药剂师的毒药

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Romeo remembered a poor apothecary nearby, a thin, 罗密欧想起附近有个穷药剂师，那是个骨瘦如柴、

ragged man whose shop was almost empty. 衣衫褴褛的男人，店里几乎空空如也。

Selling poison in Mantua was punished by death. 在曼图亚，卖毒药可是要被处死的。

But the man was starving. 但那个人实在快饿死了。

Romeo held out forty gold coins. 罗密欧递出四十枚金币。

"Let me have a dram of poison, “给我来一剂毒药，”

such soon-speeding stuff that the life-weary taker may fall dead." “要见效飞快的那种，好让厌倦活着的人服下就立刻毙命。”

"My poverty, but not my will, consents." “答应你的是我的贫穷，而不是我的本意。”

Romeo gave him the gold. 罗密欧把金币给了他。

"There is thy gold, worse poison to men's souls than this." “拿去吧，这是你的金子，对人的灵魂来说，它比这毒药害人得多。”

Money and hunger can make almost anyone break their own rules. 金钱与饥饿，几乎能让任何人打破自己的原则。

Romeo tucked the little bottle into his coat. 罗密欧把小药瓶揣进外套里。

"Come, cordial, and not poison, go with me to Juliet's grave, “来吧，你不是毒药，你是我的良方，跟我去朱丽叶的墓前吧，”

for there must I use thee." “因为我必须在那里用上你。”

And he rode through the night toward Verona. 随后，他连夜策马奔向维罗纳。

At that same hour, 就在同一时刻，

Friar Laurence learned that his letter had never been delivered. 劳伦斯神父得知，他的信根本没有送到。