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No feature in the scene was extraordinary, but all was pleasing.
這番景色并無出奇之外，但一切都顯得賞心悅目。
When I turned from it and repassed the trap-door, I could scarcely see my way down the ladder.
當我轉過身，再次經過活動天窗時，我幾乎看不清下扶梯的路了。
The attic seemed black as a vault compared with that arch of blue air to which I had been looking up,
同我剛才抬頭觀望的藍色蒼穹相比，同我興致勃勃地俯瞰過，
and to that sunlit scene of grove, pasture, and green hill, of which the hall was the centre,
以桑菲爾德府為核心展開的陽光照耀下的樹林、牧場和綠色小山的景致相比，
and over which I had been gazing with delight.
這閣樓便猶如墓穴一般黑了。
Mrs. Fairfax stayed behind a moment to fasten the trap-door.
費爾法克斯太太比我晚走一會兒，拴上活動天窗。
I, by drift of groping, found the outlet from the attic, and proceeded to descend the narrow garret staircase.
我摸索著找到了頂樓的出口，并爬下狹窄頂樓的扶梯。
I lingered in the long passage to which this led, separating the front and back rooms of the third storey:
我在樓梯口長長的過道上躑躅，這條過道把三樓的前房與后房隔開，
narrow, low, and dim, with only one little window at the far end, and looking,
又窄、又低、又暗，僅在遠遠的盡頭有一扇小窗，
with its two rows of small black doors all shut, like a corridor in some Bluebeard's castle.
兩排黑色的小門全都關著，活像藍胡子城堡里的一條走廊。
While I paced softly on, the last sound I expected to hear in so still a region, a laugh, struck my ear.
我正輕輕地緩步往前時，萬萬沒有料到在這個靜悄悄的地方，竟然聽見了一陣笑聲。
It was a curious laugh; distinct, formal, mirthless.
這笑聲很古怪，清晰、拘謹，悲哀。
I stopped. the sound ceased, only for an instant; it began again, louder.
我停下步來，這聲音也停止了。剎那間以后，笑聲重又響起，聲音越來越大。
For at first, though distinct, it was very low.
不依才起來時雖然清晰卻很低沉。
It passed off in a clamorous peal that seemed to wake an echo in every lonely chamber.
這笑聲震耳欲聾般地響了一陣以后便停止了，其聲音之大足可以在每間孤寂的房子里引起回聲。
Though it originated but in one, and I could have pointed out the door whence the accents issued.
盡管這聲音不過來自一個房間，但我完全能指出是從哪扇門傳出來的。
"Mrs. Fairfax!" I called out, for I now heard her descending the great stairs.
“費爾法克斯太太？”我大聲叫道，因為這時正聽見她走下頂樓的樓梯。
"Did you hear that loud laugh? Who is it?"
“你聽見響亮的笑聲了嗎？那是誰呀？”
"Some of the servants, very likely." she answered: "perhaps Grace Poole."
“很可能是些仆人，”她回答說，“也許是格雷斯.普爾。”
"Did you hear it?" I again inquired.
“你聽到了嗎？”我又問。
Yes, plainly. I often hear her. She sews in one of these rooms.
聽到了，很清楚。我常常聽到她，她在這兒的一間房子里做針線活，
Sometimes Leah is with her. They are frequently noisy together.
有時莉婭也在，這兩個人在一塊總是鬧鬧嚷嚷的。
