" Just the thing to quench my thirst, " quoth he.

“这正是可以给我解渴的食物啊，”他想。

" Pretty good business" ! quoth the sagacious Dixey, —" pretty good business" !

“生意不错” ！睿智的迪克西说， “生意不错” ！

" Then you gathered left-handed, " quoth he.

“那你是左撇子，”他说。

'I believe, sir, ' quoth Mrs. Sparsit, 'you wished to see me'.

“我相信，先生，”斯巴塞夫人说，“您希望见我。”

" Yes, my dear, " quoth I, " I have been a great traveller" .

“是的，亲爱的，”我说，“我是一个伟大的旅行家”。

" Well, I am far from sure that I do, " quoth he.

“好吧，我不确定我会这样做， ” 他说。

" That his wit's just addled; may be wi' unbelief and heathenry, " quoth she.

“他的智慧只是糊涂了；可能是为不信和异教徒，”她说。

" Indeed, " quoth I, wondering what that meant.

“确实，”我说，想知道那是什么意思。

Quoth I: " But have you no prisons at all now" ?

我问：“但是你们现在根本没有监狱吗”？

" Latakia, " quoth I, feeling as if I were assisting at a child's game, and wondering whether I should get anything but make-believe.

“Latakia，”我说，感觉自己好像在帮孩子玩游戏，想知道除了假装我是否应该得到任何东西。

Quoth I: " No, indeed; the pair of you seem as if you were born out of the summer day itself; and I will scold you when I scold it" .

我说：“不，是的，你们俩就像是从夏天出来的，我骂你就骂你。”

" Well, " quoth I, " I have always been told that a woman is as old as she looks, so without offence or flattery, I should say that you were twenty" .

“好吧，”我说，“我总是被告知，女人的年龄和她看起来的年龄一样大，所以在没有冒犯或奉承的情况下，我应该说你已经二十岁了。”

" Well, " said he, " now the storm of eloquence has lulled for a little, suppose you answer my question? — that is, if you like, you know, " quoth he, with a sudden access of courtesy.

“好吧，” 他说，“现在雄辩的风暴已经平了一点， 假设你回答我的问题？——也就是说， 如果你愿意， 你知道，” 他突然礼貌地说道。

" Well, I don't know, " quoth the old fellow; then he added, as if somewhat ashamed of himself: " Besides, you know, when the waters are out and all Runnymede is flooded, it's none so pleasant" .

“嗯，我不知道，”老家伙说。然后他补充说，好像有点为自己感到羞愧：“此外，你知道，当水停了，朗尼米德全境都被淹没时，这可不是一件愉快的事。”

" Well, " quoth I, " but after all your Mr. James is right so far, and it is true; except that there was no fighting, merely unarmed and peaceable people attacked by ruffians armed with bludgeons" .

“好吧，”我说，“但毕竟你的詹姆斯先生到目前为止是对的，这是真的；只是没有战斗，只有手无寸铁的和平人民被手持棍棒的恶棍袭击。”

" Thou hast hit it, Dick, " quoth old Hammond; " it is the child-like part of us that produces works of imagination. When we are children time passes so slow with us that we seem to have time for everything" .

“你成功了， 迪克，” 老哈蒙德说。 “正是我们孩子般的部分产生了想象力。当我们还是孩子的时候， 时间过得如此缓慢， 以至于我们似乎有时间做任何事情” 。

I said: " Well, since you have spoken the word, I begin to feel that it is so; but I have been feeding myself with wonder this long time past: really, it's quite true, " quoth I, as I saw her smile, O so prettily!

我说：“好吧，既然你说了这个词，我开始觉得是这样；但过去很长一段时间我一直在用惊奇来喂养自己：真的，这是真的，”当我看到她微笑时，我说，哦，好漂亮！