06-02-雾都孤儿 [40]
的台阶上，此外没有更可怕的事。
其中的一个男人大喊了一声，抓住奥利弗的一条腿就把他拖进了大厅。“就是他！”那人兴奋地大叫着，“他就是那个贼！昨天晚上是我开枪打中他的！”
这时，楼梯口出现了一个年轻的女人。“出了什么事？请安静点！这个可怜的孩子伤得很重吗？”
“不轻，”男仆得意地说。
“那么，你们赶快去一个人到镇子上找警察来，并把罗斯伯恩医生请来，其他的人帮着把这孩子抬到楼上，放在床上。好好照看他，我求求你们了。”
■ 9 O liver starts another life
In a comfortable, pleasant sitting－room, the two ladies of the house waited anxiously for the doctor and the police to arrive. The owner of the house, Mrs May lie, was an older woman, but her niece, Rose, was a girl of seventeen, whose quiet beauty and gentle charm won all hearts.
As soon as the doctor arrived, he ran breathlessly into the house and burst into the room without knocking. He was clearly a good friend of the ladies.
'I never heard of such a dreadful thing! You should both be dead of fright! he said to Mrs May lie. 'In the silence of the night, too! Are you both all right
Why didn't you send for me at once
'
'We are quite all right, said Rose, smiling. 'But the re's an injured boy upstairs whom aunt wants you to see. '
Dr Losberne went up to examine O liver, and was the re for some time He came down looking rather puzzled, and asked the two ladies to see the boy with him.
'I can promise you the re's nothing very frightening about him, 'he said.
Instead of the evil－looking robber They expected to see, the two ladies found only a pale, thin child, lying peacefully asleep.
He looked to innocent that Mrs May lie said, 'This child could never have been in a gang of robbers! '
'It certainly seems strange, agreed the doctor, 'but wickedness can hide behind the most gentle face, you know. '
'But he's so young, too! ' cried Rose. 'Can you really believe this poor boy is a criminal
Oh, Dr Losberne, and my dear aunt, I beg you both to have pity on him. '
Mrs May lie did not need persuading, and the doctor could not resist Rose's tears. He had, in fact, an extremely kind heart, which he tried to hide behind a quick, fierce manner- though this usually deceived no one.
'Well, what's to be done, the n
' he said quickly. 'We'll have the police here at any moment, ready to take the boy away and throw him into prison! '
Rose begged him to think of a plan, and the doctor thought hard for a few minutes, frowning fiercely. At last he said,
'I've got it! ' and rubbed his hand s together in satisfaction.
A little later, O liver woke up and was very anxious to tell his story, although he had lost a lot of blood and was very weak. When the doctor and the ladies had heard all about his sad life, They were quite sure that They wanted to save O liver from any unfair punishment. So Dr Losberne went down to the kitchen to talk to the three servants who had surprised Sikes and O liver during the robbery. The doctor folded his arms and gave the men a long, hard stare.
'Tell me, ' he began, can you be absolutely sure that the boy upstairs is the same one that was in the house last night
Well
'
The doctor, usually such a friendly man, seemed so angry that the servants stared at him, open-mouthed. The doctor
gave the m no time to think, and went on fiercely,
'Three men see a boy for about a second in the dark, in the middle of a lot of smoke and noise. A boy comes to the same house the next day and because one arm is injured, They think he must be the robber. Are you going to swear that this is the same boy
Well
What do you say
' he finished impatiently.
The servants looked at each other in great confusion.
Suddenly the re was a ring at the gate; the police officers had finally arrived. Dr Losberne gave orders
其中的一个男人大喊了一声，抓住奥利弗的一条腿就把他拖进了大厅。“就是他！”那人兴奋地大叫着，“他就是那个贼！昨天晚上是我开枪打中他的！”
这时，楼梯口出现了一个年轻的女人。“出了什么事？请安静点！这个可怜的孩子伤得很重吗？”
“不轻，”男仆得意地说。
“那么，你们赶快去一个人到镇子上找警察来，并把罗斯伯恩医生请来，其他的人帮着把这孩子抬到楼上，放在床上。好好照看他，我求求你们了。”
■ 9 O liver starts another life
In a comfortable, pleasant sitting－room, the two ladies of the house waited anxiously for the doctor and the police to arrive. The owner of the house, Mrs May lie, was an older woman, but her niece, Rose, was a girl of seventeen, whose quiet beauty and gentle charm won all hearts.
As soon as the doctor arrived, he ran breathlessly into the house and burst into the room without knocking. He was clearly a good friend of the ladies.
'I never heard of such a dreadful thing! You should both be dead of fright! he said to Mrs May lie. 'In the silence of the night, too! Are you both all right
Why didn't you send for me at once
'
'We are quite all right, said Rose, smiling. 'But the re's an injured boy upstairs whom aunt wants you to see. '
Dr Losberne went up to examine O liver, and was the re for some time He came down looking rather puzzled, and asked the two ladies to see the boy with him.
'I can promise you the re's nothing very frightening about him, 'he said.
Instead of the evil－looking robber They expected to see, the two ladies found only a pale, thin child, lying peacefully asleep.
He looked to innocent that Mrs May lie said, 'This child could never have been in a gang of robbers! '
'It certainly seems strange, agreed the doctor, 'but wickedness can hide behind the most gentle face, you know. '
'But he's so young, too! ' cried Rose. 'Can you really believe this poor boy is a criminal
Oh, Dr Losberne, and my dear aunt, I beg you both to have pity on him. '
Mrs May lie did not need persuading, and the doctor could not resist Rose's tears. He had, in fact, an extremely kind heart, which he tried to hide behind a quick, fierce manner- though this usually deceived no one.
'Well, what's to be done, the n
' he said quickly. 'We'll have the police here at any moment, ready to take the boy away and throw him into prison! '
Rose begged him to think of a plan, and the doctor thought hard for a few minutes, frowning fiercely. At last he said,
'I've got it! ' and rubbed his hand s together in satisfaction.
A little later, O liver woke up and was very anxious to tell his story, although he had lost a lot of blood and was very weak. When the doctor and the ladies had heard all about his sad life, They were quite sure that They wanted to save O liver from any unfair punishment. So Dr Losberne went down to the kitchen to talk to the three servants who had surprised Sikes and O liver during the robbery. The doctor folded his arms and gave the men a long, hard stare.
'Tell me, ' he began, can you be absolutely sure that the boy upstairs is the same one that was in the house last night
Well
'
The doctor, usually such a friendly man, seemed so angry that the servants stared at him, open-mouthed. The doctor
gave the m no time to think, and went on fiercely,
'Three men see a boy for about a second in the dark, in the middle of a lot of smoke and noise. A boy comes to the same house the next day and because one arm is injured, They think he must be the robber. Are you going to swear that this is the same boy
Well
What do you say
' he finished impatiently.
The servants looked at each other in great confusion.
Suddenly the re was a ring at the gate; the police officers had finally arrived. Dr Losberne gave orders