牛津書蟲系列 多里安·格雷的畫像 13

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The next morning Dorian wrote two letters. He put one of them into his pocket，and he gave the other to his servant.'Take this to Mr Campbell's house at once，'he said.

第二天早上多里安寫了兩封信。他把一封裝進(jìn)自己的口袋，將另一封給了仆人。“立刻把這封信送到坎貝爾先生家。”他說。

While Dorian waited， he picked up a book and tried to read.But after a time the book fell from his hand. Perhaps Alan Campbell was out of England.Perhaps he would refuse to come.He was a very clever scientist，and five years ago he and Dorian had been good friends. But now Alan never smiled when he met Dorian.

多里安等的時候拿起了一本書，試著讀起來。但是，過了一會兒書從他手里掉了下來。艾倫·坎貝爾可能不在英格蘭，他可能拒絕來這兒。他是一位非常聰明的科學(xué)家，五年前還是多里安的好朋友，但是現(xiàn)在遇見多里安時，艾倫從來不笑。

Each minute seemed an hour to Dorian，but at last the door opened.Dorian smiled.'Alan!'he said.'Thank you for coming.'

對多里安來說每一分鐘都像一個小時，可是門終于開了。多里安笑了。“艾倫!”他說，“謝謝你能來。”

'I never wanted to enter your house again，but your letter said that it was a question of life and death，'said Alan Campbell. His voice was hard and cold.

“我從不想再進(jìn)你家，可是你的信上說是有關(guān)生和死的事兒。”艾倫·坎貝爾說。他的聲音嚴(yán)厲而冷淡。

'Yes，Alan，it is.Please sit down.'Across the table the two men's eyes met.Dorian was silent for a moment;then，very quietly， he said，'Alan， in a locked room upstairs there is a dead body.I want you to destroy it.There must be nothing left. I know you can do this.'

“是的，艾倫，是這樣的事兒，請坐。”在桌子上方，兩個人的眼神相碰了。多里安沉默了片刻，然后非常平靜地說：“艾倫，樓上鎖著的屋子里有一具尸體，我想讓你銷毀它，什么東西都不剩，我知道你能做到。”

'I don't want to know your terrible secrets.I refuse to help you，'Campbell replied.

“我不想知道你可怕的秘密，我不愿幫助你。”坎貝爾回答。

'But you must， Alan.You're the only person who can help me.'Dorian smiled sadly.He took a piece of paper， wrote something on it，and pushed it across the table to Campbell.

“但是你必須幫我，艾倫。你是唯一能幫助我的人。”多里安痛苦地笑著。他拿來一張紙，在上面寫了些字，推給桌子那邊的坎貝爾。

As Campbell read the piece of paper， his face went white.He looked at Dorian with hate and fear in his eyes.

坎貝爾讀這張紙時，臉都變白了。他用憎恨而又懼怕的眼神看著多里安。

'I'm so sorry for you，Alan，'said Dorian gently.'I've already written a letter，and if you don't help me，I'll have to send it.But I think that you will help me.'

“太對不起了，艾倫。”多里安溫和地說。“我已經(jīng)寫了一封信，如果你不幫我，我就寄出這封信，但我想你會幫助我的。”

Campbell put his face in his hands， and was silent for a long time.Dorian waited.

坎貝爾捂住臉，很長時間沒有說話。多里安等著。

'I'll need some things from my house，'Campbell said at last.

“我需要家里的一些東西用。”坎貝爾終于說。

Dorian sent his servant to fetch the things that Campbell needed， and the two men waited silently.When the servant returned， Dorian took the scientist upstairs to the locked room.As they entered， Dorian remembered that the portrait was uncovered.He turned to cover it， then stopped and stared in horror. One of the hands in the picture was red with blood.For Dorian， this was more terrible than the dead body in the room.With shaking hands，he quickly covered the picture.

多里安讓仆人去取坎貝爾需要的東西，于是兩個人靜靜地等著。仆人回來后，多里安把科學(xué)家?guī)У搅藰巧湘i著的房間。他們進(jìn)去后，多里安記起畫像被掀開了，他轉(zhuǎn)身蓋上它，然后停在那里，恐怖地瞪著看。畫像的一只手沾上了鮮紅的血，這比房間里的尸體更讓多里安害怕。他迅速用顫抖的手蓋住了畫像。

'Leave me now，'ordered Campbell.

Five hours later Campbell came back downstairs.'I've done what you asked me to do，'he said.'And now goodbye.I never want to see you again.'

When Campbell had left，Dorian went upstairs.There was a terrible smell in the room， but the dead body had gone.

坎貝爾走后，多里安來到樓上。房間里有一股可怕難聞的味道，但是尸體已經(jīng)不見了。