🔊 He walked straight up to the man whom he saw in the garden. He had taken in his hand the roll of silver which was in the pocket of his waistcoat.

他径直走向他在花园里看见的那个人。他手里攥着背心口袋里那卷银币。

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waistcoat /ˈweɪstkəʊt/

n. 马甲,背心➕

🔊 The man’s head was bent down, and he did not see him approaching. In a few strides Jean Valjean stood beside him.

那人低着头,没有看见他走近。只消几步,冉阿让就站到了他身旁。

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approaching /əˈprəʊtʃɪŋ/

v. 接近,靠近➕

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strides /straɪdz/

n. 大步➕

🔊 Jean Valjean accosted him with the cry:-- “One hundred francs!”

冉阿让喊住他,大声说道:“一百法郎！”

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accosted /əˈkɒstɪd/

v. 搭讪,上前打招呼➕

🔊 The man gave a start and raised his eyes.

那人吓了一跳,抬起头来。

🔊 “You can earn a hundred francs,” went on Jean Valjean, “if you will grant me shelter for this night.”

“你要是肯让我在这儿过一夜,”冉阿让接着说,“就能赚到一百法郎。”

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grant /ɡrɑːnt/

v. 允许,准予➕

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shelter /ˈʃeltə/

n. 庇护所,遮蔽处➕

🔊 The moon shone full upon Jean Valjean’s terrified countenance.

月光将冉阿让惊恐的面孔照得清清楚楚。

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countenance /ˈkaʊntɪnəns/

n. 面容,表情➕

🔊 “What! so it is you, Father Madeleine!” said the man.

“什么！是您呀,马德兰老爹！”那人说道。

🔊 That name, thus pronounced, at that obscure hour, in that unknown spot, by that strange man, made Jean Valjean start back.

这个名号,在这个昏暗的时刻,在这个陌生的地方,从这个陌生人口中说出,让冉阿让后退了一步。

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obscure /əbˈskjʊə/

adj. 昏暗的,模糊的,不知名的➕

🔊 He had expected anything but that. The person who thus addressed him was a bent and lame old man, dressed almost like a peasant, who wore on his left knee a leather kneecap, whence hung a moderately large bell. His face, which was in the shadow, was not distinguishable. However, the goodman had removed his cap, and exclaimed, trembling all over:--

他什么都想到了,唯独没想到这个。对他说话的这个人是个弯腰驼背的跛腿老人,穿得几乎像个农民,左膝上绑着一个皮护膝,上面挂着一只不算太小的铃铛。他的脸藏在暗处,看不分明。不过,那老人已经摘下帽子,浑身哆嗦着叫道:--

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lame /leɪm/

adj. 跛的,瘸的➕

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whence /wɛns/

adv. 从何处,从哪里➕

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distinguishable /dɪˈstɪŋɡwɪʃəb(ə)l/

adj. 可区别的,可辨认的➕

🔊 “Ah, good God! How come you here, Father Madeleine? Where did you enter? Dieu-Jesus! Did you fall from heaven? There is no trouble about that: if ever you do fall, it will be from there. And what a state you are in! You have no cravat; you have no hat; you have no coat! Do you know, you would have frightened anyone who did not know you? No coat! Lord God! Are the saints going mad nowadays? But how did you get in here?”

“啊,老天爷！您怎么会在这儿,马德兰老爹？您是从哪儿进来的？我的上帝！您是从天上掉下来的吗？要是您真会掉下来,那肯定是从那儿掉下来的。您这副模样！没戴领带,没戴帽子,没穿外套！您知道吗,不认识您的人准会给您吓着！没有外套！主啊！难道如今圣人都疯了吗？可您是怎么进来的呢？”

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cravat /krəˈvæt/

n. 领巾,围巾➕

🔊 His words tumbled over each other. The goodman talked with a rustic volubility, in which there was nothing alarming. All this was uttered with a mixture of stupefaction and naive kindliness.

他的话一句接一句地往外冒。老人用一种乡下人特有的饶舌劲儿说着,语气里毫无可怖之处。这番话说得既惊又喜,还带着质朴的和善。

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rustic /ˈrʌstɪk/

adj. 乡村的,质朴的➕

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volubility /ˌvɒljʊˈbɪləti/

n. 健谈,流利➕

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alarming /əˈlɑːmɪŋ/

adj. 令人惊慌的,可怕的➕

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uttered /ˈʌtəd/

v. 说出,发出声音➕

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stupefaction /ˌstjuːpɪˈfækʃən/

n. 惊愕,神志不清➕

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naive /naɪˈiːv/

adj. 天真的,幼稚的➕

🔊 “Who are you? and what house is this?” demanded Jean Valjean.

“您是谁？这是什么地方？” 冉阿让问道。

🔊 “Ah! pardieu, this is too much!” exclaimed the old man. “I am the person for whom you got the place here, and this house is the one where you had me placed. What! You don’t recognise me?”

“啊！天哪,这可太不像话了！”老人叫道,“我就是您在这儿给我谋差事的那个人啊,这房子就是您安排我住进来的那栋。怎么！您不认识我了？”

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exclaimed /ɪkˈskleɪmd/

v. 惊呼,大声说➕

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recognise /ˈrekəɡnaɪz/

v. 认出,识别➕

🔊 “No,” said Jean Valjean; “and how happens it that you know me?”

“不认识,” 冉阿让说,“那您怎么会认识我呢？”

🔊 “You saved my life,” said the man.

“您救过我的命,”那人说。

🔊 He turned. A ray of moonlight outlined his profile, and Jean Valjean recognised old Fauchelevent.

他转过脸去。一道月光勾勒出他的侧面轮廓,冉阿让认出了老割风。

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outlined /ˈaʊtlaɪnd/

v. 勾勒出轮廓；概述➕

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profile /ˈproʊfaɪl/

n. 轮廓；侧面像；简介➕

🔊 “Ah!” said Jean Valjean, “so it is you? Yes, I recollect you.”

“啊！” 冉阿让说,“原来是您？是的,我想起来了。”

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recollect /ˌrek.əˈlekt/

v. 回忆；记起➕

🔊 “That is very lucky,” said the old man, in a reproachful tone.

“那真是谢天谢地,”老人用责备的语气说。

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reproachful /rɪˈproʊtʃ.fəl/

adj. 责备的；谴责的➕

🔊 “And what are you doing here?” resumed Jean Valjean.

“您在这儿干什么？” 冉阿让又问。

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resumed /rɪˈzuːmd/

v. 重新开始；继续；恢复➕

🔊 “Why, I am covering my melons, of course!”

“哎,我当然是在给我的瓜盖被子！”

🔊 In fact, at the moment when Jean Valjean accosted him, old Fauchelevent held in his hand the end of a straw mat which he was occupied in spreading over the melon bed. During the hour or thereabouts that he had been in the garden he had already spread out a number of them. It was this operation which had caused him to execute the peculiar movements observed from the shed by Jean Valjean.

原来,在冉阿让跟他搭话的时候,老割风手里正攥着一块草席的一头,正忙着往瓜田上铺。他在这花园里待了大约一个钟头,已经铺了好几块了。正是这个活儿,让他在棚子里被冉阿让看见的那些奇怪动作。

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peculiar /pɪˈkjuːlɪər/

adj. 奇怪的；独特的；特有的➕

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thereabouts /ˈðeər.ə.baʊts/

adv. 大约；差不多；在那附近➕

🔊 He continued:--

他接着说:--

🔊 “I said to myself, ‘The moon is bright: it is going to freeze. What if I were to put my melons into their greatcoats?’ And,” he added, looking at Jean Valjean with a broad smile--“pardieu! you ought to have done the same! But how do you come here?”

“我自个儿寻思:‘月亮很亮,要结冰了。不如给我的瓜穿上大衣？’”他望着冉阿让咧嘴一笑,又加了一句,“天哪！您也该这么办才是！可您是怎么到这儿来的？”

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freeze /friːz/

v. 冻结,结冰➕

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greatcoats /ˈɡreɪtkoʊts/

n. 厚大衣,外套➕

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broad /brɔːd/

adj. 宽阔的,广大的➕

🔊 Jean Valjean, finding himself known to this man, at least only under the name of Madeleine, thenceforth advanced only with caution. He multiplied his questions. Strange to say, their roles seemed to be reversed. It was he, the intruder, who interrogated.

冉阿让见这人认出自己--至少是知道马德兰这个名字--此后便行事谨慎起来。他连连提问。说来奇怪,他们的角色似乎颠倒了:倒是他这个闯入者,在盘问别人。

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thenceforth /ðensˈfɔːrθ/

adv. 从那时起；以后➕

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caution /ˈkɔːʃən/

n. 谨慎；小心；警告➕

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multiplied /ˈmʌltɪplaɪd/

v. 乘；增加；繁殖➕

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reversed /rɪˈvɜːrst/

v. 逆转；颠倒；交换➕

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intruder /ɪnˈtruːdər/

n. 入侵者；闯入者➕

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interrogated /ɪnˈter.ə.ɡeɪ.tɪd/

v. 审问；询问➕

🔊 “And what is this bell which you wear on your knee?”

“您膝盖上挂着的铃铛是做什么用的？”

🔊 “This,” replied Fauchelevent, “is so that I may be avoided.”

“这个呀,” 割风答道,“是让人躲开我用的。”

🔊 “What! so that you may be avoided?”

“什么？让人躲开您？”

🔊 Old Fauchelevent winked with an indescribable air.

老割风眨了眨眼,神情难以形容。

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indescribable /ˌɪn.dɪˈskraɪ.bə.bəl/

adj. 难以形容的；无法描述的➕

🔊 “Ah, goodness! there are only women in this house--many young girls. It appears that I should be a dangerous person to meet. The bell gives them warning. When I come, they go.”

“啊,老天！这宅子里只有女人--很多年轻姑娘。据说碰见我这样一个人挺危险。铃铛给她们提个醒儿。我一来,她们就走开。”

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dangerous /ˈdeɪndʒərəs/

adj. 危险的➕

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warning /ˈwɔːrnɪŋ/

n. 警告,警示➕

🔊 “What house is this?” “Come, you know well enough.”

“这是什么宅子？”“嗨,您明明知道。”

🔊 “But I do not.”

“可我确实不知道。”

🔊 “Not when you got me the place here as gardener?” “Answer me as though I knew nothing.”

“您不是在这儿给我谋了园丁的差事吗？”“就当我一无所知,回答我。”

🔊 “Well, then, this is the Petit-Picpus convent.”

“那好,这儿就是小比克布斯女修道院。”

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convent /ˈkɒnvənt/

n. 女修道院；修女院➕

🔊 Memories recurred to Jean Valjean. Chance, that is to say, Providence, had cast him into precisely that convent in the Quartier Saint-Antoine where old Fauchelevent, crippled by the fall from his cart, had been admitted on his recommendation two years previously. He repeated, as though talking to himself:--

记忆涌上冉阿让心头。机缘--也就是天意--恰好把他抛到了圣安托万区这座女修道院,两年前,老割风从车上摔下来成了跛子,正是经他推荐才得以入院。他自言自语般重复道:--

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recurred /rɪˈkɜːd/

v. 再次发生；再次出现（recur的过去式）➕

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Providence /ˈprɒvɪdəns/

n. 天意；天道；神意（首字母常大写）➕

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precisely /prɪˈsaɪsli/

adv. 精确地；恰好地➕

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crippled /ˈkrɪpld/

adj. 残疾的；严重受损的➕

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recommendation /ˌrekəmenˈdeɪʃn/

n. 推荐；建议；推荐信➕

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previously /ˈpriːviəsli/

adv. 以前；先前➕

🔊 “The Petit-Picpus convent.”

“小比克布斯女修道院。”

🔊 “Exactly,” returned old Fauchelevent. “But to come to the point, how the deuce did you manage to get in here, you, Father Madeleine? No matter if you are a saint; you are a man as well, and no man enters here.”

“没错儿,”老割风应道,“可说到正题,您到底是怎么进来的,马德兰老爹？就算您是圣人,可您也是个男人呀,男人是不能进这儿的。”

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deuce /djuːs/

n. （表示恼怒或惊奇）该死；究竟；魔鬼➕

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saint /seɪnt/

n. 圣人；圣徒；道德高尚的人➕

🔊 “You certainly are here.” “There is no one but me.”

“可您不就在这儿吗。”“这儿只有我一个人。”

🔊 “Still,” said Jean Valjean, “I must stay here.”

“即便如此,” 冉阿让说,“我也得待在这儿。”

🔊 “Ah, good God!” cried Fauchelevent.

“啊,老天爷！” 割风叫道。

🔊 Jean Valjean drew near to the old man, and said to him in a grave voice:--

冉阿让走近老人,用严肃的声音对他说:--

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grave /ɡreɪv/

adj. 严肃的；严重的；庄重的➕

🔊 “Father Fauchelevent, I saved your life.”

“割风老爹,我救过您的命。”

🔊 “I was the first to recall it,” returned Fauchelevent.

“是我先想起这事的,” 割风回答。

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recall /rɪˈkɔːl/

v. 回忆起；召回；记起➕

🔊 “Well, you can do today for me that which I did for you in the olden days.” Fauchelevent took in his aged, trembling, and wrinkled hands Jean Valjean’s two robust hands, and stood for several minutes as though incapable of speaking. At length he exclaimed:--

“那么,今天您也能为我做当年我为您做的事。” 割风用他那双苍老、颤抖、布满皱纹的手握住冉阿让那双强壮的手,站了几分钟,仿佛说不出话来。最后他叫道:--

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aged /eɪdʒd/

adj. 年老的；…岁的➕

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trembling /ˈtremblɪŋ/

adj. 颤抖的；发抖的➕

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wrinkled /ˈrɪŋkld/

adj. 有皱纹的；起皱的➕

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robust /rəʊˈbʌst/

adj. 强健的；稳健的；坚固的➕

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incapable /ɪnˈkeɪpəbl/

adj. 无能力的；不能胜任的➕

🔊 “Oh! that would be a blessing from the good God, if I could make you some little return for that! Save your life! Monsieur le Maire, dispose of the old man!”

“哦！要是我能对您稍作回报,那真是托了仁慈的上帝的福！救您的命！市长先生,您尽管吩咐我这个老头子吧！”

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blessing /ˈblesɪŋ/

n. 祝福；幸事；恩赐➕

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dispose /dɪˈspəʊz/

v. 处理；处置；安排➕

🔊 A wonderful joy had transfigured this old man. His countenance seemed to emit a ray of light.

一阵奇妙的喜悦改变了这个老人的面容,仿佛脸上放射出一道光芒。

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transfigured /trænsˈfɪɡəd/

v. 使变形；使改观；使崇高（transfigure的过去式）➕

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emit /iˈmɪt/

v. 发出；散发（光、热、声音等）➕

🔊 “What do you wish me to do?” he resumed.

“您要我做什么？”他接着说。

🔊 “That I will explain to you. You have a chamber?” “I have an isolated hovel yonder, behind the ruins of the old convent, in a corner which no one ever looks into. There are three rooms in it.”

“我会跟您说。您有房间吗？”“我那边有间孤零零的小屋,就在老女修道院废墟后面一个从来没人注意的角落里。里面有三间屋子。”

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chamber /ˈtʃeɪmbər/

n. 房间,室（尤指私人或正式场合的房间）➕

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isolated /ˈaɪsəleɪtɪd/

adj. 孤立的,偏僻的➕

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hovel /ˈhʌvəl/

n. 简陋破旧的小屋➕

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yonder /ˈjɒndər/

adv. 在那边,远处➕

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ruins /ˈruːɪnz/

n. 废墟,遗迹➕

🔊 The hut was, in fact, so well hidden behind the ruins, and so cleverly arranged to prevent it being seen, that Jean Valjean had not perceived it.

事实上,这小屋藏在废墟后面,布置得十分巧妙,不易被人看见,所以冉阿让刚才也没发现。

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hut /hʌt/

n. 简陋的小屋,棚屋➕

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hidden /ˈhɪdən/

adj. 隐藏的,隐蔽的➕

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cleverly /ˈklevərli/

adv. 聪明地,巧妙地➕

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arranged /əˈreɪndʒd/

v. 安排,排列（arrange的过去式）➕

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prevent /prɪˈvent/

v. 防止,预防➕

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perceived /pərˈsiːvd/

v. 察觉到,意识到（perceive的过去式）➕

🔊 “Good,” said Jean Valjean. “Now I am going to ask two things of you.”

“好,” 冉阿让说,“现在我要求您两件事。”

🔊 “What are they, Mr. Mayor?” “In the first place, you are not to tell anyone what you know about me. In the second, you are not to try to find out anything more.”

“哪两件,市长先生？”“第一,您不能把您知道我的事告诉任何人。第二,您不要再试图打听更多的事。”

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Mayor /ˈmeɪər/

n. 市长➕

🔊 “As you please. I know that you can do nothing that is not honest, that you have always been a man after the good God’s heart. And then, moreover, you it was who placed me here. That concerns you. I am at your service.”

“听您的。我知道您不会做不诚实的事,您一直是合仁慈的上帝心意的人。再说,是您把我安置在这儿的。这事关系到您。我听您吩咐。”

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honest /ˈɒnɪst/

adj. 诚实的,正直的➕

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moreover /mɔːrˈəʊvər/

adv. 此外,而且➕

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concerns /kənˈsɜːrnz/

v. 涉及,关系到（concern的第三人称单数）➕

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service /ˈsɜːrvɪs/

n. 服务,效劳➕

🔊 “That is settled then. Now, come with me. We will go and get the child.” “Ah!” said Fauchelevent, “so there is a child?”

“那就说定了。现在,跟我来。我们去接那孩子。”“啊！” 割风说,“还有个孩子？”

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settled /ˈsetld/

v. 解决,安定下来（settle的过去式）➕

🔊 He added not a word further, and followed Jean Valjean as a dog follows his master. Less than half an hour afterwards Cosette, who had grown rosy again before the flame of a good fire, was lying asleep in the old gardener’s bed. Jean Valjean had put on his cravat and coat once more; his hat, which he had flung over the wall, had been found and picked up. While Jean Valjean was putting on his coat, Fauchelevent had removed the bell and kneecap, which now hung on a nail beside a vintage basket that adorned the wall. The two men were warming themselves with their elbows resting on a table upon which Fauchelevent had placed a bit of cheese, black bread, a bottle of wine, and two glasses, and the old man was saying to Jean Valjean, as he laid his hand on the latter’s knee: “Ah! Father Madeleine! You did not recognise me immediately; you save people’s lives, and then you forget them! That is bad! But they remember you! You are an ingrate!”

他不再多说一个字,跟着冉阿让 ,像狗跟着主人一样。不到半个钟头,珂赛特已经在旺火前恢复了红润的面色,躺在老园丁的床上睡着了。冉阿让重新戴上领带,穿上外套；他那顶扔过墙的帽子也已找到拾起。在冉阿让穿外套的时候,割风摘掉了护膝和铃铛,把它们挂在墙壁装饰着的一个采葡萄篮旁边的钉子上。两人在桌旁取暖,胳膊肘撑在桌上,割风放了一小块奶酪、黑面包、一瓶酒和两只酒杯。老人把手搭在冉阿让的膝上,对他说:“啊！马德兰老爹！您一下子没认出我来；您救了别人的命,随后就把他们忘了！这可不好！可人家记得您！您真是个忘恩负义的人！”

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afterwards /ˈæftərwərdz/

adv. 之后,后来➕

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rosy /ˈroʊzi/

adj. 玫瑰色的,红润的；乐观的➕

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flame /fleɪm/

n. 火焰➕

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gardener /ˈɡɑːrdənər/

n. 园丁,花匠➕

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flung /flʌŋ/

v. 猛扔,抛（fling的过去式）➕

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removed /rɪˈmuːvd/

v. 移除,去掉（remove的过去式）➕

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kneecap /ˈniːkæp/

n. 膝盖骨,护膝➕

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vintage /ˈvɪntɪdʒ/

adj. 古老的,经典的；老式的➕

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adorned /əˈdɔːrnd/

v. 装饰,点缀（adorn的过去式）➕

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elbows /ˈelboʊz/

n. 肘部（elbow的复数形式）➕

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latter /ˈlætər/

n. 后者➕

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immediately /ɪˈmiːdiətli/

adv. 立即,马上➕

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ingrate /ˈɪnɡreɪt/

n. 忘恩负义的人➕

Book V. For a Black Hunt, a Mute Pack – Chapter nine: The Man with the Bell (第九章 持铃人)

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Book V. For a Black Hunt, a Mute Pack – Chapter nine: The Man with the Bell (第九章持铃人)