" Amen, " said Florizel with gravity. " I have slain a cockatrice" !

“阿门，” 弗洛里泽尔严肃地说。“我杀了一只鸡蛇” ！

`You're right there! ' I said; `explain your son's character. Show his resemblance to yourself; and then, I hope, Miss Cathy will think twice before she takes the cockatrice! '

" 说得对！" 我说，" 的性格解释得对。显出了他本人的相像处，那么，我想，凯在她接受这毒蛇之前可要三思啦！"

Mr. Dudley compares hugger-mugger to an egg that hatches a " cockatrice." A " cockatrice, " Joan Bines says, was an evil, mythical creature that could kill a person just by looking at her.

达德利先生将拥抱抢劫者比作孵出“鸡蛇”的鸡蛋。 Joan Bines 说，“鸡蛇”是一种邪恶的神话生物，只要看着她就能杀死一个人。