阿芒提拉多的酒桶TheCaskoftheAmontillado.doc

阿芒提拉多的酒桶The Cas of the Amontillado The Cask of the Amontillado? ?Edgar Allan Poe阿芒提拉多的酒桶? ?艾伦坡THE thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could ; but when he ventured upon insult, I vowed revenge. You, who so well know the nature of my soul, will not suppose, however, that I gave utterance to a threat. At length I would be avenged ; this was a point definitively settled - but the very definitiveness with which it was resolved, precluded the idea of risk. I must not only punish, but punish with impunity. A wrong is unredressed when retribution overtakes its redresser. It is equally unredressed when the avenger fails to make himself felt as such to him who has done the wrong.我受够了弗图纳多的百般伤害，一旦他胆敢侮辱我，我定将还以颜色。您是如此了解我的脾性，毋庸置疑，我可不是说着玩的。雪尽耻辱那是迟早的事，这一点已是板上钉钉，既然拿定注意，我就不怕冒险。而且，不仅要施以惩戒，还要干的神不知鬼不觉。复仇者自己受到牵连，这仇等于没报。同样，不让仇家知道是谁干的，这恩怨还是没有了断。It must be understood, that neither by word nor deed had I given Fortunato cause to doubt my good will. I continued, as was my wont, to smile in his face, and he did not perceive that my smile now was at the thought of his immolation.当然，我不会让弗图纳多从我的言行举止中怀疑到我的真实意图。一如既往，我对他笑脸相迎，他也没有觉察到我笑意背后暗藏的杀机。He had a weak point - this Fortunato - although in other regards he was a man to be respected and even feared. He prided himself on his connoisseurship in wine. Few Italians have the true virtuoso spirit. For the most part their enthusiasm is adopted to suit the time and opportunity - to practise imposture upon the British and Austrian millionaires. In painting and gemmary, Fortunato, like his countrymen , was a quack - but in the matter of old wines he was sincere. In this respect I did not differ from him materially : I was skilful in the Italian vintages myself, and bought largely whenever I could.弗图纳多，这家伙的弱点在于——他自负于对葡萄酒的鉴别力，尽管在很多方面他都被人尊重且令人敬畏。没有几个意大利人真正懂得品酒之道。他们的兴趣大都用于找准时机给英国和奥地利的富翁们下拌设套。在绘画和珠宝方面，弗图纳多和他的同胞一样，江湖骗子一个。不过在陈酒方面，他确有一手。这一点我和他相差不远，对意大利葡萄酒，我也不俗，只要可能，我就大量买进。It was about dusk, one evening during the supreme madness of the carni