美国语文第六册 第26期:受惊的艺术家(2)

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　　He came to his studies every morning at daybreak, and remained at work until sunset. 每天天刚亮，他就来到画室，一直干到日落西山。

　　Then he retired² into his lonely chamber³, and wrought⁴ for his own amusement. 然后，他孤独地回到自己的小屋休息，苦中作乐。

　　Duhobret labored⁵ three years in this way, giving himself no time for exercise or recreation. 杜霍布赖特以这种方式受了三年的苦，既没有机会练习，也没有时间使自己绷紧的神经得到放松。

　　He said nothing to a single human being of the paintings he had produced in the solitude⁶ of his cell, by the light of his lamp. 他没有对任何人讲过他在孤独中借助幽幽的灯光揣摩绘画这件事情，

　　But his bodily energies wasted and declined under incessant⁷ toil⁸. 不过这种经年不息的劳作浪费了他的精力，身体也垮了。

　　There was none sufficiently⁹ interested in the poor artist, to mark the feverish¹⁰ hue¹¹ of his wrinkled cheek, or the increasing attenuation¹² of his misshapen frame. 没有人对这位可怜的画家给予过足够的关注，也没有谁留意到他皱纹堆垒的脸颊上泛起的病态的红晕，以及那佝偻的身体愈发瘦削。

　　None observed that the uninviting pittance¹³ set aside for his midday repast, remained for several days untouched. 甚至没有谁注意到他那微薄的薪水连吃午餐都不够，一连好几天他都不吃午餐。

　　Samuel made his appearance regularly as ever, and bore with the same meekness¹⁴ the gibes¹⁵ of his fellow-pupils, 萨缪尔习惯了，同过去一样温顺地忍受着同伴的讥讽，

　　or the taunts¹⁶ of Madame Durer, and worked with the same untiring assiduity, 或丢勒夫人的奚落，同样不知疲倦地干活，

　　though his hands would sometimes tremble, and his eyes become suffused¹⁷, a weakness probably owing to the excessive use he had made of them. 尽管他的手有时会颤抖，他的眼睛布满血丝，他身体的孱弱也许是由于替他们付出了太多的辛劳所致。

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