The Three Musketeers · chapter 3 of 8
The Queen's Secret
王后的秘密
A frightened woman brings D'Artagnan a secret that could ruin the queen, and only four friends can keep it.
Read what you hear
- Narrator 那天夜里，达达尼昂住的房子下面，有很大的响声。
Nà tiān yè lǐ, Dádá Ní'áng zhù de fángzi xiàmiàn, yǒu hěn dà de xiǎngshēng.
That night, there was a loud noise downstairs in the house where D'Artagnan lived.
- Mr. Bonacieux 不要！放开我！我什么也没有做！
Bú yào! Fàngkāi wǒ! Wǒ shénme yě méiyǒu zuò!
No! Let go of me! I haven't done anything!
- D'Artagnan 是房东博纳希厄先生！红衣主教的人把他带走了？
Shì fángdōng Bónàxī'è xiānsheng! Hóngyī zhǔjiào de rén bǎ tā dàizǒu le?
That's my landlord, Mr. Bonacieux! The Cardinal's men are taking him away?
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- Constance 请问……博纳希厄先生在家吗？我是他的妻子。
Qǐngwèn… Bónàxī'è xiānsheng zài jiā ma? Wǒ shì tā de qīzi.
Excuse me... is Mr. Bonacieux home? I'm his wife.
- D'Artagnan 夫人，他刚刚被带走了。请进，这里不安全。
Fūrén, tā gānggāng bèi dàizǒu le. Qǐng jìn, zhèlǐ bù ānquán.
Madam, he was just taken away. Please come in, it isn't safe out here.
- Constance 我叫康斯坦斯。我在王后身边做事。
Wǒ jiào Kāngsītǎnsī. Wǒ zài wánghòu shēnbiān zuòshì.
My name is Constance. I work at the queen's side.
- Constance 红衣主教想知道我们的秘密。你能帮我吗？
Hóngyī zhǔjiào xiǎng zhīdào wǒmen de mìmì. Nǐ néng bāng wǒ ma?
The Cardinal wants to know our secret. Can you help me?
- D'Artagnan 我是火枪手，我愿意帮你。什么秘密？
Wǒ shì huǒqiāngshǒu, wǒ yuànyì bāng nǐ. Shénme mìmì?
I'm a musketeer, and I'm happy to help. What secret?
- Constance 国王送给王后十二颗钻石。王后又把它们送给了英国的白金汉公爵。
Guówáng sòng gěi wánghòu shí'èr kē zuànshí. Wánghòu yòu bǎ tāmen sòng gěi le Yīngguó de Báijīnhàn gōngjué.
The king gave the queen twelve diamonds. And the queen gave them to the Duke of Buckingham in England.
- D'Artagnan 然后呢？这是很大的错误吗？
Ránhòu ne? Zhè shì hěn dà de cuòwù ma?
And then? Is that such a big mistake?
- Constance 十天以后有舞会。国王会请王后戴上钻石。她没有的话，国王就会……
Shí tiān yǐhòu yǒu wǔhuì. Guówáng huì qǐng wánghòu dài shang zuànshí. Tā méiyǒu de huà, guówáng jiù huì…
In ten days there's a ball. The king will ask the queen to wear the diamonds. If she doesn't have them, the king will...
- Constance 红衣主教就是要看到这一天！
Hóngyī zhǔjiào jiùshì yào kàndào zhè yì tiān!
The Cardinal wants to see exactly that day!
- Constance 有人要去伦敦，把钻石拿回来。这是王后的信。你可以去吗？
Yǒu rén yào qù Lúndūn, bǎ zuànshí ná huílái. Zhè shì wánghòu de xìn. Nǐ kěyǐ qù ma?
Someone must go to London and bring the diamonds back. Here is the queen's letter. Can you go?
- D'Artagnan 十天，去伦敦再回来……我一个人不行。可是我有三个朋友，他们是火枪手，用生命也不会说出去！
Shí tiān, qù Lúndūn zài huílái… wǒ yí gè rén bù xíng. Kěshì wǒ yǒu sān gè péngyou, tāmen shì huǒqiāngshǒu, yòng shēngmìng yě bú huì shuō chūqù!
Ten days to London and back... I can't do it alone. But I have three friends. They're musketeers, and they'd never tell, even to save their lives!
- Narrator 第二天晚上，四个人坐在小酒馆里。
Dì-èr tiān wǎnshang, sì gè rén zuò zài xiǎo jiǔguǎn lǐ.
The next night, four men sat in a small tavern.
- Porthos 十二颗钻石？王后的信？哈！这比决斗有意思！
Shí'èr kē zuànshí? Wánghòu de xìn? Hā! Zhè bǐ juédòu yǒuyìsi!
Twelve diamonds? The queen's letter? Ha! This beats a duel!
- Aramis 可是红衣主教一定会在路上等我们。
Kěshì hóngyī zhǔjiào yídìng huì zài lù shang děng wǒmen.
But the Cardinal will surely be waiting for us on the road.
- Athos 一定会。所以我们四个人一起走，看谁能到。
Yídìng huì. Suǒyǐ wǒmen sì gè rén yìqǐ zǒu, kàn shéi néng dào.
He will. So the four of us ride together, and we'll see who gets there.
- Porthos 路上要吃饭，也要换马。谁有钱？
Lù shang yào chīfàn, yě yào huàn mǎ. Shéi yǒu qián?
We'll need food on the road, and fresh horses. Who has money?
- Aramis 我有一块手帕。
Wǒ yǒu yí kuài shǒupà.
I have a handkerchief.
- Athos 钱，我有一点。够了。
Qián, wǒ yǒu yìdiǎn. Gòu le.
I have some money. It's enough.
- D'Artagnan 你们真的愿意去？这是很危险的事。
Nǐmen zhēn de yuànyì qù? Zhè shì hěn wēixiǎn de shì.
You really will come? It's very dangerous.
- Porthos 危险？我最喜欢危险！
Wēixiǎn? Wǒ zuì xǐhuan wēixiǎn!
Danger? I love danger!
- Aramis 我不喜欢。可是我更不喜欢，让朋友一个人去。
Wǒ bù xǐhuan. Kěshì wǒ gèng bù xǐhuan, ràng péngyou yí gè rén qù.
I don't. But I like it even less to let a friend go alone.
- Athos 达达尼昂，把手伸出来，放在桌子上。
Dádá Ní'áng, bǎ shǒu shēn chūlái, fàng zài zhuōzi shang.
D'Artagnan, put your hand out on the table.
- Athos 大家为一个人，一个人为大家。
Dàjiā wèi yí gè rén, yí gè rén wèi dàjiā.
All for one, and one for all.
- Porthos 好话！我的手在这儿，我的剑也在这儿！
Hǎo huà! Wǒ de shǒu zài zhèr, wǒ de jiàn yě zài zhèr!
Good words! Here's my hand, and my sword too!
- Aramis 我的手也在这儿。
Wǒ de shǒu yě zài zhèr.
Mine is here too.
- D'Artagnan 我的……手也在这儿。我从来没有过这样的朋友。
Wǒ de… shǒu yě zài zhèr. Wǒ cónglái méiyǒu guò zhèyàng de péngyou.
And mine... I've never had friends like you.
- Athos 天一亮，我们就走。十天很短，路很长。
Tiān yí liàng, wǒmen jiù zǒu. Shí tiān hěn duǎn, lù hěn cháng.
We leave at first light. Ten days is short and the road is long.
- Porthos 谁拦住我们，我的剑就请他走开！
Shéi lánzhù wǒmen, wǒ de jiàn jiù qǐng tā zǒukāi!
Whoever blocks our way, my sword will politely ask him to move!
- Aramis 你的剑什么时候这么客气了？
Nǐ de jiàn shénme shíhou zhème kèqi le?
Since when is your sword so polite?
- Porthos 从我有新披风开始！
Cóng wǒ yǒu xīn pīfēng kāishǐ!
Since I got a new cloak!
- Athos 别回头。窗外有一个人，已经看了我们很久。
Bié huítóu. Chuāng wài yǒu yí gè rén, yǐjīng kàn le wǒmen hěn jiǔ.
Don't turn around. There's a man outside the window who has been watching us for a long time.
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What changed in the story?
- Why does Constance come to D'Artagnan for help?
“红衣主教想知道我们的秘密。”
- Who did the queen give the twelve diamonds to?
“王后又把它们送给了英国的白金汉公爵。”
- Why is the ball in ten days a problem?
“十天以后有舞会。国王会请王后戴上钻石。”
- How do the three musketeers react to the dangerous mission?
“大家为一个人，一个人为大家。”
- How does the chapter end?
“窗外有一个人，已经看了我们很久。”