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I felt, though I could not have expressed the feeling, that she was sowing aversion and unkindness along my future path.
盡管我不能表露自己的感情，但我感到，她在通向我未來的道路上，播下了反感和無情的種子。
I saw myself transformed under Mr. Brocklehurst's eye into an artful, noxious child, and what could I do to remedy the injury?
我看到自己在布羅克赫斯特先生的眼睛里，已變成了一個工于心計、令人討厭的孩子，我還能有什么辦法來彌合這種傷痕呢？
"Nothing, indeed," thought I, as I struggled to repress a sob, and hastily wiped away some tears, the impotent evidences of my anguish.
"說實在，沒有，"我思忖道。一面竭力忍住哭泣，急忙擦掉幾滴淚水，我無可奈何的痛苦的見證。
"Deceit is, indeed, a sad fault in a child," said Mr. Brocklehurst.
"在孩子身上，欺騙是一種可悲的缺點，"布羅克赫斯特先生說。
"It is akin to falsehood, and all liars will have their portion in the lake burning with fire and brimstone.
"它近乎于說謊，而所有的說謊者，都有份兒落到燃燒著硫磺烈火的湖里。
She shall, however, be watched, Mrs. Reed. I will speak to Miss Temple and the teachers."
不過，我們會對她嚴加看管的，我要告訴坦普爾小姐和教師們。"
"I should wish her to be brought up in a manner suiting her prospects," continued my benefactress.
"我希望根據她的前程來培育她，"我的恩人繼續說。
"To be made useful, to be kept humble. As for the vacations, she will, with your permission, spend them always at Lowood."
"使她成為有用之材，永遠保持謙卑。至于假期嘛，要是你許可，就讓她一直在羅沃德過吧。"
"Your decisions are perfectly judicious, madam," returned Mr. Brocklehurst.
"你的決斷無比英明，太太，"布羅克赫斯特先生回答。
"Humility is a Christian grace, and one peculiarly appropriate to the pupils of Lowood.
謙恭是基督教徒的美德，對羅沃德的學生尤其適用。
I, therefore, direct that especial care shall be bestowed on its cultivation amongst them.
為此我下了指令，要特別注重在學生中培養這種品質。
I have studied how best to mortify in them the worldly sentiment of pride.
我己經探究過如何最有效地抑制他們世俗的驕情。
And, only the other day, I had a pleasing proof of my success.
前不久，我還得到了可喜的依據，證明我獲得了成功。
My second daughter, Augusta, went with her mama to visit the school, and on her return she exclaimed:
我的第二個女兒奧古斯塔隨同她媽媽訪問了學校，一回來她就嚷嚷著說：
'Oh, dear papa, how quiet and plain all the girls at Lowood look, with their hair combed behind their ears,
‘啊，親愛的爸爸，羅沃德學校的姑娘都顯得好文靜，好樸實呀！頭發都梳到了耳后，
and their long pinafores, and those little holland pockets outside their frocks — they are almost like poor people's children!
都戴著長長的圍涎，上衣外面都有一個用亞麻細布做的小口袋，他們幾乎就同窮人家的孩子一樣！
and,' said she, 'they looked at my dress and mama's, as if they had never seen a silk gown before.' "
還有’，她說，‘她們都瞧著我和媽媽的裝束，好像從來沒有看到過一件絲裙似的。"
