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After breakfast, Adele and I withdrew to the library, which room, it appears,
吃了早飯，阿黛勒和我進了圖書室。
Mr. Rochester had directed should be used as the schoolroom.
羅切斯特先生好像曾吩咐把這用作教室。
Most of the books were locked up behind glass doors,
大部分書籍都鎖在玻璃門內，
but there was one bookcase left open containing everything that could be needed in the way of elementary works,
但有一個書架卻是敞開的，上面擺著基礎教育所需要的各類書籍，
and several volumes of light literature, poetry, biography, travels, a few romances, etc.
和幾部輕松的文學作品、詩歌、傳記、游記和一些傳奇故事等。
I suppose he had considered that these were all the governess would require for her private perusal.
我猜想這些就是他認為家庭女教師自個兒想看的書。
And, indeed, they contented me amply for the present.
的確，有這些書眼下我已經心滿意足。
Compared with the scanty pickings I had now and then been able to glean at Lowood,
同羅沃德書苑偶爾的少量采摘相比，
they seemed to offer an abundant harvest of entertainment and information.
這里所奉獻的卻是知識和娛樂的大豐收了。
In this room, too, there was a cabinet piano, quite new and of superior tone;
在房子里還有一架小巧的鋼琴，成 色很新，音調優美。
also an easel for painting and a pair of globes.
此外，還有一個畫架和一對地球儀。
I found my pupil sufficiently docile, though disinclined to apply.
我發覺我的學生相當聽話，雖然不大肯用功。
She had not been used to regular occupation of any kind.
對任何正兒八經的事她都不習慣。
I felt it would be injudicious to confine her too much at first.
我覺得一開始就給她過多限制是不明智的。
So, when I had talked to her a great deal, and got her to learn a little,
我已給她講了很多，也使她學了點東西。
and when the morning had advanced to noon, I allowed her to return to her nurse.
因此早晨過去，漸近中午時，我便允許她回到保姆那兒去了。
I then proposed to occupy myself till dinner-time in drawing some little sketches for her use.
隨后我打算在午飯前畫些小小的素描，供她學習用。
As I was going upstairs to fetch my portfolio and pencils, Mrs. Fairfax called to me:
我正上樓去取畫夾和鉛筆，費爾法克斯太太叫住了我：
"Your morning school-hours are over now, I suppose," said she.
“我想你上午的課結束了吧，”她說。
She was in a room the folding-doors of which stood open.
她正在一個房間里，房間的折門開著。
I went in when she addressed me.
她招呼我時我便走了進去。
It was a large, stately apartment, with purple chairs and curtains,
這是個氣派不凡的大房間，紫色的椅子，紫色的窗簾，
a Turkey carpet, walnut-panelled walls, one vast window rich in slanted glass, and a lofty ceiling, nobly moulded.
土耳其地毯，墻上是胡挑木做的鑲板，一扇巨大無比的窗，裝配了色彩豐富的染色玻璃，天花板很高，澆鑄得宏偉壯麗。
Mrs. Fairfax was dusting some vases of fine purple spar, which stood on a sideboard.
費爾法克斯太太正給餐具柜上幾個紫色晶石花瓶拂去灰塵。
