Casting his eyes over gabelle s letter , the same personage in authority showed some disorder and surprise , and looked at darnay with a close attention 那人看了看加伯尔的信，表现出几分惊诧和意外，仔细地打量了达尔内一会几。
The past dynasties set down very detailed law of the salt business , especially ming dynasty , the gabelle had a greater chanage and a more perfect system 历代有关盐事的立法都是非常详细的，到了明代尤其如此，有关盐法的变化更大，制度也更完备。
As a living commodity , the demand quantum of salt was mortal , and the gabelle became the main source of the governmental financial income of the past dynasties 作为一种生活日用品，盐的需求量是非常大的，盐税也就成为了历代政府财政收入的主要来源。
The tea is the absolutely necessarily commody , alike the salt . the ming goverment constituted similar legal systems of the tea business to the gabelle 茶与盐一样也是人民日常生活中必不可少的日用品，明政府在茶事方面制定了与盐法相类似的法律制度。
There was spurring and splashing through the darkness , and bridle was drawn in the space by the village fountain , and the horse in a foam stood at monsieur gabelle s door 驱马声溅水声穿过了黑暗，在村里的泉水边停住了。那马喷着白沫站在加伯尔先生的大门口， “加伯尔先生，救火呀！
Monsieur gabelle was the postmaster , and some other taxing functionary united ; he had come out with great obsequiousness to assist at this examination , and had held the examined by the drapery of his arm in an official manner 加伯尔先生是邮务所所长，也办点税务。他早巴结地出面来帮助盘问，而且摆出公家人的样子揪住了被盘问者的破袖子。
The general scarcity of everything , occasioned candles to be borrowed in a rather peremptory manner of monsieur gabelle ; and in a moment of reluctance and hesitation on that functionary s part , the mender of roads , once so submissive to authority , had remarked that carriages were good to make bonfires with , and that post - horses would roast 这儿物品普遍匮乏，大家便颇不客气地去向加伯尔先生借。那位宫员很不情愿，稍一犹豫，过去在权威面前十分恭顺的补路工这时却说： “砸了马车烧篝火倒也好玩，驿马也能烧烤了吃呢！ ”
Whereupon , monsieur gabelle did heavily bar his door , and retire to hold counsel with himself the result of that conference was , that gabelle again withdrew himself to his house - top behind his stack of chimneys ; this time resolved , if his door was broken in he was a small southern man of retaliative temperament , to pitch himself head foremost over the parapet , and crush a man or two below 加伯尔先生只好把大门死死关闭，躲起来考虑办法。考虑的结果是重新躲到那排烟囱背后的屋顶上去。这回他下定了决心，若是门被闯开，他便从雉堞顶上栽下去抓住一两个人同归于尽他是个南方人，个子虽小，复仇心却很重。
A trying suspense , to be passing a whole summer night on the brink of the black ocean , ready to take that plunge into it upon which monsieur gabelle had resolved but , the friendly dawn appearing at last , and the rush - candles of the village guttering out , the people happily dispersed , and monsieur gabelle came down bringing his life with him for that while 他在黑漆漆的死亡的边缘整整度过了一个夏夜，随时准备照既定的决心栽下去！那提心吊胆的滋味是很考验入的。可是友善的黎明终于到来，村型的灯心草蜡烛也噼噼啪啪地熄灭了，人们快活地分散开去。
Not only that ; but the village , light - headed with famine , fire , and bell - ringing , and bethinking itself that monsieur gabelle had to do with the collection of rent and taxes - though it was but a small instalment of taxes , and no rent at all , that gabelle had got in those latter days - became impatient for an interview with him , and , surrounding his house , summoned him to come forth for personal conference 这还不够，被饥馑大火和钟声冲昏了头脑的村子想起了加伯尔先生还要收租税，便急于要跟他谈判，尽管加伯尔先生近来只收了一点分期交纳的赋税，而地租房租则分文未收。他们包围了他的房子，传唤他出来当而交谈。
