【10月28日】——警察与赞美诗（6）
[i=s] 本帖最后由 jane019 于 2012-11-10 21:30 编辑 [/i][p=30, 2, left][size=14pt] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]On the sidewalk Soapy began to yell drunken gibberish at the top of his harsh voice. He danced,howled,raved,and otherwise disturbed the welkin. [/size][/font][/size][size=14pt][/size][/p][p=30, 2, left][font=Times New Roman][size=3][size=14pt] The policeman twirled his club,turned his back to Soapy and remarked to a citizen: “’Tis one of them Yale lads celebratin’ the goose egg they give to the Hartford College. Noisy; but no harm. We’ve instructions to lave them be.” [/size][/size][/font][size=14pt][/size][/p][p=30, 2, left][font=Times New Roman][size=3][size=14pt] Disconsolate,Soapy ceased his unavailing racket. Would never a policeman lay hands on him? In his fancy the Island seemed an unattainable Arcadia. He buttoned his thin coat against the chilling wind. [/size][/size][/font][size=14pt][/size][/p][p=30, 2, left][font=Times New Roman][size=3][size=14pt] [/size][size=14pt]In a cigar store he saw a well-dressed man lighting a cigar at a swinging light. His silk umbrella he had set by the door on entering. Soapy stepped inside,secured the umbrella and sauntered off with it slowly. The man at the cigar light followed hastily. [/size][size=14pt][/size][/size][/font][/p][p=30, 2, left][font=Times New Roman][size=3][size=14pt] “My umbrella,” he said sternly. [/size][/size][/font][size=14pt][/size][/p][p=30, 2, left][font=Times New Roman][size=3][size=14pt] “Oh,is it?” sneered Soapy,adding insult to petit larceny. “Well,why don’t you call a policeman? I took it. Your umbrella! Why don’t you call a cop? There stands one on the corner.” [/size][/size][/font][size=14pt][/size][/p][p=30, 2, left][font=Times New Roman][size=3][size=14pt] The umbrella owner slowed his steps. Soapy did likewise,with a presentiment that luck would run against him. The policeman looked at the two curiously. [/size][/size][/font][size=14pt][/size][/p][p=30, 2, left][font=Times New Roman][size=3][size=14pt] “Of course,” said the umbrella man—“that is—well,you know how these mistakes occur—I—if it’s your umbrella I hope you’ll excuse me—I picked it up this morning in a restaurant—If you recognise it as yours,why—I hope you’ll—“ [/size][/size][/font][size=14pt][/size][/p][p=30, 2, left][font=Times New Roman][size=3][size=14pt] “Of course it’s mine,” said Soapy viciously. [/size][/size][/font][/p][p=30, 2, left][size=14pt][font=Times New Roman][size=3][size=14pt]The ex-umbrella man retreated. The policeman hurried to assist a tall blonde in an opera cloak across the street in front of a street car that was approaching two blocks away. [/size][/size][/font][size=14pt][/size][/p][/size] 参考译文
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