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And shall I see you again, Helen, when I die?
海倫，我死掉后，還能再見到你嗎？
You will come to the same region of happiness. be received by the same mighty, universal Parent, no doubt, dear Jane.
你會來到同一個幸福的地域，被同一個偉大的、普天下共有的父親所接納，毫無疑問，親愛的簡。
Again I questioned, but this time only in thought.
我又再次發問，不過這回只是想想而已。
Where is that region? Does it exist?
這個地域在哪兒？它存在不存在？
And I clasped my arms closer round Helen;
我用胳膊把海倫樓得更緊了。
she seemed dearer to me than ever;
她對我似乎比以往任何時候都要寶貴了，
I felt as if I could not let her go.
我仿佛覺得我不能讓她走。
I lay with my face hidden on her neck.
我躺著把臉埋在她的頸窩里。
Presently she said, in the sweetest tone: "How comfortable I am! "
她立刻用最甜蜜的嗓音說：“我多么舒服??！”
That last fit of coughing has tired me a little.
剛才那一陣子咳嗽弄得我有點兒累了，
I feel as if I could sleep, but don't leave me, Jane. I like to have you near me.
我好像是能睡著了，可是別離開我，簡，我喜歡你在我身邊。
I'll stay with you, DEAR Helen. no one shall take me away.
我會同你呆在一起的，親愛的海倫。誰也不能把我攆走。
Are you warm, darling?
你暖和嗎，親愛的？
Yes.
是的。
Good-night, Jane.
晚安，簡。
Good-night, Helen.
晚安，海倫。
She kissed me, and I her, and we both soon slumbered.
她吻了我，我吻了她，兩人很快就睡熟了。
When I awoke it was day: An unusual movement roused me;
我醒來的時候已經是白天了。一陣異樣的抖動把我弄醒了。
I looked up; I was in somebody's arms.
我抬起頭來，發現自己正躺在別人的懷抱里。
The nurse held me. She was carrying me through the passage back to the dormitory.
那位護士抱著我，正穿過過道把我送回宿舍。
I was not reprimanded for leaving my bed;
我沒有因為離開床位而受到責備。
People had something else to think about;
人們還有別的事兒要考慮。
No explanation was afforded then to my many questions;
我提出的很多問題也沒有得到解釋。
But a day or two afterwards I learned that Miss Temple, on returning to her own room at dawn, had found me laid in the little crib;
但一兩天后我知道，坦普爾小姐在拂曉回房時，發現我躺在小床上。
My face against Helen Burns's shoulder, my arms round her neck.
我的臉蛋緊貼著海倫.彭斯的肩膀，我的胳膊摟著她的脖子。
I was asleep, and Helen was - dead.
我睡著了，而海倫-死了。
Her grave is in Brocklebridge churchyard.
她的墳墓在布羅克布里奇墓地。
For fifteen years after her death it was only covered by a grassy mound;
她去世后十五年中，墓上僅有一個雜草叢生的土墩。
But now a grey marble tablet marks the spot, inscribed with her name, and the word "Resurgam."
但現在一塊灰色的大理石墓碑標出了這個地點，上面刻著她的名字及“重生”這個字。
