The four or five remaining hours before nine o clock arrived , andrea employed in riding , paying visits , - designed to induce those of whom he had spoken to appear at the banker s in their gayest equipages , - dazzling them by promises of shares in schemes which have since turned every brain , and in which danglars was just taking the initiative 在九点以前的那四五个钟头里，安德烈乘着马车到处拜访，想结交那些曾在他岳父那儿会过的富豪们做朋友，把腾格拉尔快要开始投资的铁路股票的惊人利润向他们夸耀了一番。
They first passed through the black town , with its narrow streets , its miserable , dirty huts , and squalid population ; then through the european town , which presented a relief in its bright brick mansions , shaded by coconut - trees and bristling with masts , where , although it was early morning , elegantly dressed horsemen and handsome equipages were passing back and forth 这些屋子里聚居着很多衣衫褴楼肮脏不堪的“流浪汉” ，接着马车又穿过“欧洲区” ，这里到处是砖瓦结构的住宅，密茂成荫的椰子树和高大的杉树，使人大有清心悦目之感。虽然还是清晨，可是，威武的骑兵和华丽的马车早已在街头奔驰了。
Soon the equipage began to ascend to higher ground , and the wind grew keener with the change of level and soil . the day being the sixth of april , the durbeyfield waggon met many other waggons with families on the summit of the load , which was built on a wellnigh unvarying principle , as peculiar , probably , to the rural labourer as the hexagon to the bee 那天是四月六日，德北菲尔德家的马车在路上遇见了许多其它的马车，都是马车上装着家具，家具上坐着全家人这种装载的方法近来似乎成了不变的原则，大概它的独特性对于农村种庄稼的人就像蜂窠对于蜜蜂一样。
When the count arrived , he had under his touch his books and arms , his eyes rested upon his favorite pictures ; his dogs , whose caresses he loved , welcomed him in the ante - chamber ; the birds , whose songs delighted him , cheered him with their music ; and the house , awakened from its long sleep , like the sleeping beauty in the wood , lived , sang , and bloomed like the houses we have long cherished , and in which , when we are forced to leave them , we leave a part of our souls . the servants passed gayly along the fine court - yard ; some , belonging to the kitchens , gliding down the stairs , restored but the previous day , as if they had always inhabited the house ; others filling the coach - houses , where the equipages , encased and numbered , appeared to have been installed for the last fifty years ; and in the stables the horses replied with neighs to the grooms , who spoke to them with much more respect than many servants pay their masters . the library was divided into two parts on either side of the wall , and contained upwards of two thousand volumes ; one division was entirely devoted to novels , and even the volume which had been published but the day before was to be seen in its place in all the dignity of its red and gold binding 当伯爵到来的时候，他只要一伸手就可以摸到他的书和武器他的目光可以停留在他心爱的绘画上他所宠爱的狗会摇头摆尾地在前厅欢迎他小鸟们那悦耳的歌声也使他非常高兴于是，这座从长眠中醒来的房子，就象森林里睡美人所在的宫殿般顿时活跃了起来，鸟儿歌唱，花儿盛开，就象那些我们曾流连过很久，当不得不离开的时候，以致把我们灵魂的一部分留在了那所房子里一样，仆人们也高高兴兴地在前庭穿来穿去的有些是在厨房里干活的，他们飘然地滑下前一天才修好的楼梯，就好象在这座房子里已住了一辈子似的有些是车房里干活的，那儿有一箱箱编了号的马车备用，看起来就象是已在那儿至少安放了五十年似的，在马厩里，马夫在同马说着话，他们的态度比许多仆人对待他们的主人还要恭敬得多，而马则用嘶鸣来回答。
