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the hunchback-第4部分
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Pshaw! Only Master Walter! What see you;
Which thus repairs the arch of the fair brow;
A frown was like to spoil?A gentleman!
One of our town kings! Mark!How say you now?
Wouldst be a town queen; Julia? Which of us;
I wonder; comes he for?
Julia。 For neither of us;
He's Master Walter's clerk; most like。
Helen。 Most like!
Mark him as he comes up the avenue;
So looks a clerk! A clerk has such a gait!
So does a clerk dress; Julia!mind his hose …
They're very like a clerk's! a diamond loop
And button; note you; for his clerkship's hat; …
O; certainly a clerk! A velvet cloak;
Jerkin of silk; and doublet of the same; …
For all the world a clerk! See; Julia; see;
How Master Walter bows; and yields him place;
That he may first go ina very clerk!
I'll learn of thee; love; when I'd know a clerk!
Julia。 I wonder who he is!
Helen。 Wouldst like to know?
Wouldst for a fancy ride to town with him?
I prophesy he comes to take thee thither!
Julia。 He ne'er takes me to town! No; Helen; no!
To town who will; a country life for me!
Helen。 We'll see!
'Enter FATHOM。'
Fath。 You're wanted; madam。
Julia。 'Embarrassed。' Which of us?
Fath。 You; madam。
Helen。 Julia! what's the matter? Nay;
Mount not the rose so soon! He must not see it
A month hence。 'Tis loves flower; which once she wears;
The maid is all his own。
Julia。 Go to!
Helen。 Be sure
He comes to woo thee! He will bear thee hence;
He'll make thee change the country for the town。
Julia。 I'm constancy。 Name he the town to me;
I'll tell what I think on't!
Helen。 Then you guess
He comes a wooing?
Julia。 I guess nought。
Helen。 You do!
At your grave words; your lips; more honest; smile;
And show them to be traitors。 Hie to him。
Julia。 Hie thee to soberness。
'Goes out。'
Helen。 Ay; will I; when;
Thy bridemaid; I shall hie to church with thee。
Well; Fathom; who is come?
Fath。 I know not。
Helen。 What! Didst thou not hear his name?
Fath。 I did。
Helen。 What is't?
Fath。 I noted not。
Helen。 What hast thou ears for; then?
Fath。 What good were it for me to mind his name?
I do but what I must do。 To do that
Is labour quite enough!
Wal。 'Without。' What; Fathom!
Fath。 Here。
Wal。 'Entering。' Here; sirrah! Wherefore didst not come to me?
Fath。 You did not bid me come。
Wal。 I called thee。
Fath。 Yes。
And I said 〃Here;〃 and waited then to know
Your worship's will with me。
Wal。 We go to town。
Thy mistress; thou; and all the house。
Fath。 Well; sir?
Wal。 Mak'st thou not ready then to go to town?
Hence; knave; despatch!
'FATHOM goes out。'
Helen。 Go we to town?
Wal。 We do;
'Tis now her father's will she sees the town。
Helen。 I'm glad on't。 Goes she to her father?
Wal。 No:
At the desire of thine she for a term shares roof with thee。
Helen。 I'm very glad on't。
Wal。 What!
You like her; then? I thought you would。 'Tis time
She sees the town。
Helen。 It has been time for that
These six years。
Wal。 By thy wisdom's count。 No doubt
You've told her what a precious place it is。
Helen。 I have。
Wal。 I even guessed as much。 For that
I told thee of her; brought thee here to see her;
And prayed thee to sojourn a space with her;
That its fair space; from thy too fair report;
Might strike a novice lessso less deceive her。
I did not put thee under check。
Helen。 'Twas right; …
Else had I broken loose; and run the wilder!
So knows she not her father yet: that's strange。
I prithee how does mine?
Wal。 Wellvery well。
News for thee。
Helen。 What?
Wal。 Thy cousin is in town。
Helen。 My cousin Modus?
Wal。 Much do I suspect
That cousin's nearer to thy heart than blood。
Helen。 Pshaw! Wed me to a musty library!
Love him who nothing loves but Greek and Latin!
But; Master Walter; you forget the main
Surpassing point of all! Who's come with you?
Wal。 Ay; that's the question!
Helen。 Is he soldier or
Civilian? lord or gentleman? He's rich;
If that's his chariot! Where is his estate?
What brings it in? Six thousand pounds a year?
Twelve thousand; may be! Is he bachelor;
Or husband? Bachelor I'm sure he is
Comes he not hither wooing; Master Walter?
Nay; prithee; answer me!
Wal。 Who says thy sex
Are curious? That they're patient; I'll be sworn;
And reasonablevery reasonable …
To look for twenty answers in a breath!
Come; thou shalt be enlightenedbut propound
Thy questions one by one! Thou'rt far too apt
A scholar! My ability to teach
Will ne'er keep pace; I fear; with thine to learn。
'They go out。'
SCENE III。An Apartment in the House。
'Enter JULIA; followed by CLIFFORD。'
Julia。 No more! I pray you; sir; no more!
Clif。 I love you!
Julia。 You mock me; sir!
Clif。 Then is there no such thing
On earth as reverence; honour filial; the fear
Of kings; the awe of supreme heaven itself;
Are only shows and sounds that stand for nothing。
I love you!
Julia。 You have known me scarce a minute!
Clif。 Say but a moment; still I say I love you!
Love's not a flower that grows on the dull earth;
Springs by the calendar; must wait for the sun …
For rain;matures by parts;must take its time
To stem; to leaf; to bud; to blow。 It owns
A richer soil; and boasts a quicker seed!
You look for it; and see it not; and lo!
E'en while you look; the peerless flower is up。
Consummate in the birth!
Julia。 Is't fear I feel?
Why else should beat my heart? It can't be fear!
Something I needs must say。 You're from the town;
How comes it; sir; you seek a country wife?
Methinks 'twill tax his wit to answer that。
Clif。 In joining contrasts lieth love's delight。
Complexion; stature; nature; mateth it;
Not with their kinds; but with their opposites。
Hence hands of snow in palms of russet lie;
The form of Hercules affects the sylph's;
And breasts; that case the lion's fear…proof heart;
Find their meet lodge in arms where tremors dwell!
Haply for this; on Afric's swarthy neck;
Hath Europe's priceless pearl been seen to hang;
That makes the orient poor! So with degrees;
Rank passes by the circlet…graced brow;
Upon the forehead; bare; of notelessness
To print the nuptial kiss。 As with degrees
So is't with habits; therefore I; indeed
A gallant of the town; the town forsake;
To win a country wife。
Julia。 His prompt reply
My backward challenge shames! Must I give o'er?
I'll try his wit again。 Who marries me
Must lead a country life。
Clif。 The life I'd lead!
But fools would fly from it; for O! 'tis sweet!
It finds the heart out; be there one to find;
And corners in't where store of pleasures lodge;
We never dreamed were there! It is to dwell
'Mid smiles that are not neighbours to deceit;
Music; whose melody is of the heart;
And gifts; that are not made for interest; …
Abundantly bestowed by Nature's cheek;
And voice; and hand! It is to live on life;
And husband it! It is to constant scan
The handiwork of Heaven。 It is to con
Its mercy; bounty; wisdom; power! It is
To nearer see our God!
Julia。 How like he talks
To Master Walter! Shall I give it o'er?
Not yet。 Thou wouldst not
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