她仍然迟疑不决,事实上,她的头脑此时已经不清醒了。他便借机抱过婴儿,亲自给她喂了药。药力很快便见了效,看来医生说话算数。患病的小家伙的呻唤平息了,痉挛般的扭动也逐渐停止了,过了一会儿,她就象病儿解除痛苦之后惯见的那样,香甜地进入了梦乡。那医生如今可以当之无愧了,这才探视作母亲的:他仔细认真、专心致志地为她摸脉,还观察她的眼睛——他的盯视本是如此熟悉,此时却陌生而冷酷,只看得她的心都抽搐了,收紧了——最后,他满意地结束了诊断,开始调和另一剂药。
"I know not Lethenor Nepenthe," remarked he; "but I have learned many new secrets in the wilderness, and here is one of them- a recipethat an Indian taught me, in requitalof some lessons of my own, that were as old as Paracelsus. Drink it! It may be less soothing than a sinlessconscience. That I cannot give thee. But it will calm the swelland heaving of thy passion, like oil thrown on the waves of a tempestuoussea."
“我不懂得什么迷魂汤或忘忧草之类的东西,他说道,“但我在那些野蛮人中间学到了许多新诀窍,这里的就是其中一种——这是一个印第安人教给我的一种偏方,以报答我传授给他的象巴拉塞尔苏斯①那样一些老掉牙的知识。喝下去吧!这药也许不如一颗无罪的良心那样让人舒服。那种良心我可没办法给你。不过,这剂药象是把油倒在暴风雨掀起的海浪上,总可以平息你那澎湃翻腾的情欲。
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