經典科幻文學:《宇宙盡頭的餐館》第24章3

“Oh All right,” he said, “if you must. Ask them what they want to drink.”
A hard cold gleam came into Number Two’s eyes. He advanced slowly on Ford Prefect and Arthur Dent.
“All right, you scum,” he growled, “you vermin…” He jabbed Ford with the Kill-O-Zap gun.
“Steady on, Number Two,” admonished the Captain gently.
“What do you want to drink!!!” Number Two screamed.
“Well the jynnan tonnyx sounds very nice to me,” said Ford, “What about you Arthur?”
Arthur blinked.
“What? Oh, er, yes,” he said.
“With ice or without?” bellowed Number Two.
“Oh, with please,” said Ford.
“Lemon??!!”
“Yes please,” said Ford, “and do you have any of those little biscuits? You know, the cheesy ones?”
“I’m asking the questions!!!!” howled Number Two, his body quaking with apoplectic fury.
“Er, Number Two…” said the Captain softly.
“Sir?!”
“Push off, would you, there’s a good chap. I’m trying to have a relaxing bath.”

“那好吧，”他說，“如果你堅持的話。問問他們想喝什麼。”
二號的眼裏閃過一絲玲酷的光芒。他緩緩走到福特長官和阿瑟·鄧特面前。
“好吧，你們這些人渣，”他咆哮道，“歹徒……”他用蒸發轟擊槍頂着福特。
“鎮定點兒，二號，”艦長文雅地告誡道。
“你們想喝什麼？”2號尖叫道。
“哦，我覺得基南湯力克斯聽起來不錯。”福特說，“你呢，阿瑟？”
阿瑟眨巴着眼睛。
“什麼？噢，嗯，是的。”他說。
“要加冰嗎？”2號怒吼道。
“噢，當然，”福特說。
“檸檬呢？”
“是的，謝謝。”福特說，“還有，你有那種小餅乾嗎？你知道，加奶酪那種。”
“發問的人是我！”2號嚎叫道，氣得渾身顫抖。
“嗯，二號！”艦長溫和地說。
“長官！”
“你能離開一下嗎，你乾得很好，但現在我想放鬆地洗個澡。”