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谢天谢地，我相信是这样的。"希尔比太太说。 "Wife, you talk like a fool! Really, it will be something pretty awkward for me, if she is. Haley saw that I hesitated about selling this child, and he'll think I connived at it, to get him out of the way. It touches my honor!" And Mr. Shelby left the room hastily." 太太，你怎么还这么傻，她真逃走的话，我可就完了。赫利知道我不大愿意卖掉那个孩子，这样他会认为这事得到了我的默许，这将损害我的声誉。"说完，希尔比先生匆匆离开了房问。 There was great running and ejaculating, and opening and shutting of doors, and appearance of faces in all shades of color in different places, for about a quarter of an hour. One person only, who might have shed some light on the matter, was entirely silent, and that was the head cook, Aunt Chloe. Silently, and with a heavy cloud settled down over her once joyous face, she proceeded making out her breakfast biscuits, as if she heard and saw nothing of the excitement around her. 人们奔跑着，喊叫着，开关门的声音此起彼伏，大约一刻钟的时间里，不同肤色的面孔出现于不同的地方。此时，克鲁伊大婶一个人沉默着，她一句话也不说，虽然她可以对此事提供一些线索，但她只是一如既往地准备着早餐时的饼子，以往兴高采烈的脸上见不到一丝笑容，对于周围的忙乱场面，她好像没有听到什么，也没有看到什么似的。 Very soon, about a dozen young imps were roosting, like so many crows, on the verandah railings, each one determined to be the first one to apprize the strange Mas'r of his ill luck. 不一会儿，大约十二个孩子爬到了栏杆上，就像一群乌鸦似的，大家都希望第一个把这件事告诉那个走霉运的陌生人。 "He'll be rael mad, I'll be bound," said Andy." 我确信他听后会发疯的。"艾迪说。 
他会大骂不止的。"小黑杰克说。 "Yes, for he _does_ swar," said woolly-headed Mandy. "I hearn him yesterday, at dinner. I hearn all about it then, 'cause I got into the closet where Missis keeps the great jugs, and I hearn every word." And Mandy, who had never in her life thought of the meaning of a word she had heard, more than a black cat, now took airs of superior wisdom, and strutted about, forgetting to state that, though actually coiled up among the jugs at the time specified, she had been fast asleep all the time." 他会的，"莫迪说，"昨天吃饭时，我听到他在谈论那桩生意。因为我当时正躲在太太放罐子的屋子里，我听得清清楚楚。"莫迪摇头晃脑地说，俨然一位智者的样子。他就像一只小黑猫，到今天为止，他还没有仔细想过一个词的含义呢。而且需要说明的是，他当时确实是躲在那个放罐子的房间，但多半时间他都在睡觉。 When, at last, Haley appeared, booted and spurred, he was saluted with the bad tidings on every hand. The young imps on the verandah were not disappointed in their hope of hearing him "swar," which he did with a fluency and fervency which delighted them all amazingly, as they ducked and dodged hither and thither, to be out of the reach of his riding-whip; and, all whooping off together, they tumbled, in a pile of immeasurable giggle, on the withered turf under the verandah, where they kicked up their heels and shouted to their full satisfaction. 当赫利终于骑马出现时，仆人们争先恐后地告诉他那个坏消息，不出那些小机灵鬼所料，他果然非常生气并大骂起来。这令那些机灵鬼非常兴奋，他们躲开赫利的马鞭，欢呼着在门前草地上滚作一团，一面互相踢着，一面大声喊叫着。 "If I had the little devils!" muttered Haley, between his teeth." 你们如果落到我手里，走着瞧吧！"赫利恨恨地低语着。 "But you ha'nt got 'em, though!" said Andy, with a triumphant flourish, and making a string of indescribable mouths at the unfortunate trader's back, when he was fairly beyond hearing." 但你就是不能逮住我们。"知道赫利已走远，听不到他说话了，艾迪得意地说。并跟在奴隶贩子后面不时做着鬼脸。 
我说希尔比，真是不象话，"赫利冲进客厅说，"看来那女人带着她的孩子逃走了。" "Mr. Haley, Mrs. Shelby is present," said Mr. Shelby." 赫利先生，我太太还在这儿呢。"希尔比先生说。 "I beg pardon, ma'am," said Haley, bowing slightly, with a still lowering brow; "but still I say, as I said before, this yer's a sing'lar report. Is it true, sir?"" 太太，我失礼了，"赫利皱着眉头说，"不过我还是想提醒你，这事有点蹊跷。这是真的吗，先生？" "Sir," said Mr. Shelby, "if you wish to communicate with me, you must observe something of the decorum of a gentleman. Andy, take Mr. Haley's hat and riding-whip. Take a seat, sir. Yes, sir; I regret to say that the young woman, excited by overhearing, or having reported to her, something of this business, has taken her child in the night, and made off."" 先生，"希尔比先生说，"你若想和我打交道，那你必须遵守上流社会的规矩。艾迪，接过赫利先生的帽子和马鞭。先生，请先坐下。虽然很遗憾，但我还是要告诉你，那个女人偷听了我们的谈话，要不就是有人走漏了风声，她被吓得逃走了。" "I did expect fair dealing in this matter, I confess," said Haley." 我还期望着我们能公平交易呢！"赫利说。 
先生，"希尔比先生猛地转身对赫利说，"你这是什么意思？如果有人对我有什么怀疑的话，我只有一个答复告诉他。" The trader cowered at this, and in a somewhat lower tone said that "it was plaguy hard on a fellow, that had made a fair bargain, to be gulled that way." 奴隶贩子被吓了一跳，他低声说："一个人只想公平交易，没想到却上了当，这怎么不叫人气愤呢？" "Mr. Haley," said Mr. Shelby, "if I did not think you had some cause for disappointment, I should not have borne from you the rude and unceremonious style of your entrance into my parlor this morning. I say thus much, however, since appearances call for it, that I shall allow of no insinuations cast upon me, as if I were at all partner to any unfairness in this matter. Moreover, I shall feel bound to give you every assistance, in the use of horses, servants, &c., in the recovery of your property. So, in short, Haley," said he, suddenly dropping from the tone of dignified coolness to his ordinary one of easy frankness, "the best way for you is to keep good-natured and eat some breakfast, and we will then see what is to be done."" 赫利先生，"希尔比先生说，"如果我不认为你是因为失望而闯进来的话，我甚至不可能容忍你这种无礼的横冲直撞。我们都要面子，所以我更不能容忍别人站在那儿指桑骂槐，好像我是这件不公平的事情的同谋似的。但我还是会给你帮助，给你提供人力和马匹等帮助，以便帮你追回自己的财产。简言之，赫利先生，"他突然放弃了刚才那种严冷的口吻，而代之以一种轻松的语调说，"你现在最好保持冷静，我们吃完早饭后再看看可以做一些什么事。" Mrs. Shelby now rose, and said her engagements would prevent her being at the breakfast-table that morning; and, deputing a very respectable mulatto woman to attend to the gentlemen's coffee at the side-board, she left the room. 此时，希尔比太太站起身来，说她早上约了朋友，所以不能陪客人共进早餐了。她让一位有教养的第一代混血女人来照顾客人享用咖啡，然后她就离开了。 "Old lady don't like your humble servant, over and above," said Haley, with an uneasy effort to be very familiar." 你太太好像不太喜欢你谦卑的仆人啊。"赫利强装着显得自然一些。 
我可不喜欢别人这样随随意意地对我妻子品头论足。"希尔比先生淡然说。 "Beg pardon; of course, only a joke, you know," said Haley, forcing a laugh." 对不起，你知道我只是想开个玩笑。"赫利强作笑容说。 "Some jokes are less agreeable than others," rejoined Shelby." 有些玩笑可并不可笑！"希尔比先生接着说。 "Devilish free, now I've signed those papers, cuss him!" muttered Haley to himself; "quite grand, since yesterday!"" 知道我已经在契约上签字，他就变得这样放肆了。怪不得从昨天开始，他就做起来了。"赫利自言自语道。 Never did fall of any prime minister at court occasion wider surges of sensation than the report of Tom's fate among his compeers on the place. It was the topic in every mouth, everywhere; and nothing was done in the house or in the field, but to discuss its probable results. Eliza's flight--an unprecedented event on the place--was also a great accessory in stimulating the general excitement. 汤姆的命运成了农庄中黑人关注的话题，恐怕首相的辞职也难以引起这么大的轰动。在田间地头，人们什么都不干，只是议论着此事会造成的影响。艾莉查母子的逃跑，作为农庄里一件前所未有的事，也加速了人们的兴奋。 
黑山姆（因为他比此地任何人都要黑三分，所以才赢得了这个称号）仔细考虑着这件事及其发展的趋势。他的看法很有见地，又很好地考虑到了自身的利益。这使华盛顿的所有爱国白人都觉得面上增光不少。 "It's an ill wind dat blow nowhar,--dat ar a fact," said Sam, sententiously, giving an additional hoist to his pantaloons, and adroitly substituting a long nail in place of a missing suspender-button, with which effort of mechanical genius he seemed highly delighted." 塞翁失马，焉知祸福，这就是真理。"山姆若有所思地说，再一次提了提裤子。他找来一根钉子代替了吊带上的那粒丢失的钮扣，显得他是一名机械方面的天才，对此他常常引以自豪。 "Yes, it's an ill wind blows nowhar," he repeated. "Now, dar, Tom's down--wal, course der's room for some nigger to be up--and why not dis nigger?--dat's de idee. Tom, a ridin' round de country--boots blacked--pass in his pocket--all grand as Cuffee--but who he? Now, why shouldn't Sam?--dat's what I want to know."" 是的，塞翁失马，焉知祸福，"他重复道，"现在汤姆要下台了，他的空缺自然需要有个黑人接替。我想为什么我就不行呢？汤姆每天骑着马在田间地头闲逛，靴子黑亮，口袋里揣着通行证，他的威风有谁能相比呢？为什么山姆就不能做得好一些呢？我倒想试一试。" "Halloo, Sam--O Sam! Mas'r wants you to cotch Bill and Jerry," said Andy, cutting short Sam's soliloquy." 喂，山姆，主人要你去找比利和杰瑞。"艾迪的话打断了山姆的自语。
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