And, young man, said he,[qh]

"年轻人，"他说，[qh]

depend upon it, if you do not go back, wherever you go,[qh]

"相信我的话，你若不回家，不论你上哪儿，[qh]

you will meet with nothing but disasters and disappointments, till your fathers words are fulfilled upon you.[qh]

你只会受难和失望。到那时，你父亲的话就会在你身上应验了。"[qh]

We parted soon after;[qh]

我对他的话不置可否，[qh]

for I made him little answer, and I saw him no more;[qh]

很快就跟他分手了。从此再也没有见到过他，[qh]

which way he went I knew not.[qh]

对他的下落，也一无所知。[qh]

As for me, having some money in my pocket, I travelled to London by land;[qh]

至于我自己，口袋里有了点钱，就从陆路去伦敦。[qh]

and there, as well as on the road, had many struggles with myself what course of life I should take, and whether I should go home or to sea.[qh]

在赴伦敦途中，以及到了伦敦以后，我一直在作剧烈的思想斗争，不知道该选择什么样的生活道路：是回家呢，还是去航海？[qh]

As to going home, shame opposed the best motions that offered to my thoughts,[qh]

一想到回家，羞耻之心使我归心顿消。[qh]

and it immediately occurred to me how I should be laughed at among the neighbours, and should be ashamed to see,[qh]

我立即想到街坊邻居会怎样讥笑我；[qh]

not my father and mother only, but even everybody else; from whence I have since often observed,[qh]

我自己也不仅羞见双亲，也羞见别人。[qh]

how incongruous and irrational the common temper of mankind is,[qh]

这件事使我以后时常想起，一般人之心情多么荒诞可笑，而又那样莫名其妙；[qh]

especially of youth, to that reason which ought to guide them in such cases - viz. that they are not ashamed to sin,[qh]

尤其是年轻人，照例在这种时刻，应听从理智的指导。然而，他们不以犯罪为耻，[qh]

and yet are ashamed to repent;[qh]

反而以悔罪为耻；[qh]

not ashamed of the action for which they ought justly to be esteemed fools,[qh]

他们不以干傻事为耻，[qh]

but are ashamed of the returning, which only can make them be esteemed wise men.[qh]

反而以改过为耻。而实际上他们若能觉悟，别人才会把他们看作聪明人呢。[qh]

In this state of life,[qh]

我就这样过了好几天，[qh]

however, I remained some time, uncertain what measures to take, and what course of life to lead.[qh]

内心十分矛盾，不知何去何从，如何才好。[qh]

An irresistible reluctance continued to going home;[qh]

但一想到回家，一种厌恶感油然升起，难以抑制。[qh]

and as I stayed away a while, the remembrance of the distress I had been in wore off, and as that abated,[qh]

这样过了一些日子，对灾祸的记忆逐渐淡忘，[qh]

the little motion I had in my desires to return wore off with it, till at last I quite laid aside the thoughts of it, and looked out for a voyage.[qh]

原来动摇不定的归家念头也随之日趋淡薄，最后甚至丢到了九霄云外。这样，我又重新向往起航海生活来了。[qh]