迷雾中的归程

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My mother jumped, and stared at me. 我母亲吓了一跳，直瞪瞪地看着我。

"You're crazy! “你疯了吧！

Giving half a franc to that man, that good-for-nothing!" 居然给那个人半个法郎，给那个没出息的废物！”

She stopped at a look from my father, 我父亲看了她一眼，她立刻停住了，

who nodded toward the son-in-law. 父亲正朝女婿那边使眼色呢。

Then everyone fell silent. 接着大家都沉默了下来。

Ahead of us, on the horizon, 在我们前方的天边，

a purple shadow seemed to rise out of the sea. 一片紫色的阴影仿佛正从海面上升起。

It was Jersey. 那就是泽西岛了。

When we landed, 等我们上了岸，

I had a burning desire to see my Uncle Jules once more, 我心里极想再去看看于勒叔叔，

to go near him, to say something kind to him. 走到他身边，跟他说几句贴心的话。

But no one was buying oysters anymore, and he had disappeared, 可那时已经没人买牡蛎了，他也不见了踪影，

probably down into the dark hold where he slept. 大概是钻回他睡觉的阴暗底舱里去了。

We came home on a different boat, 回去的时候我们换坐了另一条船，

so we wouldn't meet him again. 就是为了不再撞见他。

I never saw my father's brother again. 从那以后，我再也没见过我父亲的这位弟弟。

And that is why, whenever an old beggar asks me for money, 这也是为什么，后来每当有老乞丐向我讨钱，

I give him five francs. 我都会给他五个法郎。