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Mrs White looked at the stranger and she thought, "Perhaps he has the money... but why Maw and Meggins? And his face is very unhappy... Why?" suddenly the old woman was afraid.
怀特太太看着陌生人，想道，“也许，他很有钱……但为什么来自莫和麦金森？从他的脸色看他并不高兴……为什么？”突然，老妇人很害怕。
'Please sit down，' Mr White began， but now his wife could not wait.
“请坐。”怀特先生说，但她妻子已经等得不耐烦了。
'What's the matter？'she cried．'Is Herbert…'she could not finish the question.
“出了什么事？”她叫了起来，“是不是赫伯特……”她几乎不能把话问完。
The stranger did not look at their faces—and Mr White began to be afraid too.
陌生人并不瞧他们的脸，怀特先生也开始害怕了。
'Please， tell us！' he said.
“请告诉我们！”他说。
'I'm very sorry，' the man from Maw and Meggins began． He stopped for a minute and then he began again．'I'm very sorry， but this morning there was an accident at the factory…'
从莫和麦金森来的人停了好一会儿才开始说，“对不起，非常对不起，今天早晨，工厂发生了一起事故……。”
'What's the matter？ Is Herbert OK？' Mrs White cried a gain.
“到底出了什么事，赫伯特还好吗？”怀特太太又叫了起来。
'Well…' the man began slowly.
“是这样……”陌生人慢慢地说。
'Is he in hospital？ the old woman asked， very afraid now.
“他住院了吗？”老妇人问，现在她非常害怕。
'Yes， but…' the stranger looked at Mrs White's face and stopped.
“但是……”陌生人看了一眼怀特太太的脸又停了下来。
'Is he dead？ Is Herbert dead？ Mr White asked quietly.
“他死了吗？赫伯特死啦？”怀特先生平静地问。
'Dead!' Mrs White cried.'Oh no… please…not dead! Not Herbert! Not our son!'
“死啦，”怀特太太哭叫着。“不，请不要这样说……，不，赫伯特不会死，我们的儿子不会死！”
Suddenly the old woman stopped because she saw the stranger's face. Then the two old people knew. Their son was dead! Old Mrs White began to cry quietly and Mr White put his arm round her.
突然，老妇人不喊了，因为她看见了陌生人的表情。两个老人明白，他们的儿子已经死了！老怀特太太呜咽着，怀特先生伤心地搂着她。
Some time later the man from Maw and Meggins said,'It was the machinery—an accident Herbert called, "Help!". The men heard him—and ran to him quickly, but they could do nothing.
过了一会儿，从莫和麦金森来的男人说，“那是一起机器事故，听到赫伯特喊救命，工友们跑过去，可一点办法也没有。
The next minute he was in the machinery. I'm very, very sorry,' he finished.
只能眼睁睁地看着赫伯特在机器里。对不起，非常对不起。”他结束一了讲话。
For a minute or two the room was quiet. At last Mrs White said，'Our son! Dead! We're never going to see him again．What are we going to do without him?'
刹那间，屋子里非常安静。最后，怀特太太说，“我们的儿子，死了，我们再也不能见到他了，没有他，我们以后的日子怎么过？”
Her husband said, 'He was our son. We loved him.'
他丈夫说，“他是我们的儿子，我们爱他。”
Then Mrs White asked the stranger, 'Can we see him？Can we see our son? Please take me to him. I want to see my son.'
接着，怀特太太问陌生人，“我们能看看他吗？我们能不能看看我们的儿子？请带我去，我想去看看我的儿子。”
But the stranger answered quickly, 'No!' he said. 'It's better not to see him. They couldn't stop the machinery quickly. He was in there for a long time.
但陌生人很快答道，“不行，最好不要去看他，他们不能快速把机器停下来，赫伯特在里面呆了很长时间，
And at first they couldn't get him out．He was... 'the man stopped. Then he said, 'Don't go to see him!'
并且开始的时候弄不出来，他……”陌生人停了下来，接着他说，“还是别去看他吧！”
The stranger went over to the window because he did not want to see the faces of the two old people. He said nothing, but he stood there for some time and he waited.
陌生人走到窗户边，因为他不想看到两位老人的痛苦的表情，他什么也没说，站在那儿等了好长时间。
Then he went back to the old people and began to talk again．'There's one more thing,' he said. 'Your son worked for Maw and Meggins for six years and he was a good worker.
然而，他又回过身来开始和两位老人谈话。“但是，你们的儿子是一个好工人，他为莫和麦金森工作了6年。
Now Maw and Meggins want to help you at this unhappy time．'Again the stranger stopped．After a minute he began again.'
现在，莫和麦金森要在这个不幸的时候帮助你们。”陌生人又停了下来，过了一会儿又说，
Maw and Meggins want to give you some money.' Then he put something into Mr White's hand.
“莫和麦金森想给你们一些钱。”说完，他把一些东西交到怀特先生手上。
Old Mr White did not look at the money in his hand. Slowly he stood up and looked at the stranger, afraid. 'How much?' Mr White asked, very quietly. He did not want to hear the answer.
老怀特先生没有看手里的钱，他慢慢地站起来，害怕地看着陌生人，“多少钱？”怀特先生非常平静地问。其实他并不想听到答案。
'Thirty thousand pounds，' the stranger said.
“30 000英镑。”陌生人说。
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