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"Barbara," said she, "can you not bring a little more bread and butter? There is not enough for three."
“巴巴拉，”她說(shuō)，“不能再拿點(diǎn)面包和黃油來(lái)嗎？這不夠三個(gè)人吃呀。”
Barbara went out. She returned soon: Madam, Mrs. Harden says she has sent up the usual quantity.
小姐，哈登太太說(shuō)已經(jīng)按平時(shí)的份量送來(lái)了。
Mrs. Harden, be it observed, was the housekeeper.
得說(shuō)明一下，哈登太太是個(gè)管家。
A woman after Mr. Brocklehurst's own heart, made up of equal parts of whalebone and iron.
這個(gè)女人很合布羅克赫斯特先生的心意，兩人的心一樣都是鐵鑄的。
"Oh, very well!" returned Miss Temple; "We must make it do, Barbara, I suppose."
“啊，好吧，”坦普爾小姐回答，“我想我們只好將就了，巴巴拉。”
And as the girl withdrew she added, smiling, "Fortunately, I have it in my power to supply deficiencies for this once."
等這位姑娘一走，她便笑著補(bǔ)充說(shuō)：“幸好我自己還能夠彌補(bǔ)這次的欠缺。”
Having invited Helen and me to approach the table,
她邀海倫與我湊近桌子，
and placed before each of us a cup of tea with one delicious but thin morsel of toast,
在我們倆面前各放了一杯茶和一小片可口卻很薄的烤面包，
she got up, unlocked a drawer, and taking from it a parcel wrapped in paper, disclosed presently to our eyes a good-sized seed-cake.
隨后打開抽屜，從里面抽出一個(gè)紙包，我們眼前立刻出現(xiàn)了一個(gè)大果子餅。
"I meant to give each of you some of this to take with you," said she, "but as there is so little toast, you must have it now."
“我本想讓你們各自帶一點(diǎn)兒回去，”她說(shuō)，“但是因?yàn)榭久姘@么少，你們現(xiàn)在就得吃掉了。”
And she proceeded to cut slices with a generous hand.
她很大方地把餅切成了厚片。
We feasted that evening as on nectar and ambrosia.
那天夜晚，我們吃了香甜的飲料和食品，享受了一次盛宴。
And not the least delight of the entertainment was the smile of gratification with which our hostess regarded us,
當(dāng)她慷慨提供的美食，滿足了我們的轆轆饑腸時(shí)，我們的女主人面帶滿意的微笑，
as we satisfied our famished appetites on the delicate fare she liberally supplied.
望著我們，那笑容也一樣令人愉快。
Tea over and the tray removed, she again summoned us to the fire.
吃完茶點(diǎn)，端走了托盤后，她又招呼我們到火爐邊去。
We sat one on each side of her,
我們兩人一邊一個(gè)坐在她身旁。
and now a conversation followed between her and Helen, which it was indeed a privilege to be admitted to hear.
這時(shí)，她與海倫開始了談話，而我能被允許旁聽，實(shí)在也是有幸。
Miss Temple had always something of serenity in her air, of state in her mien, of refined propriety in her language,
坦普爾小姐向來(lái)神態(tài)安詳，風(fēng)度莊重，談吐文雅得體，
which precluded deviation into the ardent, the excited, the eager.
這使她不至于陷入狂熱、激奮和浮躁。
Something which chastened the pleasure of those who looked on her and listened to her, by a controlling sense of awe.
同樣也使看著她和傾聽她的人，出于一種敬畏心情，不會(huì)露出過(guò)份的喜悅，
And such was my feeling now.
這就是我此刻的情感。
But as to Helen Burns, I was struck with wonder.
但海倫的情況卻使我十分吃驚。
The refreshing meal, the brilliant fire, the presence and kindness of her beloved instructress,
因?yàn)椴椟c(diǎn)振奮了精神，爐火在熊熊燃燒，因?yàn)橛H愛的導(dǎo)師在場(chǎng)并待她很好，
or, perhaps, more than all these, something in her own unique mind, had roused her powers within her.
也許不止這一切，而是她獨(dú)一無(wú)二的頭腦中的某種東西，激發(fā)了她內(nèi)在的種種力量。
They woke, they kindled.
這些力量被喚醒了，被點(diǎn)燃了。
First, they glowed in the bright tint of her cheek, which till this hour I had never seen but pale and bloodless,
起初閃爍在一向蒼白而沒(méi)有血色現(xiàn)在卻容光煥發(fā)的臉上。
then they shone in the liquid lustre of her eyes, which had suddenly acquired a beauty more singular than that of Miss Temple's,
隨后顯露在她水靈靈炯炯有神的眼睛里，這雙眼睛突然之間獲得了一種比坦普爾小姐的眼睛更為獨(dú)特的美，
a beauty neither of fine colour nor long eyelash, nor pencilled brow, but of meaning, of movement, of radiance.
它沒(méi)有好看的色彩，沒(méi)有長(zhǎng)長(zhǎng)的睫毛，沒(méi)有用眉筆描過(guò)的眉毛，卻那么意味深長(zhǎng)，那么流動(dòng)不息，那么光芒四射。
Then her soul sat on her lips, and language flowed, from what source I cannot tell.
隨后她似乎心口交融，說(shuō)話流暢。這些話從什么源頭流出來(lái)，我無(wú)從判斷。
Has a girl of fourteen a heart large enough, vigorous enough, to hold the swelling spring of pure, full, fervid eloquence?
一個(gè)十四歲的女孩有這樣活躍、這樣寬大的胸懷，裝得下這純潔、充盈、熾熱的雄辯之泉么？
Such was the characteristic of Helen's discourse on that, to me, memorable evening.
這就是那個(gè)使我難以忘懷的夜晚海倫談話的特色。
Her spirit seemed hastening to live within a very brief span as much as many live during a protracted existence.
她的心靈仿佛急于要在短暫的片刻中，過(guò)得與眾多長(zhǎng)期茍活的人一樣充實(shí)。
