狄更斯哪部作品好 狄更斯双语小说:《董贝父子》第17章Part 06

狄更斯双语小说:《董贝父子》第17章Part 06  

The Captain
who did not fail to make himself acquainted with all that passed
through inquiries of Walter from day to day
found the time still tending on towards his going away
without any occasion offering itself
or seeming likely toofferitself
for a better understanding of his position. It was after much consideration of this fact
and much pondering over such an unfortunate bination of circumstances
that a bright idea occurred to the Captain. Suppose he made a call on Mr Carker
and tried to find out from him how the land really lay!
Captain Cuttle liked this idea very much. It came upon him in a moment of inspiration
as he was smoking an early pipe in Brig Place after breakfast; and it was worthy of the tobacco. It would quiet his conscience
which was an honest one
and was made a little uneasy by what Walter had confided to him
and what Sol Gills had said; and it would be a deep
shrewd act of friendship. He would sound Mr Carker carefully
and say much or little
just as he read that gentleman's character
and discovered that they got on well together or the reverse.
Accordingly
without the fear of Walter before his eyes (who he knew was at home packing)
Captain Cuttle again assumed his ankle-jacks and mourning brooch
and issued forth on this second expedition. He purchased no propitiatory nosegay on the present occasion
as he was going to a place of business; but he put a small sunflower in his button-hole to give himself an agreeable relish of the country; and with this
and the knobby stick
and the glazed hat
bore down upon the offices of Dombey and Son.
因此，不怕遇见沃尔特（他知道他在家里忙着收拾行李），卡特尔船长重新穿上短靴，别上哀悼友人的胸针，走上他的第二次征途。这次他没有买送礼的花束，因为他是到一个办公的地方去；但是他在钮釦孔里插了一朵小小的向日葵花，身上发出了令人愉快的乡村的清香，他就这样拿着那根多节的手杖，戴着上了光的帽子，动身到董贝父子公司去了。