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Next morning Joseph's mother hurried to his bedroom.
次日早晨，约瑟夫母亲急进他的卧室。
'Give me the cloth, 'she said. 'The servants must not find it. And tell me, tell me, quick!'
“把布给我，”她说，“千万别让仆人们发现。告诉我，快告诉我情况怎么样！”
Her son, sitting on the edge of the bed with his head in his hands, looked up at her with wild, red eyes.
儿子双手托着头坐在床边，红着眼睛激动地望着她。
'We have opened his mouth, 'he said. 'Why, oh why, Mother, did you leave his face uncovered?'
“我们使他开了口，”他说，“为什么，噢，妈妈，你为什么没把他的脸盖上？”
'You know how hurried I was that day, 'she replied. 'I had no time. But do you mean that you have seen it?'
“你知道那天我是多么手忙脚乱，”她回答，“我当时没有时间呀。你是说你看见他的脸没盖上？”
Joseph hid his face in his hands. 'Yes, Mother, and he said you would see it, too,'
约瑟夫双手掩面说：“是的，妈妈，他说你也会看见的。”
His mother gave an awful cry and caught hold of the bedpost.
他母亲发出一声可怕的叫声，一把抓住了床柱。
'He's angry, 'Joseph went on. 'He was waiting for me to call him, I'm sure. I had only just finished saying the words when I heard him—like a dog growling under the earth.'
“他生气了，”约瑟夫接着说，“我确信他在等着我叫他。我刚说完那些话，就听见他的声音，就像一条狗在地下嗥叫。”
He jumped to his feet and walked up and down the room.
他突然站起身，在屋里踱起步来。
'And now he's free! What can we do? I cannot meet him again. I cannot take the drink he drank and go where he is! And I'm afraid to lie here another night! Oh, why did you do it, Mother? We had enough as it was.'
“现在他自由了！可我们怎么办呢？我不能再去见他了。我不能喝他喝的那种东西，到他去的地方去！我太怕在这里再躺上一夜了！噢，妈妈，你为什么要这样做呢？我们得到的已经够多了。”
'Be quiet! 'said his mother through dry lips. 'It was you as much as I. But why spend time talking? Listen to me. It's only six o'clock Yarmouth's not far, and we've enough money to cross the sea—things like him can't follow us over water.
“别说了！”他母亲的嘴唇都干了，“这不仅是我的罪过也是你的罪过。还说什么呢？听我的。现在才6点。雅茅斯离这儿不算远，我们的钱足够过海的——他是不能跟着我们过水域的。
