'You don't live anywhere. You are extinct - as a county family.'
“哪兒也沒(méi)有你們家族了。作為一個(gè)郡的家族，你們家族是已經(jīng)滅絕了?！?/div>

'That's bad.'
“真是遺憾?！?/div>

'Yes - what the mendacious family chronicles call extinct in the male line - that is, gone down - gone under.'
“是的——那些虛假的家譜所說(shuō)的男系滅絕，就是說(shuō)衰敗了，沒(méi)落了?！?/div>

'Then where do we lie?'
“那么，我們的祖先又埋在哪兒呢？”

'At Kingsbere-sub-Greenhill: rows and rows of you in your vaults, with your effigies under Purbeck-marble canopies.'
“埋在青山下的金斯比爾：一排一排地埋在你們家族的地下墓室里，在用佩比克大理石做成的華蓋下面，還刻有你們祖先的雕像?！?/div>

'And where be our family mansions and estates?'
“還有，我們家族的宅第和房產(chǎn)在哪兒呢？”

'You haven't any.'
“你們沒(méi)有宅第和房產(chǎn)了?！?/div>

'Oh? No lands neither?'
“??？土地也沒(méi)有了？”

'None; though you once had 'em in abundance, as I said, for your family consisted of numerous branches. In this county there was a seat of yours at Kingsbere, and another at Sherton, and another at Milipond, and another at Lullstead, and another at Wellbridge.'
“也沒(méi)有了；雖然像我說(shuō)的那樣，你們?cè)?jīng)擁有過(guò)大量的宅第和房產(chǎn)，因?yàn)槟銈兊募易迨怯杀姸嗟闹到M成的。在這個(gè)郡，過(guò)去在金斯比爾有一處你們的房產(chǎn)，在希爾屯還有一處，在磨房池有一處，在拉爾斯德有一處，在井橋還有一處。”

'And shall we ever come into our own again?'
“我們還會(huì)恢復(fù)我們自己的家族嗎？”

'Oh - nothing, nothing; except chasten yourself with the thought of "how are the mighty fallen". It is a fact of some interest to the local historian and genealogist, nothing more. There are several families among the cottagers of this county of almost equal lustre. Good night.'
“噢——不行了，不行了；'大英雄何竟死亡'，你除了用這句話責(zé)罰你自己外，別無(wú)它法。這件事對(duì)本地的歷史學(xué)家和家譜學(xué)家還有些興趣，但沒(méi)有其它什么了。在本郡居住的農(nóng)戶里，有差不多同樣光榮歷史的還有好幾家。再見(jiàn)。”

'But you'll turn back and have a quart of beer wi' me on the strength o't, Pa'son Tringham? There's a very pretty brew in tap at The Pure Drop - though, to be sure, not so good as at Rolliver's.'
“可是，特林漢姆牧師，為了這件事，你轉(zhuǎn)回來(lái)和我去喝一夸脫啤酒好不好？在純酒酒店，正好開(kāi)了一桶上好的佳釀——雖然我敢說(shuō)它還是不如羅利弗酒店的酒好?！?/div>

'No, thank you - not this evening, Durbeyfield. You've had enough already.' Concluding thus the parson rode on his way, with doubts as to his discretion in retailing this curious bit of lore.
“不喝了，謝謝你——德北菲爾德，今天晚上不喝了。你已經(jīng)喝得夠多了?！蹦翈熯@樣把話說(shuō)完以后，就騎著馬走了，心里有些懷疑，該不該把這個(gè)多少有點(diǎn)奇怪的傳說(shuō)告訴他。

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