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THE DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZES.
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March 14th.
三月十四日
Towards two o'clock the vast theatre was crowded,--pit, gallery, boxes, stage, all were thronged; thousands of faces,--boys, gentlemen, teachers, workingmen, women of the people, babies. There was a moving of heads and hands, a flutter of feathers, ribbons, and curls, and loud and merry murmur which inspired cheerfulness. The theatre was all decorated with festoons of white, red, and green cloth. In the pit two little stairways had been erected: one on the right, which the winners of prizes were to ascend in order to reach the stage; the other, on the left, which they were to descend after receiving their prizes. On the front of the platform there was a row of red chairs; and from the back of the one in the centre hung two laurel crowns. At the back of the stage was a trophy of flags; on one side stood a small green table, and upon it lay all the certificates of premiums, tied with tricolored ribbons. The band of music was stationed in the pit, under the stage; the schoolmasters and mistresses filled all one side of the first balcony, which had been reserved for them; the benches and passages of the pit were crammed with hundreds of boys, who were to sing, and who had written music in their hands. At the back and all about, masters and mistresses could be seen going to and fro, arranging the prize scholars in lines; and it was full of parents who were giving a last touch to their hair and the last pull to their neckties.
两点光景，大剧场里人已满了。——池座、厢座、舞台上都是人。好几千个脸孔，有小孩、有纳土、有先生、有官员、有女人、有婴儿。头动着，手动着，帽羽、丝带、头发动着，欢声悦耳。剧场内部用白色和赤色、绿色的花装饰着，从他座上舞台有左右两个阶梯。受赏品的学生从右边上去，受了奖品再从左边下来。舞台中央排着一列红色椅子，正中的一把椅子上挂着两顶月桂冠，后面就是大批的旗帜。稍旁边些的地方，有一绿色的小桌子，桌上摆着用三色带缚了的奖状。乐队就在舞台下面的池座里。学校里的先生们的坐席设在厢座的一角。他座正中列着唱歌的许多小孩，后面及两旁，是给受奖品的学生们坐的。男女先生们东奔西走地安插他们。许多学生的父母挤在他们儿女的身旁，替他们儿女整理着头发或衣领。
No sooner had I entered my box with my family than I perceived in the opposite box the young mistress with the red feather, who was smiling and showing all the pretty dimples in her cheeks, and with her my brother's teacher and "the little nun," dressed wholly in black, and my kind mistress of the upper first; but she was so pale, poor thing! and coughed so hard, that she could be heard all over the theatre. In the pit I instantly espied Garrone's dear, big face and the little blond head of Nelli, who was clinging close to the other's shoulder. A little further on I saw Garoffi, with his owl's-beak nose, who was making great efforts to collect the printed catalogues of the prizewinners; and he already had a large bundle of them which he could put to some use in his bartering--we shall find out what it is to-morrow. Near the door was the wood-seller with his wife,--both dressed in festive attire,--together with their boy, who has a third prize in the second grade. I was amazed at no longer beholding the catskin cap and the chocolate-colored tights: on this occasion he was dressed like a little gentleman. In one balcony I caught a momentary glimpse of Votini, with a large lace collar; then he disappeared. In a proscenium box, filled with people, was the artillery captain, the father of Robetti, the boy with the crutches who saved the child from the omnibus.
我同我家里人一同进了厢座。戴赤羽帽的年轻的女先生在对面微笑，所有的笑靥都现出来了。她的旁边，我弟弟的女先生呀，那着黑衣服的“修女”呀，我二年级时候的女先生呀，都在那里。我的女先生脸色苍白可怜，咳得很厉害呢。卡隆的大头，和靠在卡隆肩下的耐利的金发头，都在他座里看到了；再那面些，那鸦嘴鼻的卡洛斐已把印着受奖者姓名的单纸搜集了许多。这一定是拿去换什么的，到明天就可知道。人口的近旁，柴店里的夫妻都着了新衣领着可莱谛进来了。可莱谛今天换去了猫皮帽和茶色裤等，打扮得像绅士，我见了不觉为之吃惊。在厢座中曾见到着线领襟的华梯尼的面影，过了一会儿就不见了。靠舞台的栏旁，人群中坐着那被马车碾跛了足的洛佩谛的父亲炮兵大尉。
