狄更斯的小说特点 狄更斯双语小说:《董贝父子》第34章Part6

狄更斯双语小说:《董贝父子》第34章Part6  

'The only care she knew
' returned the daughter
'was to be beaten
and stinted
and abused sometimes; and she might have done better without that. She lived in homes like this
and in the streets
with a crowd of little wretches like herself; and yet she brought good looks out of this childhood. So much the worse for her. She had better have been hunted and worried to death for ugliness.'
'Go on! go on!' exclaimed the mother.
'I am going on
' returned the daughter. 'There was a girl called Alice Marwood. She was handsome. She was taught too late
and taught all wrong. She was too well cared for
too well trained
too well helped on
too much looked after. You were very fond of her - you were better off then. What came to that girl es to thousands every year. It was only ruin
and she was born to it.'
'After all these years!' whined the old woman. 'My gal begins with this.'
'She'll soon have ended
' said the daughter. 'There was a criminal called Alice Marwood - a girl still
but deserted and an outcast. And she was tried
and she was sentenced. And lord
how the gentlemen in the Court talked about it! and how grave the judge was on her duty
and on her having perverted the gifts of nature - as if he didn't know better than anybody there
that they had been made curses to her! - and how he preached about the strong arm of the Law - so very strong to save her
when she was an innocent and helpless little wretch! - and how solemn and religious it all was! I have thought of that
many times since
to be sure!'
She folded her arms tightly on her breast
and laughed in a tone that made the howl of the old woman musical.