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But where will yon be safe？
可是你住在哪里才安全？
Dear boy，who knows I'm here？You，Jaggers and Wemmick，that's all．Anyway，I know I can live with the fear of death．I've done that all my life．
親愛的孩子，誰會知道我在這兒？只有你、賈格斯和文米克，再沒有人知道了。無論怎樣，我知道死亡的恐懼伴隨我的生活，我已經完成了我的一生。
All I knew was that I must keep him out of sight until Herbert returned Then we could produce a better plan for the future．
我知道，在赫伯特回來之前，我必須把他藏起來。然后，我們能夠為將來提出一個更好的計劃。
I decided to rent a room for him in a house near ours，where I thought he would be safe for the moment．
我決定在我們的附近為他租一套房子，在這兒，我想他會安全一點兒。
I bought him different clothes，and had his hair cut，but to me he looked just the same，
我帶著他換了服裝，給他理了發。但是，對我來講，也和過去沒有什么兩樣，
and I lived in constant fear that he would he recognized by someone who had known him in the past．
我生活得提心吊膽，生怕過去了解他的人會認出他來。
My unwanted guest and I spent five long days and evenings together，with the wind and rain beating on the windows．
我和我不想要的客人在伴隨著風雨敲打著窗戶的氣候中一起度過了5晝夜。
Those few days seemed more like a year to me．He slept，or ate，or played cards．Sometimes he listened to me reading，with a proud smile on his face．
對我來講，那幾天好像是度日如年。他睡覺，或者吃飯，或者玩牌。有時，他帶著自豪的笑臉聽我念書。
I could not sleep or eat．I used to watch him sleep，wondering what bloody crimes lay in his past，and knowing that I alone protected him from a horrible death．
我吃不下，睡不香，常常看著他睡覺，不知道發生在過去他血腥腥的罪行，卻知道我獨自從可怕的死亡中保護他。
I cannot describe my joy when Herbert finally returned． At last I could share my terrible news with my friend．
當赫伯特總算回來時，我不能形容我的快樂，最終我能把那可怕的消息與我的朋友分擔。
He，too，was shocked to hear that my great expectations came from the prisoner I had helped so long ago，and when I introduced him to our guest，
聽說我的遠大前程是來自很久以前我救過的罪犯，他也被震驚了。當我把我們的客人介紹給他時，
Herbert could hardly hide his dislike．
赫伯特盡可能地隱瞞自己的反感情緒。
關于《遠大前程》
為了維護被老處女和小處女傷害的自尊心，皮普暗地里決心學習識文斷字，并希望有好的前途，并且希望最后能娶驕傲的埃·斯黛拉。
