"Asked me questions about the vessel, the time she left Marseilles, the course she had taken, and what was her cargo. I believe, if she had not been laden, and I had been her master, he would have bought her. But I told him I was only mate, and that she belonged to the firm of Morrel & Son.
'Ah, yes,' he said, ' I know them. The Morrels have been shipowners from father to son; and there was a Morrel who served in the same regiment with me when I was in garrison at Valence.'"
“他问我的问题都是关于轮船，她何时离开马赛，她走的航线是什么，她载的货物是什么。我相信，如果她不是满载的，我也是她的主人，他就会把她买下了。但是我告诉他我仅仅是下手，而她属于莫雷尔父子公司。‘哦，是的’他说，‘我知道他们’。莫雷尔公司从父亲到儿子都是船主；还有一个叫莫雷尔的人在我在瓦朗斯的驻防地服役的时候跟我在同一个团。”
文章中的英文部分来源于英文原著《基督山伯爵》
