城堡般的卧室

字幕原文

"At home, he wore a dressing gown and a nightcap, “在家里，他总是穿着睡袍，戴着睡帽，

and kept his shutters closed and his doors bolted. 百叶窗关得死死的，门也插着栓。

He lived under a whole system of rules and restrictions. 他整个人都活在一套清规戒律和条条框框里。

He didn't keep a female servant, 他不敢雇女仆，

for fear of what people might say, 生怕招来闲言碎语，

so he had an old cook named Afanasy, 所以雇了个叫阿法纳西的老厨子，

a drunkard who was always sighing. 那是个成天唉声叹气的酒鬼。

His bedroom was tiny, like a box, 他的卧室小得像个匣子，

and his bed had curtains all around it. 床四周全围着帐子。

When he went to bed, he pulled the covers over his head. 一睡觉，他就用被子蒙住头。

It was hot and stuffy. 屋里又闷又热，

The wind rattled the doors. 风吹得房门哐哐作响。

And he lay awake, terrified that something might happen, 他就这么干躺着不敢睡，心里吓得要命，生怕出什么事，

that Afanasy might murder him, or that thieves might break in." 不是怕阿法纳西杀了他，就是怕家里遭了贼。”

A life spent guarding against everything leaves no room for anything. 一个人要是整天提防着一切，那日子也就过得容不下任何东西了。

Burkin smiled in the dark. 布尔金在黑暗中笑了笑。

"And yet, believe it or not, this man almost got married." “可就算这样，信不信由你，这家伙当年还差点结了婚。”