前 兩天，艾倫很和善，也很耐心。他認為我的氣總會消的。我常常看也不看他，還不讓他幫忙。
Early on the third morning we came to an openhill. There was no shelter. We could not lie downand sleep.
第三天一大早，我們來到一座開闊的山崗上，四周沒有任何可以遮風避雨的地方，我不能在那裏躺下睡覺。
Alan was anxious and looked at me.
艾 倫很著急。他望著我，又一次說：
“Le t me c a rry your bundle ，”he said，once again.
“我替你背你的包袱吧。”
“No，tha nk you ，”I said. “不用，謝謝。”我說。
Alan’s face was dark. 艾倫的臉沉了下來，說：
“I will not offe r a ga in，Da vid ，”he said.“I’m nota pa tie nt ma n. It’s not my na ture .”
“大衛，我以後再不主動提出幫你的忙了。我不是一個有耐心的人，那不是我的生性。”
“I know it isn ’t，”Isaid，like a child.
“這我知道。”我耍了小孩子脾氣。
From this time he changed. He whistled andsmiled. He marched along proudly. He called me‘Whig’and other names. He reminded，me that Iwas afraid of jumping.
從 那以後，他變了。他一邊走一邊吹著口哨，微笑著，顯得洋洋自得。他罵我是個輝格佬等等，還提起我膽小，不敢跳過河那件事。
I knew it was my own fault. But I was tiredand weak. aud I could not be sorry. The weatherwas fine and dry now，but a sharp wind blew on mybody. I thought I could not drag myself much farther.
Soon I must lie down. I must die on thesemountains like a fox or a sheep. I thought，like achild，“Ala n will be sorry whe n I am de a d，It will punish him.”
我知道這都是我自己的不對，可是我的身體又累又虛弱，連後悔也顧不上了。這時，雨住天晴，可是仍然刮著大風，吹得我冷颼颼的。
我想我再也挪不動幾步了，很快就會躺倒，象一隻狐狸和綿羊一樣死在這幾座山上。我天真地想：“我死後艾倫會後悔的。我的死將是對他的懲罰。”
Once I fell down，and this troubled Alan. I gotup again quickly，and he soon forgot. One moment Iwas hot，the next I was cold and trembling. I could
有 一次，我跌倒了。艾倫很著急，可是我很快又站了起來，艾倫也就沒有把它當作一回事。我一會兒
not bear the pain in my side. At last I felt my endwas coming. I must have one angry quarrel with Alanand finish my life.
發燒，一會兒發冷，渾身直打哆嗦，肚子疼痛難忍。最後，我感到自己的死期到了，決心在死前跟艾倫大吵一次。
Alan had just called me‘ Whig ’again. Istopped.
艾倫剛剛又叫了我一聲“輝格佬”，我站住不走了，說：
“Mr S tewa rt，”I said，“you a re olde r tha n I . Youough t to b e ha ve be tte r. . Ge ntleme n d o no t insult the irfrie nd s be ca us e the ir ide a s a re diffe re nt. You willple a s e spe a k with re spe c t of my king，a nd my goodfrie nd s the Campbe lls .”