Book 6 Chapter 5 End Of The Story Of The Cake

La Esmeralda turned pale and descended¹ from the pillory³, staggering as she went. The voice of the recluse⁴ still pursued her,--

"Descend²! descend! Thief of Egypt! thou shalt ascend⁵ it once more!"

"The sacked nun⁶ is in one of her tantrums," muttered the populace; and that was the end of it. For that sort of woman was feared; which rendered them sacred. People did not then willingly attack one who prayed day and night.

The hour had arrived for removing Quasimodo. He was unbound, the crowd dispersed⁷.

Near the Grand Pont, Mahiette, who was returning with her two companions, suddenly halted,--

"By the way, Eustache! what did you do with that cake?"

"Mother," said the child, "while you were talking with that lady in the bole, a big dog took a bite of my cake, and then I bit it also."

"What, sir, did you eat the whole of it?" she went on.

"Mother, it was the dog. I told him, but he would not listen to me. Then I bit into it, also."

"'Tis a terrible child!" said the mother, smiling and scolding at one and the same time. "Do you see, Oudarde? He already eats all the fruit from the cherry-tree in our orchard⁸ of Charlerange. So his grandfather says that be will be a captain. Just let me catch you at it again, Master Eustache. Come along, you greedy fellow!"

End of Volume 1.

 

拉·爱斯梅拉达脸色发白，摇摇晃晃地走下了刑台。那隐修女的声音还跟随着她：“下来吧！下来吧！埃及的女扒手！你还会再上去的！”

“小麻袋又在发脾气哪，”人们悄悄说道，这之后大家就再不说什么了。

象她那一类妇女，向来总是被人当做神圣并受到人们尊敬的，谁也不愿去打扰那日夜祈祷的人。

开释伽西莫多的时刻到了，他被解下来，人群也就纷纷散开去。

马耶特和两个同伴转身刚走到大桥边，她突然停住问道：“哎呀，厄斯达谢，那块玉米面饼呢？”

“妈妈，”孩子回答道，“你同老鼠洞里那位太太谈话的时候，一条大狗跑来把我的饼咬了一口，我也就吃起来了。”

“怎么，先生，”她说道，“你通通吃掉了吗？”

“妈妈，是狗把它吃掉的，我叫它别吃，可是它不听，于是我也就吃了，就是这样。”

“真是可怕的孩子！”母亲一面微笑一面责备道，“你知道吗，乌达德，他一人就能吃掉我们花园里所有的樱桃呢。难怪他祖父说他日后会当将领。

我得好好教训你，厄斯达谢先生！走吧，胖狮子！”

1 descended   

a.为...后裔的，出身于...的

参考例句：

• A mood of melancholy descended on us. 一种悲伤的情绪袭上我们的心头。
• The path descended the hill in a series of zigzags. 小路呈连续的之字形顺着山坡蜿蜒而下。

2 descend   

vt./vi.传下来，下来，下降

参考例句：

• I hope the grace of God would descend on me.我期望上帝的恩惠。
• We're not going to descend to such methods.我们不会沦落到使用这种手段。

3 pillory   

n.嘲弄；v.使受公众嘲笑；将…示众

参考例句：

• A man has been forced to resign as a result of being pilloried by some of the press.一人因为受到一些媒体的抨击已被迫辞职。
• He was pilloried,but she escaped without blemish.他受到公众的批评，她却名声未损地得以逃脱。

4 recluse   

n.隐居者

参考例句：

• The old recluse secluded himself from the outside world.这位老隐士与外面的世界隔绝了。
• His widow became a virtual recluse for the remainder of her life.他的寡妻孤寂地度过了余生。

5 ascend   

vi.渐渐上升，升高；vt.攀登，登上

参考例句：

• We watched the airplane ascend higher and higher.我们看着飞机逐渐升高。
• We ascend in the order of time and of development.我们按时间和发展顺序向上溯。

6 nun   

n.修女，尼姑

参考例句：

• I can't believe that the famous singer has become a nun.我无法相信那个著名的歌星已做了修女。
• She shaved her head and became a nun.她削发为尼。

7 dispersed   

adj. 被驱散的, 被分散的, 散布的

参考例句：

• The clouds dispersed themselves. 云散了。
• After school the children dispersed to their homes. 放学后，孩子们四散回家了。

8 orchard   

n.果园，果园里的全部果树，(美俚)棒球场

参考例句：

• My orchard is bearing well this year.今年我的果园果实累累。
• Each bamboo house was surrounded by a thriving orchard.每座竹楼周围都是茂密的果园。