经典科幻文学:《宇宙尽头的餐馆》第18章4

“Yes you will,” enthused Zaphod, “there’s a whole new life stretching out ahead of you.”
“Oh, not another one,” groaned Marvin.
“Will you shut up and listen!” hissed Zaphod, “this time there’s going to be excitement and adventure and really wild things.”
“Sounds awful,” Marvin said.
“Marvin! All I’m trying to ask you…”
“I suppose you want me to open this spaceship for you?”
“What? Er… yes. Yeah, that’s right,” said Zaphod jumpily. He was keeping at least three eyes on the entrance. Time was short.
“Well I wish you’d just tell me rather than try to engage my enthusiasm,” said Marvin, “because I haven’t got one.”
He walked on up to the ship, touched it, and a hatchway swung open.
Ford and Zaphod stared at the opening.
“Don’t mention it,” said Marvin, “Oh, you didn’t.” He trudged away again.
Arthur and Trillian clustered round.
“What’s happening?” asked Arthur.
“Look at this,” said Ford, “look at the interior of this ship.”
“Weirder and weirder,” breathed Zaphod.
“It’s black,” said Ford, “Everything in it is just totally black…”
In the Restaurant, things were fast approaching the moment after which there wouldn’t be any more moments.

“不，你会喜欢的。”赞福德热情地说，“全新的生活即将展现在你面前。”
“噢，别再来什么全新的生活了。”马文抱怨说。
“你给我闭嘴，然后听着！”赞福德打断他说，“这件事将是巨大的刺激、冒险，真正的疯狂！”
“听起来很糟糕。”马文说。
“马文！我要求你做的全部事情仅仅是……”
“我精你是想让我替你打开这艘太空船？”
“什么？嗯……啊……是的。是啊，你说得对。”赞福德神经质地说。他至少用一只服睛盯着A，D。时间已经不多了。
“那么，我希望你直接告诉我，而不是试图激发起我的热情，”马文说，“因为我根本段有那玩意儿。”
他走到飞船前，摸了摸它。一道舱门打开了。
福特和赞福德望着打开的地方。
“不用谢。”马文说，“哦，你不会谢的，”说完，他蹒跚着走开了。
阿瑟和崔莉恩围了过来。
“发生什么事了？”阿瑟问。
“瞧这个，”福特说，”瞧这艘飞船的内部。”
“古怪，越来越古怪了。”赞福德吸了口气说。
“黑色的，”福特|兑，“里面所有东西全部都是黑色的……”
餐馆里正在迅速逼近某个时刻，而在那个时刻之后，将不会再有任何时刻了。