2. What is this we hear, old man, about your lanthorn and the rat?
老头儿，我们听到的是怎么回事，就是你那个灯笼和老鼠的事？
youdao
3. The old man has said that he cannot help what his lanthorn sees.
老头儿说过他无法控制自己的灯笼能看见什么。
youdao
4. "Is there no one with a lanthorn in this street?" asked the Prince.
“这条街上没人带灯吗？”王子问道。
youdao
5. Cethru shook his head: "My lanthorn seed the rat, maybe!" he muttered.
赛瑟罗摇着脑袋：“俺灯笼瞧见老鼠了，可能！”他嘟囔着。
youdao
6. And ever the bats darkened his lanthorn with their wings and tried to beat the flame out.
连蝙蝠也一直都在用翅膀来遮他的灯笼，企图把火苗扑灭。
youdao
7. And they murmured amongst themselves: "What is the good of this old man and his silly lanthorn?"
他们相互间低声抱怨说：“这个老头儿和他那只愚蠢的灯笼有什么好的呢？”
youdao
8. Thus they grew irritated with this old man who did not seem able to do anything but just hold his lanthorn up.
于是，对于这位除了提着灯笼其他似乎什么都做不了的老人，他们生出了不快。
youdao
9. But, for answer, the old man only held his lanthorn up, so that in the ring of its pale light they saw some sight or other in the street.
不过，作为答复，老人只是把灯笼高高提了起来，好让他们在那黯淡的光圈中能见到些街上的景象。
youdao
10. "Until you die, old man," he repeated; and bidding his followers to light torches from Cethru's lanthorn, he rode on down the twisting street.
“直到你死，老头儿，”他重复着；然后命令随从在赛瑟罗的灯笼上点燃火把，纵马走上了崎岖的街道。
youdao
11. The old man held the lanthorn higher; and instantly bats flying against it would have beaten out the light but for the thin protection of its horn sides.
老头儿把灯提高了些，蝙蝠立即飞了起来，倘不是其硬边的薄弱保护，它们会把灯光扑灭的。
youdao
12. Somewhere at hand a citizen was being beaten, for vague, quick-moving forms emerged into the radiance of his lanthorn out of the deep violet of the night air.
身边某处有个市民正在被人殴打，因为几个模糊的、行动迅疾的身影从深紫色的夜里浮现在他的灯光照射中。
youdao
13. Owing to the accident — scarcely fortunate — of this old man's passing with his lanthorn, it would certainly appear that citizens have been bitten by rodents.
由于意外——很难说幸运——这个老头儿带着灯笼路过，市民们看来的确是被老鼠咬了。
youdao
14. Remembering how the Captain of the Watch had admonished him, he stopped and peered about, but owing to his proximity to the light of his own lanthorn he saw nothing.
他想起了城管领队告诫他的话，就停下来窥视，但是因为挨着自己的灯笼，所以什么也看不见。
youdao
15. "Let it be your duty henceforth to walk with your lanthorn up and down this street all night and every night, "--and he looked at Cethru: "Do you understand, old man, what it is you have to do?"
16. "Let it be your duty henceforth to walk with your lanthorn up and down this street all night and every night, "--and he looked at Cethru: "Do you understand, old man, what it is you have to do?"
