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About a week subsequently to the incidents above narrated, Miss Temple, who had written to Mr. Lloyd, received his answer.
上述事件發生后大約一周，坦普爾小姐寫給勞埃德先生的信有了回音。
it appeared that what he said went to corroborate my account.
他在信中所說的，進一步證實了我的自述。
Miss Temple, having assembled the whole school, announced that inquiry had been made into the charges alleged against Jane Eyre,
坦普爾小姐把全校師生召集起來，當眾宣布，對簡.愛所受的指責己經作了調查，
and that she was most happy to be able to pronounce her completely cleared from every imputation.
而且很高興地聲明對簡.愛的詆毀己徹底澄清。
The teachers then shook hands with me and kissed me, and a murmur of pleasure ran through the ranks of my companions.
教師們隨后同我握了手，吻了我，一陣歡悅的低語，迥蕩在我同伴的隊伍之中。
Thus relieved of a grievous load, I from that hour set to work afresh, resolved to pioneer my way through every difficulty.
這樣我便卸下了一個沉重的包袱。我打算從頭努力，決心排除萬難披荊斬棘地前進。
I toiled hard, and my success was proportionate to my efforts.
我拼命苦干，付出幾分努力，便獲得幾分成功。
My memory, not naturally tenacious, improved with practice.
我的記憶力雖然不是生來很強，但經過實干有了改進。
Exercise sharpened my wits.
而反復練習使我的頭腦更為機敏。
In a few weeks I was promoted to a higher class.
幾周之后，我被升到了高班。
In less than two months I was allowed to commence French and drawing.
不到兩個月我被允許學習法文和繪畫。
I learned the first two tenses of the verb ETRE, and sketched my first cottage,
我學了動詞“進入”的最基本的兩個時態；同一天我作了第一幅茅屋素描
whose walls, by-the-bye, outrivalled in slope those of the leaning tower of Pisa, on the same day.
順便說一句，屋子墻壁的傾斜度可與比薩斜塔相媲美。
That night, on going to bed, I forgot to prepare in imagination the Barmecide supper of hot roast potatoes, or white bread and new milk,
那天夜里上床時，我忘了在遐想中準備有熱的烤土豆或白面包與新鮮牛奶的巴米賽德晚餐了，
with which I was wont to amuse my inward cravings.
往常我是以此來解饞的。
I feasted instead on the spectacle of ideal drawings, which I saw in the dark.
而現在，我在黑暗中所見到的理想畫面成了我的盛宴。
All the work of my own hands: freely pencilled houses and trees, picturesque rocks and ruins, Cuyp-like groups of cattle,
所有的畫作都是出自我的手筆，瀟灑自如的房屋、樹木鉛筆畫，別致的巖石和廢墟，克伊普式的牛群，以及各種可愛的畫：
sweet paintings of butterflies hovering over unblown roses, of birds picking at ripe cherries,
有蝴蝶在含苞的玫瑰上翩翩起舞；有鳥兒啄著成熟的櫻桃；
of wren's nests enclosing pearl-like eggs, wreathed about with young ivy sprays.
有藏著珍珠般鳥蛋的鷦鷯巢穴，四周還繞著一圈嫩綠的長春藤。
I examined, too, in thought, the possibility of my ever being able to translate currently a certain little French story which Madame Pierrot had that day shown me.
我還在腦子里掂量了一下，有沒有可能把那天皮埃羅太太給我看的薄薄的法文故事書，流利地翻譯出來。
Nor was that problem solved to my satisfaction ere I fell sweetly asleep.
這個問題還沒有滿意解決，我便甜甜地睡著了。
Well has Solomon said: "Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred there with."
所羅門說得好：“吃素菜，彼此相愛，強如吃肥牛，彼此相恨。”
I would not now have exchanged Lowood with all its privations for Gateshead and its daily luxuries.
現在，我決不會拿貧困的羅沃德去換取終日奢華的蓋茨黑德。
