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战争与和平　
War and Peace

英文中文双语对照双语交替

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CHAPTER XXI

第二十一章

PIERRE drove to Marya Dmitryevna's to report to her the execution of her commands, as to Kuragin's banishment from Moscow. The whole house was in excitement and alarm. Natasha was very ill; and as Marya Dmitryevna told him in secret, she had on the night after she had been told Anatole was married, taken arsenic, which she had procured by stealth. After swallowing a little, she had been so frightened that she waked Sonya, and told her what she had done.

皮埃尔启程前往玛丽亚·德米特里耶夫娜家，通知她说，库拉金已被逐出莫斯科，她的心愿已经实现了。全家人惊皇失措，焦虑不安。娜塔莎的病情严重，玛丽亚·德米特里耶夫娜把情况告诉他，要他保密，就在给她透露阿纳托利已经结婚一事的那天深夜，她吃了她暗地里找到的砒霜。她吞了一点毒药，吓得很厉害，于是喊醒索尼娅，把她服毒的事告诉她。及时地采取了必要的解毒措施，所以她现今脱了危险；但是她的身体还很衰弱，根本不能考虑送她去农村的问题，业已着人去接伯爵夫人。皮埃尔看见张皇失措的伯爵和泪痕满面的索尼娅，却未能看到娜塔莎。

Antidotes had been given in time, and now she was out of danger; but she was still so weak, that they could not dream of moving her to the country, and the countess had been sent for. Pierre saw the count in great trouble, and Sonya in tears, but he could not see Natasha.

这一天，皮埃尔在俱乐部里吃中饭，他从四面听见众人谈论有人试图拐骗罗斯托娃这一事件，他执拗地驳斥这些闲话，并叫大家相信，这充其量只是他的内兄向罗斯托娃求婚，遭到了拒绝。皮埃尔仿佛觉得，他有责任隐瞒事实真相，并且恢复罗斯托娃的名誉。

That day Pierre dined at the club, and heard on every side gossip about the attempted abduction of the young Countess Rostov, and persistently denied the story, assuring every one that the only foundation for it was that his brother-in-law had made the young lady an offer and had been refused. It seemed to Pierre that it was part of his duty to conceal the whole affair, and to save the young countess's reputation.

他心惊胆战地等待安德烈公爵回来，并且每天到老公爵那里去打听一下他的情况。

He was looking forward with terror to Prince Andrey's return, and drove round every day to ask for news of him from the old prince.

尼古拉·安德烈伊奇公爵从布里安小姐处获悉在满城传播的流言飞语，并且读了她写给公爵小姐玛丽亚的便函，在便函中娜塔莎拒绝了她的未婚夫。他看来似乎比平常更愉快，并且迫不及待地等候儿子。

Prince Nikolay Andreitch heard all the rumours current in the town through Mademoiselle Bourienne; and he had read the note to Princess Marya, in which Natasha had broken off her engagement. He seemed in better spirits than usual, and looked forward with impatience to seeing his son.

阿纳托利走后过了几天皮埃尔接到一封安德烈公爵写来的便函，在便函中告知皮埃尔说他回来了，并请他便中去看他。

A few days after Anatole's departure, Pierre received a note from Prince Andrey to inform him that he had arrived, and to beg him to go and see him.

安德烈公爵已经到达莫斯科，他刚刚走进家门，就从他父亲那里接到一封娜塔莎写给公爵小姐玛丽亚的便函，在便函中她要拒绝她的未婚夫（布里安小姐从公爵小姐玛丽亚那里抢到这封便函，并且把它转交公爵），安德烈公爵还听见父亲添枝加叶地叙述有关拐骗娜塔莎的事件。

The first minute of Prince Andrey's arrival in Moscow, he was handed by his father Natasha's note to Princess Marya, in which she broke off her engagement (the note had been stolen from Princess Marya, and given to the old prince by Mademoiselle Bourienne). He heard from his father's lips the story of Natasha's elopement, with additions.

头一天晚上，安德烈公爵到家了。第二天早晨皮埃尔来看他。皮埃尔预料安德烈公爵几乎也处于娜塔莎同样的境地，因此在他走进客厅、听见书斋中传出安德烈公爵响亮的嗓音、兴奋地谈论某件关于彼得堡的阴谋事件时，他觉得非常惊异。老公爵和另一个什么人的语声有时打断他的话。公爵小姐玛丽娅向皮埃尔迎面走来。她叹了一口气，用目光指示安德烈公爵的房门，显然她对他的忧愁想表示同情，但是皮埃尔从公爵小姐玛丽亚的脸色看出，她对发生的事情感到高兴，并对她哥哥获悉未婚妻变节后的反应也感到高兴。

Prince Andrey had arrived in the evening; Pierre came to see him the following morning. Pierre had expected to find Prince Andrey almost in the same state as Natasha, and he was therefore surprised when as he entered the drawing-room he heard the sound of Prince Andrey's voice in the study, loudly and eagerly discussing some Petersburg intrigue. The old prince and some other voice interrupted him from time to time. Princess Marya came out to meet Pierre.

“他说，这一层他预料到了，”她说，“我知道他的骄傲使他没法表露自己的感情，但是他在忍受心灵的痛苦方面，比我所预料的表现得更好，而且好得多。可见，非这样不可……”

She sighed, turning her eyes towards the door of the room, where Prince Andrey was, plainly intending to express her sympathy with his sorrow; but Pierre saw by Princess Marya's face that she was glad both at what had happened and at the way her brother had taken the news of his fiancée's treachery.

“难道这一切都完结了吗？”皮埃尔说。

“He said he had expected it,” she said. “I know his pride will not allow him to express his feelings; but anyway, he has borne it better, far better, than I had expected. It seems it was to be so …”

公爵小姐玛丽亚惊异地望望他。她甚至不明白，怎么可以询问这种事。皮埃尔走进书斋。安德烈公爵完全变了，显然变得更加强壮，但是在他的眉毛之间又增添了一条横横的皱纹，他穿着一身便服，站在父亲和梅谢尔斯基公爵对面，做出有力的手势，热烈地争论。

“But is it all really at an end?” said Pierre.

谈话涉及斯佩兰斯基，他忽然被判处流刑以及有人捏造事实指控他叛国的消息甫才传到莫斯科了。

Princess Marya looked at him with surprise. She could not understand how one could ask such a question. Pierre went into the study. Prince Andrey was very much changed, and visibly much more robust, but there was a new horizontal line between his brows. He was in civilian dress, and standing facing his father and Prince Meshtchersky, he was hotly arguing, making vigorous gesticulations.

“那些在一个月以前钦佩他的人如今都在审讯和指控他（斯佩兰斯基），”安德烈公爵说，“而且那班人没法明了他的意向。审讯一个失宠的人极为容易，别人都归咎于他；所以我要说，如果在目前的君主统治时期建树了什么佳债，那末，这一切佳绩都是他——他一人所建树的……”他看见皮埃尔后便停下来。他的面孔颤动了一下，立刻流露出凶恶的表情。

The subject was Speransky, of whose sudden dismissal and supposed treason news had just reached Moscow.

“惟有后代才会赐予他以正义。”他说完这句话，旋即把脸转向皮埃尔。

“Now he” (Speransky) “will be criticised and condemned by all who were enthusiastic about him a month ago,” Prince Andrey was saying, “and were incapable of understanding his aims. It's very easy to condemn a man when he's out of favour, and to throw upon him the blame of all the mistakes of other people. But I maintain that if anything of value has been done in the present reign, it has been done by him—by him alone …” He stopped, seeing Pierre. His face quivered, and at once assumed a vindictive expression. “And posterity will do him justice,” he finished, and at once turned to Pierre. “Well, how are you, still getting stouter?” he said eagerly, but the new line was still more deeply furrowed on his forehead. “Yes, I'm very well,” he answered to Pierre's question, and he smiled. It was clear to Pierre that his smile meant, “I am well, but my health is of no use to any one now.”

“你很好啊！越来越胖了，”他兴奋地说，但是他的额头上又露出一条更深的皱纹。“是啊！我很健康，”他在回答皮埃尔的问话时冷冷一笑。皮埃尔十分清楚，他的冷笑似乎在说：“很健康，可是我的健康谁也不稀罕。”安德烈公爵三言两语地跟皮埃尔谈到波兰边境后面的一条非常糟糕的道路，他在瑞士遇见几个认识皮埃尔的人，还谈到他从国外带来一个给儿子当教师的德萨尔先生，然后他在两个老头继续谈论斯佩兰斯基时又激昂陈词。

After saying a few words to Pierre of the awful road from the frontiers of Poland, of people he had met in Switzerland who knew Pierre, and of M. Dessalle, whom he had brought back from Switzerland as a tutor for his son, Prince Andrey warmly took part again in the conversation about Speransky, which had been kept up between the two old gentlemen.

“既然他叛国，他与拿破仑秘密勾结已有明证，那么就要公诸于众，“他急躁而且匆忙地说。“我本人过去和现在都不喜欢斯佩兰斯基，不过我喜欢维护正义。”此时皮埃尔从他朋友身上发觉一种他甚为熟悉的强烈愿望——使他自己心潮澎湃、争论和他自己毫无关系的事情，其目的在于压抑过分沉重的心情。

“If there had been treason, and there were proofs of his secret relations with Napoleon, they would have made them public,” he said, with heat and haste.

梅谢尔斯基公爵走后，安德烈公爵挽着皮埃尔的手臂，请他到给公爵准备的房间里去。在这个房间里可以看见一张铺好的床和几只打开的手提包和箱笼。安德烈公爵走到一只箱子前面，取出一只小匣子。他从小匣子里拿出一扎用纸包着的东西。他默不作声，动作迅速地做完这件事。之后他欠起身子，咳嗽几声清清嗓子。他的面孔阴郁，闭紧嘴唇。

“I don't and I didn't like Speransky personally, but I do like justice.”

“如果我麻烦你，请原谅我……”皮埃尔明了，安德烈公爵想谈论娜塔莎，他那宽阔的脸上流露着同情和惋惜的神态。皮埃尔的面部表情激怒了安德烈公爵，他坚决地、不高兴地大声说下去：“我遭受到伯爵小姐罗斯托娃的拒绝，此外我还听到你的内兄向她求婚以及诸如此类的流言。是不是真有其事？”

Pierre recognized now in his friend that desire he knew only too well, for excitement and discussion of something apart from himself, simply in order to stifle thoughts that were too painful and too near his heart.

“是真又是假。”皮埃尔开口说，但是安德烈公爵打断他的话。

When Prince Meshtchersky had gone, Prince Andrey took Pierre's arm, and asked him to come to the room that had been assigned him. In that room there was a folding bedstead and open trunks and boxes. Prince Andrey went up to one of them and took out a case. Out of the case he took a packet of letters. He did all this in silence, and very rapidly. He stood up again and cleared his throat. His face was frowning, and his lips set.

“这儿是她的信件和相片，”他说。他从桌上拿起一包东西，递给皮埃尔。

“Forgive me, if I'm troubling you …” Pierre saw that Prince Andrey was going to speak of Natasha, and his broad face showed sympathy and pity. That expression in Pierre's face exasperated Prince Andrey. He went on resolutely, clearly, and disagreeably: “I have received a refusal from Countess Rostov, and rumours have reached me of your brother-in-law's seeking her hand, or something of the kind. Is that true?”

“如果你看见伯爵小姐，就把这样东西转交给她……”

“Both true and untrue,” began Pierre; but Prince Andrey cut him short.

“她病得很厉害。”皮埃尔说。

“Here are her letters and her portrait,” he said. He took the packet from the table and gave it to Pierre.

“这样说，她还在这儿？”安德烈公爵说。“库拉金公爵呢？”

“Give that to the countess … if you will see her.”

他连忙问道。

“She is very ill,” said Pierre.

“他早就走了。她快要死了……”

“So she's still here?” said Prince Andrey. “And Prince Kuragin?” he asked quickly.

“她生病，我深表遗憾，”安德烈公爵说。他像父亲那样无情地、凶很地、不高兴地冷冷一笑。

“He has been gone a long while. She has been at death's door.”

“这么说，库拉金先生没有赐予伯爵小姐罗斯托娃求婚的殊荣？”安德烈公爵说。他用鼻子呼哧呼哧地嗤了几声。

“I am very sorry to hear of her illness,” said Prince Andrey. He laughed a cold, malignant, unpleasant laugh like his father's.

“他不能结婚，因为地结过婚了，”皮埃尔说。

“But M. Kuragin, then, did not deign to bestow his hand on Countess Rostov?”

安德烈公爵又像他父亲那样不高兴地大声笑起来。

said Prince Andrey. He snorted several times.

“目前您的内兄在哪里，我可以打听一下吗？”他说。

“He could not have married her, because he is married,” said Pierre.

“他到彼得堡去了……其实我并不晓得。”皮埃尔说。

Prince Andrey laughed unpleasantly, again recalling his father.

“不过，这横竖一样，”安德烈公爵说，“你转告伯爵小姐罗斯托娃，她过去和现在都完全自由，我祝她诸事顺遂。”

“And where is he now, your brother-in-law, may I ask?” he said.

皮埃尔拿起一札信件。安德烈公爵仿佛在想，他是否需要再对他说句什么话，或者等待皮埃尔有没有什么话要说，于是他把目光盯住皮埃尔。

“He went to Peter … but, really, I don't know,” said Pierre.

“您听我说，您还记得我们在彼得堡时的那次争论吧，”皮埃尔说，“您还记得有关……？”

“Well, that's no matter,” said Prince Andrey. “Tell Countess Rostov from me that she was and is perfectly free, and that I wish her all prosperity.”

“我记得，”安德烈公爵连忙回答，“我说过要原谅淫荡的女人，但是我没有说过我能原谅她。我不能。”

Pierre took the packet. Prince Andrey, as though reflecting whether he had not something more to say, or waiting for Pierre to say something, looked at him with a fixed gaze.

“难道可以相提并论吗？……”皮埃尔说。

“Listen. Do you remember our discussion in Petersburg?” said Pierre. “Do you remember about—?”

安德烈公爵打断他的话。他用刺耳的嗓音叫嚷起来：

“I remember,” Prince Andrey answered hurriedly. “I said that a fallen woman should be forgiven, but I did not say I could forgive one. I can't.”

“是啊，又要向她求婚，做个宽宏大量的人，如此等等？……是的，这倒很高尚，但是我不擅长sur　brisées　de　monsieur①。如果你愿意做我的朋友，就永远不要和我谈这个……谈这一切。喂，再见。那末你转交给她，行吗？……”

“How can you compare it? …” said Pierre.

皮埃尔从房里走出去，到老公爵和公爵小姐玛丽亚那里去了。

Prince Andrey cut him short. He cried harshly: “Yes, ask her hand again, be magnanimous, and all that sort of thing? … Oh, that's all very noble, but I'm not equal to following in that gentleman's tracks. If you care to remain my friend, never speak to me of that … of all this business. Well, good-bye. So you'll give that? …”

①法语：步这个先生的后尘。

Pierre left him, and went in to the old prince and Princess Marya.

老头子比平常显得更富有活力。公爵小姐玛丽亚还是那个老样子，但因她与哥哥互有同感，所以皮埃尔看出她对哥哥的婚事遭到挫折也感到高兴，当皮埃尔望着他们的时候，他心里明了，他们对罗斯托夫一家人怀有极端蔑视和愤恨的心情，而且明了，在他们面前甚至不能提及那个宁可抛弃安德烈公爵而喜欢任何男人的姑娘的名字。

The old man seemed livelier than usual. Princess Marya was the same as usual, but behind her sympathy for her brother, Pierre detected her relief that her brother's marriage was broken off. Looking at them, Pierre felt what a contempt and dislike they all had for the Rostovs; felt that it would be impossible in their presence even to mention the name of the girl who could give up Prince Andrey for any one in the world.

午宴之间的谈话涉及战争，战争的临近逐渐地变得无可争议了。安德烈公爵滔滔不绝地谈话，时而和父亲争论，时而和瑞士籍教师德萨尔争论，看来他比平常为振奋，皮埃尔十分清楚地知道他所以精神振奋的原因。

At dinner they talked of the coming war, of which there could now be no doubt in the near future. Prince Andrey talked incessantly, and argued first with his father, and then with Dessalle, the Swiss tutor. He seemed more eager than usual, with that eagerness of which Pierre knew so well the inner cause.