Next I met a neat little man who was wearing abeautiful white wig. I saw from his wig that he wasa barber. Barbers know everything and everybody.
They talk to people when they are cutting theirhair.
“Do you know Mr Ba lfour of the S haws ？”Iasked.
一個老實人趕著馬車從一條岔道上過來了。
“您知道肖府嗎?”我上前問道。
他也停下車，奇怪地望著我。
“知道，”他說。
“那是個大府第嗎?”
“哦，是的。宅子很大。”
“那麼住在裏麵的人呢?”
“你瘋啦？那裏沒有住人，”他大聲說。
“你說什麼？埃比尼澤不是住在那裏嗎?”我說道。
那人說；“噢，是的，你要是想見他的話，倒有這樣一個地主。年輕人，你上那兒去幹什麼？”
“我想找點活兒幹，”我說。
那人尖聲喊道：“什麼？我告訴你，千萬別去肖府。”
我又碰到一個人。他個子不高，衣著整潔，戴著漂亮的白色假發。從假發判斷，他是個理發的。
這種人知道很多事，認識很多人，因為他們在給人理發的時候，總是問長問短。
“您認識肖府的巴爾福先生嗎?”我問道。
He laughed sharply.
“Ebe ne ze r?”he said，" I know him，but he’snot a friend of mine.”
他冷笑了一下，說：
“埃比尼澤？我認識他，不過，他不是我的朋友。”
I was seriously troubled by these words. Whydid everyone avoid the house of Shaws？Why didno one like the laird？What ought I to do？I couldgo back to Mr Campbell，but it was a long way. I’
ride made me go no.
I ate in the afternoon. I met a dark，angrywoman. She had a mad look in her eyes. I asked againfor the Shaws.
She turned and led me up a hill. She pointedto a great building down in the next valley. Ilooked.
The land was pleasant，with low hills，woodsand streams. The crops in the fields were growingwell. But the house！lt stood in an empty space. Itwas like a ruin. No road led up to it and no smokerose from the chimneys. There was no garden.
My heart was heavy.“Tha t！”I cried.
The woman looked at it angrily.
“Tha t is the hous e of S haws ！”she cried.“I ha teit！Bloo d bu ilt it！Blood s toppe d the work on it！
Blood will brin g it down in ruins ！If you s e e the la ird，
這些話使我感到非常憂慮。為什麼大家都不願意提肖府呢？為什麼沒有人喜歡肖府的主人？我該怎麼辦呢？我可以回到坎貝爾身邊，可是路途太遙遠。自尊心驅使我繼續向前走去。
傍晚時分，我碰到一個皮膚黝黑、滿麵怒容的婦女。她的眼神顯得有點失常。我又打聽了一下肖府。
她轉身領我走上一個小山頭，指了指旁邊那條山穀中一座龐大的建築物。我抬頭望去。
這是一塊風景秀麗的地方，山丘連綿不斷，森林連成一片，還有一條條小溪。田野裏的莊稼長勢喜人，可是肖府卻大不一樣。它坐落在一片空曠地帶，像個廢墟，無路可通，沒有一個煙囪裏冒煙，也沒有花園。
我的心涼了。“是那個！”我失聲喊道。
那個婦女怒氣衝衝地看著它，大聲說：
“那就是肖府！我恨它！它是用鮮血建造的！鮮血停止了建造工程！鮮血還將把它毀滅！你要是見
te ll him my words . Te ll him tha t J e nne t Clous ton putsa curs e on him！On him，a nd his hous e ，a nd e ve rythingin it！”
She turned angrily and went away. Her wordsfilled me with fear In those days people still believedthat curses brought evil. I found that I wastrembling.