Having said this, he accompanied him to the bench near me. I dared not look at him. He drew out his copy-books and his books, which he had not opened for many days, and as he opened the reading-book at a place where there was a cut representing a mother leading her son by the hand, he burst out crying again, and laid his head on his arm. The master made us a sign to leave him thus, and began the lesson. I should have liked to say something to him, but I did not know what. I laid one hand on his arm, and whispered in his ear:--
先生说完,领他坐在我旁边的位上。我不忍看卡隆的面孔。卡隆取出自己的笔记簿和久已不翻的书来看,翻到前次母亲送他来的时候折着做记号的地方,又掩面哭泣起来。先生向我们使眼色,暂时不去理他,管自上课。我想对卡隆说句话,可是不知说什么好,只将手搭在卡隆肩上,低声地这样说:
"Don't cry, Garrone."
“卡隆!不要哭了!啊!”
He made no reply, and without raising his head from the bench he laid his hand on mine and kept it there a while. At the close of school, no one addressed him; all the boys hovered round him respectfully, and in silence. I saw my mother waiting for me, and ran to embrace her; but she repulsed me, and gazed at Garrone. For the moment I could not understand why; but then I perceived that Garrone was standing apart by himself and gazing at me; and he was gazing at me with a look of indescribable sadness, which seemed to say: "You are embracing your mother, and I shall never embrace mine again! You have still a mother, and mine is dead!" And then I understood why my mother had thrust me back, and I went out without taking her hand.
卡隆不回答,把头伏倒在桌上,用手按着我的肩。散课以后,大家都沉默着恭敬地集在他周围。我看见我母亲来了,就跑过去想求抚抱。母亲将我推开,只是看着卡隆。我莫名其妙,及见卡隆独自站在那里默不做声,悲哀地看着我,那神情好像在说:“你有母亲来抱你,我已不能够了!你有母亲,我已没有了!”我才悟到母亲推开我的缘故,就不待母亲携我,自己出去了。