狄更斯的小说特点 狄更斯双语小说:《董贝父子》第34章Part2

狄更斯双语小说:《董贝父子》第34章Part2  

'From beyond seas?' cried the old woman
starting up.
'Ay
from beyond seas.'
The old woman raked the fire together
hurriedly
and going close to her visitor who had entered
and shut the door
and who now stood in the middle of the room
put her hand upon the drenched cloak
and turned the unresisting figure
so as to have it in the full light of the fire. She did not find what she had expected
whatever that might be; for she let the cloak go again
and uttered a querulous cry of disappointment and misery.
'What is the matter?' asked her visitor.
'Oho! Oho!' cried the old woman
turning her face upward
with a terrible howl.
'What is the matter?' asked the visitor again.
'It's not my gal!' cried the old woman
tossing up her arms
and clasping her hands above her head. 'Where's my Alice? Where's my handsome daughter? They've been the death of her!'
'They've not been the death of her yet
if your name's Marwood
' said the visitor.
'Have you seen my gal
then?' cried the old woman. 'Has she wrote to me?'
'She said you couldn't read
' returned the other.
'No more I can!' exclaimed the old woman
wringing her hands.
'Have you no light here?' said the other
looking round the room.
The old woman
mumbling and shaking her head
and muttering to herself about her handsome daughter
brought a candle from a cupboard in the corner
and thrusting it into the fire with a trembling hand
lighted it with some difficulty and set it on the table. Its dirty wick burnt dimly at first
being choked in its own grease; and when the bleared eyes and failing sight of the old woman could distinguish anything by its light
her visitor was sitting with her arms folded
her eyes turned downwards
and a handkerchief she had worn upon her head lying on the table by her side.
'She sent to me by word of mouth then
my gal
Alice?' mumbled the old woman
after waiting for some moments. 'What did she say?'
'Look
' returned the visitor.
The old woman repeated the word in a scared uncertain way; and
shading her eyes
looked at the speaker
round the room
and at the speaker once again.
'Alice said look again
mother;' and the speaker fixed her eyes upon her.