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"Is Miss Eyre there?" now demanded the master, half rising from his seat to look round to the door, near which I still stood.
"愛小姐在嗎？"此刻這位主人發問了。他從座位上欠起身子，回過頭來看看門口，我仍站在門旁。
Ah! well, come forward; be seated here.
啊！好吧，到前面來，坐在這兒吧。
He drew a chair near his own.
他把一張椅子拉到自己椅子的旁邊。
"I am not fond of the prattle of children," he continued;
"我不大喜歡聽孩子咿咿呀呀，"他繼續說，
"for, old bachelor as I am, I have no pleasant associations connected with their lisp.
"因為像我這樣的老單身漢，他們的喃喃細語，不會讓我引起愉快的聯想。
It would be intolerable to me to pass a whole evening tete-e-tete with a brat.
同一個娃娃面對面消磨整個晚上，讓我實在受不了。
Don't draw that chair farther off, Miss Eyre; sit down exactly where I placed it - if you please, that is.
別把椅子拉得那么開，愛小姐。就在我擺著的地方坐下來 - 當然，要是你樂意。
Confound these civilities! I continually forget them.
讓那些禮節見鬼去吧！我老是把它們忘掉。
Nor do I particularly affect simple-minded old ladies.
我也不特別喜愛頭腦簡單的老婦人。
By-the-bye, I must have mine in mind; it won't do to neglect her.
話得說回來，我得想著點我的那位，她可是怠慢不得。
She is a Fairfax, or wed to one, and blood is said to be thicker than water.
她是費爾法克斯家族的，或是嫁給了家族中的一位。據說血濃于水。
He rang, and despatched an invitation to Mrs. Fairfax, who soon arrived, knitting-basket in hand.
他打鈴派人去請費爾法克斯太太，很快她就到了，手里提著編織籃。
Good evening, madam; I sent to you for a charitable purpose.
晚上好，夫人，我請你來做件好事。
I have forbidden Adele to talk to me about her presents, and she is bursting with repletion.
我己不允許阿黛勒跟我談禮品的事，她肚子里有好多話要說。
Have the goodness to serve her as auditress and interlocutrice.
你做做好事聽她講講，并跟她談談。
It will be one of the most benevolent acts you ever performed.
那你就功德無量了。
Adele, indeed, no sooner saw Mrs. Fairfax, than she summoned her to her sofa,
說真的，阿黛勒一見到費爾法克斯太太，便把她叫到沙發旁，
and there quickly filled her lap with the porcelain, the ivory, the waxen contents of her "boite;"
很快在她的膝頭擺滿了她'boite'中的瓷器、象牙和蠟制品，
pouring out, meantime, explanations and raptures in such broken English as she was mistress of.
同時用她所能掌握的瞥腳英語，不住地加以解釋，告訴她自己有多開心。
"Now I have performed the part of a good host," pursued Mr. Rochester,
"哈，我已扮演了一個好主人的角色，"羅切斯特先生繼續說，
"put my guests into the way of amusing each other, I ought to be at liberty to attend to my own pleasure.
"使我的客人們各得其所，彼此都有樂趣。我應當有權關心一下自己的樂趣了。
Miss Eyre, draw your chair still a little farther forward.
愛小姐，把你的椅子再往前拉一點。
You are yet too far back.
你坐得太靠后了。
I cannot see you without disturbing my position in this comfortable chair, which I have no mind to do.
我在這把舒舒服服的椅子上，不改變一下位置就看不見你，而我又不想動。
I did as I was bid, though I would much rather have remained somewhat in the shade.
我照他的吩咐做了，盡管我寧愿仍舊呆在陰影里。
But Mr. Rochester had such a direct way of giving orders, it seemed a matter of course to obey him promptly.
但羅切斯特先生卻是那么直來直去地下命令，似乎立刻服從他是理所當然的。
