'Davie, I'm a bad friend to ye.

“戴维，我是你的坏朋友。

'Hold on to me, Davie, and ye'll be grand.'

“抓牢我，戴维，而且你会好的。”

After supper he said suddenly, Davie, I 've been thinking.

“戴维，我一直在思考。

Now, he said, looking cleverly at me, ye can give me something, Davie.

“那么，”他狡黠地看着我说道，“你可以给我一些东西，戴维。

Good night to ye, Davie, my man.

晚安，戴维，我的伙计。”

Davie, he had said, when I am dead, take this to the house of Shaws, near Cramond.

“戴维，”他曾说，“我去世以后，拿着这封信去克莱蒙德附近的肖家大院。

I'll tell ye tomorrow, Davie, I promise.

“明天我会告诉你的，戴维，我发誓。

Soon he jumped up and said, We're going to get on well, Davie.

不一会儿他跳起身来，说道：“我们将会合得来的，戴维！

Ye may not like me or my house or my porridge, but I'm your born uncle, Davie, my man.

你可能不喜欢我、不喜欢我的房子或者不喜欢我的粥，但我是你的亲伯伯，戴维，我的伙计！”

There was no-one in Davie's life.

戴维的生活中没有人。

After a while, he said, Davie, I have some business with a ship's captain at Queensferry.

过了一会儿，他说道：“戴维，我和昆斯费里的一个船长有笔生意。

" The young lady should be very proud to have such a handsome, intelligent young man as you, Master Davie! " she cried.

“有你这样英俊、聪明的年轻人追求她，这位年轻小姐应该感到十分自豪，大卫少爷！” 她叫道。

Good night to ye, Davie, my man. And before I had time to reply, he pulled the door shut and locked it from the outside.

晚安，戴维，我的伙计。”我还没有来得及回答，他已把门关上并从外面锁上了。