The Hound of the Baskervilles · chapter 15 of 25
The Candle in the Window
窗前的蜡烛
Sir Henry slips off alone to see Miss Stapleton, and Watson follows. Then for two nights, Watson and Sir Henry wait up to see what Barrymore does with his candle.
Read what you hear
- Dr. Watson 亲爱的福尔摩斯：这是我的第二封信。今天是十月十五号，又出了很多事。
Qīn'ài de Fú'ěrmósī: zhè shì wǒ de dì èr fēng xìn. Jīntiān shì shíyuè shíwǔ hào, yòu chū le hěn duō shì.
My dear Holmes, this is my second letter. Today is October the fifteenth, and a great deal more has happened.
- Dr. Watson 亨利爵士，半夜两点，巴里摩尔拿着蜡烛，站在窗户前面看荒原。
Hēnglì Juéshì, bànyè liǎng diǎn, Bālǐmó'ěr názhe làzhú, zhàn zài chuānghu qiánmiàn kàn huāngyuán.
Sir Henry, at two in the morning, Barrymore stood at a window with a candle, looking out at the moor.
- Sir Henry 拿着蜡烛看荒原？好，今天晚上我们不睡了，就等他！
Názhe làzhú kàn huāngyuán? Hǎo, jīntiān wǎnshang wǒmen bú shuì le, jiù děng tā!
Staring at the moor with a candle? Right. Tonight we stay up and wait for him!
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- Sir Henry 可是现在，我要出去走走……一个人。
Kěshì xiànzài, wǒ yào chūqù zǒuzou… yí gè rén.
But right now, I'm going out for a walk... alone.
- Dr. Watson 一个人？福尔摩斯让我一直跟着你。
Yí gè rén? Fú'ěrmósī ràng wǒ yìzhí gēnzhe nǐ.
Alone? Holmes told me to stay with you at all times.
- Sir Henry 华生，就这一次！我保证，午饭以前就回来。
Huáshēng, jiù zhè yí cì! Wǒ bǎozhèng, wǔfàn yǐqián jiù huílái.
Watson, just this once! I promise I'll be back before lunch.
- Dr. Watson 我该怎么办？……不行，我要跟着他。
Wǒ gāi zěnme bàn?… Bù xíng, wǒ yào gēnzhe tā.
What should I do?... No. I have to follow him.
- Narrator 华生跟到荒原上。前面，亨利爵士正和斯台普顿小姐一起散步。
Huáshēng gēn dào huāngyuán shang. Qiánmiàn, Hēnglì Juéshì zhèng hé Sītáipǔdùn xiǎojie yìqǐ sànbù.
Watson followed him onto the moor. Up ahead, Sir Henry was out walking with Miss Stapleton.
- Dr. Watson 原来他是去见她……他还拉住了她的手！我真不该看。
Yuánlái tā shì qù jiàn tā… tā hái lā zhù le tā de shǒu! Wǒ zhēn bù gāi kàn.
So that's who he went to meet... and now he's taking her hand! I really shouldn't be watching.
- Dr. Watson 有人跑过来了！是斯台普顿，还拿着他抓蝴蝶的网！
Yǒu rén pǎo guòlái le! Shì Sītáipǔdùn, hái názhe tā zhuā húdié de wǎng!
Someone's running at them! It's Stapleton, still holding his butterfly net!
- Stapleton 亨利爵士，你在做什么？快放开她！
Hēnglì Juéshì, nǐ zài zuò shénme? Kuài fàngkāi tā!
Sir Henry, what do you think you're doing? Let go of her!
- Sir Henry 我在跟她说话！这有什么不可以？
Wǒ zài gēn tā shuōhuà! Zhè yǒu shénme bù kěyǐ?
I was talking to her! What's wrong with that?
- Beryl 别这样，我们回家吧。
Bié zhèyàng, wǒmen huí jiā ba.
Please don't. Let's go home.
- Stapleton 贝丽尔，马上跟我回家！
Bèilì'ěr, mǎshàng gēn wǒ huí jiā!
Beryl, come home with me, now!
- Narrator 斯台普顿拉着贝丽尔走了。她一直低着头。
Sītáipǔdùn lāzhe Bèilì'ěr zǒu le. Tā yìzhí dīzhe tóu.
Stapleton pulled Beryl away. She kept her head down the whole time.
- Sir Henry 华生，你也在这儿？好吧，你都看见了。
Huáshēng, nǐ yě zài zhèr? Hǎo ba, nǐ dōu kànjiàn le.
Watson, you're here too? Well, then you saw it all.
- Sir Henry 我问她愿不愿意跟我结婚，她哥哥就像要吃了我一样！
Wǒ wèn tā yuàn bu yuànyì gēn wǒ jiéhūn, tā gēge jiù xiàng yào chī le wǒ yíyàng!
I asked her to marry me, and her brother looked ready to eat me alive!
- Sir Henry 你说实话。我又年轻，又有钱，人也不坏。我到底哪儿不好？
Nǐ shuō shíhuà. Wǒ yòu niánqīng, yòu yǒu qián, rén yě bú huài. Wǒ dàodǐ nǎr bù hǎo?
Be honest with me. I'm young, I'm rich, I'm not a bad fellow. What on earth is wrong with me?
- Dr. Watson 我看你哪儿都好。
Wǒ kàn nǐ nǎr dōu hǎo.
Nothing that I can see.
- Narrator 那天下午，斯台普顿到庄园来了。
Nà tiān xiàwǔ, Sītáipǔdùn dào zhuāngyuán lái le.
That afternoon, Stapleton came to the Hall.
- Stapleton 亨利爵士，对不起，早上我太生气了。我只有贝丽尔一个家人。
Hēnglì Juéshì, duìbuqǐ, zǎoshang wǒ tài shēngqì le. Wǒ zhǐyǒu Bèilì'ěr yí gè jiārén.
Sir Henry, I'm sorry. I lost my temper this morning. Beryl is all the family I have.
- Stapleton 你们先做三个月的朋友，好吗？三个月以后，我们再谈结婚的事。
Nǐmen xiān zuò sān gè yuè de péngyou, hǎo ma? Sān gè yuè yǐhòu, wǒmen zài tán jiéhūn de shì.
Could you two just be friends for three months? After that, we can talk about marriage.
- Sir Henry 三个月？好吧，只要我还能见到她。
Sān gè yuè? Hǎo ba, zhǐyào wǒ hái néng jiàn dào tā.
Three months? All right, as long as I can still see her.
- Narrator 晚上，两个人在房间里等巴里摩尔。第一个晚上，什么也没有。
Wǎnshang, liǎng gè rén zài fángjiān li děng Bālǐmó'ěr. Dì yī gè wǎnshang, shénme yě méiyǒu.
At night the two men sat up in a room, waiting for Barrymore. The first night, nothing happened.
- Sir Henry 第二个晚上了。华生，已经两点了……
Dì èr gè wǎnshang le. Huáshēng, yǐjīng liǎng diǎn le…
The second night. Watson, it's already two o'clock...
- Dr. Watson 你听，有人走过去了……一定是他！
Nǐ tīng, yǒu rén zǒu guòqù le… yídìng shì tā!
Listen, someone just went past... it must be him!
- Sir Henry 巴里摩尔！半夜两点，你拿着蜡烛在窗户前面做什么？
Bālǐmó'ěr! Bànyè liǎng diǎn, nǐ názhe làzhú zài chuānghu qiánmiàn zuò shénme?
Barrymore! Two in the morning, and you're at the window with a candle. What are you doing?
- Barrymore 没，没什么，先生。我在看窗户关好了没有。
Méi, méi shénme, xiānsheng. Wǒ zài kàn chuānghu guān hǎo le méiyǒu.
N-nothing, sir. I was just checking that the windows were shut.
- Sir Henry 说实话！你拿着蜡烛，是给外面什么人看的？
Shuō shíhuà! Nǐ názhe làzhú, shì gěi wàimiàn shénme rén kàn de?
Tell the truth! Who out there are you showing that candle to?
- Barrymore 对不起，先生。那不是我的秘密，我不能说。
Duìbuqǐ, xiānsheng. Nà bú shì wǒ de mìmì, wǒ bù néng shuō.
I'm sorry, sir. It's not my secret, and I can't tell it.
- Dr. Watson 把蜡烛给我，我也这样拿着。外面要是有人，一定看得见！
Bǎ làzhú gěi wǒ, wǒ yě zhèyàng názhe. Wàimiàn yàoshi yǒu rén, yídìng kàn de jiàn!
Give me the candle. I'll hold it up the same way. If someone's out there, they're sure to see it!
- Sir Henry 华生，你看那边！荒原上有一点黄光……外面有人！
Huáshēng, nǐ kàn nàbiān! Huāngyuán shang yǒu yìdiǎn huáng guāng… wàimiàn yǒu rén!
Watson, look over there! A tiny yellow light on the moor... Someone's out there!
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What changed in the story?
- Why does Watson follow Sir Henry onto the moor?
“福尔摩斯让我一直跟着你”
- What does Stapleton do when he sees Sir Henry with Miss Stapleton?
“快放开她……贝丽尔，马上跟我回家”
- What does Stapleton ask for when he comes to say sorry?
“你们先做三个月的朋友，好吗”
- What does Barrymore say when Sir Henry demands the truth?
“那不是我的秘密，我不能说”
- What do they see when Watson holds up the candle?
“荒原上有一点黄光”