摘要
故事发生在20世纪初,玛丽·伦罗克斯的父母在一场霍乱中丧生,从小被父母疏远而一直放任自流、任性而自私的小玛丽,在小平房里被无助包围。在一片混乱和狼藉之中,第二天玛丽藏到她的幼儿室里,被所有人遗忘。没有人想起她,没有人想要她,奇怪的事情发生着,而她一无所知。那段时间,玛丽时哭时睡。她知道大家在生病,她听见神秘的、急迫的声音。有一次她爬进饭厅,发现空无一人,尽管桌子上的饭只吃了一半,仿佛吃饭的人因为什么原因突然站起来,椅子、盘子被慌张地推开。小家伙吃了点儿水果和饼干,她觉得渴,喝了一杯酒,那杯酒几乎是满的,而且是甜的,她不知道那酒有多烈,很快她就觉得非常困,她回到幼儿室,把自己又关起来,棚屋里的喊叫、匆忙的脚步声,让她害怕。酒让她太困了,她几乎睁不开眼睛,她躺到床上,一会儿就什么也不知道了。
During the confusion and 1)bewilderment of the second day Mary hid herself in the nursery and was forgotten by everyone.Nobody thought of her,nobody wanted her,and strange things happened of which she knew nothing.Mary 2)alternately cried and slept through the hours.She only knew that people were ill and that she heard mysterious and 3)tightening sounds.Once she crept into the dining-room and found it empty,though a partly finished meal was on the table and chairs and plates looked as if they had been 4)hastily pushed back when the diners rose suddenly for some reason.The child ate some fruit and 5)biscuits,and being thirsty she drank a glass of wine which stood nearly filled.It was sweet,and she did not know how strong it was.Very soon it made her irdensely drowsy,and she went back to her nursery and shut herself in again,frightened by cries she heard in the huts and by the hurrying sound of feet.The wine made her so sleepy that she could scarcely keep her eyes open and she lay down on her bed and knew no thing more for a long time.
