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王子与贫儿|The Prince and the Pauper

第四章　王子开始遭难|Chapter IV.The Prince’s Troubles Begin

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经过好几小时持续的追逐和折磨之后，那一群闲人终于把王子抛开，不再纠缠他了。当他还能对那群暴徒大发脾气，摆出皇家的架子吓唬他们，并且发出皇家的命令，供他们取笑的时候，大家都觉得他怪好玩儿的；可是后来疲劳终于迫使他保持缄默，那些作弄他的人就对他不感兴趣，另找别处寻开心去了。这时候他向四周张望，可是并不认识那是什么地方。他是在伦敦城里——他所知道的就只有这一点。他漫无目的地往前走，过了一会儿，房屋渐渐稀少，过路的人也不多了。他把他那双流血的脚在小河里洗了洗，这条河流过的地方就是现在法林顿街的所在。他休息了几分钟，然后再往前走，不久就来到一块大空地，那儿只有几所疏散的房屋，还有一座巨大的教堂。这个教堂他是认识的。到处都搭着许多棚架，还有成群的工人，因为教堂正在进行维修。王子马上就精神焕发了——他觉得他的苦难现在已经结束了。他心里想道：“这是古老的圣芳济教堂，父王把它从修道士手中接收过来，改成了一所贫儿和弃儿的收养所，并且改名为基督教堂了。这里的人一定会乐于照顾这位对他们有过这么大恩惠的施主的儿子——尤其是因为那个儿子自己也像这里所收容的或是以后将要收容的儿童那样穷苦无依，他们更不能不予以照顾了。”

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他不久就走到了一群男孩子当中，他们正在乱跑乱跳，打球和做跳背游戏，或是玩耍别的花样，玩得非常热闹。这些孩子都穿着同样的衣服，那种服装的样式是在当时的仆人和学徒当中很流行的——这就是说，每人头顶上戴着一顶黑色小扁帽，大小和茶碟差不多。这种帽子尺寸很小，对于遮盖头部并没有什么用处，同时也说不上有什么装饰的作用；头发并不分开，就从帽檐底下垂到额部中间，周围剪得整整齐齐；颈部围着一条像牧师系的那种宽领带；身上穿着一件紧身的蓝色长袍，一直垂到膝部，或是更低；又长又宽的袖子；红色的宽腰带；鲜黄色的长袜子，袜带系在膝部以上；短筒鞋，鞋上有大颗的金属鞋扣。这种服装真是够丑陋的。

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孩子们停止了玩耍，围拢在王子身边，王子以天生的高贵神气说：

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“好孩子们，去告诉你们的所长，就说皇太子爱德华要和他谈话。”

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孩子们一听这话，大嚷了一阵，有一个粗鲁的小家伙说：

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“哎呀哈，你是殿下的差人吗，叫花子？”

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王子气得脸色通红，他马上就伸手到腰下去摸，可是腰下什么也没有。孩子们又大声哄笑了一阵，有一个孩子说：

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“瞧见了吗？他还当是有一把剑哩——说不定他本人就是王子哪。”

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这一句俏皮话又引起了一阵大笑。可怜的爱德华高傲地挺直身子说道：

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“我就是王子。你们受了我父王的恩惠，反而这样对待我，未免太不懂礼。”

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孩子们听了这话又觉得非常有趣，这可以由他们的一阵大笑看得出来。首先说话的那个小伙子对他的同伴们嚷道：

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“嗬，你们这些畜生、奴才，靠太子殿下的父王施恩养活的家伙，怎么这么无礼？你们这些贱骨头快跪下，一齐跪下，瞻仰太子殿下的威仪和他这套皇家的破烂衣裳吧！”

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大家在一阵狂笑中一齐跪下，以开玩笑的态度向他们作弄的对象致敬。王子一脚猛踢最靠近的那个孩子，暴怒地说：

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“先赏你这一脚，且等明天我再给你搭起一个绞架来！”

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哎呀，这可不是闹着玩的——简直超出开玩笑的范围了。笑声立刻停止，转成愤怒了。十几个孩子嚷道：

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“把他拉走！拉到洗马池那儿去！狗在哪儿？嗬，来吧，狮子！嗬，獠牙！”

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随后就发生了英国从来没有见过的一桩事情——皇太子的御体被老百姓的手粗暴地殴打，并且他们还唆使恶狗去袭击和撕咬他。

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那天夜幕渐渐降下的时候，王子来到了城内房屋稠密的地区。他已遍体鳞伤，手上在流血，一身破衣服沾满了污泥。他继续往前游荡，走了又走，心里越来越慌张；他疲倦无力到了极点，以至于两条腿简直有些拖不动了。他再也不向人探询，因为他问话问不出消息，反而引起人家对他的侮辱。他老是自言自语地低声说：“垃圾大院——就是这个地名，我要是不精疲力竭，倒在地上，就能找到这个地方，那我就得救了——因为他家里的人会把我带到王宫里去，证明我不是他们这家的人，而是真正的王子，那么我就可以恢复我的身份了。”他心里时时回想起基督教养院里那些粗野的孩子对待他的情形，于是他就说：“等我当了国王的时候，他们就不仅会得到面包和住处，还要读书受教育。因为只吃饱肚子，脑子里却闹饥荒，心灵也得不到营养，那是没有什么价值的。我要把这个随时牢记在心里，不忘掉今天所受的教训，以免我的百姓因此而吃苦；因为学问可以使人变得温和，培养文雅和仁爱的品质。”

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各处的灯光渐渐地闪烁起来，天上也下起雨来了，随即又刮起了风，于是狂风暴雨之夜就开始了。那落魄的王子，无家可归的将要继承英国王位的太子仍旧在往前走，越来越深入那些迷宫似的肮脏小巷，那是一些又穷又苦的人家像密集的蜂窝似的聚居在一起的地方。

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忽然有一个高大的醉汉一把揪住他说：

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“又是一出去就到这会儿还不回家，我看准还是一个铜子儿也没带回来！要真是这样的话，我要不把你这一身瘦骨头全给打断，那我就情愿改个姓，不算是约翰·康第了。”

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王子把身子一扭，摆脱了那个人，还不知不觉地把他那被玷污了的肩膀拍拍干净，然后迫切地问道：

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“啊，原来你就是他的父亲，真的吗？多谢老天，但愿如此——那么你去把他带走，让我恢复身份吧！”

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“他的父亲！我不懂你这是什么意思，我只知道我是你的父亲，你回头就会……”

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“啊，莫开玩笑，莫说废话，莫耽搁工夫！——我累了，我受了伤，我再也熬不下去了，你把我带回我父王那里去，他会让你大阔特阔，你做天大的梦也想不到的。相信我吧，喂，相信我吧！——我不说谎，我说的都是实话！——你伸出手来救我一把吧！我的确是太子！”

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那个人愣住了，他低下头瞪着眼睛望了望这孩子，然后摇摇头，嘟哝着说：“你发疯了，简直和疯人院里的疯子一样！”然后又把王子揪住，一面发出粗俗的笑声和咒骂，说道，“可是不管你疯不疯，我和你奶奶回头就会弄清楚你这身贱骨头哪儿最软，要不然我就不算好汉！”

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他说完这话，就把那气得发疯的、拼命挣扎的王子拽着走，拽进房屋前面的一条窄巷，背后跟着一群很感兴趣的、乱哄哄的闲人。

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After hours of persistent pursuit and persecution, the little prince was at last deserted by the rabble and left to himself.As long as he had been able to rage against the mob, and threaten it royally, and royally utter commands that were good stuff to laugh at, he was very entertaining；but when weariness finally forced him to be silent, he was no longer of use to his tormentors, and they sought amusement elsewhere.He looked about him, now, but could not recognise the locality.He was within the city of London—that was all he knew.He moved on, aimlessly, and in a little while the houses thinned, and the passers-by were infrequent.He bathed his bleeding feet in the brook which flowed then where Farringdon Street now is；rested a few moments, then passed on, and presently came upon a great space with only a few scattered houses in it, and a prodigious church.He recognised this church.Scaffoldings were about, everywhere, and swarms of workmen；for it was undergoing elaborate repairs.The prince took heart at once—he felt that his troubles were at an end now.He said to himself，“It is the ancient Grey Friars’Church, which the king my father hath taken from the monks and given for a home forever for poor and forsaken children, and new-named it Christ’s Church.Right gladly will they serve the son of him who hath done so generously by them—and the more that that son is himself as poor and as forlorn as any that be sheltered here this day, or ever shall be.”

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He was soon in the midst of a crowd of boys who were running, jumping, playing at ball and leap-frog and otherwise disporting themselves, and right noisily, too.They were all dressed alike, and in the fashion which in that day prevailed among servingmen and ’prentices—that is to say, each had on the crown of his head a flat black cap about the size of a saucer, which was not useful as a covering, it being of such scanty dimensions, neither was it ornamental；from beneath it the hair fell, unparted, to the middle of the forehead, and was cropped straight around；a clerical band at the neck；a blue gown that fitted closely and hung as low as the knees or lower；full sleeves；a broad red belt；bright yellow stockings, gartered above the knees；low shoes with large metal buckles.It was a sufficiently ugly costume.

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The boys stopped their play and flocked about the prince, who said with native dignity：

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“Good lads, say to your master that Edward Prince of Wales desireth speech with him.”

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A great shout went up, at this, and one rude fellow said：

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“Marry, art thou his grace’s messenger, beggar?”

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The prince’s face flushed with anger, and his ready hand flew to his hip, but there was nothing there.There was a storm of laughter, and one boy said：

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“Didst mark that?He fancied he had a sword—belike he is the prince himself.”

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This sally brought more laughter.Poor Edward drew himself up proudly and said：

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“I am the prince；and it ill beseemeth you that feed upon the king my father’s bounty to use me so.”

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This was vastly enjoyed, as the laughter testified.The youth who had first spoken, shouted to his comrades：

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“Ho, swine, slaves, pensioners of his grace’s princely father, where be your manners?Down on your marrow bones, all of ye, and do reverence to his kingly port and royal rags！”

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With boisterous mirth they dropped upon their knees in a body and did mock homage to their prey.The prince spurned the nearest boy with his foot, and said fiercely：

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“Take thou that, till the morrow come and I build thee a gibbet！”

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Ah, but this was not a joke—this was going beyond fun.The laughter ceased on the instant, and fury took its place.A dozen shouted：

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“Hale him forth！To the horse-pond, to the horse-pond！Where be the dogs?Ho, there, Lion！ho, Fangs！”

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Then followed such a thing as England had never seen before—the sacred person of the heir to the throne rudely buffeted by plebeian hands, and set upon and torn by dogs.

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As night drew to a close that day, the prince found himself far down in the close-built portion of the city.His body was bruised, his hands were bleeding, and his rags were all besmirched with mud.He wandered on and on, and grew more and more bewildered, and so tired and faint he could hardly drag one foot after the other.He had ceased to ask questions of any one, since they brought him only insult instead of information.He kept muttering to himself，“Offal Court—that is the name；if I can but find it before my strength is wholly spent and I drop, then am I saved—for his people will take me to the palace and prove that I am none of theirs, but the true prince, and I shall have mine own again.”And now and then his mind reverted to his treatment by those rude Christ’s Hospital boys, and he said，“When I am king, they shall not have bread and shelter only, but also teachings out of books；for a full belly is little worth where the mind is starved, and the heart.I will keep this diligently in my remembrance, that this day’s lesson be not lost upon me, and my people suffer thereby；for learning softeneth the heart and breedeth gentleness and charity.”

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The lights began to twinkle, it came on to rain, the wind rose, and a raw and gusty night set in.The houseless prince, the homeless heir to the throne of England, still moved on, drifting deeper into the maze of squalid alleys where the swarming hives of poverty and misery were massed together.

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Suddenly a great drunken ruffian collared him and said：

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“Out to this time of night again, and hast not brought a farthing home, I warrant me！If it be so, an’I do not break all the bones in thy lean body, then am I not John Canty, but some other.”

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The prince twisted himself loose, unconsciously brushed his profaned shoulder, and eagerly said：

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“Oh, art his father, truly?Sweet Heaven grant it be so—then wilt thou fetch him away and restore me！”

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“His father?I know not what thou mean’st；I but know I am thy father, as thou shalt soon have cause to—”

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“Oh, jest not, palter not, delay not！—I am worn, I am wounded, I can bear no more.Take me to the king my father, and he will make thee rich beyond thy wildest dreams.Believe me, man, believe me！—I speak no lie, but only the truth！—put forth thy hand and save me！I am indeed the Prince of Wales！”

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The man stared down, stupefied, upon the lad, then shook his head and muttered：

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“Gone stark mad as any Tom o’Bedlam！”—then collared him once more, and said with a coarse laugh and an oath，“But mad or no mad, I and thy Gammer Canty will soon find where the soft places in thy bones lie, or I’m no true man！”

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With this he dragged the frantic and struggling prince away, and disappeared up a front court followed by a delighted and noisy swarm of human vermin.

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	utter ['ʌtə(r)]	adj.完全的;全然的;绝对的
	entertain [ˌentə'teɪn]	v.娱乐;使有兴趣;招待;考虑;抱有;容纳
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	locality [ləʊ'kæləti]	n.地区;位置;地点;方位
	aimless ['eɪmləs]	adj.无目的的;没有目标的
	passer-by ['pɑːsəbaɪ]	n.过路人;经过者
	swarm [swɔːm]	n.群;蜂群
	felted ['feltɪd]	v. 把 ... 制成毡(使 ... 粘结)
	monk [mʌŋk]	n.僧侣;修道士
	forsake [fə'seɪk]	v.放弃;断念;抛弃
	disport [dɪ'spɔːt]	v.玩;耍;使快乐
	noisily ['nɔɪzɪli]	adv.喧闹地
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	lad [læd]	n.少年;小伙子;伙伴
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	warrant ['wɒrənt]	n.委任状;凭证;根据;正当理由
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第四章 王子开始遭难|Chapter IV.The Prince’s Troubles Begin

孩子们停止了玩耍，围拢在王子身边，王子以天生的高贵神气说：

“好孩子们，去告诉你们的所长，就说皇太子爱德华要和他谈话。”

孩子们一听这话，大嚷了一阵，有一个粗鲁的小家伙说：

“哎呀哈，你是殿下的差人吗，叫花子？”

王子气得脸色通红，他马上就伸手到腰下去摸，可是腰下什么也没有。孩子们又大声哄笑了一阵，有一个孩子说：

“瞧见了吗？他还当是有一把剑哩——说不定他本人就是王子哪。”

这一句俏皮话又引起了一阵大笑。可怜的爱德华高傲地挺直身子说道：

“我就是王子。你们受了我父王的恩惠，反而这样对待我，未免太不懂礼。”

孩子们听了这话又觉得非常有趣，这可以由他们的一阵大笑看得出来。首先说话的那个小伙子对他的同伴们嚷道：

“嗬，你们这些畜生、奴才，靠太子殿下的父王施恩养活的家伙，怎么这么无礼？你们这些贱骨头快跪下，一齐跪下，瞻仰太子殿下的威仪和他这套皇家的破烂衣裳吧！”

大家在一阵狂笑中一齐跪下，以开玩笑的态度向他们作弄的对象致敬。王子一脚猛踢最靠近的那个孩子，暴怒地说：

“先赏你这一脚，且等明天我再给你搭起一个绞架来！”

哎呀，这可不是闹着玩的——简直超出开玩笑的范围了。笑声立刻停止，转成愤怒了。十几个孩子嚷道：

“把他拉走！拉到洗马池那儿去！狗在哪儿？嗬，来吧，狮子！嗬，獠牙！”

随后就发生了英国从来没有见过的一桩事情——皇太子的御体被老百姓的手粗暴地殴打，并且他们还唆使恶狗去袭击和撕咬他。

忽然有一个高大的醉汉一把揪住他说：

“又是一出去就到这会儿还不回家，我看准还是一个铜子儿也没带回来！要真是这样的话，我要不把你这一身瘦骨头全给打断，那我就情愿改个姓，不算是约翰·康第了。”

王子把身子一扭，摆脱了那个人，还不知不觉地把他那被玷污了的肩膀拍拍干净，然后迫切地问道：

“啊，原来你就是他的父亲，真的吗？多谢老天，但愿如此——那么你去把他带走，让我恢复身份吧！”

“他的父亲！我不懂你这是什么意思，我只知道我是你的父亲，你回头就会……”

他说完这话，就把那气得发疯的、拼命挣扎的王子拽着走，拽进房屋前面的一条窄巷，背后跟着一群很感兴趣的、乱哄哄的闲人。

The boys stopped their play and flocked about the prince, who said with native dignity：

“Good lads, say to your master that Edward Prince of Wales desireth speech with him.”

A great shout went up, at this, and one rude fellow said：

“Marry, art thou his grace’s messenger, beggar?”

The prince’s face flushed with anger, and his ready hand flew to his hip, but there was nothing there.There was a storm of laughter, and one boy said：

“Didst mark that?He fancied he had a sword—belike he is the prince himself.”

This sally brought more laughter.Poor Edward drew himself up proudly and said：

“I am the prince；and it ill beseemeth you that feed upon the king my father’s bounty to use me so.”

This was vastly enjoyed, as the laughter testified.The youth who had first spoken, shouted to his comrades：

“Ho, swine, slaves, pensioners of his grace’s princely father, where be your manners?Down on your marrow bones, all of ye, and do reverence to his kingly port and royal rags！”

With boisterous mirth they dropped upon their knees in a body and did mock homage to their prey.The prince spurned the nearest boy with his foot, and said fiercely：

“Take thou that, till the morrow come and I build thee a gibbet！”

Ah, but this was not a joke—this was going beyond fun.The laughter ceased on the instant, and fury took its place.A dozen shouted：

“Hale him forth！To the horse-pond, to the horse-pond！Where be the dogs?Ho, there, Lion！ho, Fangs！”

Then followed such a thing as England had never seen before—the sacred person of the heir to the throne rudely buffeted by plebeian hands, and set upon and torn by dogs.

The lights began to twinkle, it came on to rain, the wind rose, and a raw and gusty night set in.The houseless prince, the homeless heir to the throne of England, still moved on, drifting deeper into the maze of squalid alleys where the swarming hives of poverty and misery were massed together.

Suddenly a great drunken ruffian collared him and said：

“Out to this time of night again, and hast not brought a farthing home, I warrant me！If it be so, an’I do not break all the bones in thy lean body, then am I not John Canty, but some other.”

The prince twisted himself loose, unconsciously brushed his profaned shoulder, and eagerly said：

“Oh, art his father, truly?Sweet Heaven grant it be so—then wilt thou fetch him away and restore me！”

“His father?I know not what thou mean’st；I but know I am thy father, as thou shalt soon have cause to—”

The man stared down, stupefied, upon the lad, then shook his head and muttered：

“Gone stark mad as any Tom o’Bedlam！”—then collared him once more, and said with a coarse laugh and an oath，“But mad or no mad, I and thy Gammer Canty will soon find where the soft places in thy bones lie, or I’m no true man！”

With this he dragged the frantic and struggling prince away, and disappeared up a front court followed by a delighted and noisy swarm of human vermin.

第四章　王子开始遭难|Chapter IV.The Prince’s Troubles Begin