經典科幻文學:《宇宙盡頭的餐館》第3章3

He stArted to speak, and stopped.
He started to speak again and stopped again.
Finally he managed to speak.
“Er,” he said. He cleared his throat.
“Tell me,” he continued, and said it so nervously that the others all turned to stare at him. He glanced at the approaching yellow blob on the vision screen.
“Tell me,” he said again, “did the computer say what was occupying it? I just ask out of interest…”
Their eyes were riveted on him.
“And, er… well that’s it really, just asking.”
Zaphod put out a hand and held Arthur by the scruff of the neck.
“What have you done to it, Monkeyman?” he breathed.
“Well,” said Arthur, “nothing in fact. It’s just that I think a short while ago it was trying to work out how to…”
“Yes?”

他開口說話，但是打住了。
他再一次開口說話，但是再一次打住了。
最後，他終於張開了嘴。
“嗯。”他說。他清了清嗓子。
“告訴我，”他繼續道，由於他的聲音是如此之緊張，所以其他人全都轉過身來望着他。他則盯着屏幕上那個逐漸逼近的黃色斑點。
“告訴我，”他又重複了一遍，“電腦說過是什麼東西佔用了它的線路嗎？只是好奇，想問問……”
所有人的眼睛都盯在他身上。
“嗯……呃，只是隨便問問，真的。”
贊福德伸出一隻手，一把拎住阿瑟的後脖子。
“你對它幹了什麼，猴子？”他喘着粗氣問。
“哦，”阿瑟說，“其實沒什麼。我只是想起，剛好在之前的一小會兒，它想算出如何……”
“什麼？”