WHEN they got aboard the king went for me, and shook me by the collar, and says:
当他们登上船时，国王走向我，抓住我的衣领摇晃着说道：

“Tryin’ to give us the slip, was ye, you pup! Tired of our company, hey?”
“你想甩开我们，小家伙！厌倦了和我们在一起，是吧？”

I says:
我说道：

“No, your majesty, we warn’t – PLEASE don’t, your majesty!”
“不，陛下，我们不是——拜托，陛下，不要！”

“Quick, then, and tell us what WAS your idea, or I’ll shake the insides out o’ you!”
“快说，否则我就把你的内脏震出来！”

“Honest, I’ll tell you everything just as it happened, your majesty. —
“老实说，陛下，我会把一切都按照真实经过告诉您的。 —

The man that had a-holt of me was very good to me, and kept saying he had a boy about as big as me that died last year, and he was sorry to see a boy in such a dangerous fix; —
揪住我的那个人对我很好，他一直说他有一个和我差不多大的孩子，去年失去了，所以看到一个孩子处境危险，他感到很难过； —

and when they was all took by surprise by finding the gold, and made a rush for the coffin, he lets go of me and whispers, ‘Heel it now, or they’ll hang ye, sure!’ —
当他们突然发现金子，并且纷纷冲向棺材的时候，他放开我并低声说道：“马上离开，否则他们一定会把你吊死！” —

and I lit out. It didn’t seem no good for ME to stay – I couldn’t do nothing, and I didn’t want to be hung if I could get away. —
于是我就逃跑了。对我来说停下来没有任何意义，我什么也做不了，如果能离开，我也不想被吊死。 —

So I never stopped running till I found the canoe; —
所以我一直跑到找到独木舟的地方； —

and when I got here I told Jim to hurry, or they’d catch me and hang me yet, and said I was afeard you and the duke wasn’t alive now, and I was awful sorry, and so was Jim, and was awful glad when we see you coming; —
当我来到这里时，我告诉吉姆赶紧走，否则他们会抓到我吊死我，我还说我担心你和公爵已经不在了，我很难过，吉姆也一样，当我们看到你们来的时候非常高兴； —

you may ask Jim if I didn’t.”
你可以问问吉姆，我没有说谎。”

Jim said it was so; and the king told him to shut up, and said, “Oh, yes, it’s MIGHTY likely!” —
吉姆说是这样的，国王让他闭嘴，并说：“哦，是的，这非常可能！” —

and shook me up again, and said he reckoned he’d drownd me. But the duke says:
并再次抓住我，说他想把我淹死。但公爵说：

“Leggo the boy, you old idiot! Would YOU a done any different? —
“松开那孩子，你这个老傻瓜！你有什么不同的选择吗？” —

Did you inquire around for HIM when you got loose? —
当你逃脱时，你有没有去打听过他的情况？ —

I don’t remember it.”
我不记得了。

So the king let go of me, and begun to cuss that town and everybody in it. But the duke says:
于是国王放开了我，并开始咒骂那个小镇和里面的每个人。但公爵说：

“You better a blame’ sight give YOURSELF a good cussing, for you’re the one that’s entitled to it most. —
“你最好自己骂骂自己，因为你最应该受到责骂。 —

You hain’t done a thing from the start that had any sense in it, except coming out so cool and cheeky with that imaginary blue-arrow mark. —
你从一开始就没有做出任何有意义的事情，除了以那个想象中的蓝箭头标记出现得如此冷静和傲慢。 —

That WAS bright – it was right down bully; and it was the thing that saved us. —
那真是聪明至极，简直太厉害了；而且正是这件事情救了我们。 —

For if it hadn’t been for that they’d a jailed us till them Englishmen’s baggage come – and then – the penitentiary, you bet! —
因为如果不是因为那个，他们就会把我们关进监狱，直到那些英国人的行李来了——而后——你可以打赌，那时候就是监狱了。 —

But that trick took ‘em to the graveyard, and the gold done us a still bigger kindness; —
但是那个伎俩把他们带进了墓地，而金子给了我们更大的好处； —

for if the excited fools hadn’t let go all holts and made that rush to get a look we’d a slept in our cravats to-night – cravats warranted to WEAR, too – longer than WE’D need ‘em.”
因为如果那些兴奋的傻瓜们没有放手和一窝蜂似地冲过去看，我们今晚还可以戴着领带睡觉——而且这领带厂商保证可以使用的时间比我们需要它们的时间更长。

They was still a minute – thinking; then the king says, kind of absent-minded like:
他们静静地思考了一会儿，然后国王像心不在焉的样子说道：

“Mf! And we reckoned the NIGGERS stole it!”
“是吗！我们还以为是那些黑人偷的！”

That made me squirm!
这让我感到很不安！

“Yes,” says the duke, kinder slow and deliberate and sarcastic, “WE did.”
“是的，”公爵说道，语气有点缓慢、审慎和讽刺，”是我们偷的。”

After about a half a minute the king drawls out:
大约半分钟后，国王慢吞吞地说出了：

“Leastways, I did.”
“至少，我是偷的。”

The duke says, the same way:
公爵说道，同样的方式：

“On the contrary, I did.”
“相反，我是的。”

The king kind of ruffles up, and says:
国王有点生气，说道：

“Looky here, Bilgewater, what’r you referrin’ to?”
“听着，比尔沃特，你在指什么？”

The duke says, pretty brisk:
公爵非常干脆地说：

“When it comes to that, maybe you’ll let me ask, what was YOU referring to?”
“既然这样，也许你会让我问一下，你是在指什么？”

“Shucks!” says the king, very sarcastic; “but I don’t know – maybe you was asleep, and didn’t know what you was about.”
“唉!“国王非常讽刺地说道，”但是我不知道——也许你当时睡着了，不知道自己在干什么。”

The duke bristles up now, and says:
公爵现在气得发抖，说道：

“Oh, let UP on this cussed nonsense; do you take me for a blame’ fool? —
“哦，别再说这些该死的胡话了！你以为我是个该死的傻瓜吗？ —

Don’t you reckon I know who hid that money in that coffin?”
你难道不认为我知道是谁把那笔钱藏在那个棺材里吗？”

“YES, sir! I know you DO know, because you done it yourself!”
“是的，先生！我知道你知道，因为你自己就干了那事！”

“It’s a lie!” – and the duke went for him. The king sings out:
“那是谎言！”公爵冲了上去。国王大声喊道：

“Take y’r hands off! – leggo my throat! – I take it all back!”
“把你的手放开！松开我的喉咙！我收回所有的话！”

The duke says:
公爵说道：

“Well, you just own up, first, that you DID hide that money there, intending to give me the slip one of these days, and come back and dig it up, and have it all to yourself.”
“好吧，你先承认，你确实是把那笔钱藏在那里，打算有一天让我掉以轻心，回来把它挖出来，然后独吞所有的钱。”

“Wait jest a minute, duke – answer me this one question, honest and fair; —
“等一分钟，公爵——老实告诉我一个问题； —

if you didn’t put the money there, say it, and I’ll b’lieve you, and take back everything I said.”
如果你没放钱在那儿，说出来，我会相信你，收回我之前说的一切。”

“You old scoundrel, I didn’t, and you know I didn’t. There, now!”
“你这老无赖，我没放，你知道我没放！现在知道了吗！”

“Well, then, I b’lieve you. But answer me only jest this one more – now DON’T git mad; —
“好吧，那我相信你了。但是只回答一个问题——别生气； —

didn’t you have it in your mind to hook the money and hide it?”
你是不是打算偷那笔钱然后藏起来？”

The duke never said nothing for a little bit; then he says:
公爵沉默了一会儿，然后说：

“Well, I don’t care if I DID, I didn’t DO it, anyway. —
“哼，就算是吧，反正我没做。” —

But you not only had it in mind to do it, but you DONE it.”
“但是你不仅有这个念头，而且真的做了。”

“I wisht I never die if I done it, duke, and that’s honest. —
“真希望我没做啊，公爵，那是真心话。” —

I won’t say I warn’t goin’ to do it, because I WAS; —
“我不会说我本来不打算做，因为我是打算做的； —

but you – I mean somebody – got in ahead o’ me.”
但是你——我是说有人——抢先一步。”

“It’s a lie! You done it, and you got to SAY you done it, or –”
“这是谎话！是你做的，你得承认，不然——”

The king began to gurgle, and then he gasps out:
国王开始呻吟，然后气喘吁吁地说：

”‘Nough! – I OWN UP!”
“够了！——我承认了！”

I was very glad to hear him say that; it made me feel much more easier than what I was feeling before. —
听到他说出这话，我很高兴。我感觉比之前要轻松多了。 —

So the duke took his hands off and says:
于是公爵把手放开了，说：

“If you ever deny it again I’ll drown you. —
“如果你再敢否认，我就把你淹死。 —

It’s WELL for you to set there and blubber like a baby – it’s fitten for you, after the way you’ve acted. —
你坐在那里像个孩子一样哭泣着，对你来说真是恰到好处，看看你之前的所作所为。 —

I never see such an old ostrich for wanting to gobble everything – and I a-trusting you all the time, like you was my own father. —
我从没见过这么贪婪的老鸵鸟，什么都想要吞下，而我一直像把你当作自己的父亲一样信任你。 —

You ought to been ashamed of yourself to stand by and hear it saddled on to a lot of poor niggers, and you never say a word for ‘em. —
你应该为自己感到羞愧，听任一群可怜的黑奴背负着罪名，你竟然一句话都不替他们说。 —

It makes me feel ridiculous to think I was soft enough to BELIEVE that rubbage. —
想到我竟然傻到相信那些胡话，真让我感到荒谬。 —

Cuss you, I can see now why you was so anxious to make up the deffisit – you wanted to get what money I’d got out of the Nonesuch and one thing or another, and scoop it ALL!”
该死的，我现在明白你为什么那么急于弥补亏空了 - 你想从”诺尼萨奇号”和其他一些事情中得到我那点钱，全都夺走！”

The king says, timid, and still a-snuffling:
国王胆怯地说着，还在抽泣着：

“Why, duke, it was you that said make up the deffisit; it warn’t me.”
“为什么，公爵，是你说要补上亏空，不是我。”

“Dry up! I don’t want to hear no more out of you!” says the duke. —
“闭嘴！我不想再听你说什么了！”公爵说。 —

“And NOW you see what you GOT by it. They’ve got all their own money back, and all of OURN but a shekel or two BESIDES. G’long to bed, and don’t you deffersit ME no more deffersits, long ’s YOU live!”
“现在你知道你得到了些什么。他们拿回了所有自己的钱，还有我们的除了几个硬币。去睡吧，你在活着的时候不要再对我说什么补救，懂吗！”

So the king sneaked into the wigwam and took to his bottle for comfort, and before long the duke tackled HIS bottle; —
于是国王偷偷溜进小屋，找来瓶子寻找安慰，不久公爵也抓起他的瓶子。 —

and so in about a half an hour they was as thick as thieves again, and the tighter they got the lovinger they got, and went off a-snoring in each other’s arms. —
大约半个小时后，他们又像贼一样亲密起来，越亲密他们就越热爱对方，最后他们一起打呼噜入睡。 —

They both got powerful mellow, but I noticed the king didn’t get mellow enough to forget to remember to not deny about hiding the money-bag again. —
他们都变得醉醺醺的，但我注意到国王没喝得太醉，还记得不要再否认藏钱袋的事情。 —

That made me feel easy and satisfied. Of course when they got to snoring we had a long gabble, and I told Jim everything.
这让我感到放心和满意。当然，当他们开始打鼾我们就有了一个漫长的谈话，我把一切都告诉了吉姆。