月亮和六便士 第二十六章(1)

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Next day we moved Strickland. 第二天我们就去给思特里克兰德搬家。

It needed a good deal of firmness and still more patience to induce him to come, 劝说他搬到施特略夫家里来需要绝大的毅力和更多的耐心，

but he was really too ill to offer any effective resistance to Stroeve's entreaties¹ and to my determination. 幸而思特里克兰德病得实在太重，对于施特略夫的央求和我的决心都做不出有效的抵抗了。

We dressed him, while he feebly cursed us, got him downstairs, into a cab, and eventually to Stroeve's studio. 在他的软弱无力的咒骂声中，我们给他穿好衣服，扶着他走下楼梯，安置在一辆马车里，最后终于把他弄到施特略夫的画室里。

He was so exhausted² by the time we arrived that he allowed us to put him to bed without a word. 当我们到达以后，他已经一点气力也没有了，只好一言不发地由我们把他放在一张床上。

He was ill for six weeks. 他的病延续了六个星期。

At one time it looked as though he could not live more than a few hours, 有一段日子看上去他连几个钟头也活不过去了，

and I am convinced that it was only through the Dutchman's doggedness that he pulled through. 我毫不怀疑，他之所以能够活下来完全要归功这位荷兰画家任劳任怨的护理。

I have never known a more difficult patient. 我从来也没有见到过比他更难伺候的病人。

It was not that he was exacting³ and querulous; on the contrary, he never complained, he asked for nothing, he was perfectly⁴ silent; 倒不是说他挑剔、抱怨；恰恰相反，他从来也不诉苦，从来不提出什么要求，他躺在那里一语不发。

but he seemed to resent the care that was taken of him; 但是他似乎非常厌恨你对他的照顾；

he received all inquiries⁵ about his feelings or his needs with a jibe⁶, a sneer⁷, or an oath. 谁要是问一问他觉得怎么样、有什么需要，他轻则挖苦你一句，重则破口大骂。

I found him detestable, and as soon as he was out of danger I had no hesitation⁸ in telling him so. Go to hell, he answered briefly⁹. 我发现这个人实在让人厌恶，他刚一脱离危险，我就把我的想法告诉了他。“见鬼去吧，你，”他一点不客气地回敬了我一句。

Dirk Stroeve, giving up his work entirely¹⁰, nursed Strickland with tenderness and sympathy. 戴尔克·施特略夫把自己的工作全部撂下，整天服侍病人，又体贴，又关切。

He was dexterous¹¹ to make him comfortable, 他的手脚非常利索，把病人弄得舒舒服服。

and he exercised a cunning of which I should never have thought him capable to induce him to take the medicines prescribed by the doctor. 大夫开了药，他总是连哄带骗地劝病人按时服用，我从来没想到他的手段这么巧妙。

Nothing was too much trouble for him. 无论做什么事他都不嫌麻烦。

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