狄更斯双语小说:《董贝父子》第31章Part 10

'Present,' repeats Cousin Feenix, feeling that it is a neat point which will bear repetition, - 'with one who - that is to say, with a man, at whom the finger of scorn can never - in fact, with my honourable friend Dombey, if he will allow me to call him so.'
Cousin Feenix bows to Mr Dombey; Mr Dombey solemnly returns the bow; everybody is more or less gratified and affected by this extraordinary, and perhaps unprecedented, appeal to the feelings.
'I have not,' says Cousin Feenix, 'enjoyed those opportunities which I could have desired, of cultivating the acquaintance of my friend Dombey, and studying those qualities which do equal honour to his head, and, in point of fact, to his heart; for it has been my misfortune to be, as we used to say in my time in the House of Commons, when it was not the custom to allude to the Lords, and when the order of parliamentary proceedings was perhaps better observed than it is now - to be in - in point of fact,' says Cousin Feenix, cherishing his joke, with great slyness, and finally bringing it out with a jerk, ''in another place!''
The Major falls into convulsions, and is recovered with difficulty.
'But I know sufficient of my friend Dombey,' resumes Cousin Feenix in a graver tone, as if he had suddenly become a sadder and wiser man' 'to know that he is, in point of fact, what may be emphatically called a - a merchant - a British merchant - and a - and a man. And although I have been resident abroad, for some years (it would give me great pleasure to receive my friend Dombey, and everybody here, at Baden-Baden, and to have an opportunity of making 'em known to the Grand Duke), still I know enough, I flatter myself, of my lovely and accomplished relative, to know that she possesses every requisite to make a man happy, and that her marriage with my friend Dombey is one of inclination and affection on both sides.'
Many smiles and nods from Mr Carker.

“她已在这里，”菲尼克斯表哥又重复说道，他觉得这精采的一点是值得重复的，“跟一个人——就是说，跟一位男子，这位男子是谁也不敢轻视地用手指碰一下的——事实上就是跟我的尊敬的朋友董贝结上了亲戚关系，如果他允许我这样称呼他的话。”
菲尼克斯表哥向董贝先生鞠了个躬；董贝先生庄严地鞠了个躬回礼。这不同寻常的、也许是前所未有的、打动感情的讲话使每个人程度不同地感到满意或受到感动。
“我没有机会，”菲尼克斯表哥继续说道，“我确实希望有这样的机会，跟我的朋友董贝结识并研究那些为他的头脑，事实上就是为他的心同样增光的品质，因为我不幸——就像我过去在下院的时候我们经常说的，那时候我们通常是不谈到上院的，那时候议会会议的程序也许比现在遵守得好——，事实上”菲尼克斯表哥非常狡猾地把他的笑话暂时不慌不忙地按捺着不说，然后再突然之间急速地说了出来，“因为我以前不幸在另外一个地方！”
少校捧腹大笑，好不容易才恢复镇静。
“不过我对我的朋友董贝是有足够了解的，”菲尼克斯表哥用比较严肃的语气继续说道，仿佛他已突然变成一个比较庄重和聪明的人了，“我知道他事实上是，可以着重地称为一位——一位商人——一位英国商人——和一位——一位男子。虽然我在外国居住了好几年（我将极为高兴地在巴登——巴登接待我的朋友董贝和在座的各位，并将趁此机会把诸位介绍给大公爵），可是我可以自夸的是，我对我的可爱的、多才多艺的亲戚仍然是有足够了解的。我知道她具备使一位男子幸福的一切条件，还知道她跟我的朋友董贝的结婚是双方情投意合、心心相印的结合。”
卡克先生微笑了许多次，并点了许多次头。