四签名 123琼诺赞·斯茂的奇异故事(33)

I got into his room that same night, though,

那天晚上，我偷进了他的屋子，

and I searched his papers to see if there was any record of where he had hidden our jewels.

做了搜查，想从他的文件里找出他藏宝的地点，

There was not a line, however, so I came away, bitter and savage¹ as a man could be.

可是结果什么线索也没有得到。

Before I left I bethought me that if I ever met my Sikh friends again

在我离开之前，我想到倘若日后看见我的三个同伙，

it would be a satisfaction to know that I had left some mark of our hatred²;

可以告诉他们曾为报仇留下了标记，

so I scrawled³ down the sign of the four of us, as it had been on the chart, and I pinned it on his bosom⁴.

我就把和图上相同的四个签名留下，别在他的胸前。

It was too much that he should be taken to the grave without some token from the men whom he had robbed and befooled.

在埋葬他以前，受过他劫夺和欺骗的人不给他留点痕迹，未免太便宜他了。

We earned a living at this time by my exhibiting poor Tonga at fairs and other such places as the black cannibal.

自此以后，我依靠着在市集或其他类似的地方，把童格当作吃人黑生番公开展览，来维持生活。

He would eat raw meat and dance his war-dance: so we always had a hatful of pennies after a day's work.

他能吃生肉，跳生番的战舞，所以每天工作以后总能收入满满一帽子的铜板。

I still heard all the news from Pondicherry Lodge⁵,

我也常常听到樱沼别墅的消息。

and for some years there was no news to hear, except that they were hunting for the treasure.

几年来，除了他们还在那里觅宝以外，没有什么特别的消息。

At last, however, came what we had waited for so long. The treasure had been found.

直到最后，我们渴待的消息来到了，宝物已经寻到了。

It was up at the top of the house in Mr. Bartholomew Sholto's chemical laboratory.

就在巴索洛谬·舒尔托的化学实验室的屋顶内。

1 savage   

adj.野蛮的；凶恶的，残暴的；n.未开化的人

参考例句：

• The poor man received a savage beating from the thugs.那可怜的人遭到暴徒的痛打。
• He has a savage temper.他脾气粗暴。

2 hatred   

n.憎恶，憎恨，仇恨

参考例句：

• He looked at me with hatred in his eyes.他以憎恨的眼光望着我。
• The old man was seized with burning hatred for the fascists.老人对法西斯主义者充满了仇恨。

3 scrawled   

乱涂，潦草地写( scrawl的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• I tried to read his directions, scrawled on a piece of paper. 我尽量弄明白他草草写在一片纸上的指示。
• Tom scrawled on his slate, "Please take it -- I got more." 汤姆在他的写字板上写了几个字：“请你收下吧，我多得是哩。”

4 bosom   

n.胸，胸部；胸怀；内心；adj.亲密的

参考例句：

• She drew a little book from her bosom.她从怀里取出一本小册子。
• A dark jealousy stirred in his bosom.他内心生出一阵恶毒的嫉妒。

5 lodge   

v.临时住宿，寄宿，寄存，容纳；n.传达室，小旅馆

参考例句：

• Is there anywhere that I can lodge in the village tonight?村里有我今晚过夜的地方吗？
• I shall lodge at the inn for two nights.我要在这家小店住两个晚上。