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Anybody may blame me who likes, when I add further, that, now and then, when I took a walk by myself in the grounds;
我想再說幾句，誰要是高興都可以責備我，因為當我獨個兒在庭園里散步時，
when I went down to the gates and looked through them along the road;
當我走到大門口并透過它往大路望去時，
or when, while Adèle played with her nurse, and Mrs. Fairfax made jellies in the storeroom,
或者當阿黛勒同保姆做著游戲，費爾法克斯太太在儲藏室制作果子凍時，
I climbed the three staircases, raised the trap-door of the attic, and having reached the leads,
我爬上三道樓梯，推開頂樓的活動天窗，來到鉛皮屋頂，
looked out afar over sequestered field and hill, and along dim sky-line.
極目遠望與世隔絕的田野和小山，以及暗淡的地平線。
That then I longed for a power of vision which might overpass that limit;
隨后，我渴望自己具有超越那極限的視力，
which might reach the busy world, towns, regions full of life I had heard of but never seen.
以便使我的目光抵達繁華的世界，抵達那些我曾有所聞，卻從未目睹過的生氣勃勃的城鎮和地區。
That then I desired more of practical experience than I possessed.
隨后我渴望掌握比現在更多的實際經驗。
More of intercourse with my kind, of acquaintance with variety of character, than was here within my reach.
接觸比現在范圍內更多與我意氣相投的人，熟悉更多類型的個性。
I valued what was good in Mrs. Fairfax, and what was good in Adèle,
我珍重費爾法克斯太太身上的德性，也珍重阿黛勒身上的德性，
but I believed in the existence of other and more vivid kinds of goodness, and what I believed in I wished to behold.
但我相信還存在著其他更顯著的德性，而凡我所信奉的，我都希望看一看。
Who blames me? Many, no doubt; and I shall be called discontented.
誰責備我呢？無疑會有很多人，而且我會被說成貪心不知足。
I could not help it.
我沒有辦法。
The restlessness was in my nature.
我的個性中有一種騷動不安的東西。
It agitated me to pain sometimes.
有時它攪得我很痛苦。
Then my sole relief was to walk along the corridor of the third storey, backwards and forwards,
而我唯一的解脫辦法是，在三層樓過道上來回踱步。
safe in the silence and solitude of the spot, and allow my mind's eye to dwell on whatever bright visions rose before it.
這里悄無聲息，孤寂冷落，十分安全，可以任心靈的目光觀察浮現在眼前的任何光明的景象。
And, certainly, they were many and glowing.
當然這些景象很多，而且都光輝燦爛。
To let my heart be heaved by the exultant movement, which, while it swelled it in trouble, expanded it with life.
可以讓心臟隨著歡快的跳動而起伏，這種跳動在煩惱中使心臟膨脹，同時又以生命來使它擴展。
And, best of all, to open my inward ear to a tale that was never ended.
最理想的是，敞開我心靈的耳朵，來傾聽一個永遠不會結束的故事。
A tale my imagination created, and narrated continuously;
這個故事由我的想象所創造，并被繼續不斷地講下去。
quickened with all of incident, life, fire, feeling, that I desired and had not in my actual existence.
這個故事還由于那些我朝思暮想，卻在我實際生活中所沒有的事件、生活、激情和感覺，而顯得更加生動。
