唐顿庄园第二季第八集_7

 　　唐顿庄园第二季第八集_7

　　[INT. SERVANTS' HALL - DAY]

　　[One of the serving bells rings. Bates turns to one of the extra servants.]

　　MR BATES

　　Take care of that, thank you.

　　[The servant leaves as Anna enters.]

　　MR BATES

　　How're you doing?

　　ANNA

　　I'm not sure. Her Ladyship's worse.

　　MR BATES

　　I'm sorry.

　　ANNA

　　Jane said you wanted to see me.

　　MR BATES

　　It's only to say that I've done it. I've booked the registrar¹. [Anna beams.]

　　ANNA

　　When for?

　　MR BATES

　　He's had a cancellation², so it's...it's Friday afternoon.

　　ANNA

　　This Friday?

　　[Ethel enters with Charlie.]

　　ANNA

　　Ethel? What are you doing here?

　　[Anna greats Charlie as Jane enters.]

　　JANE

　　Those Bryants have turned up agai--

　　ETHEL

　　That's what.

　　ANNA

　　I'll find Mrs Hughes and come back for you.

　　[Anna smiles at Bates on her way out.]

　　[INT. PARLOUR - DAY]

　　MRS HUGHES

　　I hope I haven't kept you waiting.

　　MRS BRYANT

　　No, no.

　　MRS HUGHES

　　I'm afraid we have illness in the house, so I hope you can excuse Lord and Lady Grantham.

　　MR BRYANT

　　It's not them we've come to see, is it? Is she here?

　　MRS HUGHES

　　She's just coming now.

　　[Anna opens the door for Ethel and Charlie.]

　　MRS BRYANT

　　May I meet him properly?

　　ETHEL

　　Come along, Charlie.

　　[She carries him to Mrs Bryant, both of them smiling.]

　　ETHEL

　　This nice lady is your grandmother.

　　MRS BRYANT

　　Perhaps you could call me Gran.

　　MRS HUGHES

　　He's a stout³ little chap, isn't he?

　　MRS BRYANT

　　And so like Charles. I thought it when we were last here. I know what was said at the time and Mr Bryant's sorry for it now, but I could see he was just like Charles.

　　MR BRYANT

　　Never mind all that. Let's get down to business.

　　ETHEL

　　Business?

　　MRS HUGHES MR BRYANT

　　That's what you want from us, isn't it? Find out what we mean to do for little Charlie in the future.

　　[INT. KITCHENS - DAY]

　　DAISY MASON

　　What do you mean, "she might die"?

　　O'BRIEN

　　What do you think happens with a fatal illness? The fairy's come?

　　MRS PATMORE

　　By heaven, if anything happens to her, it won't be your fault, Miss O'Brien. I've never seen such care.

　　O'BRIEN

　　I wish I could talk to her, that's all, but she doesn't know me.

　　MRS PATMORE

　　I'm sure she knows how hard you've worked for her.

　　O'BRIEN

　　It's not that. There's something I need...Never mind. Either I will or I won't.

　　[O'Brien takes the tray and exits.]

　　MRS PATMORE

　　You never know people, do you? You can work with them for twenty years and you don't know them at all.

　　[INT. PARLOUR - DAY]

　　ETHEL

　　What? You mean, give him up? Never see him again?

　　MR BRYANT

　　Those are my terms.

　　MRS HUGHES

　　But...would it hurt if Ethel were to care for him in your own house? She could be his nurse.

　　MRS BRYANT

　　That might be possible.

　　ETHEL

　　MRS HUGHES MR BRYANT

　　Of course she can't be his nurse. Just think for a minute. We mean to bring him up as a gentleman, send him to [Harrowsay?] and Oxford⁴, and all the while his mother's down in the servants' hall? How does that work?

　　ETHEL

　　Well, I-- I could.

　　MR BRYANT

　　No, no, no. Don't you see? We want to raise him as our grandson, not as a housemaid's bastard⁵.

　　MRS BRYANT

　　Well, he has to know the truth sometime.

　　MR BRYANT

　　Maybe. But not for a long time. Till then, his father had a wartime marriage until he died, and his mother succumbed⁶ to Spanish flu.

　　MRS BRYANT

　　A lot of people have.

　　MRS HUGHES

　　We've quite a few upstairs.

　　MR BRYANT

　　And that, for many years at least, is all that Charlie will be told.

　　ETHEL

　　So, I'm just to be written out? Painted over, buried?

　　MR BRYANT

　　What matters is what's good for Charlie.

　　ETHEL

　　No. What's good for Charlie, and what's good for you?

　　[Ethel stands up angry. She walks over to Mrs Bryant.]

　　ETHEL

　　You've got a heart, I know you have. You see what he's asking?

　　[Mr Bryant stands.]

　　MR BRYANT

　　Ethel, consider this: in the world as it is, compare the two futures⁷. The first as my heir⁸, educated, privileged, rich, able to do what he wants, to marry whom he likes. The second as the bastard son--

　　[Mrs Hughes stands up.]

　　MRS HUGHES

　　I think we've heard enough of that word for one day.

　　MR BRYANT

　　Very well. As the...nameless offshoot of drudge⁹. You're his mother. Which would you choose for him?

　　ETHEL

　　Suppose I could be his nurse and never tell him who I am? Suppose I promised that?

　　[Mrs Bryant stands.]

　　MRS BRYANT

　　Surely--

　　MR BRYANT

　　Come on, we all know that's a promise you could never keep.

　　[Anna enters.]

　　ANNA

　　I'm sorry, Mrs Hughes. We must send for the doctor to come at once. Her Ladyship's much worse.

　　MRS BRYANT

　　I--I'm afraid--

　　MR BRYANT

　　Go where you're needed, we've has our say, and you know how to reach us when you've made your decision.

　　[Mrs Bryant and Ethel exchange a look.]

　　MR BRYANT

　　Come along Daphne.

　　[INT. LADY GRANTHAM'S BEDROOM - DAY]

　　[O'Brien continues to nurse Cora alone.]

　　CORA

　　O'Brien? Is that you, O'Brien?

　　[O'Brien smiles.]

　　O'BRIEN

　　Yes, milady. It's me, milady.

　　CORA

　　You're so good to me. You've always been so good to me.

　　O'BRIEN

　　Not always, milady.

　　CORA

　　So good.

　　O'BRIEN

　　No. And the fact is, I want to ask so much for your forgiveness, because I did something once which I bitterly regret. Bitterly. And if you could only know how much--

　　CORA

　　So very good.

　　[Cora is clearly still delirious¹⁰. Robert enters.]

　　ROBERT

　　How is she?

　　O'BRIEN

　　She slept and she seemed better, then suddenly the fever came back.

　　ROBERT

　　O'Brien, thank you for the way you've looked after her. I mean it, I'm very grateful, whatever comes.

1 registrar   

n.记录员，登记员；(大学的)注册主任

参考例句：

• You can obtain the application from the registrar.你可以向注册人员索取申请书。
• The manager fired a young registrar.经理昨天解雇了一名年轻的记录员。

2 cancellation   

n.删除，取消

参考例句：

• Heavy seas can cause cancellation of ferry services.海上风浪太大，可能须要取消渡轮服务。
• Her cancellation of her trip to Paris upset our plan.她取消了巴黎之行打乱了我们的计划。

3 stout   

adj.强壮的，粗大的，结实的，勇猛的，矮胖的

参考例句：

• He cut a stout stick to help him walk.他砍了一根结实的枝条用来拄着走路。
• The stout old man waddled across the road.那肥胖的老人一跩一跩地穿过马路。

4 Oxford   

n.牛津（英国城市）

参考例句：

• At present he has become a Professor of Chemistry at Oxford.他现在已是牛津大学的化学教授了。
• This is where the road to Oxford joins the road to London.这是去牛津的路与去伦敦的路的汇合处。

5 bastard   

n.坏蛋，混蛋；私生子

参考例句：

• He was never concerned about being born a bastard.他从不介意自己是私生子。
• There was supposed to be no way to get at the bastard.据说没有办法买通那个混蛋。

6 succumbed   

不再抵抗（诱惑、疾病、攻击等）( succumb的过去式和过去分词 )； 屈从； 被压垮； 死

参考例句：

• The town succumbed after a short siege. 该城被围困不久即告失守。
• After an artillery bombardment lasting several days the town finally succumbed. 在持续炮轰数日后，该城终于屈服了。

7 futures   

n.期货，期货交易

参考例句：

• He continued his operations in cotton futures.他继续进行棉花期货交易。
• Cotton futures are selling at high prices.棉花期货交易的卖价是很高的。

8 heir   

n.继承人，接班人

参考例句：

• The King's eldest son is the heir to the throne.国王的长子是王位的继承人。
• We don't recognised him to be the lawful heir.我们不承认他为合法继承人。

9 drudge   

n.劳碌的人；v.做苦工，操劳

参考例句：

• I feel like a real drudge--I've done nothing but clean all day!我觉得自己像个做苦工的--整天都在做清洁工作！
• I'm a poor,miserable,forlorn drudge;I shall only drag you down with me.我是一个贫穷，倒运，走投无路的苦力，只会拖累你。

10 delirious   

adj.不省人事的，神智昏迷的

参考例句：

• He was delirious,murmuring about that matter.他精神恍惚，低声叨念着那件事。
• She knew that he had become delirious,and tried to pacify him.她知道他已经神志昏迷起来了，极力想使他镇静下来。