?rof gniyrc uoy era tahW“
”？麼什哭在你“
’.naitsirhC a ekil ,uoy fo erac ekat dna ,uoy deef ohw elpoep eht rof yarp dna“.eciov ffurg a ni nameltneg rehtona dias ”,thgin yreve sreyarp ruoy yas uoy epoh I“
”。禱祈人的你顧照和物食供提你給些那為樣一徒教督基像“，道說地暴粗士紳個一另”，禱祈都晚每你望希我“
ohw elpoep eht rof deyarp dah revilO fi ,oot naitsirhC doog ylsuolevram a dna ,naitsirhC a ekil yrev neeb evah dluow tI .thgir ylsuoicsnocnu saw tsal ekops ohw nameltneg ehT .yob eht deremmats ”,ris ,seY“
