美国语文第六册 第144期:洗礼(6)

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"See, see! Humphrey, We have caught the whole tabernacle of the Lord in a net at last. “看，看啊，汉弗莱，我们最终会将这些上帝的信徒一网打尽的。

There they are, praising God among the stones of the river Mouse. 他们在环绕那条小河的石头中间赞美上帝呢。

These are the Cartland Craigs. A noble cathedral!" 这些是峭壁岩石，一座雄伟的大教堂！”

"Fling the lying sentinel over the cliffs. “把那个撒谎的岗哨扔到悬崖上去。

Here is a canting Covenanter for you, deceiving honest soldiers on the very Sabbath day. 这家伙是你们伪善的盟约者，在这个特别的安息日欺骗最诚实的士兵。

Over with him, over with him; out of the gallery into the pit." 处死他，处死他，把他抬出走廊，扔到深坑里去。”

But the shepherd had vanished like a shadow, and, mixing with the tall, green broom and bushes, was making his unseen way toward a wood. 但是，牧羊人已经像影子似的跑了，闪身躲进高高的绿色金盏花和树丛中，顺着一条他从前没走过的路朝一片树林跑去。

"Satan has saved his servant; but come, my lads, follow me. “撒旦已经饶恕了他的奴仆，孩子们，你们随我来，

I know the way down into the bed of the stream, and the steps up to Wallace's Cave. 我晓得下到小溪河床底部的路，从那里就可以攀上华莱士的洞穴。

They are called, 'kittle nine stanes;' The hunt's up. We'll all be in at the death. Halloo! my boys, halloo!" 他们要是爬上来的话，我们都得死，快点！孩子们，快啊！”

The soldiers dashed down a less precipitous part of the wooded banks, a little below the "craigs," and hurried up the channel. 士兵们冲下木头堤岸不那么陡峭的部分，在峭壁岩石下一小队人向通道赶去。

But when they reached the altar where the old, gray-haired minister had been seen standing¹, 但是，当他们到达祭坛时，只有年事已高、一头灰白头发的牧师站在那儿，

and the rocks that had been covered with people, all was silent and solitary²; not a creature to be seen. 岩石已经把教堂会众遮挡起来，他们全都默不作声，出奇地寂静。

"Here is a Bible, dropped by some of them," cried a soldier, and, with his foot, he spun³ it away into the pool. 一个人影也不见了。“瞧，这儿有本圣经，准是他们中有人掉落的。”

 

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