莫言什么时候获得诺贝尔文学 诺贝尔文学经典:《宠儿》第13章Part 3

诺贝尔文学经典:《宠儿》第13章Part 3  

"Here we are."Baby picked up her bundle and with great difficulty
caused by her hip and the hours of sitting in awagon
climbed down. Mr. Garner was up the walk and on the porch before she touched ground
but she got a peep at a Negro girl's face at the open door before she followed a path to the back ofthe house. She waited what seemed a long time before this same girl opened the kitchen door andoffered her a seat by the window.
"Can I get you anything to eat
ma'am?" the girl asked. "No
darling. I'd look favorable on somewater though." The girl went to the sink and pumped a cupful of water. She placed it in BabySuggs' hand. "I'm Janey
ma'am."Baby
marveling at the sink
drank every drop of water although it tasted like a serious medicine.
"Suggs
" she said
blotting her lips with the back of her hand. "Baby Suggs.""Glad to meet you
Mrs. Suggs. You going to be staying here?" "I don't know where I'll be. er — that's him what brought me here — he say he arrange something for me." And then
"I'mfree
you know."Janey smiled. "Yes
ma'am.""Your people live around here?""Yes
ma'am. All us live out on Bluestone.""We scattered
" said Baby Suggs
"but maybe not for long."Great God
she thought
where do I start? Get somebody to write old Whitlow. See who took Pattyand Rosa Lee. Somebody name Dunn got Ardelia and went West
she heard. No point in trying forTyree or John. They cut thirty years ago and
if she searched too hard and they were hiding
finding them would do them more harm than good. Nancy and Famous died in a ship off theVirginia coast before it set sail for Savannah. That much she knew. The overseer at Whitlow'splace brought her the news
more from a wish to have his way with her than from the kindness ofhis heart. The captain waited three weeks in port
to get a full cargo before setting off. Of theslaves in the hold who didn't make it
he said
o were Whitlow pickaninnies name of...