? ? ?My new quarters were in a very old house, dating from the Middle Ages, and reached through a long dark passage and a winding stone staircase. Two sisters kept an eating house there, open only for lunch and dinner with a fixed menu and regular customers. They were good acquaintances of the colonel, who often ate there and used the premises for clandestine meetings. They had agreed to put me up in a small room at the back of the dining-room. The two sisters, one in her early forties and the other somewhat younger, were friendly, cheerful women and excellent cooks. I stayed with them for more than three weeks and extremely pleasant and interesting weeks they were. Most afternoons I spent at a small, clandestine printing shop located in a nearby cellar. There the colonel's friend, a medical student, and some other members of their group printed a weekly Gaullist newspaper, which was published under the colonel's direction. I would help them with the work. When the newspapers were printed, they had to be taken to distribution centres located in factory stores or wine cellars. This was done fairly openly. Three or four of us pushed a handcart through the streets with several thousand copies concealed under the canvas cover. This was, of course, before the Germans were in Lyon.

【我的新住處是在一座非常古老的房子里，這座房子可以追溯到中世紀(jì)，到住處去要穿過一條長長的陰暗的走廊和一段蜿蜒的石階。兩姐妹在那里開了一家餐廳，只賣午餐和晚餐，有固定的菜單和固定的顧客。她們是上校的好朋友，經(jīng)常在那里吃飯，并在那里舉行秘密會(huì)議。她們同意把我安排在餐室后面的一個(gè)小房間里。姐妹倆，一個(gè)四十出頭，另一個(gè)稍年輕些，都是友好、開朗的女人，廚藝高超。我和她們呆了三個(gè)多星期，這是非常愉快和有趣的幾個(gè)星期。大多數(shù)下午，我都呆在附近一個(gè)地窖里的一家秘密的小印刷廠里。在那里，上校的一位醫(yī)學(xué)生朋友和他們組織的其他一些成員出版了一份戴高樂主義周報(bào)，這份周報(bào)是在上校的指示下出版的。我將幫助他們做這項(xiàng)工作。報(bào)紙印刷出來后，必須送到位于工廠商店或酒窖的配送中心。這是相當(dāng)公開的。我們中有三四個(gè)人推著一輛手推車在街上走著，帆布底下藏著幾千份。當(dāng)然，這是在德國人進(jìn)入里昂之前?！?/p>

? ? ?After about three weeks, I was told by the American consulate that permission had been received from London to arrange my onward journey. I was issued with a travel document, given some money and could now report to the Vichy authorities and apply for an exit visa. A letter from the colonel to an acquaintance in the Lyon prefecture helped to smooth the process. During the period that I was waiting for my travel documents I was to live in a small inn in a village a few kilometres outside Grenoble.

【大約三周后，美國領(lǐng)事館告訴我，倫敦已經(jīng)允許我安排行程。我拿到了旅行證件，給了一些錢，現(xiàn)在可以向維希政府報(bào)告，申請(qǐng)出境簽證。上校寫給里昂地區(qū)一位熟人的一封信使得這一過程的順利進(jìn)行。在等待旅行證件期間，我住在格勒諾布爾城外幾公里的一個(gè)村莊里的一家小旅館里?！?/p>

? ? ?I had been there for about a month when one day, as I entered the small restaurant in Grenoble where I usually had my frugal lunch, I at once noticed that something unusual had happened. People were talking excitedly and shouting comments from table to table. I gathered that Allied troops had landed in North Africa and as a counter-measure the Germans had entered unoccupied France and might arrive in Grenoble at any moment.

【我在那里住了大約一個(gè)月。有一天，當(dāng)我走進(jìn)格勒諾布爾的一家小餐館時(shí)，我立刻注意到發(fā)生了一件不尋常的事。人們興奮地大聲評(píng)論著。我猜想，盟軍已在北非登陸，作為反擊，德國人已進(jìn)入未占領(lǐng)的法國，隨時(shí)可能到達(dá)格勒諾布爾。】

? ? ?I realised that I had to act at once. I decided to leave my residence forcee that very day and try to reach the Spanish frontier before the German troops could start to patrol it. I quickly finished my lunch and hurried back to the inn. I picked up my few belongings and left unnoticed. At Lyon I stopped off to contact my friend the colonel. He gave me some money and the address of a friend in Toulouse who might assist me in crossing the frontier with Spain. That same evening I continued my way south.

【我意識(shí)到我必須立即行動(dòng)。就在那天，我決定離開我的居留地，并試圖在德國軍隊(duì)開始巡邏之前到達(dá)西班牙邊境。我很快吃完午飯，急忙回到旅館。我收拾了幾件行李，沒人注意到就走了。在里昂，我停下來和上校朋友聯(lián)系。他給了我一些錢和一個(gè)在圖盧茲的朋友的地址，他可以幫助我越過西班牙邊境。就在那天晚上，我繼續(xù)往南走?！?/p>

? ? ?Coming out of the station in Toulouse the first thing I saw was a column of German armoured vehicles. I was back at square one. My onward journey, England, Christmas with my family, these hopeful visions had once more receded to a distant and uncertain future.

【從圖盧茲的車站出來，我首先看到的是一隊(duì)德國裝甲車。我仿佛又回到了起點(diǎn)。我的行程，英格蘭，和我的家人的圣誕節(jié)，這些充滿希望的愿景再次退到遙遠(yuǎn)和不確定的未來。】

? ? ?The man whose address I had been given turned out to be a local journalist. He was at once ready to help and said he would put me in touch with a passeur, as the people who smuggled refugees across the frontier were called. Meanwhile, I could stay at his flat, where he lived with his wife, his mother and a teenage sister.

【那個(gè)給我地址的人曾經(jīng)是一名當(dāng)?shù)赜浾?。他立刻?zhǔn)備提供幫助，并說他會(huì)幫我聯(lián)系一個(gè)過路人，過境的人被稱為偷渡難民。與此同時(shí)，我可以住在他的公寓里，他和妻子、母親以及一個(gè)十幾歲的妹妹住在那里。】

? ? ?Two days later, this charming girl, with whom I had become good friends, took me to the passeur. The room in which he lived was mainly remarkable for an enormous bed which filled it almost entirely. A dark, elegantly dressed young man, who said his name was Fernandez, and an attractive young woman, a trifle too heavily made up, whom he introduced as his 'assistant' were sitting on it when we entered.

【兩天以后，這位和我成了好朋友的迷人的姑娘帶我去見那位過路人。他住的房間之所以引人注目，主要是因?yàn)橛幸粡埦薮蟮拇玻瑤缀醢颜麄€(gè)房間都占滿了。一個(gè)皮膚黝黑、衣著優(yōu)雅的年輕男子說他叫費(fèi)爾南德斯，還有一個(gè)迷人的年輕女子，他說她是他的“助手”，她化了濃妝，我們進(jìn)去時(shí)她正坐在上面?！?/p>

? ? ?The young man was rather self-important and garrulous which did not inspire much confidence. He told me that I was to be at the station that evening in time to catch the train for Pau. He would be on the platform, but I was to pretend not to know him and travel separately. In Pau he would join me outside the station.

【這個(gè)年輕人很自負(fù)，話又多，這使人對(duì)他不大放心。他告訴我那天晚上要及時(shí)趕到車站，趕上開往波烏的火車。他將在月臺(tái)上，但我要假裝不認(rèn)識(shí)他，分開旅行。在保羅，他會(huì)在車站外和我會(huì)合?！?/p>

? ? ?I acted as instructed and on arrival in Pau I was joined before long by the couple under whose, what seemed to me, dubious auspices I was now travelling. They were accompanied by another person who must have been on the same train. He was middle-aged, fat and flabby and obviously Jewish. Later that evening, when I had to share a bed with him in a shabby hotel, I learned that he was a Portuguese Jew who had been on a business trip to unoccupied France where he had been caught by the German invasion. He was now trying to get back to his wife and children in Portugal. To be taken across the Spanish frontier, he had had to pay Fernandez a large sum of money. In the course of the journey, it turned out that this was not all for it was he who had to pay for the lavish dinners which Fernandez ordered whenever we stopped on our way. Through his contacts in the hotel trade he ensured, however, that we did not have to register in any of the hotels where we stayed.

【我按照指示去做，一到波烏，不久我就見到了那對(duì)男女，我現(xiàn)在是在他們的贊助下旅行的，在我看來，這是靠不住的贊助。陪同他們的還有另一個(gè)人，此人一定是同一班火車上的人。他是個(gè)中年，肥胖，肌肉松弛，顯然是猶太人。那天晚上，當(dāng)我不得不和他在一家破舊的旅館里同睡一張床時(shí)，我得知他是一個(gè)葡萄牙籍的猶太人，他出差到無人居住的法國，在那里被德國人抓獲。他現(xiàn)在正試圖回到他在葡萄牙的妻子和孩子身邊。為了被帶過西班牙邊境，他不得不付給費(fèi)爾南德斯一大筆錢。在旅途中，事實(shí)證明這并不是全部。每次我們?cè)诼飞贤Ｏ聛?，他都要為費(fèi)爾南德斯訂的豪華晚餐買單。同時(shí)，通過他在酒店行業(yè)的聯(lián)系，他確保我們不必在我們住過的任何一家酒店登記。】

? ? ?The next morning, the four of us boarded a bus which took us further south. I had seen no evidence of any Germans in Pau or on the road. It looked as if the only opponents we had to outwit were the French frontier guards. So we moved on from place to place, a rather ill-assorted company, with my Portuguese friend getting more and more sore at what he considered Fernandez's extravagant spending but afraid to say anything for fear of being left stranded in France. I also disliked the way in which Fernandez exploited my travel companion and I would have certainly taken him for a swindler, had he not been introduced to me by my friend in the resistance movement and not asked me for more than the normal travelling expenses.

【第二天早上，我們四人登上一輛公共汽車，繼續(xù)向南行駛。我在波烏或路上沒有看到任何德國人的跡象?？磥砦覀兾ㄒ恍枰莿俚膶?duì)手就是法國的邊防衛(wèi)兵了。于是我們從一個(gè)地方搬到另一個(gè)地方，我的葡萄牙朋友對(duì)費(fèi)爾南德斯的奢侈消費(fèi)越來越惱火，但他害怕被困在法國，不敢說任何話。我也不喜歡費(fèi)爾南德斯利用我旅友的方式，如果他不是我在抵抗運(yùn)動(dòng)中的朋友介紹給我的，也沒有向我索要比正常行程費(fèi)用更多的錢，我肯定會(huì)把他當(dāng)成一個(gè)騙子?！?/p>

? ? ?At the end of the third day, after another bus journey, we reached a villages high up in the mountains, dominated by the ruins of a castle. From here we would continue on foot.

【第三天結(jié)束時(shí)，我們又乘了一趟巴士，到達(dá)了一個(gè)高山上的村莊，周圍是一座城堡的廢墟。從這里我們繼續(xù)步行。】

? ? ?When darkness had fallen, Fernandez took us to a house on the edge of the village. Here he handed us over to two young men who would actually take us across into Spain. The journey would take two days. We set out straightaway and started climbing the slope which rose steeply above the village. Soon we were panting and sweating. It was not so bad for me. I was young and used to plenty of exercise, but my middle-aged companion was having a difficult time. All I could do to help him was to carry his bag for him. Our guides kept urging us on. This was a dangerous stretch as it was important to get away from the village unnoticed. Once we had reached the crest the going would be easier. Towards dawn we reached a mountain hut where we had something to eat and slept a few hours. The roasted meat and fresh bread, which the guides had brought with them, tasted delicious.

【夜幕降臨時(shí)，費(fèi)爾南德斯把我們帶到村子邊緣的一所房子里。在這里，他把我們交給了兩個(gè)年輕人，他們會(huì)帶我們穿越到西班牙。這段旅程需要兩天時(shí)間。我們馬上出發(fā)，開始爬村子上方陡峭的斜坡。很快我們就氣喘吁吁，汗流浹背了。對(duì)我來說還不算太糟。我很年輕，習(xí)慣了大量的鍛煉，但我的中年同伴卻遇到了困難。我所能做的就是幫他提包。我們的導(dǎo)游不斷催促我們前進(jìn)。這是一段危險(xiǎn)的時(shí)期，因?yàn)橐诓灰鹱⒁獾那闆r下離開村子是很重要的。我們一到山頂，路就容易走了。天快亮?xí)r，我們到達(dá)一座山上的小屋，在那里吃了點(diǎn)東西，睡了幾個(gè)小時(shí)。向?qū)淼目救夂托迈r面包味道很好?！?/p>

? ? ?The sun was already high in the sky when we continued our march, climbing on and on towards the snow-clad peaks which we had to cross before reaching the frontier on the other side. I was now carrying two briefcases all the time for my companion was getting more and more short-winded as we climbed higher. Our two guides, though friendly, kept rather aloof as if to underline that they had been paid only to show us the way and that it was our business to keep up with them.

【當(dāng)我們繼續(xù)行進(jìn)時(shí)，太陽已經(jīng)高高地掛在天空，我們不斷地爬向白雪覆蓋的山峰，我們必須越過這些山峰才能到達(dá)另一邊的邊境。我現(xiàn)在一直帶著兩個(gè)公文包，因?yàn)殡S著我們爬得越來越高，我的同伴越來越氣喘吁吁。我們的兩個(gè)導(dǎo)游，雖然很友好，卻保持著相當(dāng)遠(yuǎn)的距離，好像在強(qiáng)調(diào)他們只是為了給我們指路而得到報(bào)酬，我們的職責(zé)就是跟上他們的步伐。】

? ? ?We spent the night in another mountain hut, well above the snow-line. We lay huddled together to keep warm as we could not make a fire for fear of attracting the attention of mountain patrols. As soon as it was daylight, we set out again. The snow got deeper as we climbed and we made slow progress towards the Pic du Midi, the highest point on our route. I remember it as a narrow track from which the mountain fell away sharply on either side so that I had the feeling of walking on a knife's edge. Then we started to descend and the going got easier.

【我們?cè)陔x雪線很遠(yuǎn)的山上另一間小屋里過夜。我們擠成一團(tuán)躺著取暖，因?yàn)槲覀兣乱鹕介g巡邏隊(duì)的注意而不能生火。天一亮，我們就又出發(fā)了。隨著我們的攀登，雪越來越深，我們緩慢地向南奧索峰前進(jìn)，這是我們路線上的最高點(diǎn)。在我的記憶中，這是一條狹窄的小路，從這條小路的兩邊，山勢(shì)陡然傾斜，使我有走在刀刃上的感覺。然后我們開始往下走，走起來就容易多了?！?/p>

? ? ?It was about three o'clock when we came to a meadow which sloped down to a mule track running along a gorge at the bottom of which gurgled a mountain stream. Here our guides stopped and informed us that we were now in Spain and this was as far as they would take us. If we followed the mule track, we would get to a farmhouse where we could spend the night. Tired though we were, we felt elated at the thought that we had reached safety at last. In celebration, we all took a deep draught of wine out of the goatskin. Then our guides shook hands and soon disappeared among the trees of the oakwood out of which we had just come.

【三點(diǎn)鐘左右，我們來到一片草地上。草地向下傾斜，通向一條騾子道，沿著一條峽谷蜿蜒而下，谷底有一條山澗汩汩流淌。我們的導(dǎo)游在這里停下來，告訴我們現(xiàn)在是在西班牙，他們只能把我們帶到這里了。如果我們沿著騾道走，就能到達(dá)一間農(nóng)舍，可以在那里過夜。雖然我們很累，但一想到終于安全了，我們就感到很高興。為了慶祝，我們都從山羊皮袋里倒了一大口酒。然后我們的向?qū)樟宋帐?，很快就消失在我們剛剛走出的橡樹林中?！?/p>

? ? ?We got down to the track and began to follow it in the direction our guides had indicated. We walked on for about two hours, but saw no sign of a farmhouse. My companion, exhausted from the strain of the last two days, began to express strong doubts that we were moving in the right direction. He now became convinced that we had lost our way and insisted that we should retrace our steps. I myself had no doubt that we were going the right way. My companion was not to be persuaded and insisted on going back. This was a matter of life and death for both of us. The one who was wrong would be returning to German-occupied France. There could be no compromise, therefore, and with the sun already setting behind the mountain tops we parted, each going the way he thought was right.

【我們下到小路上，開始順著向?qū)е甘镜姆较蜃?。我們繼續(xù)走了大約兩個(gè)小時(shí)，但沒有看到有農(nóng)舍的跡象。我的同伴由于前兩天的勞累而疲憊不堪，他開始強(qiáng)烈懷疑我們是否在朝著正確的方向前進(jìn)。他現(xiàn)在確信我們迷路了，堅(jiān)持要我們按原路折回。我自己毫不懷疑我們走的路是對(duì)的。我的同伴不聽勸，堅(jiān)持要回去。這對(duì)我們倆來說都是生死攸關(guān)的事。錯(cuò)的人會(huì)回到德國占領(lǐng)的法國。因此，這是不可能的妥協(xié)，太陽已經(jīng)落在山頂后面，我們分開了，各自走自己認(rèn)為正確的路?！?/p>