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At first everything was work, sweat, and darkness. I had no idea when I would reach the light, or even if I would.
開始只有勞累、汗水和黑暗，不知道什么時(shí)候能見到光亮，甚至還不知道能否見到光亮。
But I persisted. I pounded and clawed and scraped, and finally I was rewarded.
但我堅(jiān)持著，鑿啊，挖啊，刮啊，終于得到了報(bào)償。
I saw a chink of light. And then the chink got bigger and the sun came pouring in and all was bright.
我見到了一線光亮，這光亮越來越大，終于陽光灑進(jìn)來了，一切都豁然開朗了。
Five grueling nights this took, but it was worth it. I had made a logician out of Polly; I had taught her to think. My job was done. She was worthy of me at last.
我辛辛苦苦地花了五個(gè)晚上，但總算還是沒有白費(fèi)，我使波利變成一個(gè)邏輯學(xué)家了，我教她學(xué)會了思考。
She was a fit wife for me, a proper hostess for my many mansions, a suitable mother for my well-heeled children.
我的任務(wù)完成了，她最終還是配得上我的。她會成為我賢慧的妻子，我那些豪華公館里出色的女主人。
It must not be thought that I was without love for this girl. Quite the contrary, Just as Pygmalion loved the perfect woman he had fashioned, so I loved mine.
不要以為我不愛這姑娘了，恰恰相反。正如皮格馬利翁珍愛他自己塑造的完美的少女像一樣，我也非常地愛我的波利。我那些有良好教養(yǎng)的孩子們的合格的母親。
I determined to acquaint her with my feeling at our very next meeting. The time had come to change our relationship from academic to romantic.
我決定下次會面時(shí)把自己的感情向她傾吐。該是把我們師生式的關(guān)系轉(zhuǎn)化為愛情的時(shí)候了。
Polly, I said when next we sat beneath our oak, tonight we will not discuss fallacies.
波利，當(dāng)我們又坐在我們那棵橡樹下時(shí)，我說。今晚我們不再討論謬誤了。
Aw, gee, she said, disappointed.
怎么啦?她失望地問道。
My dear, I said, favoring her with a smile, we have now spent five evenings together. We have gotten along splendidly. It is clear that we are well matched.
親愛的，我友好地對她笑了笑，我們已經(jīng)一起度過了五個(gè)晚上，我們相處得很好。顯然我們倆是很相配的。
Hasty Generalization, said Polly brightly.
草率結(jié)論，波利伶俐地說。
I beg your pardon, said I.
你是說…?我問道。
Hasty Generalization, she repeated. How can you say that we are well matched on the basis of only five dates?
草率結(jié)論，她重復(fù)了一遍。你怎么能憑我們僅有的五次約會就說我們倆很相配呢?
