The Hound of the Baskervilles · chapter 12 of 25
The Butterfly Man
抓蝴蝶的人
Barrymore swears it wasn't his wife crying in the night, but her eyes are red. Out on the moor, a cheerful man with a butterfly net shows Watson the deadly mire.
Read what you hear
- Narrator 第二天早上，太阳照进了巴斯克维尔庄园。
Dì èr tiān zǎoshang, tàiyáng zhào jìn le Bāsīkèwéi'ěr Zhuāngyuán.
The next morning, sunshine poured into Baskerville Hall.
- Dr. Watson 巴里摩尔，昨天半夜，我听见一个女人在哭。是谁？
Bālǐmó'ěr, zuótiān bànyè, wǒ tīngjiàn yí gè nǚrén zài kū. Shì shéi?
Barrymore, in the middle of last night I heard a woman crying. Who was it?
- Barrymore 不是我太太，先生。也许是您听错了。
Bú shì wǒ tàitai, xiānsheng. Yěxǔ shì nín tīng cuò le.
It wasn't my wife, sir. Perhaps you were mistaken.
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- Dr. Watson 他的脸更白了。他为什么不看我的眼睛？
Tā de liǎn gèng bái le. Tā wèishénme bú kàn wǒ de yǎnjing?
His face has gone even paler. Why won't he look me in the eye?
- Narrator 过了一会儿，华生在门口看见了巴里摩尔太太。
Guò le yíhuìr, Huáshēng zài ménkǒu kànjiàn le Bālǐmó'ěr tàitai.
A little later, Watson came upon Mrs. Barrymore by the door.
- Dr. Watson 早上好，巴里摩尔太太。昨天晚上睡得好吗？
Zǎoshang hǎo, Bālǐmó'ěr tàitai. Zuótiān wǎnshang shuì de hǎo ma?
Good morning, Mrs. Barrymore. Did you sleep well last night?
- Mrs. Barrymore 很好，先生，谢谢您。
Hěn hǎo, xiānsheng, xièxie nín.
Very well, sir, thank you.
- Dr. Watson 她的眼睛红红的，一定哭了很久。巴里摩尔没有说实话。
Tā de yǎnjing hónghóng de, yídìng kū le hěn jiǔ. Bālǐmó'ěr méiyǒu shuō shíhuà.
Her eyes are all red. She must have been crying for a long time. Barrymore didn't tell me the truth.
- Dr. Watson 白脸，黑胡子……伦敦马车里的那个人，会不会就是他？
Bái liǎn, hēi húzi… Lúndūn mǎchē li de nàge rén, huì bu huì jiù shì tā?
Pale face, black beard... could the man in the cab in London have been him?
- Dr. Watson 福尔摩斯的电报！我去格林盆问一问。
Fú'ěrmósī de diànbào! Wǒ qù Gélínpén wèn yi wèn.
Holmes's telegram! I'll go to Grimpen and ask.
- Narrator 华生走了四英里路，到了格林盆。
Huáshēng zǒu le sì yīnglǐ lù, dào le Gélínpén.
Watson walked the four miles to Grimpen.
- Dr. Watson 送电报的男孩说，那天巴里摩尔在楼上，电报给了他太太。
Sòng diànbào de nánhái shuō, nà tiān Bālǐmó'ěr zài lóushàng, diànbào gěi le tā tàitai.
The telegram boy said Barrymore was upstairs that day, so the telegram went to his wife.
- Dr. Watson 电报没有到他自己的手上……那天，他真的在庄园里吗？
Diànbào méiyǒu dào tā zìjǐ de shǒu shang… nà tiān, tā zhēn de zài zhuāngyuán li ma?
The telegram never reached his own hands... was he really at the Hall that day?
- Dr. Watson 荒原上一个人也没有。那个杀过人的逃犯，现在在哪儿呢？
Huāngyuán shang yí gè rén yě méiyǒu. Nàge shāguo rén de táofàn, xiànzài zài nǎr ne?
There's not a soul on the moor. Where is that escaped killer now?
- Stapleton 华生医生，华生医生！请等一等！
Huáshēng yīshēng, Huáshēng yīshēng! Qǐng děng yi děng!
Dr. Watson, Dr. Watson! Wait a moment, please!
- Narrator 跑过来的人个子小小的，头发黄黄的，拿着一个大网。
Pǎo guòlái de rén gèzi xiǎoxiǎo de, tóufa huánghuáng de, názhe yí gè dà wǎng.
The man running up was small and fair-haired, and he carried a big net.
- Dr. Watson 你是谁？你怎么知道我的名字？
Nǐ shì shéi? Nǐ zěnme zhīdào wǒ de míngzi?
Who are you? How do you know my name?
- Stapleton 我叫斯台普顿，就住在沼泽边上。你的名字，是莫蒂默告诉我的。
Wǒ jiào Sītáipǔdùn, jiù zhù zài zhǎozé biān shang. Nǐ de míngzi, shì Mòdìmò gàosu wǒ de.
My name is Stapleton. I live right by the mire. Mortimer told me your name.
- Dr. Watson 你这个大网，是抓鱼的，还是抓蝴蝶的？
Nǐ zhège dà wǎng, shì zhuā yú de, háishi zhuā húdié de?
That big net of yours, is it for fish or for butterflies?
- Stapleton 当然是蝴蝶！荒原上的蝴蝶，比人好看多了。
Dāngrán shì húdié! Huāngyuán shang de húdié, bǐ rén hǎokàn duō le.
Butterflies, of course! The butterflies on the moor are much prettier than people.
- Stapleton 对了，大侦探福尔摩斯先生，他也会来德文郡吗？
Duì le, dà zhēntàn Fú'ěrmósī xiānsheng, tā yě huì lái Déwén Jùn ma?
By the way, the great detective, Mr. Holmes, is he coming to Devon too?
- Dr. Watson 他在伦敦很忙，现在来不了。
Tā zài Lúndūn hěn máng, xiànzài lái bu liǎo.
He's very busy in London. He can't come now.
- Stapleton 真不巧！不过，有你在这儿也很好。
Zhēn bù qiǎo! Búguò, yǒu nǐ zài zhèr yě hěn hǎo.
What a pity! Still, it's good to have you here.
- Stapleton 你看那边，绿绿的那一大片，就是格林盆沼泽。
Nǐ kàn nàbiān, lǜlǜ de nà yí dà piàn, jiù shì Gélínpén zhǎozé.
Look over there, that big stretch of bright green. That's the Grimpen Mire.
- Dr. Watson 绿得真好看。我们走过去看看吧？
Lǜ de zhēn hǎokàn. Wǒmen zǒu guòqù kànkan ba?
What a lovely green. Shall we walk over and have a look?
- Stapleton 千万不要！走错一步，人就没了。
Qiānwàn bú yào! Zǒu cuò yí bù, rén jiù méi le.
Never! One wrong step, and you're gone.
- Dr. Watson 天哪，那是什么在叫？
Tiān na, nà shì shénme zài jiào?
Good heavens, what's that screaming?
- Stapleton 荒原上的小马。它走错了路，掉进沼泽，出不来了。
Huāngyuán shang de xiǎomǎ. Tā zǒu cuò le lù, diào jìn zhǎozé, chū bu lái le.
One of the moor ponies. It went the wrong way and fell into the mire. It can't get out.
- Dr. Watson 它慢慢地下去了……现在看不见了。
Tā mànmàn de xiàqù le… xiànzài kàn bu jiàn le.
It's slowly going under... now it's gone.
- Stapleton 沼泽中间有一座小山，那儿的蝴蝶，别的地方都没有。只有我知道怎么走过去。
Zhǎozé zhōngjiān yǒu yí zuò xiǎo shān, nàr de húdié, biéde dìfang dōu méiyǒu. Zhǐyǒu wǒ zhīdào zěnme zǒu guòqù.
There's a little hill in the middle of the mire, with butterflies you won't find anywhere else. Only I know the way across.
- Dr. Watson 你听，那是什么声音？很长，很低，好可怕。
Nǐ tīng, nà shì shénme shēngyīn? Hěn cháng, hěn dī, hǎo kěpà.
Listen, what is that sound? So long and so low. It's horrible.
- Stapleton 乡下人说，那是巴斯克维尔的猎犬……它在找下一个巴斯克维尔。
Xiāngxiarén shuō, nà shì Bāsīkèwéi'ěr de lièquǎn… tā zài zhǎo xià yí gè Bāsīkèwéi'ěr.
The country people say it's the Hound of the Baskervilles... hunting for the next Baskerville.
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What changed in the story?
- What does Barrymore say about the crying Watson heard?
“不是我太太，先生。也许是您听错了”
- Why does Watson think Barrymore did not tell the truth?
“她的眼睛红红的，一定哭了很久”
- What does Watson learn about Holmes's telegram in Grimpen?
“那天巴里摩尔在楼上，电报给了他太太”
- What does Stapleton want to know about Holmes?
“他也会来德文郡吗”
- What does Stapleton say about the little hill in the middle of the mire?
“只有我知道怎么走过去”