🔊 During the six years which separate 1819 from 1825, the prioress of the Petit-Picpus was Mademoiselle de Blemeur, whose name, in religion, was Mother Innocente. She came of the family of Marguerite de Blemeur, author of Lives of the Saints of the Order of Saint-Benoît. She had been reelected. She was a woman about sixty years of age, short, thick, "singing like a cracked pot," says the letter which we have already quoted; an excellent woman, moreover, and the only merry one in the whole convent, and for that reason adored. She was learned, erudite, wise, competent, curiously proficient in history, crammed with Latin, stuffed with Greek, full of Hebrew, and more of a Benedictine monk than a Benedictine nun.

在1819年至1825年这六年期间,小比克布斯的院长嬷嬷是德·布莱默小姐,她在宗教上的名字是天真嬷嬷。她出身于玛格丽特·德·布莱默家族,著有《圣本笃会圣人传》。她再次当选。她大约六十岁,身材矮胖,"唱歌像破锅",我们已引用的那封信中如此说；而且她是一位极好的女人,是整个女修道院中唯一快活的人,因而备受爱戴。她博学、饱读、睿智、能干,对历史惊人地精通,塞满了拉丁语,填满了希腊语,充满了希伯来语,与其说是一位本笃修女,不如说是一位本笃修士。

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prioress /ˈpraɪərɪs/

n. 女修道院院长➕

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erudite /ˈerʊdaɪt/

adj. 博学的➕

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competent /ˈkɒmpɪtənt/

adj. 有能力的；称职的➕

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proficient /prəˈfɪʃnt/

adj. 熟练的；精通的➕

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crammed /kræmd/

v. 塞满；填鸭式学习➕

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convent /ˈkɒnvənt/

n. 修道院；女修道院➕

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adored /əˈdɔːd/

v. 崇拜；爱慕➕

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reelected /ˌriːɪˈlektɪd/

v. 重新当选；改选➕

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learned /ˈlɜːnɪd/

adj. 博学的；有学问的➕

🔊 The sub-prioress was an old Spanish nun, Mother Cineres, who was almost blind. The most esteemed among the vocal mothers were Mother Sainte-Honorine; the treasurer, Mother Sainte-Gertrude, the chief mistress of the novices; Mother-Saint-Ange, the assistant mistress; Mother Annonciation, the sacristan; Mother Saint-Augustin, the nurse, the only one in the convent who was malicious; then Mother Sainte-Mechtilde (Mademoiselle Gauvain), very young and with a beautiful voice; Mother des Anges (Mademoiselle Drouet), who had been in the convent of the Filles-Dieu, and in the convent du Trésor, between Gisors and Magny; Mother Saint-Joseph (Mademoiselle de Cogolludo), Mother Sainte-Adélaide (Mademoiselle d'Auverney), Mother Miséricorde (Mademoiselle de Cifuentes, who could not resist austerities), Mother Compassion (Mademoiselle de la Miltière, received at the age of sixty in defiance of the rule, and very wealthy); Mother Providence (Mademoiselle de Laudinière), Mother Presentation (Mademoiselle de Siguenza), who was prioress in 1847; and finally, Mother Sainte-Céligne (sister of the sculptor Ceracchi), who went mad; Mother Sainte-Chantal (Mademoiselle de Suzon), who went mad.

副院长嬷嬷是一位年老的西班牙修女,灰烬嬷嬷,几乎双目失明。在有投票权的嬷嬷中最受尊敬的有:圣奥诺里娜嬷嬷；财务主管圣热特吕德嬷嬷,即初学生的首席导师；圣安琪姆姆（助理导师）；圣母领报嬷嬷（圣器管理员）；圣奥古斯丁嬷嬷（护士）,她是修道院中唯一恶毒的修女；然后还有圣梅克蒂尔德嬷嬷（高万小姐）,非常年轻且有美妙的嗓音；天使嬷嬷（德鲁埃小姐）,她曾在费尔迪约修道院和位于日索尔与马尼之间的宝藏修道院待过；圣约瑟夫嬷嬷（科戈柳多小姐）；圣阿代拉伊德嬷嬷（奥韦尔内小姐）；慈悲嬷嬷（西富恩特斯小姐,她无法忍受苦行）；怜悯嬷嬷（拉米尔蒂埃小姐,六十岁时违背规条被接纳,非常富有）；天意嬷嬷（洛迪尼埃小姐）；圣母献堂嬷嬷（西贡萨小姐,1847年任院长嬷嬷）；最后是圣塞利涅嬷嬷（雕塑家塞拉基的妹妹,后来疯了）；圣尚塔尔嬷嬷（苏宗小姐,也疯了）。

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sub-prioress /ˈsʌb praɪərɪs/

n. 副女修道院院长➕

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esteemed /ɪˈstiːmd/

adj. 受尊敬的；尊贵的➕

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vocal /ˈvəʊkl/

adj. 声音的；直言不讳的➕

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treasurer /ˈtreʒərə(r)/

n. 财务主管；司库➕

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mistress /ˈmɪstrəs/

n. 女教师；女负责人➕

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novices /ˈnɒvɪsɪz/

n. 新手；见习修女➕

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malicious /məˈlɪʃəs/

adj. 恶意的；恶毒的➕

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Compassion /kəmˈpæʃn/

n. 同情；怜悯➕

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defiance /dɪˈfaɪəns/

n. 违抗；反抗➕

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sculptor /ˈskʌlptə(r)/

n. 雕塑家➕

🔊 There was also, among the prettiest of them, a charming girl of three and twenty, who was from the Isle de Bourbon, a descendant of the Chevalier Roze, whose name had been Mademoiselle Roze, and who was called Mother Assumption.

在那些最漂亮的修女中,还有一个迷人的二十三岁姑娘,她来自波旁岛,是罗兹骑士的后裔,原名罗兹小姐,被称为圣母升天嬷嬷。

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descendant /dɪˈsendənt/

n. 后代；后裔➕

🔊 Mother Sainte-Mechtilde, entrusted with the singing and the choir, was fond of making use of the pupils in this quarter. She usually took a complete scale of them, that is to say, seven, from ten to sixteen years of age, inclusive, of assorted voices and sizes, whom she made sing standing, drawn up in a line, side by side, according to age, from the smallest to the largest. This presented to the eye, something in the nature of a reed-pipe of young girls, a sort of living pan-pipe made of angels.

圣梅克蒂尔德嬷嬷负责歌唱和唱诗台,喜欢在这个区域利用学生。她通常从中挑出完整的音阶,即七个年龄从十岁到十六岁（含）的女孩,各种嗓音和身材,让她们按年龄从小到大并肩站成一排唱歌。这在眼前呈现出一种少女的芦笛般的景象,一种由天使制成的活排箫。

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entrusted /ɪnˈtrʌstɪd/

v. 委托；托付➕

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choir /ˈkwaɪə(r)/

n. 合唱团；唱诗班➕

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assorted /əˈsɔːtɪd/

adj. 各种各样的；混杂的➕

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inclusive /ɪnˈkluːsɪv/

adj. 包含的；包容的➕

🔊 Those of the lay-sisters whom the scholars loved most were Sister Euphrasie, Sister Sainte-Marguerite, Sister Sainte-Marthe, who was in her dotage, and Sister Sainte-Michel, whose long nose made them laugh.

学生们最喜爱的在俗修女是厄弗拉西修女、圣玛格丽特修女、老态龙钟的圣马尔特修女,以及因为长鼻子惹她们发笑的圣米歇尔修女。

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scholars /ˈskɒləz/

n. 学者；学生（古语或特定语境）➕

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dotage /ˈdəʊtɪdʒ/

n. 衰老；年老糊涂➕

🔊 All these women were gentle with the children. The nuns were severe only towards themselves. No fire was lighted except in the school, and the food was choice compared to that in the convent. Moreover, they lavished a thousand cares on their scholars. Only, when a child passed near a nun and addressed her, the nun never replied.

所有这些女人都对孩子们温和。修女们只对自己严厉。除了学堂之外其他地方不生火,食物也比修道院里的要好。此外,她们对学生照顾得无微不至。只是,当一个孩子走近一位修女并跟她说话时,修女从不回答。

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severe /sɪˈvɪə(r)/

adj. 严厉的；严重的➕

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choice /tʃɔɪs/

adj. 精选的；上等的➕

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lavished /ˈlævɪʃt/

v. 挥霍；慷慨给予➕

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addressed /əˈdresd/

v. 向…说话；处理；写地址➕

🔊 This rule of silence had had this effect, that throughout the whole convent, speech had been withdrawn from human creatures, and bestowed on inanimate objects. Now it was the church-bell which spoke, now it was the gardener's bell. A very sonorous bell, placed beside the portress, and which was audible throughout the house, indicated by its varied peals, which formed a sort of acoustic telegraph, all the actions of material life which were to be performed, and summoned to the parlor, in case of need, such or such an inhabitant of the house. Each person and each thing had its own peal. The prioress had one and one, the sub-prioress one and two. Six-five announced lessons, so that the pupils never said "to go to lessons," but "to go to six-five." Four-four was Madame de Genlis's signal. It was very often heard. "C'est le diable a quatre,"--it's the very deuce--said the uncharitable. Ten strokes announced a great event. It was the opening of "the door of seclusion," a frightful sheet of iron bristling with bolts which only turned on its hinges in the presence of the archbishop.

这种沉默规则造成了这样的效果:在整个女修道院里,话语从人类身上被收回,而赋予无生命之物。有时是教堂的钟在说话,有时是园丁的铃。一个非常响亮的铃,放在门房旁边,全院都能听到,它通过不同的敲击方式（形成一种声学电报）指示物质生活中所有要进行的活动,并在需要时召唤院内的某个人到会客室。每个人和每件事都有自己特定的钟声。院长嬷嬷是一和一,副院长嬷嬷是一和二。六五表示上课,所以学生们从不说"去上课",而是说"去六五"。四四是让利斯夫人的信号,经常听到。"C'est le diable a quatre"--简直是见鬼--那些不厚道的人说。十声表示重大事件:那是"隔绝之门"打开的时刻,一扇可怕的铁门布满门闩,只有在总主教面前才会转动。

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withdrawn /wɪðˈdrɔːn/

v. 收回；退出；撤回➕

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bestowed /bɪˈstəʊd/

v. 授予；赠予➕

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inanimate /ɪnˈænɪmət/

adj. 无生命的➕

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sonorous /ˈsɒnərəs/

adj. 响亮的；洪亮的➕

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audible /ˈɔːdəbl/

adj. 听得见的➕

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acoustic /əˈkuːstɪk/

adj. 听觉的；声学的➕

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peals /piːlz/

n. 钟声；隆隆声➕

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bristling /ˈbrɪslɪŋ/

v. 竖立；充满（情绪）➕

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bolts /bəʊlts/

n. 螺栓；门闩➕

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hinges /hɪndʒɪz/

n. 铰链；合叶➕

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archbishop /ˌɑːtʃˈbɪʃəp/

n. 大主教➕

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uncharitable /ʌnˈtʃærɪtəbl/

adj. 苛刻的；不宽容的➕

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seclusion /sɪˈkluːʒn/

n. 隐居；与世隔绝➕

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summoned /ˈsʌmənd/

v. 召唤；传唤➕

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inhabitant /ɪnˈhæbɪtənt/

n. 居民；居住者➕

🔊 With the exception of the archbishop and the gardener, no man entered the convent, as we have already said. The schoolgirls saw two others: one, the chaplain, the Abbé Banés, old and ugly, whom they were permitted to contemplate in the choir, through a grating; the other the drawing-master, M. Ansiaux, whom the letter, of which we have perused a few lines, calls "M. Anciot," and describes as "a frightful old hunchback."

除了总主教和园丁之外,没有男人进入修道院,我们已说过。女学生们还见过另外两个:一个是随行神父巴内神父,又老又丑,她们被允许通过唱诗台的栅栏凝视他；另一个是绘画老师安西奥先生,我们读过几行的信称他为"安西奥先生",并描述为"一个可怕的老驼背"。

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exception /ɪkˈsepʃn/

n. 例外；除外➕

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chaplain /ˈtʃæplɪn/

n. 随军牧师；教士➕

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contemplate /ˈkɒntəmpleɪt/

v. 沉思；思考➕

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grating /ˈɡreɪtɪŋ/

n. 格栅；栅栏➕

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perused /pəˈruːzd/

v. 细读；仔细查看➕

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hunchback /ˈhʌntʃbæk/

n. 驼背者➕

🔊 It will be seen that all these men were carefully chosen.

可以看出,所有这些男人都是精心挑选的。

🔊 Such was this curious house.

这就是这座古怪的住所。

Book VI. Le Petit-Picpus – Chapter seven: SOME SILHOUETTES OF THIS DARKNESS (第七章:这黑暗中的一些剪影)

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