經典科幻文學:《銀河系漫遊指南》第8章 Part 4

"Good god," said Arthur, "it looks just like the sea front at Southend."
"Hell, I'm relieved to hear you say that," said Ford.
"Why?"
"Because I thought I must be going mad."
"Perhaps you are. Perhaps you only thought I said it."
Ford thought about this.
"Well, did you say it or didn't you?" he asked.
"I think so," said Arthur.
"Well, perhaps we're both going mad."
"Yes," said Arthur, "we'd be mad, all things considered, to think this was Southend."
"Well, do you think this is Southend?"
"Oh yes."
"So do I."
"Therefore we must be mad."
"Nice day for it."
"Yes," said a passing maniac.
"Who was that?" asked Arthur
"Who — the man with the five heads and the elderberry bush full of kippers?"
"Yes."
"I don't know. Just someone."
"Ah."

“上帝啊，”阿瑟說，“看上去像英格蘭南角的海岸。”
“該死的，這麼說我可真的鬆了口氣。”福特說。
“爲什麼？”
“因爲我想我肯定快瘋了。”
“也許你是的。也許你只是以爲我這樣說過。”
福特思考着這個問題。
“好吧，你這樣說過嗎？”他問。
“我想是的。”阿瑟回答說。
“那麼，也許我們倆都快要瘋了。”
“是的。”阿瑟說，“我們會瘋掉的，所有這些東西都讓人覺得這裏就是南角。”
“好吧，你認爲這裏是南角嗎？”
“哦，是的。”
“我也是。”
“所以說我們肯定已經瘋了。”
“今天天氣不錯。”
“是的。”路過的一個瘋子說。
“他是誰？”阿瑟問。
“誰——這個長着5個腦袋、滿嘴噴糞的傢伙嗎？”
“是的。”
“我不知道。只是某個人而已。”
“哦。”