狄更斯双语小说:《董贝父子》第24章Part 4

'No, my love. She has no mother, but her father is living.'
'Is she in mourning for her poor Mama, now?' inquired the child quickly.
'No; for her only brother.'
'Has she no other brother?'
'None.'
'No sister?'
'None,'
'I am very, very sorry!' said the little girL
As they stopped soon afterwards to watch some boats, and had been silent in the meantime, Florence, who had risen when she heard her name, and had gathered up her flowers to go and meet them, that they might know of her being within hearing, resumed her seat and work, expecting to hear no more; but the conversation recommenced next moment.
'Florence is a favourite with everyone here, and deserves to be, I am sure,' said the child, earnestly. 'Where is her Papa?'

“不是，我亲爱的。她没有妈妈，但是爸爸还活着。”
“她现在是不是给她的妈妈服丧？”女孩子很快地问道。
“不是，她是给她唯一的弟弟服丧。”
“她就没有别的兄弟了吗？”
“没有。”
“也没有姐妹吗？”
“没有。”
“我真为她感到非常、非常难过。”
弗洛伦斯原先在听到她的名字时，本已经站起身来，搜集花朵，准备走去迎接她们，好让她们知道她就在可以听到她们讲话的近处，可是由于在这之后不久，她们停住观看小船，不再说话，所以弗洛伦斯又坐下来编织，以为不会再听到什么了；然而片刻之后，谈话又重新开始了。
“这里人人都喜欢弗洛伦斯，当然，她也值得大家喜欢，” 女孩子热情地说道。“她的爸爸在哪里？”