银河系漫游指南国语 经典科幻文学:《银河系漫游指南》第7章 Part 8

经典科幻文学:《银河系漫游指南》第7章 Part 8  

"But thanks for taking an interest
" said the Vogon guard. "Bye now." He flung Ford and Arthur through the hatchway into the small chamber within. Arthur lay panting for breath. Ford scrambled round and flung his shoulder uselessly against the reclosing hatchway.
"But listen
" he shouted to the guard
"there's a whole world you don't know anything about ... here how about this?" Desperately he grabbed for the only bit of culture he knew offhand — he hummed the first bar of Beethoven's Fifth.
"Da da da dum! Doesn't that stir anything in you?"
"No
" said the guard
"not really. But I'll mention it to my aunt."
If he said anything further after that it was lost. The hatchway sealed itself tight
and all sound was lost but the faint distant hum of the ship's engines.
They were in a brightly polished cylindrical chamber about six feet in diameter and ten feet long.
"Potentially bright lad I thought
" he said and slumped against the curved wall.
Arthur was still lying in the curve of the floor where he had fallen. He didn't look up. He just lay panting.
"We're trapped now aren't we?"
"Yes
" said Ford
"we're trapped."