Oliver's esrly life(2)

 

However,Oliver managed to draaw his first breath,and then announced his arrival to the rest of the workhouse by crying loudly. His mother raised her pale young face from the pillow and whispered,'Let me see the child ,and die.'

 

The doctor turned away from the fire,where he had been warming his hands .'You must not talk about dying yet,'he said to her kindly.He gave her the child to hold .Lovingly, she kissed the baby on its forehead with her cold white lips,then stared widly around the room ,fel back-and died.

 

'Poor desr!' said the nurse,hurriedly putting a green glass bottle back in the pocket of her long skirt.

 

The doctor began to put on his coat.'The baby is weak and will probably have difficulties,' he said .'If so ,give it a little milk to keep it quiet.' Then he looked at the dead woman.'The mother was a good-looking girl. Where did she come from?'

 

"She was brought here last night," replied the old wonman 'She was found lying in the street.' She'd walied some distance,judging by her shoes,which were worn to pieces . Where she came from , where whe was going to ,or what her name was ,nobody knows.

 

The doctor lifted the girl's left hand . 'The old story ,' he said sadly, shaking his head . 'No wedding ring ,I see. Ah! Good night.'

 

奥利弗的童年 （2）

 

不管怎样，奥利弗总算尽力吸进了第一口气，然后，他以响亮的哭声向济贫院里其他的人宣告自己的到来。他的母亲从枕头上抬起了年轻而苍白的脸，用微弱的声音说：“让我看一眼孩子气，我就可以死了。”

 

正在火炉上烤手取暖的医生转过身来，好心地对她说：“别说什么死不死的了。”他把孩子递过去让她抱在怀里。她用冰冷而毫无血色的嘴唇怜爱地在孩子的额头上亲了一下，然后急切地在怀里四处环顾一圈，便当向捂倒去，咽了气。

 

“可怜的东西！”老看护说着，急忙将一个绿色的小下班瓶揣回长裙子的兜里。

 

这时医生开始穿外衣。“这孩子太弱，有麻烦，”他说，“如果真是这样，给他喂点牛奶，好让他别哭。”然后，他又转过脸来看了一眼死去的女人，说：“这母亲长得还挺漂亮的，她是从哪儿来的？”

 

“她是昨天夜里被捕送到这儿来的，”老妇人回答道。“她倒在马路上，被人发现了。她脚上那又鞋子已经磨得破破烂烂的了，由此可以看出她是从很远的地方来的。她从哪儿来，要到哪儿去，叫什么名字，没人知道。”

 

医生拉起那年轻女人的左手，摇摇头，伤心地说：“又是老一套。没有结婚戒指，果然如此。唉！晚安。”