莫言什么时候获得诺贝尔文学 诺贝尔文学经典:《宠儿》第5章Part 3

诺贝尔文学经典:《宠儿》第5章Part 3  

The boy dropped his eyes
then turned to join the other. With eel in her hand
the baby at her feet
Sethe dozed
dry-mouthed and sweaty. Evening came and the man touched her shoulder.
Contrary to what she expected they poled upriver
far away from the rowboat Amy had found. Jushen she thought he was taking her back to Kentucky
he turned the flatbed and crossed the Ohiolike a shot. There he helped her up the steep bank
while the boy without a jacket carried the babywho wore it. The man led her to a brush-covered hutch with a beaten floor.
"Wait here. Somebody be here directly. Don't move. They'll find you."
"Thank you
" she said. "I wish I knew your name so I could remember you right."
"Name's Stamp
" he said. "Stamp Paid. Watch out for that there baby
you hear?"
"I hear. I hear
" she said
but she didn't. Hours later a woman was right up on her before she hearda thing. A short woman
young
with a croaker sack
greeted her.
"Saw the sign a while ago
" she said. "But I couldn't get here no quicker."
"What sign?" asked Sethe.
"Stamp leaves the old sty open when there's a crossing. Knots a white rag on the post if it's a child too."
She knelt and emptied the sack. "My name's Ella
" she said
taking a wool blanket
cotton cloth
o baked sweet potatoes and a pair of men's shoes from the sack. "My husband
John
is outyonder a ways. Where you heading?"
Sethe told her about Baby Suggs where she had sent her three children.