The charcoal-man tried to interpose, saying, "No, no!" but the gentleman paid no heed to him, and repeated to his son, "Beg his pardon. Repeat my words. 'I beg your pardon for the insulting, foolish, and ignoble words which I uttered against your father, whose hand my father would feel himself honored to press.'"

卖炭的好像很对不住他的样子，连连说：“不必，不必！”想上前阻止，可是绅士不答应，对他的儿子说：“快道歉！照我所说的样子快道歉，‘对于你的父亲，说了非常失礼的话，这是我所不该的。请原恕我。让我的父亲来握你父亲的手。’要这样说。”

The charcoal-man made a resolute gesture, as though to say, "I will not allow it." The gentleman did not second him, and his son said slowly, in a very thread of a voice, without raising his eyes from the ground, "I beg your pardon--for the insulting--foolish--ignoble--words which I uttered against your father, whose hand my father--would feel himself honored--to press."

卖炭的越发现出不安的神情来，好像在那里说“那不敢当”。绅士总不答应。于是诺琵斯俯了头，用断断续续的声音说：“对于……你的父亲，……说了……非常失礼的话，这是……我所不该的。请你……原怨我。让我的父亲……来握……你父亲的手。”

Then the gentleman offered his hand to the charcoal-man, who shook it vigorously, and then, with a sudden push, he thrust his son into the arms of Carlo Nobis.

绅士把手向卖炭的伸去，卖炭的就握着大摇起来。还把自己的儿子推近卡罗·诺琵斯，叫用两手去抱他。

"Do me the favor to place them next each other," said the gentleman to the master. The master put Betti on Nobis's bench. When they were seated, the father of Nobis bowed and went away.

“从此，请叫他们两个坐在一处。”绅士这样向先生请求。先生就令培谛坐在诺琵斯的位上，带琵斯的父亲等他们坐好了，才行了礼出去。

The charcoal-man remained standing there in thought for several moments, gazing at the two boys side by side; then he approached the bench, and fixed upon Nobis a look expressive of affection and regret, as though he were desirous of saying something to him, but he did not say anything; he stretched out his hand to bestow a caress upon him, but he did not dare, and merely stroked his brow with his large fingers. Then he made his way to the door, and turning round for one last look, he disappeared.

卖炭的注视着这并坐的两个孩子，沉思了一会儿，走到坐位旁，好像要对话琵斯说什么，好像很依恋，好像很对不起他，终于什么都没有说。他张开了两臂，好像要去抱诺琵斯了，可是也终于没有去抱，只用他那粗大的手指在诺琵斯的额上碰了一碰。等走出门口，还回头向里面一瞥，这才出去。

"Fix what you have just seen firmly in your minds, boys," said the master; "this is the finest lesson of the year."

先生对我们说：“今天的事情，大家不要忘掉。因为这可算这学年中最好的教训了。”