评论
打印
After that there was so much bustle and talk and coming and going that Shasta for a few minutes lost sight of Corin and Edmund and Lucy. But Corin was the sort of boy whom one is sure to hear of pretty soon and it wasn't very long before Shasta heard King Edmund saying in a loud voice:
这之后，又有许多忙乱，许多谈话，许多来来往往，不到几分钟，沙斯塔就看不见科林、爱德蒙和露茜了。但科林是不久就会让人听到有关他的消息的那种孩子；过不了多久，沙斯塔果然就听到国王爱德蒙大声说道：
"By the Lion's Mane, prince, this is too much! Will your Highness never be better? You are more of a heart's-scald than our whole army together! I'd as lief have a regiment of hornets in my command as you."
“凭着狮王的鬃毛，王子，这是太过分了。殿下永远不会长进吗?我们整个军队加在一起也不及你那么让人火烧火燎的！指挥你，我宁愿指挥一个团的大黄蜂。”"
Shasta wormed his way through the crowd and there saw Edmund, looking very angry indeed, Corin looking a little ashamed of himself, and a strange Dwarf sitting on the ground making faces. A couple of fauns had apparently just been helping it out of its armour.
沙斯塔在人群中钻过去，终于看到了国王爱德蒙，他看上去确实十分愤怒，科林呢，看上去有点儿不好意思，还有一个奇怪的小矮人正坐在地上做鬼脸。显而易见，两个羊怪刚帮助那小矮人卸下盔甲。
"If I had but my cordial with me," Queen Lucy was saying, "I could soon mend this. But the High King has so strictly charged me not to carry it commonly to the wars and to keep it only for great extremities!"
“如果我把药酒带来的话，”露茜女王说，”我很快就能替他治愈的。但至尊王严格地要求我别稀松平常地把它带到战场上来，要留待非常危险时使用！”
What had happened was this. As soon as Corin had spoken to Shasta, Corin's elbow had been plucked by a Dwarf in the army called Thornbut.
事情原来是这样的。科林刚同沙斯塔说过话，他的肘拐儿便被一个小矮人抓住了。军队里管这个小矮人叫”刺儿头”。
"What is it, Thornbut?" Corin had said.
“你这是干什么，刺儿头?”科林说。
"Your Royal Highness," said Thornbut, drawing him aside, "our march today will bring us through the pass and right to your royal father's castle. We may be in battle before night."
“王子殿下，”刺儿头把他拉到一边说，”我们今天的行军会带我们穿过关隘，直接开到你父王的城堡。黑夜以前我们也许就要参加战斗了。”
"I know," said Corin. "Isn't it splendid!"
“我知道，”科林说，”战争不是很壮观吗?”
"Splendid or not," said Thornbut, "I have the strictest orders from King Edmund to see to it that your Highness is not in the fight. You will be allowed to see it, and that's treat enough for your Highness's little years."
“壮观也好，不壮观也好，”刺儿头说，”我可奉到国王爱德蒙最最严厉的命令，要我留神不让你殿下参加战斗。可以容许你在旁观战；以殿下的年龄，这种待遇已经够意思的了。”
"Oh what nonsense!" Corin burst out. "Of course I'm going to fight. Why, the Queen Lucy's going to be with the archers."
“真是胡说八道！”科林发作道，”当然我要去打仗的。为什么露茜女王带着她的弓箭手一同去打仗呢?”
"The Queen's grace will do as she pleases," said Thornbut. "But you are in my charge. Either I must have your solemn and princely word that you'll keep your pony beside mine - not half a neck ahead - till I give your Highness leave to depart: or else - it is his Majesty's word - we must go with our wrists tied together like two prisoners."
“女王通情达理，可以随心所欲，”刺儿头说，”但你是由我看管的。要么，我必须得到你王子的庄严诺言：你得使你的马驹子在我的马儿旁边并驾齐驱，超前半个脖子也不行，直至我同意你离开为止；要么——这是陛下亲口说的——咱俩必须把咱们的手腕缚在一起，像囚徒一样。”
"I'll knock you down if you try to bind me," said Corm.
“如果你想缚我，我就把你打倒在地。”科林说。
"I'd like to see your Highness do it," said the Dwarf.
“我倒很想瞧瞧殿下动手打人。”小矮人说道。
