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“小孩，你有什么要问这位证人的吗？”治安推事说道。 'I wouldn't abase myself by descending to hold no conversation with him' replied the Dodger. “我不愿意降低身份跟他说什么话。”机灵鬼回答。 'Have you anything to say at all?' “你到底有没有什么要说的？” 'Do you hear his worship ask if you've anything to say?' inquired the jailer, nudging the silent Dodger with his elbow. “听见没有，大人问你有什么要说的？”看守用胳膊肘捅了一下默不作声的机灵鬼，问道。 'I beg your pardon,' said the Dodger, looking up with an air of abstraction. 'Did you redress yourself to me, my man?' “对不起，”机灵鬼心不在焉地抬起头来，“你是在跟我说话吗，哥们？” 
“大人。我从来没见过这样十足的小无赖，”警察苦笑着说。“你就没什么要说的，小伙子？” 'No,' replied the Dodger, 'not here, for this ain't the shop for justice: besides which, my attorney is a-breakfasting this morning with the Wice President of the House of Commons; but I shall have something to say elsewhere, and so will he, and so will a wery numerous and 'spectable circle of acquaintance as'll make them beaks wish they'd never been born, or that they'd got their footmen to hang 'em up to their own hat-pegs, afore they let 'em come out this morning to try it on upon me. I'll--' “不，”机灵鬼回答，“不在这儿说，这儿不是讲公道的地方。再说了，我的律师今天早上要和下院副议长共进早餐，我有话可以上别处说去，他也一样，还有许许多多很有名望的熟人也是这样，管保会叫那帮铁嘴巴不得自己压根没有生下来，要不就是怪他们跟班今天早上出门之前没把自个儿挂在帽钉上，才整到我头上来了。我要--” 'There! He's fully committed!' interposed the clerk. 'Take him away.' “好啦，可以收监了。”书记员没让他把话说完。“带下去。” 'Come on,' said the jailer. “走。”看守说道。 'Oh ah! I'll come on,' replied the Dodger, brushing his hat with the palm of his hand. 'Ah! (to the Bench) it's no use your looking frightened; I won't show you no mercy, not a ha'porth of it. YOU'LL pay for this, my fine fellers. I wouldn't be you for something! I wouldn't go free, now, if you was to fall down on your knees and ask me. Here, carry me off to prison! Take me away!' “哦哟。走就走，”机灵鬼用手掌掸了掸帽子，回答。“啊（面朝审判席），瞧你们那副熊样，怕也没用，我不会饶了你们的，半个子儿也不饶，你们会付出代价的，哥们。我才不跟你们一般见识。眼下你们就是跪下来求我，我也不走了。得了，带我上监狱去！把我带走吧！” 
说完最后这几句话，机灵鬼给人揪住衣领带下去了，走到院子里，一路上还在扬言要告到议会去，随后，他又自我批准，当着看守的面，得意忘形地咧着嘴直笑。 Having seen him locked up by himself in a little cell, Noah made the best of his way back to where he had left Master Bates. After waiting here some time, he was joined by that young gentleman, who had prudently abstained from showing himself until he had looked carefully abroad from a snug retreat, and ascertained that his new friend had not been followed by any impertinent person. 诺亚亲眼看着他给单独关进一间小小的囚室，才铆足了劲朝与贝兹少爷分手的地方赶去。他在原地等了一会儿，才跟那位小绅士会合了。贝兹少爷躲在一个进退两便的处所，仔细地观察着四外，直到确信自己这位新朋友没有被什么不相干的人盯上，才小心翼翼地露面了。 The two hastened back together, to bear to Mr. Fagin the animating news that the Dodger was doing full justice to his bringing-up, and establishing for himself a glorious reputation. 他俩一块儿匆匆离去，替费金先生带去了令人鼓舞的消息，机灵鬼丝毫没有辜负师傅的栽培，正在为他自己创立辉煌的名声。 Adept as she was, in all the arts of cunning and dissimulation, the girl Nancy could not wholly conceal the effect which the knowledge of the step she had taken, wrought upon her mind. She remembered that both the crafty Jew and the brutal Sikes had confided to her schemes, which had been hidden from all others: in the full confidence that she was trustworthy and beyond the reach of their suspicion. Vile as those schemes were, desperate as were their originators, and bitter as were her feelings towards Fagin, who had led her, step by step, deeper and deeper down into an abyss of crime and misery, whence was no escape; still, there were times when, even towards him, she felt some relenting, lest her disclosure should bring him within the iron grasp he had so long eluded, and he should fall at last--richly as he merited such a fate--by her hand. 南希姑娘虽然对耍猾做假的全套功夫十分娴熟，却也很难完全隐瞒迈出这一步在她心中产生的影响。她记得，不管是诡计多端的老犹太，还是残忍无情的赛克斯，他们的那些诡计对其他人只字不提，在她面前却毫不隐瞒，两个人完全相信她是靠得住的，根本不会怀疑到她头上。尽管这些诡计十分奸诈，策划者胆大包天，尽管她对老犹太深恶痛绝，是他一步一步领着自己，在罪恶与不幸的深渊中越陷越深，难以自拔，然而有的时候，即便是对于他，南希仍然感到有些于心不忍，怕自己泄露出去的事会使他落入他躲避了那么久的铁拳，并且最终会栽在自己手里--虽说他完全是罪有应得。 But, these were the mere wanderings of a mind unwholly to detach itself from old companions and associations, though enabled to fix itself steadily on one object, and resolved not to be turned aside by any consideration. Her fears for Sikes would have been more powerful inducements to recoil while there was yet time; but she had stipulated that her secret should be rigidly kept, she had dropped no clue which could lead to his discovery, she had refused, even for his sake, a refuge from all the guilt and wretchedness that encompasses her--and what more could she do! She was resolved. 然而，这些仅仅是心灵上的动摇，虽然她无法与多年来的伙伴一刀两断，但还是能够抱定一个目标，决不因为任何顾虑而回心转意。她放心不下的是赛克斯，这一点本来更有可能诱使她在最后一分钟退缩变卦，但她已经得到人家会为她严守秘密的保证，也没有泄漏可能导致他落入法网的任何线索，为了他的缘故，甚至拒绝从包围着她的所有罪恶和苦难中逃出来--她还能怎么样呢？她已经横下一条心。 
尽管内心的斗争都以这样的结果告终，但它们依然一次又一次向她袭来，并且在她身上留下了痕迹。不出几天，她就变得苍白而又消瘦。她时常对面前发生的事毫不理会，或者根本不介人众人的谈话，而过去她在这类谈话中嗓门比谁都大。有的时候，她干巴巴地发出一阵笑声，无缘无故或者说毫无意义地大闹一通。可往往刹那之间，她又无精精打采地坐了下来，手支着脑袋沉思默想。她有时也想尽力振作起来，但这种努力甚至比这些征兆更能说明她心神不定，她所想的和同伴们正在商量的根本不是一回事。 It was Sunday night, and the bell of the nearest church struck the hour. Sikes and the Jew were talking, but they paused to listen. The girl looked up from the low seat on which she crouched, and listened too. Eleven. 星期天夜里，附近教堂的钟声开始报时。赛克斯与老犹太在聊天，却还是停下来谛听着。南希姑娘蜷缩着身子坐在一个矮凳上，她也抬起头来，听了听。十一点。 'An hour this side of midnight,' said Sikes, raising the blind to look out and returning to his seat. 'Dark and heavy it is too. A good night for business this.' “离半夜还有一个钟头，”赛克斯拉起窗板看了看外边，又回到座位上，说道。“天又黑又问，今儿晚上做买卖真是没得说。” 'Ah!' replied Fagin. 'What a pity, Bill, my dear, that there's none quite ready to be done.' “啊。”费金回答，“真可惜，亲爱的比尔，我们连一笔可以做的现成买卖都没有。” 'You're right for once,' replied Sikes gruffly. 'It is a pity, for I'm in the humour too.' “你算是说对了一回，”赛克斯绷着脸说，“确实可惜啊，我也有点这种感觉。” 
费金叹了口气，沮丧地摇了摇头。 'We must make up for lost time when we've got things into a good train. That's all I know,' said Sikes. “等我们把事情好好排个队，非得把丢掉的时光补回来不可。我就知道这个。” 'That's the way to talk, my dear,' replied Fagin, venturing to pat him on the shoulder. 'It does me good to hear you.' “说得可也是，亲爱的，”费金一边回答，一边大着胆子拍了拍他的肩膀。“听你这么一说，我就放心了。” 'Does you good, does it!' cried Sikes. 'Well, so be it.' “你放心了。”赛克斯嚷嚷着，“得了，就这样吧。” 'Ha! ha! ha!' laughed Fagin, as if he were relieved by even this concession. 'You're like yourself to-night, Bill. Quite like yourself.' “哈哈哈！”费金大笑起来，好像这一点点让步也使他感到欣慰。“你今儿晚上像你自个儿了，比尔，这才像你自个嘛。” 
“干什么，你那只皱巴巴的老爪子搁在我胳膊上，我可没觉得像我自己，你给我拿开。”赛克斯说着，撂开老犹太的手。 'It make you nervous, Bill,--reminds you of being nabbed, does it?' said Fagin, determined not to be offended. “这会弄得你神经紧张，比尔--让你觉得给人逮住了，是不是啊？”费金决定不生气，说道。 'Reminds me of being nabbed by the devil,' returned Sikes. 'There never was another man with such a face as yours, unless it was your father, and I suppose HE is singeing his grizzled red beard by this time, unless you came straight from the old 'un without any father at all betwixt you; which I shouldn't wonder at, a bit.' “让我觉得给魔鬼逮住了，”赛克斯回敬道，“像你这副嘴脸，压根找不出第二个，除了你爹，这功夫他没准正在烧他那带点花白的红胡子，要不就是你根本没个爹，直接就从魔鬼那儿来了--我才不觉得这有什么好奇怪的。”
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