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

“阿门，” 弗洛里泽尔严肃。“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! '

" 你得对！" ，" 你儿子的性格你解释得对。显出了他你本人的相像处，那么，想，凯蒂小姐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.

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