月亮和六便士 第五十五章(1)

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Mr. Coutras was an old Frenchman of great stature¹ and exceeding bulk. 库特拉斯医生是一个又高又胖的法国人，已经有了一把年纪。

His body was shaped like a huge duck's egg; 他的体型好象一只大鸭蛋，

and his eyes, sharp, blue, and good-natured, rested now and then with self-satisfaction on his enormous paunch. 一对蓝眼睛的的逼人，却又充满了善意，时不时地带着志满意得的神情落在自己鼓起的大肚皮上。

His complexion² was florid and his hair white. He was a man to attract immediate³ sympathy. 他的脸色红扑扑的，配着一头白发，让人一看见就发生好感。

He received us in a room that might have been in a house in a provincial⁴ town in France, and the one or two Polynesian curios had an odd look. 他接见我们的地方很象在法国小城市里的一所住宅，两件波利尼西亚的摆设在屋子里显得非常刺眼。

He took my hand in both of his—they were huge—and gave me a hearty⁵ look, in which, however, was great shrewdness. 库特拉斯医生用两只手握住我的手——他的手很大——，亲切地看着我；但是从他的眼神我却可以看出他是个非常精明的人。

When he shook hands with Capitaine Brunot he enquired⁶ politely after Madame et les enfants. 在他同布吕诺船长握手的时候，他很客气地问候夫人和孩子。

For some minutes there was an exchange of courtesies and some local gossip about the island, the prospects⁷ of copra and the vanilla⁸ crop; 我们寒暄了几句。又闲扯了一会儿本地的各种新闻，今年椰子和香草果的收成等等。

then we came to the object of my visit. 这以后谈话转到我这次来访的本题。

I shall not tell what Dr. Coutras related to me in his words, but in my own, for I cannot hope to give at second hand any impression of his vivacious⁹ delivery. 我现在只能用自己的语言把库特拉斯给我讲的故事写下来；他当时给我叙述时，绘声绘色，他的原话经我一转述就要大为减色，

He had a deep, resonant¹⁰ voice, fitted to his massive frame, and a keen sense of the dramatic. 他的嗓音低沉，带着回音，同他魁梧的体格非常相配。他说话时很善于表演。

To listen to him was, as the phrase goes, as good as a play; and much better than most. 听他讲话，正象一般人爱用的一个譬喻，就象在观看戏剧，而且比大多数戏演得更为精彩。

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