After that,appalling things happened,and the mysteriousness of the morning was explained to Mary.The cholera had broken out in its most fatal form and people were dying like flies.The Ayah had been taken ill in the night,and it was because she had just died that the servants had wailed in the huts.Before the next day three other servants were dead and others had run away in terror.There was panic on every side,and dying people in all the bungalows.
During the confusion and bewilderment of the second day Mary hid herself in the nursery and was forgotten by everyone.Nobody thought of her, nobody wanted her, and strange things happened of which she knew nothing. Mary alternately cried and slept through the hours.She only knew that people were ill and that she heard mysterious and frightening sounds.Once she crept into the dining-room and found it empty,though a partly finished meal was on the table and chairs and plates looked as if they had been hastily pushed back when the diners rose suddenly for some reason.The child ate some fruit and biscuits,and being thirsty she drank a glass of wine which stood nearly filled.It was sweet,and she did not know how strong it was.Very soon it made her intensely drowsy,and she went back to her nursery and shut herself in again,frightened by cries she heard in the huts and by the hurrying sound of feet.The wine made her so sleepy that she could scarcely keep her eyes open and she lay down on her bed and knew nothing more for a long time.
我的翻译：
接着，可怕的事情发生了，早上弥漫的诡异气息向玛丽解释了这一切。霍乱以致命的不可阻挡之势爆发了，而人们在它面前只能如一只苍蝇般等待死亡。
奶妈在一个晚上时突然发病，正因为她死了，仆人们才聚在屋内抽泣。今天又有三个仆人病死了，所以其他仆人都仓皇惊恐地逃走了。
恐慌无声蔓延着，那些病死的人都被堆放在一个平房里。
第二天依旧处于一片混乱和困惑之中，玛丽藏进了自己的房间，所有人似乎把她遗忘了。没有想起她，也没有想要找到她，而她也什么都不知道。
玛丽断断续续地哭着，最后睡着了。她只知道那些人都病了，接着就听到了奇怪的和令人害怕的声音。
她曾小心去到过饭厅，发现那里空无一人，一份未吃完的晚餐还摆在桌子上，那些椅子、盘子被匆忙地推开，仿佛是用餐人突然起身的缘故。
玛丽吃了一些水果和饼干，有些渴她就喝了一杯旁边盛满的酒。酒有些甜，但她不知它多么烈，很快她便感觉到有强烈的眩晕感。
她回到自己的小房间，再一次将自己关了起来，那些来自住处的哭声和急促的脚步声令她感到害怕。
这酒醉得她昏昏欲睡，眼睛都快要睁不开了，她倒在了自己的床上，很快就什么都不知道了，许久许久。
人家的翻译：
随后，可怕的事情发生了，于是有人向玛丽解释了早晨气氛异常的原因。最严重的霍乱爆发了，人们像苍蝇一般死去。
奶妈在晚上染了病，刚才仆人们在小屋里痛哭，就是因为她刚刚死去。不到第二天，又死了三个仆人，而其他人则仓皇而逃。到处都惊恐万状，每一幢房子里都有人在不断死去。
第二天，人们乱成一团，不知所措，玛丽则藏在儿童室里，被所有的人忘到了脑后。没有人想起她，也没有人想要找她，奇怪的事情接连发生，而她却一无所知。
在这段漫长的时间里，玛丽哭一阵，睡一阵。她只知道人们病了，她听到了神秘而可怕的声音。
有一次，她溜进餐厅，发现里面空无一人，虽然桌上还摆着吃了一半的饭菜，椅子和盘盏看上去就像被匆忙地推回原位，仿佛吃饭的人出于某种原因突然起身离座。
孩子吃了些水果和饼干，因为口渴，又端起旁边的几乎一满杯酒喝了下去。酒带有一股甜味，她不知道它有多厉害。
过了片刻，这酒就让她昏昏欲睡，她回到儿童室，刚才听到的小屋里的哭声和那匆匆忙忙的脚步声使她心惊胆战，于是她又把自己关了起来。
那杯酒使她困极了，她的眼睛都无法睁开，她在床上躺了下来，在很长一段时间里，什么都不知道了。
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