The Count of Monte Cristo: The Return · chapter 5 of 6
Three Days
三天
Valentine is in terrible danger, and the Count has a strange medicine. Then a cold man learns who the Count really is.
Read what you hear
- Maximilien 伯爵！请您救救她！瓦朗蒂娜的脸白得像纸，她已经三天没有吃东西了！
Bójué! Qǐng nín jiùjiù tā! Wǎlǎngdìnà de liǎn bái dé xiàng zhǐ, tā yǐjīng sāntiān méiyǒu chī dōngxi le!
Count! Please save her! Valentine's face is as white as paper, and she hasn't eaten for three days!
- The Count of Monte Cristo 马西米兰，安静一点。小姐，请让我看看你的手，别怕。
Mǎxīmǐlán, ānjìng yìdiǎn. Xiǎojie, qǐng ràng wǒ kànkan nǐ de shǒu, biépà.
Maximilien, quiet. Miss, please let me see your hand. Don't be afraid.
- Valentine 伯爵……我的头好晕。每天早上喝的那杯水，越来越苦……
Bójué… Wǒ de tóu hǎo yūn. Měitiān zǎoshang hē de nà bēishuǐ, yuèláiyuè kǔ…
Count... my head is so dizzy. The water I drink every morning tastes more and more bitter...
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- The Count of Monte Cristo 我知道是谁放的。小姐，这里有一种药，喝了以后，你会睡得像死了一样，三天以后才会醒来。
Wǒ zhīdào shì shuí fàng de. Xiǎojie, zhèlǐ yǒu yì zhǒng yào, hē le yǐhòu, nǐ huì shuì dé xiàng sǐ le yíyàng, sāntiān yǐhòu cái huì xǐnglái.
I know who put it there. Miss, here is a medicine. After you drink it you will sleep as if dead, and wake only after three days.
- Maximilien 像死了一样？伯爵，您在说什么？
Xiàng sǐ le yíyàng? Bójué, nín zài shuō shénme?
As if dead? Count, what are you saying?
- The Count of Monte Cristo 只有这样，害她的人才会停手。也只有这样，你们两个才能一起离开这个家。
Zhǐyǒu zhèyàng, hài tā de réncái huì tíngshǒu. Yě zhǐyǒu zhèyàng, nǐmen liǎnggè cáinéng yìqǐ líkāi zhège jiā.
Only this way will the one who hurts her stop. And only this way can the two of you leave this house together.
- Valentine 马西米兰，你不要怕。我相信这位先生。
Mǎxīmǐlán, nǐ bú yào pà. Wǒ xiāngxìn zhè wèi xiānsheng.
Maximilien, don't be afraid. I trust this gentleman.
- Valentine 不管我睡多久……你一定要等我，好吗？
Bùguǎn wǒ shuì duōjiǔ… Nǐ yídìng yào děng wǒ, hǎo ma?
No matter how long I sleep... you must wait for me, all right?
- Maximilien 我等。我会等你一辈子。
Wǒ děng. Wǒ huì děng nǐ yíbèizi.
I'll wait. I will wait for you all my life.
- Valentine 那我的父亲呢？他知道以后，会不会很难过？
Nà wǒ de fùqīn ne? Tā zhīdào yǐhòu, huì bu huì hěn nánguò?
And my father? When he finds out, will he be very sad?
- The Count of Monte Cristo 他很快就会明白，一个人只看别人的错，就会看不见自己家里最近的危险。
Tā hěnkuài jiù huì míngbai, yí gè rén zhǐ kàn biérén de cuò, jiù huì kànbújiàn zìjǐ jiālǐ zuìjìn de wēixiǎn.
He will soon understand: a man who looks only at other people's faults cannot see the danger closest to his own home.
- The Count of Monte Cristo 小姐，闭上眼睛吧。三天以后，你会看见很亮的光，也会看见你最想见的人。
Xiǎojie, bìshàngyǎnjing ba. Sāntiān yǐhòu, nǐ huì kànjiàn hěn liàng de guāng, yě huì kànjiàn nǐ zuì xiǎngjiàn de rén.
Miss, close your eyes. In three days you will see a very bright light, and the person you most want to see.
- Narrator 第二天，教堂的钟响了。全巴黎都在说，维尔福家的小姐去世了。
Dì'èr tiān, jiàotáng de zhōngxiǎng le. Quán Bālí dōu zài shuō, Wéi'ěrfú jiā de xiǎojie qùshì le.
The next day the church bell rang. All of Paris said that Miss Villefort had died.
- Villefort 伯爵，我的女儿死了。您为什么还来我家？
Bójué, wǒ de nǚ'ér sǐ le. Nín wèishénme hái lái wǒ jiā?
Count, my daughter is dead. Why do you still come to my house?
- The Count of Monte Cristo 因为我要告诉您，是谁害了她。是您的夫人，她想让自己的儿子，得到这个家所有的钱。
Yīnwèi wǒ yào gàosu nín, shì shuí hài le tā. Shì nín de fūrén, tā xiǎng ràng zìjǐ de érzi, dédào zhège jiā suǒyǒu de qián.
Because I must tell you who hurt her. It was your wife. She wanted her own son to get all the money in this house.
- Villefort 不……不会的。
Bù… Bú huì de.
No... it can't be.
- Villefort 我每天都工作到很晚，我哪有时间看我自己的家？我怎么会不知道？
Wǒ měitiān dōu gōngzuò dào hěn wǎn, wǒ nǎ yǒu shíjiān kàn wǒ zìjǐ de jiā? Wǒ zěnme huì bù zhīdào?
I worked late every day. When did I have time to look at my own home? How could I not know?
- The Count of Monte Cristo 因为您只看见别人的错，看不见自己的。
Yīnwèi nín zhǐ kànjiàn biérén de cuò, kànbújiàn zìjǐ de.
Because you saw only other people's faults, and never your own.
- The Count of Monte Cristo 您是检察官，您每天都在审别人。您心里早就知道了，对吗？
Nín shì jiǎncháguān, nín měitiān dōu zài shěn biérén. Nín xīnlǐ zǎojiù zhīdào le, duì ma?
You are a prosecutor. Every day you judge others. In your heart you knew long ago, didn't you?
- Villefort 您……您到底是谁？
Nín… Nín dàodǐ shì shuí?
Who... who are you, really?
- The Count of Monte Cristo 很多年前，在马赛，有一个年轻的水手，在订婚的宴会上被士兵带走了。他手里有一封信，是写给您父亲的。
Hěnduō niánqián, zài Mǎsài, yǒu yí gè niánqīng de shuǐshǒu, zài dìnghūn de yànhuì shàng bèi shìbīng dàizǒu le. Tā shǒulǐ yǒu yì fēngxìn, shì xiěgěi nín fùqīn de.
Many years ago in Marseille, a young sailor was taken away by soldiers at his engagement feast. He held a letter written to your father.
- Villefort 唐泰斯？！
Tángtàisī?!
Dantès?!
- The Count of Monte Cristo 您看了那封信，就把它烧了。现在，您还记得那火的颜色吗？
Nín kàn le nà fēngxìn, jiù bǎ tā shāo le. Xiànzài, nín hái jìde nà huǒ de yánsè ma?
You read that letter and burned it. Now, do you remember the color of that fire?
- Villefort 我……我什么都看不见了……救救我，谁来救救我。
Wǒ… Wǒ shénme dōu kànbújiàn le… Jiùjiù wǒ, shuí lái jiùjiù wǒ.
I... I can't see anything... Save me. Won't someone save me?
- The Count of Monte Cristo 够了……我是不是做得太过分了？
Gòu le… Wǒ shì bu shì zuò dé tàiguòfèn le?
Enough... have I gone too far?
- Maximilien 她走了。我答应她要等，可是我等不下去了。
Tā zǒu le. Wǒ dāying tā yào děng, kěshì wǒ děng bú xiàqù le.
She's gone. I promised her I would wait, but I can't wait any longer.
- The Count of Monte Cristo 马西米兰，站起来。你答应过她，要等。
Mǎxīmǐlán, zhàn qǐlái. Nǐ dāying guò tā, yào děng.
Maximilien, stand up. You promised her you would wait.
- Maximilien 等什么？她昨天还在叫我的名字，今天她已经在冷冷的石头下面了！
Děng shénme? Tā zuótiān hái zài jiào wǒ de míngzi, jīntiān tā yǐjīng zài lěnglěngde shítou xiàmiàn le!
Wait for what? Yesterday she was still calling my name, and today she lies beneath cold stone!
- The Count of Monte Cristo 我也曾经以为，我什么都没有了。我在牢里等了十四年，每一天都以为，明天就是最后一天。
Wǒ yě céngjīng yǐwéi, wǒ shénme dōu méiyǒu le. Wǒ zài láo lǐ děng le shísìnián, měi yì tiān dōu yǐwéi, míngtiān jiùshì zuìhòu yì tiān.
I once thought I had nothing left too. I waited fourteen years in prison, and every day I thought tomorrow would be the last.
- Maximilien 十四年？您？
Shísìnián? Nín?
Fourteen years? You?
- Maximilien 我现在什么都不信了，伯爵。
Wǒ xiànzài shénme dōu bú xìn le, bójué.
I don't believe in anything now, Count.
- The Count of Monte Cristo 那就先信我这一次。
Nà jiù xiān xìn wǒ zhè yí cì.
Then believe me just this once.
- The Count of Monte Cristo 明天早上，来码头找我。我们坐船去一个岛。三天以后，我会给你看一个奇迹。
Míngtiān zǎoshang, lái mǎtóu zhǎo wǒ. Wǒmen zuòchuánqù yí gè dǎo. Sāntiān yǐhòu, wǒ huì gěi nǐ kàn yí gè qíjì.
Come to the dock tomorrow morning. We will sail to an island. In three days, I will show you a miracle.
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What changed in the story?
- What does the Count give Valentine?
“我知道是谁放的。小姐，这里有一种药，喝了以后，你会睡得像死了一样，三天以后才会醒来。”
- Why must Valentine seem to die?
“我知道是谁放的。小姐，这里有一种药，喝了以后，你会睡得像死了一样，三天以后才会醒来。”
- What does Valentine ask Maximilien to do?
“不管我睡多久……你一定要等我，好吗？”
- What does the Count say to Villefort about the burned letter?
“很多年前，在马赛，有一个年轻的水手，在订婚的宴会上被士兵带走了。他手里有一封信，是写给您父亲的。”
- What does the Count promise Maximilien at the cemetery?
“明天早上，来码头找我。我们坐船去一个岛。三天以后，我会给你看一个奇迹。”