什么东西在叫？
What's that noise? \...
我刚刚从船后的女茅房里回 來..." 我拖着鞋子。
I've just been to the women's lavatory I shuffled out of the cabin.
茶房们死猪似地"横七横八地倒在地上，打着沉 浊的鼾声。
The stewards were lying higgledy-piggledy On the floor like butchered pigs, snoring loudly.
连守夜的一个都靠着舱门睡着了。
Even the one on duty, leaning himself against the cabin door, had dozed off to sleep.
别的乘客们也都睡了， 只有两个还在抽鸦片，交谈着一些令人听不分明的，琐细的话语。
The passengers were all asleep too except two chatting unintelligibly over their opium pipes.
江风呼啸着。
The wind was howling.
天上的繁星穿钻着一片片的浓厚的乌云。
The stars were sparkling from behind patches of dark clouds.
浪涛疯狂 地打到甲板上，拚命似地，随同泡沫的飞贱，发出一种沉锐的，创痛 的呼号！
The waves kept lashing violently across the deck, splashing foam into the air and giving out a piercing cry of pain.
母亲畏缩着身子，走到船后时，她指着女厕所的黑暗的角落 说： "那里！
Mother went crouching to the back part of the ship and, pointing at the women's lavatory in the dingy corner, said, \*There!
就在那里那里角落里！
Over there in that corner!
有点什么声音的" "去叫一个茶房来？"我说。
A kind of noise ..
"不！
Shall I go get a ste ward?" "No!
你去看看，不会有鬼的是一个人也不一定" 我靠着甲板的铁栏杆，将头伸过去，就有一阵断续的凄苦的鸣咽 声，从下方，从浪花的飞溅里，飘传过來： "啊哟啊啊哟" 说。
You somebody..' go and take a look first.
"过去呀！
It can't be a ghost ..
你再过去一点听听看！"母亲推着我的身子，关心地 "是一个人，一个女人！"我断然回答着。"她大概是用绳子吊 在那里的，那根横着的铁棍子下面" 净 一十五分钟之后，我遵着母亲的命令，单独地，秘密而且冒险地 救起了那一个受难的女人。
Perhaps Leaning over the railing, heard from down below intermittent. moaning amidst the spray of breaking waves, "Aiyo \...
她是一个大肚子，一个四十岁上下的乡下妇人。
Aiyo.." "Go ahead: Go nearer so you can hear better! mother nudged me and urged with concern.
她的两腋和胸部 都差不多给带子吊肿了。
There is somebody.
当母亲将她拉到女厕所门前的香暗的灯光 下，去盘问她的时候，她便䀹着一双小眼，惶惧地，幽幽地哭了起来。
A woman!" I affirmed.
"不要哭呢！
"She's probably hanging down there by fastening herself to a rope, under a horizontal iron bar About fifteen minutes later, I, by order of mother, managed to secretly rescue the distressed woman from danger.
蠢人！
I did it single-handed and despite the risk.
给茶房听见了该死的"母亲安慰地，告 诚地说。
She, a country woman of about forty, was big with child.
她开始了诉述她的身世，悲切而且简单：因为乡下闹灾荒，她拖 着大肚子，想同丈夫和孩子们从汉口再逃到芜湖去，那里有她的什么 亲戚。
Her acm pits and chest looked swollen from having been fastened to the rope.
没有船票回，丈夫孩子们在开船时都给茶房赶上岸了，她偷偷 地吊在那里，因为是夜晚，才不曾被人发觉 朝我，母亲悠长地叹了一口气说： "两条性命啊！
Mother began to question her under a dim light in front of the women's lavatory.
几乎只要带子一断"回头再对着她："你 暂时在这茅房里藏一藏吧，天就要亮了。
The woman blinked her small eyes nervously and sobbed.