05-04-远离尘嚣 [4]
盖伯瑞尔同情地转身走开，不知道什么时候自己敢再看她。当他回身时，她已走了。
以后的五个早晚，这个姑娘都定期来照料病牛，但一直没与盖伯瑞尔讲话。盖伯瑞尔对惹恼她深感不安，因为他告诉她自己看见了她，而她却以为那时无人在旁。
在一个滴水成冰的夜晚，盖伯瑞尔精疲力尽地回到自己的小屋。炉子里散出的热气让他感到瞌睡，在睡着前，他忘记打开一个通气孔。接下来他知道的就是那位面容姣好的姑娘和他一起在屋里，用胳膊扶着他的头。
“究竟发生了什么事？”他迷迷糊糊地问。
“现在没事了，”她回答说，“你本来也许会死在你的这间小屋里。”
“是的，我想会的，”盖伯瑞尔说。他希望能挨着她呆很长时间。他想让她知道，但他明白他不是很会表达自己的心情，所以就沉默不语。“你是怎么发现我的？”他最后问道。
“我听到你的狗在抓门，就来看是怎么回事。我打开门，发现你正昏迷不醒。一定是炉子里的烟熏的。”
“我想你救了我的命，小姐——我不知道你的名字。”
“没有必要知道。我也许不会再见到你。”
“我叫盖伯瑞尔·奥克。”
“我的名字不一样。你好像很为你的名字骄傲。”
“是的，它将是我唯一的名字。”
“我不喜欢我的名字。”
“我想不久你就会有一个新名字。”
“哼，那是我的事，盖伯瑞尔·奥克。”
“我不很善于交谈，小姐，不过我想谢谢你。来，把手给我！”
她有点犹豫，接着伸出了手。他接住她的手，但只握了一下。“很抱歉，”他说。“我并不是故意这么快就松开你的手。”
“那你还可以再握住。给你。”
盖伯瑞尔这一次握得时间长一些。“多么柔软呵，即便在冬天也一点不粗糙！”他说。
“喂，你握的时间够长了，”她说，但并没有抽回手。“我猜你是否正在考虑要吻我的手？如果你愿意，你可以这么做。”
“我根本没这么想，”盖伯瑞尔说，“不过——”
“欧，不，你不可以！”她突然把手抽了回去。“现在看你能不能搞清我叫什么名字，”她加了一句，笑着走掉了。
■ 2 Disaster for Gabriel Oak
Young Farmer Oak was in love. He waited for the girl's regular visits to the sick cow just as impatiently as his dog waited to be fed. He discovered that her name was Bathsheba Everdene，and that she lived with her aunt，Mrs Hurst. His head was so full of her that he could think of nothing else.
‘I'll make her my wife，’he declared to himself，‘or I'll never be able to concentrate on work again！’
When she stopped coming to feed the sick cow，he had to find a reason for visiting her. So he took a young lamb，whose mother had died，and carried it in a basket across the fields to Mrs Hurst's house.
‘I've brought a lamb for Miss Everdene，’he told Bathshe－ba's aunt. ‘Girls usually like looking after lambs. ’
‘Thank you，Mr Oak，’replied Mrs Hurst，‘but Bathsheba is only a visitor here. I don't know if she'll keep it. ’
‘To tell you the truth，Mrs Hurst，the lamb isn't my real reason for coming. I want to ask Miss Everdene if she'd like to be married. ’
‘Really？’asked Mrs Hurst，looking closely at him.
‘Yes Because if she would，I'd like to marry her. Do you know if she has any other young men courting her at the moment？’
‘Oh yes，a lot of young men，’said Mrs Hurst. ‘You see，Farmer Oak，she's so handsome，and so well-educated too. Of course,I haven't actually seen any of her young men，but she must have at least ten or twelve！’
‘That's unfortunate，’said Farmer Oak，staring sadly at the floor. ‘I'm just
以后的五个早晚，这个姑娘都定期来照料病牛，但一直没与盖伯瑞尔讲话。盖伯瑞尔对惹恼她深感不安，因为他告诉她自己看见了她，而她却以为那时无人在旁。
在一个滴水成冰的夜晚，盖伯瑞尔精疲力尽地回到自己的小屋。炉子里散出的热气让他感到瞌睡，在睡着前，他忘记打开一个通气孔。接下来他知道的就是那位面容姣好的姑娘和他一起在屋里，用胳膊扶着他的头。
“究竟发生了什么事？”他迷迷糊糊地问。
“现在没事了，”她回答说，“你本来也许会死在你的这间小屋里。”
“是的，我想会的，”盖伯瑞尔说。他希望能挨着她呆很长时间。他想让她知道，但他明白他不是很会表达自己的心情，所以就沉默不语。“你是怎么发现我的？”他最后问道。
“我听到你的狗在抓门，就来看是怎么回事。我打开门，发现你正昏迷不醒。一定是炉子里的烟熏的。”
“我想你救了我的命，小姐——我不知道你的名字。”
“没有必要知道。我也许不会再见到你。”
“我叫盖伯瑞尔·奥克。”
“我的名字不一样。你好像很为你的名字骄傲。”
“是的，它将是我唯一的名字。”
“我不喜欢我的名字。”
“我想不久你就会有一个新名字。”
“哼，那是我的事，盖伯瑞尔·奥克。”
“我不很善于交谈，小姐，不过我想谢谢你。来，把手给我！”
她有点犹豫，接着伸出了手。他接住她的手，但只握了一下。“很抱歉，”他说。“我并不是故意这么快就松开你的手。”
“那你还可以再握住。给你。”
盖伯瑞尔这一次握得时间长一些。“多么柔软呵，即便在冬天也一点不粗糙！”他说。
“喂，你握的时间够长了，”她说，但并没有抽回手。“我猜你是否正在考虑要吻我的手？如果你愿意，你可以这么做。”
“我根本没这么想，”盖伯瑞尔说，“不过——”
“欧，不，你不可以！”她突然把手抽了回去。“现在看你能不能搞清我叫什么名字，”她加了一句，笑着走掉了。
■ 2 Disaster for Gabriel Oak
Young Farmer Oak was in love. He waited for the girl's regular visits to the sick cow just as impatiently as his dog waited to be fed. He discovered that her name was Bathsheba Everdene，and that she lived with her aunt，Mrs Hurst. His head was so full of her that he could think of nothing else.
‘I'll make her my wife，’he declared to himself，‘or I'll never be able to concentrate on work again！’
When she stopped coming to feed the sick cow，he had to find a reason for visiting her. So he took a young lamb，whose mother had died，and carried it in a basket across the fields to Mrs Hurst's house.
‘I've brought a lamb for Miss Everdene，’he told Bathshe－ba's aunt. ‘Girls usually like looking after lambs. ’
‘Thank you，Mr Oak，’replied Mrs Hurst，‘but Bathsheba is only a visitor here. I don't know if she'll keep it. ’
‘To tell you the truth，Mrs Hurst，the lamb isn't my real reason for coming. I want to ask Miss Everdene if she'd like to be married. ’
‘Really？’asked Mrs Hurst，looking closely at him.
‘Yes Because if she would，I'd like to marry her. Do you know if she has any other young men courting her at the moment？’
‘Oh yes，a lot of young men，’said Mrs Hurst. ‘You see，Farmer Oak，she's so handsome，and so well-educated too. Of course,I haven't actually seen any of her young men，but she must have at least ten or twelve！’
‘That's unfortunate，’said Farmer Oak，staring sadly at the floor. ‘I'm just