Chapter 5 The Deplorable Word
第5章 灭绝咒
THE children were facing one another across the pillar where the bell hung, still trembling, though it no longer gave out any note. Suddenly they heard a soft noise from the end of the room which was still undamaged. They turned quick as lightning to see what it was. One of the robed figures, the furthest-off one of all, the woman whom Digory thought so beautiful, was rising from its chair. When she stood up they realized that she was even taller than they had thought. And you could see at once, not only from her crown and robes, but from the flash of her eyes and the curve of her lips, that she was a great queen. She looked round the room and saw the damage and saw the children, but you could not guess from her face what she thought of either or whether she was surprised. She came forward with long, swift strides.
虽然钟声停止了，但钟仍然颤抖着；两个孩子隔普挂钟的柱子面面相觑。忽然，从还没有毁坏的屋子一角传来一阵轻柔的声音。他们立即转身看去。所有穿长袍的塑像中最远的那个，即迪格雷认为非常美丽的女人，正从椅子上站起来。当她站起来后，他们意识到，她比他们原来想像的还要高。而且，从她的王冠、长袍、眼神和嘴唇的线条上，你马上便能看出，她是一位了不起的女王。她环视屋子当中毁坏的场面，也看见了孩子们，但你无法从她脸上的表情判断她是否感到惊讶。她大步流星地走了过来。
8220;Who has awaked me? Who has broken the spell? 8221; she asked.
“是谁唤醒了我，是谁破了魔咒，”她问。
8220;I think it must have been me, 8221; said Digory.
“我想，肯定是我。”迪格雷说。
8220;You! 8221; said the Queen, laying her hand on his shoulder 8211; a white, beautiful hand, but Digory could feel that it was strong as steel pincers. 8220;You? But you are only a child, a common child. Anyone can see at a glance that you have no drop of royal or noble blood in your veins. How did such as you dare to enter this house? 8221;
“你？”女王说着，把手搭在迪格雷肩上——那是一只白皙而漂亮的手，但迪格雷却感到铁钳般的沉重。“你？你只是个孩子，一个普通孩子。任何人只要看一眼，就知道你的血管里连一滴皇家或贵族的血也没有。像你这样的人怎么敢走进这间屋子？ 8221;
8220;We 8217;ve come from another world; by Magic, 8221; said Polly, who thought it was high time the Queen took some notice of her as well as of Digory.
“我们是靠魔法从另一个世界来的。”波莉说，她认为应该抓住时机，让那女王像注意迪格雷一样地注意她。“真的吗？”女王说，眼睛仍然看若迪格雷，瞟都不瞟波莉一眼。
8220;Is this true? 8221; said the Queen, still looking at Digory and not giving Polly even a glance.
“是的。”他说。
8220;Yes, it is, 8221; said he.
女王一只手托起迪格雷的下巴，仔细端详他的脸。迪格雷想用目光反抗她，但很快就不得不俯下眼皮，她眼中的某种东西制服了他。她将迪格雷认真地研究了一分多钟，然后，松开他的下巴，说：
The Queen put her other hand under his chin and forced it up so that she could see his face better. Digory tried to stare back but he soon had to let his eyes drop. There was something about hers that overpowered him.
“你不是魔法师，你脸上没有标记。你一定只是魔法师的仆人。你是靠别人的魔法到这儿来的。”
After she had studied him for well over a minute, she let go of his chin and said:
“是我的安德鲁舅舅。”迪格雷说。
8220;You are no magician. The mark of it is not on you. You must be only the servant of a magician. It is on another 8217;s Magic that you have travelled here. 8221;
这时，不是从屋子里面，而是从身旁极近的地方，传来轰降隆继而是劈里啪啦的响声，过后是砖石坍塌的咣啷声，地板晃动起来。
8220;It was my Uncle Andrew, 8221; said Digory.
“灾祸来了，”女王说，“整个宫殿就要塌掉。如果我们不在几分钟内出去，就会被埋在废墟里。”她说得平平静静，好像只是在谈论一天的时辰。“来。”她说着，向两个孩子各伸出一只手。波莉讨厌这个女王并且仍在生气，如果可能的话，她决不会让她抓住自己的手。女王虽然说话时显得不慌不忙，但行动却像思维一样敏捷。波莉还未反应过来，她的左于就被一只长得多、有力得多的大手抓住了，她根本无法挣脱。
At the moment, not in the room itself but from somewhere very close, there came, first a rumbling, then a creaking, and then a roar of falling masonry, and the floor shook.
8220;There is great peril here, 8221; said the Queen. 8220;The whole palace is breaking up. If we are not out of it in a few minutes we shall be buried under the ruin. 8221; She spoke as calmly as if she had been merely mentioning the time of day. 8220;Come, 8221; she added, and held out a hand to each of the children. Polly, who was disliking the Queen and feeling rather sulky, would not have let her hand be taken if she could have helped it. But though the Queen spoke so calmly, her movements were as quick as thought. Before Polly knew what was happening her left hand had been caught in a hand so much larger and stronger than her own that she could do nothing about it.