Audiobook Dictation: “It has made me heartsick…”

"It has made me heartsick."

「這讓我心痛。」

"I thought it was a little paradise," said Meekin.

「我還以為那是個小小的天堂呢，」米金說。

"Captain Frere says that the scenery is delightful." "So it is," returned North, looking askance, "but the prisoners are not delightful."

「弗里爾上尉說那裡風景宜人。」「確實如此，」諾斯斜眼看著回答，「可囚犯們並不宜人。」

How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon that bank!

月光靜臥在那片坡岸上，多麼甜美！

"Abandoned, indeed, by God and man--almost."

「確實是被上帝和世人拋棄了——幾乎如此。」

His staff, you know, Mr. North.

他的手杖，您知道的，諾斯先生。

Mr. North sighed again.

諾斯先生又嘆了口氣。

"You have not been long in the colony, Mr. Meekin.

「您來殖民地還不久，米金先生。

I doubt--forgive me for expressing myself so freely--if you quite know of our convict system."

恕我直言，我懷疑您是否真正瞭解我們的囚犯制度。」