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The Underground City-Part17_JULES VERNE(1828-1905)_Translated Works(翻译文学)-第2页

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An instant afterwards, Nell turned, and pointing towards a bright

prominent point in the New Town, "Fire!" cried she.



"No, Nell, that is no fire," said Harry. "The sun has touched with gold

the top of Sir Walter Scott's monument"--and, indeed, the extreme point



of the monument blazed like the light of a pharos.

It was day--the sun arose--his disc seemed to glitter



as though he indeed emerged from the waters of the sea.

Appearing at first very large from the effects of refraction,



he contracted as he rose and assumed the perfectlycircular form.

Soon no eye could endure the dazzling splendor;



it was as though the mouth of a furnace was opened through the sky.

Nell closed her eyes, but her eyelids could not exclude



the glare, and she pressed her fingers over them.

Harry advised her to turn in the opposite direction.



"Oh, no," said she, "my eyes must get used to look at what yours

can bear to see!"



Even through her hands Nell perceived a rosy light,

which became more white as the sun rose above the horizon.



As her sight became accustomed to it, her eyelids were raised,

and at length her eyes drank in the light of day.



The good child knelt down, exclaiming, "Oh Lord God! how

beautiful is Thy creation!" Then she rose and looked around.



At her feet extended the panorama of Edinburgh--the clear,

distinct lines of streets in the New Town, and the irregular



mass of houses, with their confused network of streets

and lanes, which constitutes Auld Reekie, properly so called.



Two heights commanded the entire city; Edinburgh Castle,

crowning its huge basaltic rock, and the Calton Hill,



bearing on its rounded summit, among other monuments, ruins built

to represent those of the Parthenon at Athens.



Fine roadways led in all directions from the capital.

To the north, the coast of the noble Firth of Forth was indented



by a deep bay, in which could be seen the seaport town of Leith,

between which and this Modern Athens of the north ran a street,



straight as that leading to the Piraeus.

Beyond the wide Firth could be seen the soft outlines of the county



of Fife, while beneath the spectator stretched the yellow sands

of Portobello and Newhaven.



Nell could not speak. Her lips murmured a word or two indistinctly;

she trembled, became giddy, her strength failed her;



overcome by the purity of the air and the sublimity of the scene,

she sank fainting into Harry's arms, who, watching her closely,



was ready to support her.

The youthfulmaiden, hitherto entombed in the massive depths



of the earth, had now obtained an idea of the universe--

of the works both of God and of man. She had looked upon town



and country, and beyond these, into the immensity of the sea,

the infinity of the heavens.



CHAPTER XV LOCH LOMOND AND LOCH KATRINE

HARRY bore Nell carefully down the steeps of Arthur's Seat,



and, accompanied by James Starr and Jack Ryan, they reached

Lambert's Hotel. There a good breakfast restored their strength,



and they began to make further plans for an excursion to

the Highland lakes.



Nell was now refreshed, and able to look boldly forth into the sunshine,

while her lungs with ease inhaled the free and healthful air.



Her eyes learnedgladly to know the harmonious varieties of color

as they rested on the green trees, the azure skies, and all the endless



shades of lovely flowers and plants.

The railway train, which they entered at the Waverley Station, conveyed



Nell and her friends to Glasgow. There, from the new bridge across

the Clyde, they watched the curious sea-like movement of the river.



After a night's rest at Comrie's Royal Hotel, they betook themselves

to the terminus of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway, from whence



a train would rapidly carry them, by way of Dumbarton and Balloch,

to the southern extremity of Loch Lomond.



"Now for the land of Rob Roy and Fergus MacIvor!--the scenery

immortalized by the poetical descriptions of Walter Scott,"



exclaimed James Starr. "You don't know this country, Jack?"

"Only by its songs, Mr. Starr," replied Jack; "and judging by those,






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