經典科幻文學:《宇宙盡頭的餐館》第31章1

Chapter 31
A few days after landing in this mountainous land they hit a coastline which swept diagonally before them from the south-west to the north-east, a coastline of monumental grandeur: deep majestic ravines, soaring pinnacles of ice – fjords.
For two further days they scrambled and climbed over the rocks and glaciers, awe-struck with beauty.
“Arthur!” yelled Ford suddenly.
It was the afternoon of the second day. Arthur was sitting on a high rock watching the thundering sea smashing itself against the craggy promontories.
“Arthur!” yelled Ford again.
Arthur looked to where Ford’s voice had come from, carried faintly in the wind.
Ford had gone to examine a glacier, and Arthur found him there crouching by the solid wall of blue ice. He was tense with excitement – his eyes darted up to meet Arthur’s.
“Look,” he said, “look!”
Arthur looked. He saw the solid wall of blue ice.
“Yes,” he said, “it’s a glacier. I’ve already seen it.”
“No,” said Ford, “you’ve looked at it, you haven’t seen it. Look!”
Ford was pointing deep into the heart of the ice.

第三十一章
在這片山區行走了幾天之後，他們到達了一條海岸線，從西南到東北呈一條對角線，在他們面前延伸開去。這條海岸線宏偉絕倫：深陷的F大峽谷、高聳人云的雪峯。峽灣地形。
他們在岩石和冰川上攀爬了兩天時間，對這樣壯麗的美景感到敬畏不已。
“阿瑟！”福特突然喊道。
這是第二天的下午。阿瑟正坐在一塊高高的岩石上，看着呼嘯的大海拍打着陡峭的海岬。
“阿瑟！”福特又喊了一聲。
福特的聲音在風中傳來，十分微弱。阿瑟朝他的方向望去。
福特足過去考察一條冰川的，阿瑟看見他蹲在一堵純淨冰形成的堅壁旁邊，激動得全身繃緊。他擡起眼睛，望着阿瑟。
“看啊，”他說，“看啊！”
阿瑟看了，只看見那堵純淨冰形成的堅壁。
“是的，”他說，“一條冰川。我看見了。”
“不，”福特說，“你看了，但沒有看見。看啊n”
福特指着那塊冰的核心深處。