第79章 开朗的性情 A Cheerful Temper (第2/8页)

ched up in front of the omnibus of death, dressed in his long, wide, black cloak, and his black-edged, three-cornered hat on his head, and then glanced at his round, jocund face, round as the sun, they could not think much of sorrow or the grave.

那张脸仿佛在说：“没什么大不了的，结局会比人们想象的要好。”

that face said, “It is nothing, it will all end better than people think.”

所以我不仅从他那里继承了好脾气，还继承了常去教堂墓地的习惯，要是心情合适的话，这习惯也不错；而且我也像他过去那样订阅《信使报》。

So I have inherited from him, not only my good temper, but a habit of going often to the churchyard, which is good, when done in a proper humor; and then also I take in the Intelligencer, just as he used to do.

我已不年轻了，我既没有妻子儿女，也没有藏书室，不过，就像我刚才说的，我读《信使报》，这对我来说就够了；它对我来说是一份令人愉快的报纸，对我父亲来说也是如此。

I am not very young, I have neither wife nor children, nor a library, but, as I said, I read the Intelligencer, which is enough for me; it is to me a delightful paper, and so it was to my father.

它很有用处，因为它包含了一个人需要了解的所有信息；教堂里传道者的名字，还有新出版的书籍；能找到房子、佣人、衣服和食物的地方。

It is of great use, for it contains all that a man requires to know; the names of the preachers at the church, and the new books which are published; where houses, servants, clothes, and provisions may be obtained.

此外，还有那么多慈善捐款的启事，还有那么多清新质朴的诗句！寻求会面和工作机会的人，所有这些都表述得如此直白自然。

And then what a number of subscriptions to charities, and what innocent verses! persons seeking interviews and engagements, all so plainly and naturally stated.

当然，订阅《信使报》的人可以活得快乐，死得安心