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当艾莉查转身离开汤姆叔叔的小屋时，恐怕世界上没有比她更孤单，更凄惨的人了。 Her husband's suffering and dangers, and the danger of her child, all blended in her mind, with a confused and stunning sense of the risk she was running, in leaving the only home she had ever known, and cutting loose from the protection of a friend whom she loved and revered. Then there was the parting from every familiar object,--the place where she had grown up, the trees under which she had played, the groves where she had walked many an evening in happier days, by the side of her young husband,--everything, as it lay in the clear, frosty starlight, seemed to speak reproachfully to her, and ask her whither could she go from a home like that? 丈夫的苦楚和危险，儿子的安危，一时全都涌上心头。向前跑的时候她的心头有一种难以割舍的冒险的感觉，离开自己这个唯一的家，远离昔日她所深爱的朋友以及所有熟悉的一切--自己成长的土地，自己曾嬉戏其下的树木以及和丈夫并肩走过的小树丛--这一切，清晰地躺在那儿，在璀璨的星光下，它们似乎在责备她并问她如果离开这样的家，她将何去何从。 But stronger than all was maternal love, wrought into a paroxysm of frenzy by the near approach of a fearful danger. Her boy was old enough to have walked by her side, and, in an indifferent case, she would only have led him by the hand; but now the bare thought of putting him out of her arms made her shudder, and she strained him to her bosom with a convulsive grasp, as she went rapidly forward. 但是，母爱已经超过了一切，因为令人害怕的危险即将来临。孩子已经可以和她一起走路了，在某些情况下，她会牵着他的小手让他自己走路。但现在，想到孩子将脱离她的怀抱，她就浑身发抖。艾莉查把孩子紧紧抱在怀中，迅速向前走去。 The frosty ground creaked beneath her feet, and she trembled at the sound; every quaking leaf and fluttering shadow sent the blood backward to her heart, and quickened her footsteps. She wondered within herself at the strength that seemed to be come upon her; for she felt the weight of her boy as if it had been a feather, and every flutter of fear seemed to increase the supernatural power that bore her on, while from her pale lips burst forth, in frequent ejaculations, the prayer to a Friend above--"Lord, help! Lord, save me!" 霜冻的地面在她脚下吱吱地响着，这声音吓得她直打哆嗦。在微风中，树影摇曳不定，把她吓得大气都不敢出，只是加快了步伐。她也暗自奇怪，自己哪里来的那么大的力气，她感到孩子是那样的轻，就像一根羽毛似的。每一次惊吓都增添了她的力量，她只是向前奔着。她的嘴唇苍白，不时向上天祈祷着："噢，上帝，帮帮我！救救我吧！" If it were _your_ Harry, mother, or your Willie, that were going to be torn from you by a brutal trader, tomorrow morning,--if you had seen the man, and heard that the papers were signed and delivered, and you had only from twelve o'clock till morning to make good your escape,--how fast could _you_ walk? How many miles could you make in those few brief hours, with the darling at your bosom,--the little sleepy head on your shoulder,--the small, soft arms trustingly holding on to your neck? 母亲们，如果你的哈里或你的威利明天早晨要被一个畜生似的奴隶贩子从身边夺走，如果你看到过那个畜生并知道契约已经签好字并交给那个奴隶贩子，而且距天亮只有几个小时可以让你带孩子逃命时，你会走得多快呢？如果你怀中抱着亲爱的孩子，他那困倦的头颅靠在你的肩膀上，你会在这短短几小时内走多少英里路呢？ 
孩子睡着了，开始，因为恐惧，孩子一直醒着，他每次呼吸和说话，母亲都会及时制止他，并安慰他说只要他老老实实不出声，她就能救他；所以，他就安静地搂着母亲的脖子，只是在快入睡时才问了妈妈一句： "Mother, I don't need to keep awake, do I?"" 妈妈，我不用老是醒着吧？" "No, my darling; sleep, if you want to."" 不用，小心肝。你想睡就睡吧。" "But, mother, if I do get asleep, you won't let him get me?"" 但是，妈妈，如果我真睡着了，你不会让他抓走我吧？" "No! so may God help me!" said his mother, with a paler cheek, and a brighter light in her large dark eyes." 不会，决不会，上帝会帮助我们的！"妈妈说，她脸色苍白，黑色的大眼睛闪烁着明亮的光辉。 
你肯定，对吗？妈妈。" "Yes, _sure_!" said the mother, in a voice that startled herself; for it seemed to her to come from a spirit within, that was no part of her; and the boy dropped his litle weary head on her shoulder, and was soon asleep. How the touch of those warm arms, the gentle breathings that came in her neck, seemed to add fire and spirit to her movements! It seemed to her as if strength poured into her in electric streams, from every gentle touch and movement of the sleeping, confiding child. Sublime is the dominion of the mind over the body, that, for a time, can make flesh and nerve impregnable, and string the sinews like steel, so that the weak become so mighty." 我保证！"妈妈说。语调的坚定让她自己都感到吃惊。因为这种回答是源于某种她自身并不具备的一种精神。接着，孩子把小脑袋垂在妈妈的肩上，不一会就进入了梦乡。母亲感到了脖子那儿孩子温暖的小胳膊和孩子轻柔的呼吸，这无疑给她注入了火和精神。她觉得，孩子身体的晃动和触动，都像电流一样给她注入了力量。在身体中，精神主宰着肉体，在一定时间内，它能使肌体和神经变得坚强。它能使肌肉变强健，使弱者变坚强。 The boundaries of the farm, the grove, the wood-lot, passed by her dizzily, as she walked on; and still she went, leaving one familiar object after another, slacking not, pausing not, till reddening daylight found her many a long mile from all traces of any familiar objects upon the open highway. 她继续向前走着，一座座农庄，丛林和小树林飞快地从她身边掠过；她不停地向前走着，走过一处又一处熟悉的景物，丝毫不敢停留。当红暖的阳光照向大地时，她已经走了好几英里，远离了平日熟悉的景物，踏在了宽阔的大路上。 She had often been, with her mistress, to visit some connections, in the little village of T----, not far from the Ohio river, and knew the road well. To go thither, to escape across the Ohio river, were the first hurried outlines of her plan of escape; beyond that, she could only hope in God. 以前，她常陪着女主人到离俄亥俄河不远的T村亲戚家做客，所以她比较熟悉附近的道路。她打算先逃过俄亥俄河，等过河后，她就只有听天由命了。 When horses and vehicles began to move along the highway, with that alert perception peculiar to a state of excitement, and which seems to be a sort of inspiration, she became aware that her headlong pace and distracted air might bring on her remark and suspicion. She therefore put the boy on the ground, and, adjusting her dress and bonnet, she walked on at as rapid a pace as she thought consistent with the preservation of appearances. In her little bundle she had provided a store of cakes and apples, which she used as expedients for quickening the speed of the child, rolling the apple some yards before them, when the boy would run with all his might after it; and this ruse, often repeated, carried them over many a half-mile. 当公路上出现马车和马匹时，紧张时所特有的警觉使她意识到，脚步的忙乱以及自己慌张的神色会让人们注意和起疑心的。想到这儿，她放下孩子，整理好自己的衣帽，快步而又不失态地往前赶着。在她的小包中，放着一些蛋糕和苹果，她把苹果抛到路中几码远的地方，于是孩子便全力向前追去，就这样，她加快了前进的步伐。周而复始，他们又走了几英里路。 
没多久，他们到达了一片茂盛的树林边，清澈的小溪哗哗地流淌着。孩子这时喊着说他又渴又饿，于是她带着他爬过栅栏，坐在一块可以遮挡行人视线的石头后面，给孩子拿出早餐吃。孩子见她不吃，觉得很奇怪，他用手抱住母亲的脖子，尽力往母亲嘴里塞着小块的糕点，看起来她的嗓子被什么东西堵住了。 "No, no, Harry darling! mother can't eat till you are safe! We must go on--on--till we come to the river!" And she hurried again into the road, and again constrained herself to walk regularly and composedly forward." 不，不，亲爱的哈里，你不脱离险境，妈妈就不吃东西。我们要不停赶路，直到过河为止。"说完她又重新踏上征程，并且从容不迫地向前赶去。 She was many miles past any neighborhood where she was personally known. If she should chance to meet any who knew her, she reflected that the well-known kindness of the family would be of itself a blind to suspicion, as making it an unlikely supposition that she could be a fugitive. As she was also so white as not to be known as of colored lineage, without a critical survey, and her child was white also, it was much easier for her to pass on unsuspected.On this presumption, she stopped at noon at a neat farmhouse, to rest herself, and buy some dinner for her child and self; for, as the danger decreased with the distance, the supernatural tension of the nervous system lessened, and she found herself both weary and hungry. 她已经离认识的邻居很远了，因为希尔比家待人和蔼，即使碰到熟人，这一点也会保护他们，不至于让人有丝毫的怀疑。况且她的肤色相当白，如果不细看，就看不出她是黑人。孩子的肤色也很白，所以这有助于他蒙混过关而不引起人的怀疑。正是因此，中午时分，她决定在一户干净的农户家停下来吃些东西，自己也稍稍休息一下。因为这离家已经很远了，危险已减低，本来紧张的神经渐渐松弛下来，她也感到自己既累又饿。 The good woman, kindly and gossipping, seemed rather pleased than otherwise with having somebody come in to talk with; and accepted, without examination, Eliza's statement, that she "was going on a little piece, to spend a week with her friends,"--all which she hoped in her heart might prove strictly true. 那位女主人态度和善，喜欢聊天，今天来了一位可以聊天的人，她很高兴。她甚至没有盘问就相信了艾莉查所说的，她有事要与朋友们呆一个星期，艾莉查多希望自己所说的都是事实啊！ An hour before sunset, she entered the village of T----, by the Ohio river, weary and foot-sore, but still strong in heart. Her first glance was at the river, which lay, like Jordan, between her and the Canaan of liberty on the other side. 日落前一个小时，艾莉查走进了俄亥俄河边的T村，此时她已是浑身发软，两脚酸痛，但她依然保持着较高的精神。她一眼就看见了俄亥俄河，但它就像约旦河一样，把自己和自由乐土迦南分隔了开来。 
现在仍是初春，河水暴涨，水声轰鸣，大块大块的浮冰在河水中漂游着，撞击着。因为靠近肯塔基州的河岸形状奇特，远处，陆地已延伸到了河中，致使大量的冰块滞留下来，狭窄的河道中全是冰块，它们一块压着另一块，形成了一座巨大的冰筏，这冰筏铺满了河面，并一直延伸到河的对岸。 Eliza stood, for a moment, contemplating this unfavorable aspect of things, which she saw at once must prevent the usual ferry-boat from running, and then turned into a small public house on the bank, to make a few inquiries. 艾莉查站在那看着那冰面沉思了一会儿，她知道平日的渡船是不可能有的了。她转身走向一间酒店，想去问一些情况。
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