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IV

一夜之间，普利摩顿少了两个怪物，却又多了两个新的。卫奈尔·阿纳托米卡——或者叫它瞎眼怪更恰当一些

，这家伙实际上不值一提。除了身型庞大和浑身蛮力外，它和一个莽撞的瞎子没有任何区别。它瞎了之后一直

无法适应这种变化，情况没有丝毫的好转，它还是和那天晚上一样时常发狂、跌跌冲冲、猛摔猛打。
Thus in one night Primordium lost two of the monsters that had haunted its streets，and gained

two new ones．Venal Anatomica - or The Blind One，as he became known，was，in truth，something

of a joke．Despite its bulk，and his phenomenal strength，he never developed the compensating

skills that often came after a blinding．He lived always as though he had just been blinded．

Always flailing，always raging，always violent．

出自一种奇怪的忠心，蒙特法罗将军接手了这个瞎眼怪物的一切，照料它的生活。他下令所有人都不许嘲笑“

伟大的卫奈尔·阿纳托米卡”，一旦有人违反命令将就地枪决。几次杀鸡敬猴之后，再没有人敢嘲笑卫奈尔了

。这个瞎眼怪被独自放逐到城中的目的里，时常挖开新坟啃食那些新鲜的尸体。
Montefalco took care of him，however，out of a bizarre sense of loyalty．He ordered that anyone

found taunting the once mighty Venal Anatomica be summarily shot．After a dozen such casual

executions，the message made it out to those who liked to torment the creature．The
Blind One was left alone to haunt the city's graveyards，often digging up and eating the

recently dead．

V

露辛迪克驾着马车在沙漠中转悠了好几天却始终没有能找到阿冈尼司帝斯，整个沙漠象被施了魔法一样安静，

没有丝毫沙尘暴的迹象。平静的沙丘看上去象是一个谷仓，密不透风。一个星期之后，镰刀手-梅司特的尸体

开始发出臭味了，露辛迪克用她美丽的双手一点一点挖出了一个墓穴，亲手为自己的爱人举行葬礼。正当她坐

在墓穴边轻声哭泣时，恍惚间听到风中传来了阿冈尼司帝斯的呼唤，她猛地站了起来，准备向这位伊甸园的天

才乞求帮助，希望他能用神奇的法力将生命重新灌入克里奇干枯的身躯。
Lucidique never found Agonistes．Though she drove for several days，looking for the sandstorms

where he hid himself，the desert was preternaturally still．Not a breeze to move so much as a

grain of sand; much less a storm．After a week，when The Scythe-Meister's body was beginning to

smell，she dug a hole with her bare hands，and put him in it．Even as she sat there beside the

mound，keening，she thought she heard Agonistes calling her name，and got up，ready at a

moment's notice to reclaim Kreiger from his dry bed，and let the genius of Eden work his

Lazarene magic on her lover．

可是，这不过是她的幻觉而已，呼啸而过的大风对她开了一个残酷的玩笑。事实上，就在短短四十一年后，就

在露辛迪克在离开克里奇墓穴仅仅四分之一英里的地方游荡的时候，阿冈尼司帝斯确实曾出现过……
But it was not the Resurrection she had heard．It was just a trick of the wind．Indeed，not once

in the next forty-one years，during which time Lucidique seldom strayed more than a quarter of a

mile from the place Zarles Kreiger was laid，did Agonistes appear．

VI

一天清晨，露辛迪克象过去四十年一样在灿烂的朝阳下醒来，突然，她很想回去看看普利摩顿城。于是她离开

了守侯多年的克里奇回到了城中。她很惊讶地发现父亲的老房子竟然还在，人们慑于迷信不敢摧毁这座当年声

名显赫的房子。于是，露辛迪克重新住了进去，可仅仅在冰冷的地板上睡了几个晚上之后，种种对往昔的回忆

几乎将她窒息，她觉得自己快要发疯了。她决定重新睡到那张快要坍塌的老床上，许多年前，她每天晚上都在

这里和克里奇疯狂地做爱。睡在这里露辛迪克没有做噩梦，恰恰相反，她觉得克里奇和她在一起，这种感觉远

比她在沙漠中守侯他墓穴的时候来得强烈，在梦中，他轻轻拥着她，在她耳边诉说着对她的相思之情。露辛迪

克开始自残，因为流血让她觉得痛快，现在的她成了一个极端危险的人，无论是谁看她的目光令她觉得不舒服

，她都会毫不犹豫地出手杀掉他。
Then one day，waking to the same bright sky she'd woken to for over four decades - she was

seized by a desire to see Primordium．The house her father had built was still standing，she was

surprised to find; left by authorities too superstitious to knock it down．She occupied it again

，and after a few nights of sleeping on the bare boards overcame her fear of memories that would

unknit her sanity，and moved up into the stained，ancient bed where she and Kreiger had made

love all those years before．There were no nightmares．He was with her，here，more than he'd

ever been in the desert．He held her，in her dreams，and he whispered mischiefs to her，that

sometimes she acted upon，for old time's sake．Blood she let freely，when it pleased her to do

so．Nobody was safe from her．She would have happily murdered a saint if he'd looked at her in

some fashion that irritated her．

在一个月黑风高的夜晚，露辛迪克出手杀掉了那三位将军：博哥特、乌班诺和蒙特法罗，过了这许多年，他们

都已经成了又老又胖的糟老头子，成天聚在一起发牢骚。又一个夜晚，她在目的找到了当年杀害克里奇的那个

瞎眼怪物，瞎眼怪夜夜以泪洗面，它的眼睛除了流泪外没有任何其他用处。露辛迪克站在一旁，看着它边哭边

吃死人肉，她决定不杀它，让它的痛苦继续折磨它自己。
And one night，just for the hell of it，she killed the three Generals，Montefalco，Bogoto and

Urbano，who were by now fat and old and put up little protest at her arrival．Another night，she

went to find Kreiger's killer，The Blind One．She found him in the cemetery，weeping from his

slit eyes，the weary tears of a man who weeps every night，but knows no cure for them．She

watched him for a while，while he wept and ate the dead．Then she left him to his suffering．

露辛迪克清楚地知道此刻对于瞎眼怪来说死亡反而是一种解脱，她本可以轻而易举地取到它的性命结束这种痛

苦的，但为什么她要这么仁慈？为什么没有人对她这么仁慈？更何况她很高兴这座城市里有三个怪物同时存在

：下水管道里的孟格里德（她已经它的腐烂王国里见过这个肮脏的怪物了），墓地里的卫奈尔·阿纳托米卡，

以及参议院别墅里的她。这其中有某种必然的联系。有时候，露辛迪克也会觉得孤单，她曾考虑重新回到沙漠

中，回去躺在已经变成干尸的克里奇身边，让风沙将他们一起掩埋。可总有什么事情阻挠着她，或许她想亲眼

看到普利摩顿的毁灭，又或者她早已走火入魔了。
It was cruel，of course，to let him live，when she could have put him out of his misery with a

well placed blow．But why should she dispense mercy，when no one had ever been merciful to her？

Besides，it pleased her to know that there were three monsters in Primordium．The Mongroid

（whom she'd also gone to view in his excremental kingdom） in the sewers，Venal Anatomica in

the charnel houses，she in her father's mansion．It had a certain neatness．Sometimes，when she

became lonely，she thought about going out into the desert，and lying down beside Kreiger's

mummified corpse; letting the sand smother her．But something stopped her from doing it．Perhaps

she'd have to watch the city of Primordium burn down first; or feel insanity creeping up her

spine．

从那之后，露辛迪克接受了命运的安排，终生与泪水、鲜血和孤独为伍。无数虔诚的信徒夜夜向上帝祈祷，企

求自己不要成为露辛迪克的目标。从某种意义上，露辛迪克获得了永生。
Until then，she would live out her destiny，in blood and tears and loneliness; in the knowledge

that she was named in the prayers of tens of thousands of God-fearing citizens every night，who

begged the Lord to keep them and their faces safe from her．It was a kind of immortality．

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