Dracula

JONATHAN HARKER’S JOURNAL

乔纳森·哈克的日记

(Kept in shorthand.)

（简写版）

3 May. Bistritz.—Left Munich at 8:35 P. M., on 1st May, arriving at Vienna early next morning; should have arrived at 6:46, but train was an hour late.

5 月 3 日。比斯特里茨。——5 月 1 日晚上 8:35 离开慕尼黑，第二天清晨抵达维也纳；本应在 6:46 到达，但火车晚点一小时。

Buda-Pesth seems a wonderful place, from the glimpse which I got of it from the train and the little I could walk through the streets.

从火车上瞥见的布达佩斯似乎是个很棒的地方，从我短暂的街头漫步中也能感受到这一点。

I feared to go very far from the station, as we had arrived late and would start as near the correct time as possible.

我不敢走得太远，因为我们到得晚了，而且要尽可能准时出发。

The impression I had was that we were leaving the West and entering the East; the most western of splendid bridges over the Danube, which is here of noble width and depth, took us among the traditions of Turkish rule.

我的感觉是，我们正在离开西方，进入东方；横跨多瑙河的宏伟桥梁中最西端的一座，多瑙河在这里宽阔而深邃，将我们带入了土耳其统治的传统之中。

We left in pretty good time, and came after nightfall to Klausenburgh. Here I stopped for the night at the Hotel Royale. I had for dinner, or rather supper, a chicken done up some way with red pepper, which was very good but thirsty.

我们出发得还算及时，天黑后才到达克劳森堡。我当晚在皇家酒店过夜。晚餐，或者更确切地说是夜宵，我吃了一只用红椒烹制的鸡肉，味道很不错，但喝了点水。

(Mem., get recipe for Mina.) I asked the waiter, and he said it was called “paprika hendl,” and that, as it was a national dish, I should be able to get it anywhere along the Carpathians.

（Mem.，去米娜那里要食谱。）我问了服务员，他说这道菜叫“辣椒亨德尔”，而且由于它是国菜，我应该能在喀尔巴阡山脉的任何地方吃到。

I found my smattering of German very useful here; indeed, I don’t know how I should be able to get on without it.

我发现我那点德语知识在这里非常有用；事实上，如果没有德语，我真不知道该怎么办。

Having had some time at my disposal when in London, I had visited the British Museum, and made search among the books and maps in the library regarding Transylvania; it had struck me that some foreknowledge of the country could hardly fail to have some importance in dealing with a nobleman of that country.

我在伦敦时有一些空闲时间，参观了大英博物馆，并在图书馆的书籍和地图中查找有关特兰西瓦尼亚的资料；我当时就觉得，事先了解一些关于这个国家的情况，对于与该国的贵族打交道来说，肯定是非常重要的。

I find that the district he named is in the extreme east of the country, just on the borders of three states, Transylvania, Moldavia and Bukovina, in the midst of the Carpathian mountains; one of the wildest and least known portions of Europe.

我发现他提到的那个地区位于该国的最东端，正好位于特兰西瓦尼亚、摩尔多瓦和布科维纳三个国家的交界处，坐落在喀尔巴阡山脉之中；这是欧洲最荒凉、最不为人知的地区之一。

I was not able to light on any map or work giving the exact locality of the Castle Dracula, as there are no maps of this country as yet to compare with our own Ordnance Survey maps; but I found that Bistritz, the post town named by Count Dracula, is a fairly well-known place.

我没有找到任何地图或著作标明德古拉城堡的确切位置，因为目前还没有这个国家的地图可以与我们自己的地形测量图进行比较；但我发现德古拉伯爵命名的邮政城镇比斯特里茨是一个相当有名的地方。

I shall enter here some of my notes, as they may refresh my memory when I talk over my travels with Mina.

我将在这里写下一些笔记，以便在我和米娜谈起我的旅行时，能够帮助我回忆起我的旅程。

In the population of Transylvania there are four distinct nationalities: Saxons in the South, and mixed with them the Wallachs, who are the descendants of the Dacians; Magyars in the West, and Szekelys in the East and North.

特兰西瓦尼亚的人口分为四个不同的民族：南部的撒克逊人，以及与他们混居的瓦拉几亚人（他们是达契亚人的后裔）；西部的马扎尔人；以及东部和北部的塞凯伊人。

I am going among the latter, who claim to be descended from Attila and the Huns.

我将前往后者，他们自称是阿提拉和匈奴人的后裔。

This may be so, for when the Magyars conquered the country in the eleventh century they found the Huns settled in it. I read that every known superstition in the world is gathered into the horseshoe of the Carpathians, as if it were the centre of some sort of imaginative whirlpool; if so my stay may be very interesting.

或许真是如此，因为十一世纪马扎尔人征服这片土地时，发现匈奴人已经在此定居。我读到过，世间所有已知的迷信都汇聚在喀尔巴阡山脉的马蹄形地带，仿佛那里是某种想象力漩涡的中心；如果真是如此，我的旅程或许会非常有趣。

(Mem., I must ask the Count all about them.)

（备注：我得把这些事都问问伯爵。）

I did not sleep well, though my bed was comfortable enough, for I had all sorts of queer dreams.

虽然我的床很舒服，但我睡得并不好，因为我做了各种各样奇怪的梦。

There was a dog howling all night under my window, which may have had something to do with it; or it may have been the paprika, for I had to drink up all the water in my carafe, and was still thirsty.

昨晚有一只狗在我窗下嚎叫了一整夜，这可能与此有关；也可能是因为辣椒粉，因为我不得不把水壶里的水都喝光，但仍然口渴。

Towards morning I slept and was wakened by the continuous knocking at my door, so I guess I must have been sleeping soundly then.

临近清晨，我睡着了，被持续不断的敲门声吵醒，所以我猜当时我一定睡得很沉。

I had for breakfast more paprika, and a sort of porridge of maize flour which they said was “mamaliga,” and egg-plant stuffed with forcemeat, a very excellent dish, which they call “impletata.” (Mem., get recipe for this also.) I had to hurry breakfast, for the train started a little before eight, or rather it ought to have done so, for after rushing to the station at 7:30 I had to sit in the carriage for more than an hour before we began to move.

我早餐又吃了些辣椒粉，还有一种玉米粉粥，他们说叫“mamaliga”，以及酿肉馅的茄子，这道菜非常美味，他们叫它“impletata”。（备忘录，也请提供一下这道菜的食谱。）我得赶紧吃早餐，因为火车不到八点就要出发了，或者说，它本该八点就出发了，因为我七点半就赶到车站，结果在车厢里坐了一个多小时火车才开始动。

It seems to me that the further east you go the more unpunctual are the trains. What ought they to be in China?

我觉得越往东走，火车就越不准时。中国的火车又该是什么样的呢？

All day long we seemed to dawdle through a country which was full of beauty of every kind.

我们似乎整天都在这个充满各种美景的国度里闲逛。

Sometimes we saw little towns or castles on the top of steep hills such as we see in old missals; sometimes we ran by rivers and streams which seemed from the wide stony margin on each side of them to be subject to great floods.

有时我们会看到陡峭山顶上的小镇或城堡，就像我们在古老的弥撒书中看到的那样；有时我们沿着河流和小溪奔跑，从它们两侧宽阔的石质边缘来看，它们似乎容易发生大洪水。

It takes a lot of water, and running strong, to sweep the outside edge of a river clear. At every station there were groups of people, sometimes crowds, and in all sorts of attire.

要冲刷干净河岸外缘，需要大量的水，而且水流必须强劲。每个冲水站都聚集着一群人，有时甚至人山人海，他们穿着各式各样的衣服。

Some of them were just like the peasants at home or those I saw coming through France and Germany, with short jackets and round hats and home-made trousers; but others were very picturesque.

他们中的一些人就像家乡的农民，或者我在法国和德国看到的那些人一样，穿着短外套、圆帽和自制裤子；但另一些人则非常有特色。

The women looked pretty, except when you got near them, but they were very clumsy about the waist.

这些女人长得都很漂亮，但当你走近她们时，就会发现她们的腰部非常笨拙。

They had all full white sleeves of some kind or other, and most of them had big belts with a lot of strips of something fluttering from them like the dresses in a ballet, but of course there were petticoats under them.

她们都穿着各种各样的白色长袖连衣裙，大多数连衣裙都系着宽大的腰带，腰带上垂着许多飘逸的布条，就像芭蕾舞裙一样，当然，里面还穿着衬裙。

The strangest figures we saw were the Slovaks, who were more barbarian than the rest, with their big cow-boy hats, great baggy dirty-white trousers, white linen shirts, and enormous heavy leather belts, nearly a foot wide, all studded over with brass nails.

我们看到的最奇怪的人是斯洛伐克人，他们比其他人更野蛮，戴着大大的牛仔帽，穿着肥大的脏白色裤子、白色亚麻衬衫和巨大的厚重皮带，皮带将近一英尺宽，上面都钉满了黄铜钉。

They wore high boots, with their trousers tucked into them, and had long black hair and heavy black moustaches. They are very picturesque, but do not look prepossessing.

她们穿着高筒靴，裤腿塞进靴子里，留着长长的黑发和浓密的黑胡子。她们的形象很有特色，但并不讨人喜欢。

On the stage they would be set down at once as some old Oriental band of brigands. They are, however, I am told, very harmless and rather wanting in natural self-assertion.

在舞台上，他们会立刻被塑造成一群古老的东方强盗。然而，据我所知，他们其实非常无害，而且缺乏天生的自信。

It was on the dark side of twilight when we got to Bistritz, which is a very interesting old place.

我们到达比斯特里茨时已是暮色渐浓，那是一个非常有趣的古老小镇。

Being practically on the frontier—for the Borgo Pass leads from it into Bukovina—it has had a very stormy existence, and it certainly shows marks of it. Fifty years ago a series of great fires took place, which made terrible havoc on five separate occasions.

由于地处边境——博尔戈山口由此通往布科维纳——它经历了动荡的历史，至今仍留有岁月的痕迹。五十年前，这里曾发生过一系列大火，五次造成严重破坏。

At the very beginning of the seventeenth century it underwent a siege of three weeks and lost 13,000 people, the casualties of war proper being assisted by famine and disease.

十七世纪初，该城遭受了长达三周的围攻，损失了 13,000 人，战争造成的伤亡还因饥荒和疾病而加剧。

Count Dracula had directed me to go to the Golden Krone Hotel, which I found, to my great delight, to be thoroughly old-fashioned, for of course I wanted to see all I could of the ways of the country.

德古拉伯爵指示我去金冠酒店，令我非常高兴的是，我发现那里完全是老式的，因为我当然想尽可能多地体验一下乡村风情。

I was evidently expected, for when I got near the door I faced a cheery-looking elderly woman in the usual peasant dress—white undergarment with long double apron, front, and back, of coloured stuff fitting almost too tight for modesty.

显然，我来是意料之中的事，因为当我走到门口时，我看到一位面带笑容的老妇人穿着常见的农妇装束——白色内衣，前面和后面是长长的双层围裙，由彩色布料制成，紧身得几乎让人难以保持端庄。

When I came close she bowed and said, “The Herr Englishman?” “Yes,” I said, “Jonathan Harker.” She smiled, and gave some message to an elderly man in white shirt-sleeves, who had followed her to the door.

我走近时，她鞠了一躬，问道：“是英国先生吗？”“是的，”我说，“是乔纳森·哈克。”她微笑着，把话转告给一位穿着白衬衫袖子的老人，老人跟着她走到了门口。

He went, but immediately returned with a letter:—

他去了，但随即带着一封信回来了：

“My Friend.—Welcome to the Carpathians. I am anxiously expecting you. Sleep well to-night. At three to-morrow the diligence will start for Bukovina; a place on it is kept for you.

“我的朋友——欢迎来到喀尔巴阡山脉。我热切期盼着你的到来。今晚好好睡一觉。明天三点，前往布科维纳的队伍将出发；队伍里为你留了一个位置。”

At the Borgo Pass my carriage will await you and will bring you to me. I trust that your journey from London has been a happy one, and that you will enjoy your stay in my beautiful land.

在博尔戈山口，我的马车将等候您，接您到我这里来。我衷心祝愿您从伦敦来的旅程愉快，也祝愿您在我美丽的土地上度过一段美好的时光。

“Your friend,

“你的朋友，

“Dracula.”

《德古拉》。

4 May.—I found that my landlord had got a letter from the Count, directing him to secure the best place on the coach for me; but on making inquiries as to details he seemed somewhat reticent, and pretended that he could not understand my German.

5月4日——我发现我的房东收到了伯爵的一封信，指示他为我安排马车上最好的位置；但当我询问细节时，他似乎有些沉默寡言，并假装听不懂我的德语。

This could not be true, because up to then he had understood it perfectly; at least, he answered my questions exactly as if he did. He and his wife, the old lady who had received me, looked at each other in a frightened sort of way.

这不可能，因为在此之前他一直都完全明白；至少，他回答我的问题时，就好像他明白似的。他和他的妻子，也就是接待我的那位老太太，面面相觑，眼神中带着一丝恐惧。

He mumbled out that the money had been sent in a letter, and that was all he knew.

他含糊其辞地说，钱是用信寄来的，除此之外，他什么也不知道。

When I asked him if he knew Count Dracula, and could tell me anything of his castle, both he and his wife crossed themselves, and, saying that they knew nothing at all, simply refused to speak further.

当我问他是否认识德古拉伯爵，能否告诉我一些关于他城堡的事情时，他和他的妻子都划了个十字，说他们一无所知，然后就拒绝再多说了。

It was so near the time of starting that I had no time to ask any one else, for it was all very mysterious and not by any means comforting.

当时离开赛时间很近了，我根本没时间问其他人，因为这一切都非常神秘，丝毫没有让人感到安心。

Just before I was leaving, the old lady came up to my room and said in a very hysterical way:

就在我准备离开的时候，那位老太太来到我的房间，歇斯底里地说道：

“Must you go? Oh! young Herr, must you go?” She was in such an excited state that she seemed to have lost her grip of what German she knew, and mixed it all up with some other language which I did not know at all.

“你一定要走吗？哦！年轻的先生，你一定要走吗？”她激动得似乎忘记了自己仅存的一点德语，反而把它和我完全听不懂的某种语言混杂在一起。

I was just able to follow her by asking many questions. When I told her that I must go at once, and that I was engaged on important business, she asked again:

我靠着不断提问才勉强跟上她的思路。当我告诉她我必须马上离开，我有要事在身时，她又问了一遍：

“Do you know what day it is?” I answered that it was the fourth of May. She shook her head as she said again:

“你知道今天是几号吗？”我回答说是五月四日。她摇了摇头，又说：

“Oh, yes! I know that! I know that, but do you know what day it is?” On my saying that I did not understand, she went on:

“哦，是的！我知道！我知道，但是你知道今天是星期几吗？”我说我不明白，她接着说：

“It is the eve of St. George’s Day. Do you not know that to-night, when the clock strikes midnight, all the evil things in the world will have full sway?

“今天是圣乔治节前夕。难道你不知道，今晚午夜钟声敲响之时，世间一切邪恶之事都将横行无忌吗？”

Do you know where you are going, and what you are going to?” She was in such evident distress that I tried to comfort her, but without effect.

“你知道你要去哪里，要做什么吗？”她显然非常痛苦，我试图安慰她，但毫无效果。

Finally she went down on her knees and implored me not to go; at least to wait a day or two before starting. It was all very ridiculous but I did not feel comfortable.

最后她跪了下来，恳求我不要去；至少等一两天再开始。这一切都很荒谬，但我感觉很不自在。

However, there was business to be done, and I could allow nothing to interfere with it. I therefore tried to raise her up, and said, as gravely as I could, that I thanked her, but my duty was imperative, and that I must go. She then rose and dried her eyes, and taking a crucifix from her neck offered it to me.

然而，还有公事要办，我不能让任何事干扰。于是，我试图扶她起来，并尽可能严肃地说道，我感谢她，但我的职责至关重要，我必须走了。她这才起身，擦干眼泪，从脖子上取下十字架递给我。

I did not know what to do, for, as an English Churchman, I have been taught to regard such things as in some measure idolatrous, and yet it seemed so ungracious to refuse an old lady meaning so well and in such a state of mind.

我不知道该怎么办，因为作为一名英国教会人士，我从小就被教导要将这类事情视为某种程度上的偶像崇拜，然而拒绝一位心地善良、精神状态如此糟糕的老妇人，似乎太失礼了。

She saw, I suppose, the doubt in my face, for she put the rosary round my neck, and said, “For your mother’s sake,” and went out of the room.

我想她看到了我脸上的疑虑，因为她把念珠戴在我的脖子上，说：“看在你母亲的份上”，然后走出了房间。

I am writing up this part of the diary whilst I am waiting for the coach, which is, of course, late; and the crucifix is still round my neck.

我正在等长途汽车，当然，长途汽车晚点了；十字架还挂在我的脖子上。

Whether it is the old lady’s fear, or the many ghostly traditions of this place, or the crucifix itself, I do not know, but I am not feeling nearly as easy in my mind as usual.

我不知道是老太太的恐惧，还是这个地方的诸多鬼魂传说，又或是十字架本身，但我感觉我的内心远不如往常那样平静。

If this book should ever reach Mina before I do, let it bring my good-bye. Here comes the coach!

如果这本书比我先送到米娜手中，就让它带回我的告别吧。教练来了！

5 May. The Castle.—The grey of the morning has passed, and the sun is high over the distant horizon, which seems jagged, whether with trees or hills I know not, for it is so far off that big things and little are mixed.

5月5日。城堡——清晨的灰蒙蒙已经过去，太阳高悬在遥远的地平线上，地平线看起来锯齿状，我不知道是树木还是山丘，因为距离太远，大的东西和小的东西混杂在一起。

I am not sleepy, and, as I am not to be called till I awake, naturally I write till sleep comes.

我不困，而且在我醒来之前不能叫我，所以我自然而然地一直写到睡着为止。

There are many odd things to put down, and, lest who reads them may fancy that I dined too well before I left Bistritz, let me put down my dinner exactly.

有很多奇奇怪怪的事情要记录下来，为了避免读者误以为我在离开比斯特里茨之前吃得太好，让我把我的晚餐如实记录下来。

I dined on what they called “robber steak”—bits of bacon, onion, and beef, seasoned with red pepper, and strung on sticks and roasted over the fire, in the simple style of the London cat’s meat!

我享用了他们所谓的“强盗牛排”——培根碎、洋葱碎和牛肉碎，用红辣椒调味，串在棍子上，在火上烤制，做法和伦敦猫肉一样简单！

The wine was Golden Mediasch, which produces a queer sting on the tongue, which is, however, not disagreeable. I had only a couple of glasses of this, and nothing else.

那款酒是金梅迪亚什（Golden Mediasch），入口会有一种奇特的刺痛感，不过并不难喝。我只喝了几杯这种酒，别的什么都没喝。

When I got on the coach the driver had not taken his seat, and I saw him talking with the landlady.

我上车时，司机还没有入座，我看到他正在和房东太太说话。

They were evidently talking of me, for every now and then they looked at me, and some of the people who were sitting on the bench outside the door—which they call by a name meaning “word-bearer”—came and listened, and then looked at me, most of them pityingly.

他们显然是在谈论我，因为他们时不时地会看向我，而坐在门外长椅上的一些人——他们称这个长椅为“传道者”——走过来听，然后看着我，他们中的大多数人都带着怜悯的神情看着我。

I could hear a lot of words often repeated, queer words, for there were many nationalities in the crowd; so I quietly got my polyglot dictionary from my bag and looked them out.

我能听到很多反复出现的词语，一些奇怪的词语，因为人群中有很多不同国籍的人；所以我悄悄地从包里拿出我的多语词典，查了一下它们的意思。

I must say they were not cheering to me, for amongst them were “Ordog”—Satan, “pokol”—hell, “stregoica”—witch, “vrolok” and “vlkoslak”—both of which mean the same thing, one being Slovak and the other Servian for something that is either were-wolf or vampire.

我必须说，他们并没有为我欢呼，因为其中有“Ordog”（撒旦）、“pokol”（地狱）、“stregoica”（女巫）、“vrolok”和“vlkoslak”（两者意思相同，一个是斯洛伐克语，另一个是塞尔维亚语，指狼人或吸血鬼）。

(Mem., I must ask the Count about these superstitions)

（备注：我必须问问伯爵这些迷信的事。）

When we started, the crowd round the inn door, which had by this time swelled to a considerable size, all made the sign of the cross and pointed two fingers towards me. With some difficulty I got a fellow-passenger to tell me what they meant; he would not answer at first, but on learning that I was English, he explained that it was a charm or guard against the evil eye.

我们出发时，旅店门口已经聚集了不少人，他们都划着十字，并用两根手指着我。我费了好大劲才让一位同行的乘客告诉我这是什么意思；他起初不肯回答，但得知我是英国人后，才解释说这是一种护身符，用来抵御邪恶之眼。

This was not very pleasant for me, just starting for an unknown place to meet an unknown man; but every one seemed so kind-hearted, and so sorrowful, and so sympathetic that I could not but be touched.

对我来说，这趟旅程并不愉快，我前往一个陌生的地方去见一个陌生的人；但每个人似乎都那么善良、那么悲伤、那么富有同情心，我情不自禁地被感动了。

I shall never forget the last glimpse which I had of the inn-yard and its crowd of picturesque figures, all crossing themselves, as they stood round the wide archway, with its background of rich foliage of oleander and orange trees in green tubs clustered in the centre of the yard.

我永远不会忘记我最后一次瞥见客栈院子里的情景，以及院子里熙熙攘攘的人群，他们都围着宽阔的拱门划着十字，拱门的背景是茂盛的夹竹桃和橘子树，绿色的花盆簇拥在院子中央。

Then our driver, whose wide linen drawers covered the whole front of the box-seat—“gotza” they call them—cracked his big whip over his four small horses, which ran abreast, and we set off on our journey.

然后，我们的司机——他宽大的亚麻布抽屉覆盖了整个箱式座位（他们称之为“gotza”）的前部——挥动着他的大鞭子，四匹小马并排奔跑，我们便出发了。

I soon lost sight and recollection of ghostly fears in the beauty of the scene as we drove along, although had I known the language, or rather languages, which my fellow-passengers were speaking, I might not have been able to throw them off so easily.

随着车子继续行驶，美丽的景色让我很快忘记了鬼魂般的恐惧，但如果我懂同车乘客所说的语言，或者更确切地说，是他们的语言，我可能就无法如此轻易地摆脱它们了。

Before us lay a green sloping land full of forests and woods, with here and there steep hills, crowned with clumps of trees or with farmhouses, the blank gable end to the road.

在我们面前是一片绿色的斜坡，遍布森林和树林，不时有陡峭的山丘，山顶上长满了树丛或农舍，光秃秃的山墙朝向道路。

There was everywhere a bewildering mass of fruit blossom—apple, plum, pear, cherry; and as we drove by I could see the green grass under the trees spangled with the fallen petals.

到处都是令人眼花缭乱的果花——苹果花、李子花、梨花、樱桃花；当我们开车经过时，我可以看到树下的绿草地上点缀着落下的花瓣。

In and out amongst these green hills of what they call here the “Mittel Land” ran the road, losing itself as it swept round the grassy curve, or was shut out by the straggling ends of pine woods, which here and there ran down the hillsides like tongues of flame.

道路蜿蜒穿过这片被当地人称为“中部地区”的绿色山丘，在草地上盘旋转弯时消失不见，或者被零星散落的松树林挡住去路，这些松树林像火焰的舌头一样从山坡上倾泻而下。

The road was rugged, but still we seemed to fly over it with a feverish haste. I could not understand then what the haste meant, but the driver was evidently bent on losing no time in reaching Borgo Prund.

道路崎岖不平，但我们却仿佛飞驰而过，速度快得惊人。当时我并不明白这速度意味着什么，但司机显然一心想尽快抵达博尔戈普伦德。

I was told that this road is in summertime excellent, but that it had not yet been put in order after the winter snows.

有人告诉我，这条路在夏天路况极佳，但冬天的雪过后还没有进行整修。

In this respect it is different from the general run of roads in the Carpathians, for it is an old tradition that they are not to be kept in too good order.

在这方面，它与喀尔巴阡山脉的一般道路不同，因为喀尔巴阡山脉有一个古老的传统，那就是道路不应该维护得太好。

Of old the Hospadars would not repair them, lest the Turk should think that they were preparing to bring in foreign troops, and so hasten the war which was always really at loading point.

过去，旅社的士兵们不愿修理这些船只，以免土耳其人认为他们正准备引进外国军队，从而加速战争的爆发，而实际上战争早已处于开战阶段。

Beyond the green swelling hills of the Mittel Land rose mighty slopes of forest up to the lofty steeps of the Carpathians themselves.

在米特尔兰绿色的绵延山丘之外，巍峨的森林山坡一直延伸到喀尔巴阡山脉高耸陡峭的山峰。

Right and left of us they towered, with the afternoon sun falling full upon them and bringing out all the glorious colours of this beautiful range, deep blue and purple in the shadows of the peaks, green and brown where grass and rock mingled, and an endless perspective of jagged rock and pointed crags, till these were themselves lost in the distance, where the snowy peaks rose grandly.

在我们左右两侧，巍峨耸立，午后的阳光洒在它们身上，将这美丽山脉的所有绚丽色彩都展现出来：山峰阴影处是深蓝色和紫色，草地和岩石交汇处是绿色和棕色，嶙峋的岩石和尖锐的峭壁绵延不绝，直到它们消失在远方，那里白雪皑皑的山峰巍峨耸立。

Here and there seemed mighty rifts in the mountains, through which, as the sun began to sink, we saw now and again the white gleam of falling water.

山脉中似乎不时出现巨大的裂缝，随着太阳开始西沉，我们不时能看到流水飞溅的白色光芒。

One of my companions touched my arm as we swept round the base of a hill and opened up the lofty, snow-covered peak of a mountain, which seemed, as we wound on our serpentine way, to be right before us:—

当我们绕过山脚，眼前豁然开朗，一座巍峨的雪山之巅映入眼帘，在我们蜿蜒曲折的旅途中，它仿佛就在我们眼前。这时，我的一个同伴碰了碰我的胳膊。

“Look! Isten szek!”—“God’s seat!”—and he crossed himself reverently.

“看！这是上帝的宝座！”——然后他虔诚地划了个十字。

As we wound on our endless way, and the sun sank lower and lower behind us, the shadows of the evening began to creep round us. This was emphasised by the fact that the snowy mountain-top still held the sunset, and seemed to glow out with a delicate cool pink.

我们继续蜿蜒前行，夕阳在我们身后渐渐西沉，夜幕的阴影开始笼罩我们。雪山之巅依然映照着落日，泛着淡淡的粉色光芒，更衬托出这朦胧的夜色。

Here and there we passed Cszeks and Slovaks, all in picturesque attire, but I noticed that goitre was painfully prevalent. By the roadside were many crosses, and as we swept by, my companions all crossed themselves.

我们一路上不时遇到捷克人和斯洛伐克人，他们都穿着色彩鲜艳的服饰，但我注意到甲状腺肿的患病率很高。路边有很多十字架，我们经过时，我的同伴们都划了十字。

Here and there was a peasant man or woman kneeling before a shrine, who did not even turn round as we approached, but seemed in the self-surrender of devotion to have neither eyes nor ears for the outer world.

不时会看到一些农夫或农妇跪在神龛前，当我们走近时，他们甚至都没有回头，似乎沉浸在虔诚的自我奉献中，对外界世界既无眼也无耳。

There were many things new to me: for instance, hay-ricks in the trees, and here and there very beautiful masses of weeping birch, their white stems shining like silver through the delicate green of the leaves.

对我来说，有很多新鲜事物：例如树上的干草堆，以及到处可见的美丽垂枝白桦，它们白色的枝干透过嫩绿的叶子闪闪发光，如同银子一般。

Now and again we passed a leiter-wagon—the ordinary peasant’s cart—with its long, snake-like vertebra, calculated to suit the inequalities of the road.

我们时不时会遇到一辆莱特马车——普通农民的马车——它有着长长的、像蛇一样的车架，这种车架的设计是为了适应道路的不平坦。

On this were sure to be seated quite a group of home-coming peasants, the Cszeks with their white, and the Slovaks with their coloured, sheepskins, the latter carrying lance-fashion their long staves, with axe at end.

上面肯定会坐着一大群返乡的农民，捷克人披着白色的羊皮，斯洛伐克人披着彩色的羊皮，后者像持矛一样挥舞着长棍，棍子末端是斧头。

As the evening fell it began to get very cold, and the growing twilight seemed to merge into one dark mistiness the gloom of the trees, oak, beech, and pine, though in the valleys which ran deep between the spurs of the hills, as we ascended through the Pass, the dark firs stood out here and there against the background of late-lying snow.

夜幕降临，天气开始变得非常冷，暮色渐浓，橡树、山毛榉和松树的幽暗似乎都融入了一片黑暗的薄雾中。然而，当我们沿着山脊向上攀登时，在山脊之间深邃的山谷中，深色的冷杉在新雪的映衬下，时不时地显露出来。

Sometimes, as the road was cut through the pine woods that seemed in the darkness to be closing down upon us, great masses of greyness, which here and there bestrewed the trees, produced a peculiarly weird and solemn effect, which carried on the thoughts and grim fancies engendered earlier in the evening, when the falling sunset threw into strange relief the ghost-like clouds which amongst the Carpathians seem to wind ceaselessly through the valleys.

有时，当道路穿过松树林时，黑暗中松树林似乎正向我们逼近，大片大片的灰色云朵零星散布在树木之间，产生了一种奇异而庄严的效果，延续了傍晚早些时候产生的思绪和阴郁的想象，当时落日将喀尔巴阡山脉中似乎永不停息地蜿蜒穿过山谷的幽灵般的云朵奇异地凸显出来。

Sometimes the hills were so steep that, despite our driver’s haste, the horses could only go slowly.

有时山坡非常陡峭，尽管我们的司机加快了速度，马匹也只能缓慢前进。

I wished to get down and walk up them, as we do at home, but the driver would not hear of it. “No, no,” he said; “you must not walk here; the dogs are too fierce”; and then he added, with what he evidently meant for grim pleasantry—for he looked round to catch the approving smile of the rest—“and you may have enough of such matters before you go to sleep.” The only stop he would make was a moment’s pause to light his lamps.

我想下车走上去，就像在家那样，但司机坚决不肯。“不行，不行，”他说，“你不能在这里走，狗太凶了。”然后他又补充道，语气里显然带着一丝苦涩的玩笑——因为他环顾四周，看到了其他人赞许的微笑——“在你睡觉前，最好多听听这些。”他唯一停顿的地方，是点亮车灯的那一下。

When it grew dark there seemed to be some excitement amongst the passengers, and they kept speaking to him, one after the other, as though urging him to further speed.

天色渐暗时，乘客们似乎有些兴奋，他们一个接一个地跟他说话，好像在催促他加快速度。

He lashed the horses unmercifully with his long whip, and with wild cries of encouragement urged them on to further exertions. Then through the darkness I could see a sort of patch of grey light ahead of us, as though there were a cleft in the hills.

他用长鞭毫不留情地抽打着马匹，一边发出狂野的呐喊，一边催促它们继续奋力奔跑。这时，透过黑暗，我看到前方有一小片灰色的光亮，仿佛山峦间出现了一道裂缝。

The excitement of the passengers grew greater; the crazy coach rocked on its great leather springs, and swayed like a boat tossed on a stormy sea. I had to hold on. The road grew more level, and we appeared to fly along.

乘客们越来越兴奋；这辆颠簸的马车在巨大的皮革弹簧上摇晃，像一艘在暴风雨中颠簸的小船。我不得不紧紧抓住扶手。道路渐渐平坦起来，我们仿佛飞驰而去。

Then the mountains seemed to come nearer to us on each side and to frown down upon us; we were entering on the Borgo Pass.

然后，两侧的群山似乎向我们逼近，仿佛在俯视着我们；我们正进入博尔戈山口。

One by one several of the passengers offered me gifts, which they pressed upon me with an earnestness which would take no denial; these were certainly of an odd and varied kind, but each was given in simple good faith, with a kindly word, and a blessing, and that strange mixture of fear-meaning movements which I had seen outside the hotel at Bistritz—the sign of the cross and the guard against the evil eye.

乘客们一个接一个地向我赠送礼物，他们热情地向我推销，不容我拒绝；这些礼物种类繁多，各有不同，但每一份礼物都饱含着真诚的善意，伴随着亲切的话语和祝福，以及我在比斯特里茨酒店外看到的那种奇怪的、带有恐惧意味的动作——划十字和辟邪的手势。

Then, as we flew along, the driver leaned forward, and on each side the passengers, craning over the edge of the coach, peered eagerly into the darkness.

然后，随着车子飞驰而去，司机向前倾身，两侧的乘客都探出车厢边缘，急切地向黑暗中张望。

It was evident that something very exciting was either happening or expected, but though I asked each passenger, no one would give me the slightest explanation.

很明显，要么正在发生，要么即将发生一些非常激动人心的事情，但我问了每一位乘客，却没有人愿意给我哪怕一丝一毫的解释。

This state of excitement kept on for some little time; and at last we saw before us the Pass opening out on the eastern side. There were dark, rolling clouds overhead, and in the air the heavy, oppressive sense of thunder.

这种兴奋的状态持续了一会儿；最后，我们看到山口东侧豁然开朗。头顶上乌云密布，空气中弥漫着沉重压抑的雷声。

It seemed as though the mountain range had separated two atmospheres, and that now we had got into the thunderous one. I was now myself looking out for the conveyance which was to take me to the Count.

仿佛山脉将两种不同的空气隔开，而我们现在正置身于雷鸣般的空气之中。我正四处张望，寻找接我去见伯爵的交通工具。

Each moment I expected to see the glare of lamps through the blackness; but all was dark. The only light was the flickering rays of our own lamps, in which the steam from our hard-driven horses rose in a white cloud.

我每时每刻都期待着能透过黑暗看到灯光，但周围一片漆黑。唯一的光源是我们自己车灯摇曳的光芒，马匹奔腾而下，扬起阵阵白烟。

We could see now the sandy road lying white before us, but there was on it no sign of a vehicle. The passengers drew back with a sigh of gladness, which seemed to mock my own disappointment.

现在我们可以看到眼前是一条白色的沙路，但路上却不见任何车辆的踪影。乘客们松了口气，仿佛在嘲笑我的失望。

I was already thinking what I had best do, when the driver, looking at his watch, said to the others something which I could hardly hear, it was spoken so quietly and in so low a tone; I thought it was “An hour less than the time.” Then turning to me, he said in German worse than my own:—

我正琢磨着该怎么办，这时司机看了看表，对其他人说了些什么，声音很小很低，我几乎听不见；我以为他说的是“比预定时间少一个小时”。然后他转向我，用比我的德语还差的德语说道：

“There is no carriage here. The Herr is not expected after all.

这里没有马车。先生果然没来。

He will now come on to Bukovina, and return to-morrow or the next day; better the next day.” Whilst he was speaking the horses began to neigh and snort and plunge wildly, so that the driver had to hold them up. Then, amongst a chorus of screams from the peasants and a universal crossing of themselves, a calèche, with four horses, drove up behind us, overtook us, and drew up beside the coach.

他现在要前往布科维纳，明天或后天返回；最好是后天。”他话音未落，马匹便开始嘶鸣、喷鼻，狂奔起来，车夫不得不勒住缰绳。这时，在农民们的尖叫声和普遍的划十字手势中，一辆四匹马拉的马车从我们身后驶来，超过了我们，停在了马车旁边。

I could see from the flash of our lamps, as the rays fell on them, that the horses were coal-black and splendid animals.

从灯光照射在马身上的闪光中，我可以看出这些马匹是漆黑如墨的，是威风凛凛的动物。

They were driven by a tall man, with a long brown beard and a great black hat, which seemed to hide his face from us. I could only see the gleam of a pair of very bright eyes, which seemed red in the lamplight, as he turned to us. He said to the driver:—

驾车的是个身材高大的男人，留着长长的棕色胡须，戴着一顶黑色大帽子，帽子似乎遮住了他的脸。我只能看到他转过身来时，一双明亮的眼睛闪着光，在灯光下显得有些发红。他对车夫说：

“You are early to-night, my friend.” The man stammered in reply:—

“朋友，你今晚来得真早。”那人结结巴巴地回答道：

“The English Herr was in a hurry,” to which the stranger replied:—

“那位英国先生很着急，”陌生人回答道：

“That is why, I suppose, you wished him to go on to Bukovina.

“我想，这就是你希望他去布科维纳的原因吧。”

You cannot deceive me, my friend; I know too much, and my horses are swift.” As he spoke he smiled, and the lamplight fell on a hard-looking mouth, with very red lips and sharp-looking teeth, as white as ivory.

“朋友，你骗不了我；我知道的太多了，而且我的马跑得很快。”他一边说着，一边笑了，灯光照在一张看起来很凶狠的嘴上，嘴唇鲜红，牙齿尖锐，像象牙一样洁白。

One of my companions whispered to another the line from Burger’s “Lenore”:—

我的一位同伴悄悄地把伯格的诗作《莱诺尔》中的一句台词告诉了另一位：——

“Denn die Todten reiten schnell”—

“Denn die Todten reiten schnell”——

(“For the dead travel fast.”)

（“死者行速。”）

The strange driver evidently heard the words, for he looked up with a gleaming smile. The passenger turned his face away, at the same time putting out his two fingers and crossing himself.

这位古怪的司机显然听到了这些话，因为他抬起头，脸上露出了灿烂的笑容。乘客则转过脸去，同时伸出两根手指，交叉成十字。

“Give me the Herr’s luggage,” said the driver; and with exceeding alacrity my bags were handed out and put in the calèche.

“把先生的行李给我，”司机说；我的行李很快就被递了出来，放进了马车里。

Then I descended from the side of the coach, as the calèche was close alongside, the driver helping me with a hand which caught my arm in a grip of steel; his strength must have been prodigious.

然后我从马车边下来，因为马车就在旁边，车夫伸出一只手扶我，那只手像钢铁般紧紧抓住我的胳膊；他的力量一定非常惊人。

Without a word he shook his reins, the horses turned, and we swept into the darkness of the Pass.

他一言不发，抖了抖缰绳，马儿转身，我们冲进了山口的黑暗之中。

As I looked back I saw the steam from the horses of the coach by the light of the lamps, and projected against it the figures of my late companions crossing themselves.

回头望去，我透过车灯的光芒，看到马车的马匹冒出的热气，映照出我已故同伴们划着十字的身影。

Then the driver cracked his whip and called to his horses, and off they swept on their way to Bukovina.

然后车夫挥动鞭子，呼唤他的马匹，马儿便疾驰而去，前往布科维纳。

As they sank into the darkness I felt a strange chill, and a lonely feeling came over me; but a cloak was thrown over my shoulders, and a rug across my knees, and the driver said in excellent German:—

当车厢沉入黑暗中时，我感到一阵莫名的寒意，一种孤独感涌上心头；但有人把斗篷披在我的肩上，把毯子盖在我的膝盖上，车夫用一口流利的德语说道：

“The night is chill, mein Herr, and my master the Count bade me take all care of you.

“夜里有些冷，先生，我的主人伯爵嘱咐我好好照顾您。”

There is a flask of slivovitz (the plum brandy of the country) underneath the seat, if you should require it.” I did not take any, but it was a comfort to know it was there all the same. I felt a little strangely, and not a little frightened.

“座位底下放着一瓶李子白兰地（当地的李子白兰地），如果你需要的话。”我没喝，但知道它在那里还是让我感到安心。我感觉有点怪异，还有点害怕。

I think had there been any alternative I should have taken it, instead of prosecuting that unknown night journey. The carriage went at a hard pace straight along, then we made a complete turn and went along another straight road.

我想，如果有其他选择，我应该选择其他的，而不是继续那段未知的夜路。马车一路疾驰，然后我们掉头，沿着另一条笔直的道路行驶。

It seemed to me that we were simply going over and over the same ground again; and so I took note of some salient point, and found that this was so. I would have liked to have asked the driver what this all meant, but I really feared to do so, for I thought that, placed as I was, any protest would have had no effect in case there had been an intention to delay.

我觉得我们只是在原地打转；于是我记下了一些关键点，发现确实如此。我很想问问司机这一切到底是怎么回事，但我实在不敢，因为我觉得以我当时的处境，万一他们有意拖延时间，我的抗议也无济于事。

By-and-by, however, as I was curious to know how time was passing, I struck a match, and by its flame looked at my watch; it was within a few minutes of midnight.

然而，后来，我很好奇时间是如何流逝的，于是我划了一根火柴，借着火苗看了看手表；离午夜只有几分钟了。

This gave me a sort of shock, for I suppose the general superstition about midnight was increased by my recent experiences. I waited with a sick feeling of suspense.

这让我感到有些震惊，我想，我最近的经历加深了人们对午夜的普遍迷信。我带着一种令人不安的悬念等待着。

Then a dog began to howl somewhere in a farmhouse far down the road—a long, agonised wailing, as if from fear.

这时，远处路边的一间农舍里传来一声狗嚎——一声悠长而痛苦的哀嚎，仿佛是出于恐惧。

The sound was taken up by another dog, and then another and another, till, borne on the wind which now sighed softly through the Pass, a wild howling began, which seemed to come from all over the country, as far as the imagination could grasp it through the gloom of the night.

另一只狗也跟着叫了起来，接着又一只，又一只，直到这声音随着轻柔地吹过山口的风传播开来，变成了一阵野性的嚎叫，这嚎叫似乎来自全国各地，在夜的黑暗中，想象力所能捕捉到的范围非常广。

At the first howl the horses began to strain and rear, but the driver spoke to them soothingly, and they quieted down, but shivered and sweated as though after a runaway from sudden fright.

第一声​​嚎叫过后，马儿们开始挣扎和扬蹄，但车夫安抚它们，它们便安静了下来，但却浑身颤抖、汗流浃背，仿佛刚刚受到惊吓而逃跑过一样。

Then, far off in the distance, from the mountains on each side of us began a louder and a sharper howling—that of wolves—which affected both the horses and myself in the same way—for I was minded to jump from the calèche and run, whilst they reared again and plunged madly, so that the driver had to use all his great strength to keep them from bolting.

然后，远处，从我们两侧的山上，传来越来越响亮、越来越尖锐的嚎叫声——那是狼的嚎叫声——这声音对我和马都产生了同样的效果——因为我当时很想从马车里跳出来逃跑，而它们又扬起前蹄，疯狂地向前冲去，以至于车夫不得不使出浑身解数才阻止它们狂奔。

In a few minutes, however, my own ears got accustomed to the sound, and the horses so far became quiet that the driver was able to descend and to stand before them.

然而，几分钟后，我的耳朵就习惯了这种声音，马匹也安静了下来，车夫得以走下马车，站在马匹面前。

He petted and soothed them, and whispered something in their ears, as I have heard of horse-tamers doing, and with extraordinary effect, for under his caresses they became quite manageable again, though they still trembled.

他抚摸安抚它们，在它们耳边低语，就像我听说驯马师所做的那样，而且效果非凡，因为在他的抚摸下，它们又变得完全可以控制了，尽管它们仍然颤抖。

The driver again took his seat, and shaking his reins, started off at a great pace. This time, after going to the far side of the Pass, he suddenly turned down a narrow roadway which ran sharply to the right.

车夫再次坐上驾驶座，甩动缰绳，策马疾驰而去。这一次，他驶过山口后，突然拐进一条向右急转弯的狭窄道路。

Soon we were hemmed in with trees, which in places arched right over the roadway till we passed as through a tunnel; and again great frowning rocks guarded us boldly on either side.

很快我们就被树木包围了，有些地方的树木拱到了路面上，我们就像穿过隧道一样穿过去；两侧又耸立着巨大的岩石，它们像凶猛的獠牙一样守护着我们。

Though we were in shelter, we could hear the rising wind, for it moaned and whistled through the rocks, and the branches of the trees crashed together as we swept along.

虽然我们身处避风处，但还是能听到风越来越大，风在岩石间呜咽呼啸，我们被风吹得树枝互相碰撞。

It grew colder and colder still, and fine, powdery snow began to fall, so that soon we and all around us were covered with a white blanket. The keen wind still carried the howling of the dogs, though this grew fainter as we went on our way.

天气越来越冷，细细的粉状雪开始飘落，很快我们和周围的一切都被一层白雪覆盖。凛冽的寒风中依然传来狗吠声，但随着我们继续前行，狗吠声渐渐减弱。

The baying of the wolves sounded nearer and nearer, as though they were closing round on us from every side. I grew dreadfully afraid, and the horses shared my fear.

狼嚎声越来越近，仿佛从四面八方逼近我们。我感到无比恐惧，马儿们也和我一样害怕。

The driver, however, was not in the least disturbed; he kept turning his head to left and right, but I could not see anything through the darkness.

然而，司机却丝毫没有惊慌；他不停地左右转头，但因为天黑，我什么也看不见。

Suddenly, away on our left, I saw a faint flickering blue flame. The driver saw it at the same moment; he at once checked the horses, and, jumping to the ground, disappeared into the darkness.

突然，在我们左侧远处，我看到一团微弱的蓝色火焰在闪烁。车夫也同时看到了，他立刻勒住马匹，跳下马，消失在黑暗中。

I did not know what to do, the less as the howling of the wolves grew closer; but while I wondered the driver suddenly appeared again, and without a word took his seat, and we resumed our journey.

我不知道该怎么办，狼嚎声越来越近，我更加不知所措；正当我疑惑不解时，司机突然又出现了，一言不发地坐上了车，我们继续上路。

I think I must have fallen asleep and kept dreaming of the incident, for it seemed to be repeated endlessly, and now looking back, it is like a sort of awful nightmare.

我想我一定是睡着了，然后一直梦到这件事，因为它似乎不断重复发生，现在回想起来，就像一场可怕的噩梦。

Once the flame appeared so near the road, that even in the darkness around us I could watch the driver’s motions.

有一次，火焰离路面非常近，即使在周围的黑暗中，我也能看到驾驶员的动作。

He went rapidly to where the blue flame arose—it must have been very faint, for it did not seem to illumine the place around it at all—and gathering a few stones, formed them into some device.

他迅速走到蓝色火焰升起的地方——那火焰一定很微弱，因为它似乎根本没有照亮周围的地方——然后捡起几块石头，把它们捏成某种装置。

Once there appeared a strange optical effect: when he stood between me and the flame he did not obstruct it, for I could see its ghostly flicker all the same.

有一次出现了一种奇怪的光学现象：当他站在我和火焰之间时，他并没有挡住火焰，因为我仍然可以看到它幽灵般的闪烁。

This startled me, but as the effect was only momentary, I took it that my eyes deceived me straining through the darkness.

这让我吓了一跳，但由于这种效果只是暂时的，我以为是我在黑暗中努力辨认时看错了。

Then for a time there were no blue flames, and we sped onwards through the gloom, with the howling of the wolves around us, as though they were following in a moving circle.

随后，蓝色的火焰消失了一段时间，我们穿过黑暗疾驰而去，周围传来狼群的嚎叫声，仿佛它们正围着我们转圈。

At last there came a time when the driver went further afield than he had yet gone, and during his absence, the horses began to tremble worse than ever and to snort and scream with fright.

终于，车夫走得比以往更远了，在他离开的这段时间里，马儿们开始比以往任何时候都更加颤抖，并因恐惧而发出嘶鸣和尖叫。

I could not see any cause for it, for the howling of the wolves had ceased altogether; but just then the moon, sailing through the black clouds, appeared behind the jagged crest of a beetling, pine-clad rock, and by its light I saw around us a ring of wolves, with white teeth and lolling red tongues, with long, sinewy limbs and shaggy hair.

我看不出有什么原因，因为狼嚎声已经完全停止了；但就在这时，月亮穿过黑云，出现在一块松树覆盖的尖锐岩石的锯齿状山脊后面，借着月光，我看到我们周围有一圈狼，它们长着白色的牙齿和红色的舌头，四肢修长而有力，毛发蓬乱。

They were a hundred times more terrible in the grim silence which held them than even when they howled. For myself, I felt a sort of paralysis of fear.

在令人窒息的寂静中，它们比嚎叫时可怕百倍。而我，则感到一种恐惧带来的麻痹感。

It is only when a man feels himself face to face with such horrors that he can understand their true import.

只有当一个人亲身经历这些恐怖事件时，他才能真正理解它们的意义。

All at once the wolves began to howl as though the moonlight had had some peculiar effect on them.

突然间，狼群开始嚎叫起来，仿佛月光对它们产生了某种奇特的影响。

The horses jumped about and reared, and looked helplessly round with eyes that rolled in a way painful to see; but the living ring of terror encompassed them on every side; and they had perforce to remain within it. I called to the coachman to come, for it seemed to me that our only chance was to try to break out through the ring and to aid his approach.

马儿们惊恐地跳跃、扬蹄，无助地四处张望，眼珠无力地转动，那景象令人不忍直视；但恐惧的魔圈从四面八方包围着它们，它们只能被迫待在里面。我叫来马车夫，因为我觉得我们唯一的希望就是设法冲出魔圈，去帮他一把。

I shouted and beat the side of the calèche, hoping by the noise to scare the wolves from that side, so as to give him a chance of reaching the trap.

我大声喊叫并拍打马车的侧面，希望用噪音吓走那边的狼，好让他有机会到达陷阱。

How he came there, I know not, but I heard his voice raised in a tone of imperious command, and looking towards the sound, saw him stand in the roadway.

我不知道他是怎么到那里的，但我听到他提高了嗓门，语气带着不容置疑的命令意味，循着声音望去，看到他站在路中间。

As he swept his long arms, as though brushing aside some impalpable obstacle, the wolves fell back and back further still. Just then a heavy cloud passed across the face of the moon, so that we were again in darkness.

他挥动长臂，仿佛拂去某种无形的障碍，狼群便节节败退。就在这时，一团浓重的乌云掠过月亮，我们再次陷入黑暗之中。

When I could see again the driver was climbing into the calèche, and the wolves had disappeared. This was all so strange and uncanny that a dreadful fear came upon me, and I was afraid to speak or move.

当我再次能看清东西时，车夫正爬进马车，狼群已经消失了。这一切都如此怪异诡异，一种可怕的恐惧攫住了我，我不敢说话，也不敢动弹。

The time seemed interminable as we swept on our way, now in almost complete darkness, for the rolling clouds obscured the moon. We kept on ascending, with occasional periods of quick descent, but in the main always ascending.

我们继续前行，时间仿佛凝固了，此时已是近乎完全的黑暗，翻滚的云层遮蔽了月亮。我们不断上升，偶尔会快速下降，但总体上始终处于上升状态。

Suddenly, I became conscious of the fact that the driver was in the act of pulling up the horses in the courtyard of a vast ruined castle, from whose tall black windows came no ray of light, and whose broken battlements showed a jagged line against the moonlit sky.

突然，我意识到，车夫正在一座巨大的废弃城堡的院子里勒马，城堡高大的黑色窗户透不出一丝光线，残破的城垛在月光下的天空中勾勒出一条锯齿状的线条。