《看得见风景的房间》开篇：英文原著带中文翻译

“The Signora had no business to do it,” said Miss Bartlett, “no business at all. She promised us south rooms with a view close together, instead of which here are north rooms, looking into a courtyard, and a long way apart. Oh, Lucy!”

「西尼奥拉太太不该这么做，」巴特利特小姐说，「完全不该。她答应给我们南边的房间，看得见风景，而且挨在一起，结果呢，给我们的却是北边的房间，对着一个院子，还隔得老远。哦，露西！」

“And a Cockney, besides!” said Lucy, who had been further saddened by the Signora’s unexpected accent. “It might be London.” She looked at the two rows of English people who were sitting at the table; at the row of white bottles of water and red bottles of wine that ran between the English people; at the portraits of the late Queen and the late Poet Laureate that hung behind the English people, heavily framed; at the notice of the English church (Rev. Cuthbert Eager, M. A. Oxon.), that was the only other decoration of the wall. “Charlotte, don’t you feel, too, that we might be in London? I can hardly believe that all kinds of other things are just outside. I suppose it is one’s being so tired.”

「而且还是个伦敦佬！」露西说，西尼奥拉太太那出人意料的口音让她更加沮丧。「简直就像在伦敦。」她看着坐在桌旁的两排英国人，看着在两排英国人之间穿行的一排排白水瓶和红葡萄酒瓶，看着挂在英国人身后、镶着厚重框子的已故女王和已故桂冠诗人的画像，看着那张英国教堂的告示（牛津大学硕士卡斯伯特·伊格牧师），那是墙上唯一的其他装饰。「夏洛特，你不也觉得我们可能就在伦敦吗？我简直不敢相信外面就是各种各样别的东西。我想是因为人太累了。」

“This meat has surely been used for soup,” said Miss Bartlett, laying down her fork.

「这肉肯定被用来做过汤了，」巴特利特小姐说着，放下了叉子。

“I want so to see the Arno. The rooms the Signora promised us in her letter would have looked over the Arno. The Signora had no business to do it at all. Oh, it is a shame!”

「我太想看看阿诺河了。西尼奥拉太太在信里答应给我们的房间本来是可以俯瞰阿诺河的。西尼奥拉太太完全不该这么做。哦，真丢人！」

“Any nook does for me,” Miss Bartlett continued; “but it does seem hard that you shouldn’t have a view.”

「我随便哪个角落都行，」巴特利特小姐接着说，「可你没有风景看，这确实让人难受。」

Lucy felt that she had been selfish. “Charlotte, you mustn’t spoil me: of course, you must look over the Arno, too. I meant that. The first vacant room in the front—” “You must have it,” said Miss Bartlett, part of whose travelling expenses were paid by Lucy’s mother—a piece of generosity to which she made many a tactful allusion.

露西觉得自己一直很自私。「夏洛特，你不能惯着我：当然，你也必须能看到阿诺河。我是这个意思。前面第一间空房……」 「你得要，」巴特利特小姐说，她的旅费有一部分是露西的母亲支付的，对于这份慷慨，她多次巧妙地提起过。

“No, no. You must have it.”

「不，不。你得要。」

“I insist on it. Your mother would never forgive me, Lucy.”

「我坚持。你母亲永远不会原谅我的，露西。」

“She would never forgive me.”

「她永远不会原谅我。」

The ladies’ voices grew animated, and—if the sad truth be owned—a little peevish. They were tired, and under the guise of unselfishness they wrangled. Some of their neighbours interchanged glances, and one of them—one of the ill-bred people whom one does meet abroad—leant forward over the table and actually intruded into their argument. He said:

两位女士的声音变得激动起来，而且，如果承认这令人难过的真相，还有点暴躁。她们累了，在无私的伪装下争吵着。她们的一些邻座交换了眼色，其中一位，就是那种在国外总会遇到的没教养的人，从桌子上探过身来，竟然插进了她们的争论。他说：

“I have a view, I have a view.”

「我有风景，我有风景。」

Miss Bartlett was startled. Generally at a pension people looked them over for a day or two before speaking, and often did not find out that they would “do” till they had gone. She knew that the intruder was ill-bred, even before she glanced at him. He was an old man, of heavy build, with a fair, shaven face and large eyes. There was something childish in those eyes, though it was not the childishness of senility. What exactly it was Miss Bartlett did not stop to consider, for her glance passed on to his clothes. These did not attract her. He was probably trying to become acquainted with them before they got into the swim. So she assumed a dazed expression when he spoke to her, and then said: “A view? Oh, a view! How delightful a view is!”

巴特利特小姐吃了一惊。通常在公寓里，人们会先打量他们一两天再开口，而且往往直到离开都没发现他们是否「合得来」。她还没看他一眼，就知道这个插话的人没教养。他是个老人，体格笨重，脸刮得干干净净，眼睛很大。那双眼睛里有一种孩子气，但不是衰老的孩子气。究竟是什么，巴特利特小姐没有停下来细想，因为她的目光已经移到了他的衣服上。这些衣服没有吸引她。他大概是想在他们进入圈子之前先结识他们。所以当他跟她说话时，她装出一副茫然的表情，然后说：「风景？哦，风景！风景多么令人愉快啊！」

“This is my son,” said the old man; “his name’s George. He has a view too.”

「这是我儿子，」老人说，「他叫乔治。他也有风景。」

“Ah,” said Miss Bartlett, repressing Lucy, who was about to speak.

「啊，」巴特利特小姐说，按住了正要开口的露西。

“What I mean,” he continued, “is that you can have our rooms, and we’ll have yours. We’ll change.”

「我的意思是，」他接着说，「你们可以住我们的房间，我们住你们的。我们换。」

The better class of tourist was shocked at this, and sympathized with the new-comers. Miss Bartlett, in reply, opened her mouth as little as possible, and said “Thank you very much indeed; that is out of the question.”

比较有档次的游客对此感到震惊，并同情新来的人。巴特利特小姐回答说，尽量少张嘴，说：「非常感谢，这绝对不行。」

“Why?” said the old man, with both fists on the table.

「为什么？」老人说，双拳按在桌上。

“Because it is quite out of the question, thank you.”

「因为绝对不行，谢谢。」