狄更斯雙語小說:《董貝父子》第42章Part3

'Yes, Sir,' replied the abject Grinder, 'I'm sure you would be down upon me dreadful, Sir. I wouldn't attempt for to go and do it, Sir, not if I was bribed with golden guineas.'
Thoroughly checked in his expectations of commendation, the crestfallen Grinder stood looking at his patron, and vainly endeavouring not to look at him, with the uneasiness which a cur will often manifest in a similar situation.
'So you have left your old service, and come here to ask me to take you into mine, eh?' said Mr Carker.
'Yes, if you please, Sir,' returned Rob, who, in doing so, had acted on his patron's own instructions, but dared not justify himself by the least insinuation to that effect.
'Well!' said Mr Carker. 'You know me, boy?'

“是的，先生，”喪魂落魄的磨工回答道，”我相信，您會殘酷可怕地懲治我，先生。哪怕有人用金基尼來收買我，我也不想欺騙您，先生。”
磨工本想得到稱讚的指望完全落了空，他垂頭喪氣地站在那裏看着他的恩人，並徒勞無益地想不去看他；那惴惴不安的神情就像一條狗在類似情況下時常表現出來的那樣。
“這麼說，你已經辭退了你原先的工作，到這裏來請求我允許你在我手下服務，是不是？”卡克先生問道。
“是的，如果您願意的話，先生，”羅布回答道；他實際上是遵照他的恩人的指令到這裏來的，可是現在他甚至不敢稍稍暗示一下這個事實來爲自己辯護。
“好吧！”卡克先生說道，”你瞭解我吧，孩子？”