經典科幻文學:《宇宙盡頭的餐館》第4章2

The robot’s corner was empty.
The ship was utterly silent. It lay in thick black space. Occasionally it rocked and swayed. Every instrument was dead, every vision screen was dead. They consulted the computer. It said:“I regret that I have been temporarily closed to all communication. Meanwhile, here is some light music.”
They turned off the light music.
They searched every corner of the ship in increasing bewilderment and alarm. Everywhere was dead and silent. Nowhere was there any trace of Zaphod or of Marvin.
One of the last areas they checked was the small bay in which the Nutri-Matic machine was located.
On the delivery plate of the Nutri-Matic Drink Synthesizer was a small tray, on which sat three bone china cups and saucers, a bone china jug of milk, a silver teapot full of the best tea Arthur had ever tasted, and a small printed note saying “Wait”.

機器人待的那個角落現在是空的。
飛船裏一片死寂。它漂浮在漆黑的太空中，偶爾搖晃一下。所有的儀器都失靈了，所有的屏幕也都熄滅了。他們詢問電腦。電腦回答說：“我很抱歉，剛纔我被暫時地與所有交互系統隔離開了。不過，我這裏倒是有些輕音樂。”
他們關掉了輕音樂。
他們找遍了飛船的每一個角落，變得越來越迷惑，越來越驚慌。每一處地方都死氣沉沉，靜謐無聲。沒有任何地方有任何贊福德或者馬文的蹤跡。
他們最後檢查的區域之一，是安放自動營養機的小房間。
自動營養飲料合成機的輸出口是一個小托盤，上面放着三套骨瓷杯子和碟子、一個盛着牛奶的骨瓷小罐，還有一個銀製茶壺，裏面盛滿阿瑟所嘗過的最好的茶，旁邊有一張打印的小便箋，寫着“稍等”。