" Don't know what massa wants, " answered Scipio.

“不知道老爷想要什么， ” 西庇阿回答。

Black Scipio answered the summons in a prodigious, hurry; but showed the whites of his eyes in amazement on beholding only the carpenter.

黑西皮奥以惊人的速度回应了传票。但看到只有木匠时，惊讶地露出了眼白。

Even a Scipio Africanus, the conqueror of Hannibal and darling of the Roman masses, had been content to fade into the woodwork once his job was done.

即使是非洲的征服者西庇阿他征服了汉尼拔，并在罗马民众中声望很高，但是也甘愿在完成工作后退隐从事木匠工作。

As Mr. Pyncheon had been impatiently awaiting Maule's arrival, black Scipio, of course, lost no time in ushering the carpenter into his master's presence.

由于品钦先生一直在不耐烦地等待莫尔的到来，黑西皮奥当然不失时机地把木匠带到了他的主人面前。

His careful study of Hannibal ultimately  worked, and Scipio would win a great victory at the battle of Zama, after which  Carthaginian power was irreparably broken.

他对汉尼拔的仔细研究最终奏效，西庇阿将在扎马战役中取得巨大胜利， 此后迦太基的力量被无可挽回地摧毁。

Roman troops, under the governance of  Scipio Africanus, gained ground little by little until finally forcing Hannibal's  surrender after the Battle of Zama in 202 BCE.

罗马军队在 Scipio Africanus 的统治下逐渐取得进展，直到在公元前 202 年的扎马战役后最终迫使汉尼拔投降。

Scipio was a member of a very old and very famous patrician family, but as a mere lad of thirty-one, he was twelve years too young to hold the consulship.

普布里乌斯普属于大家族那是一个古老而闻名的贵族家庭，但他只是一个31岁的小伙子，只有再过12年，他才能够当领事。