录事

诗人摇了摇头；录事也摇了摇头；

The poet shook his head , the copying-clerk did the same .

5.一位录事的变化

V. Metamorphosis of the Copying-Clerk

其主要标志是都市警巡院和城市录事司的兴起。

The main sign was the establishment of Jingxunyuan ( municipal council ) and Lushisi ( municipality ) .

当录事想到这一点，以及他的思想中所起的整个变化的时候，他就微笑了。

While he thought of this and of the whole metamorphosis he had undergone , he smiled and said ,

因此这位录事就被带回到哥本哈根，住进哥得街上的一个人家里去。

So the copying-clerk came to Copenhagen as guest , or rather as prisoner in a family living in Gother Street .

第二天大清早，当录事还躺在床上的时候，有人在他的门上轻轻地敲了几下。

The following day , early in the morning , while the Clerk was still in bed , someone knocked at his door .

一只手伸进帽子里来了，把录事的背和翅膀抓住，弄得他不得不唧唧喳喳地叫起来。

a coarse hand sought its way carefully in under the broad rim , and seized the clerk over the back and wings .

录事就这样办了，他马上飞出笼子。在这同时，隔壁房间半掩着的门嘎吱地响了一下，一只家猫目光闪闪地偷偷走了进来，在他后面追赶。

but at the same moment the door , which was only ajar , and which led to the next room , began to creak , and supple and creeping came the large tomcat into the room , and began to pursue him .

金丝鸟在笼里激动地跳着，鹦鹉拍着翅膀，同时叫着：“让我们像一个人吧。”录事吓得要死，赶快从窗子飞出去，飞过一些屋子和许多街道。

The frightened Canary fluttered about in his cage ; the Parrot flapped his wings , and cried , " Come , let us be men ! " The Clerk felt a mortal fright , and flew through the window , far away over the houses and streets .