Thankfully, the tenuous peace is not broken before they reach the Sich— the center of Cossack military life.

谢天谢地，这种脆弱的和平在他们到达西克——哥萨克军队生活的中心区——之前并没有被破坏。

Currently located at Chortomlyk, the Sich's location shifts with the tide of military action.

此地目前位于考特姆里克，西克的位置会随着军事行动而改变。

Stepan and the others make their way towards the church square— the center of Sich life.

于是斯特潘和其他人一起来到了教堂广场——那是西克的中心区。

Sich lovely mate-pize and figged keakes, and cider, and drops o' cordial that they do keep here! '

这些可爱的伴侣和无花果 keakes、苹果酒， 还有他们保留在这里的甜酒！

The ones loved it, stayed 'til death or sich takened 'em away.

那些人喜欢它， 一直待到死亡或将他们带走。

" Let's hope that Mrs. Harris there warn't no sich person, " said her mother.

“但愿哈里斯太太没有遇到这样的人，”她妈妈说。

The voice, that of Saint Michael, the Saint Protector of France, told her that she'd be the one to relieve the siege (sich) of Orleans, which had started in 1428.

法国的圣徒保护者圣迈克尔的声音告诉她，她将是那个解除1428年开始的奥尔良的围攻困境的人。

Still, she allowed, " the owd maister was like other folk—naught mich out o’ t’ common way: stark mad o’ shooting, and farming, and sich like" .

仍然，她承认，“这个 owd master 就像其他人一样——没有什么不寻常的地方：完全疯狂于射击、农耕等等”。

" Even though, I've only been on the job for six months, " “Even though, I've only on the job for sich months, ” To be " on the job" means to be working at a particular place, or for a particular company.

To be " on the job" 意思是在特定的地方工作， 或者为特定的公司工作。