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You seem to doubt me; I don't doubt myself:
你似乎對我表示懷疑，我倒不懷疑自己。
I know what my aim is, what my motives are.
我明白自己的目的是什么，動機是什么。
And at this moment I pass a law, unalterable as that of the Medes and Persians, that both are right.
此刻我要通過一項目的和動機都是正確的法律，它像瑪代人和波斯人的法律那樣不可更改。
They cannot be, sir, if they require a new statute to legalize them.
先生，它們需要一個新的法規將它合法化，否則就不能成立。
They are, Miss Eyre, though they absolutely require a new statute: unheard-of combinations of circumstances demand unheard-of rules.
愛小姐，盡管完全需要一個新法規，但它們能成立；沒有先例的復雜狀況需要沒有先例的法則。
That sounds a dangerous maxim, sir, because one can see at once that it is liable to abuse.
這聽起來是個危險的格言，先生，因為一眼就可以看出來，容易造成濫用。
Sententious sage! So it is. But I swear by my household gods not to abuse it.
善用格言的圣人！就是這么回事，但我以家神的名義發誓，決不濫用。
You are human and fallible.
你是凡人，所以難免出錯。
I am. So are you — what then?
我是凡人，你也一樣 — 那又怎么樣？
The human and fallible should not arrogate a power with which the divine and perfect alone can be safely intrusted.
凡人難免出錯，不應當冒用放心地托付給神明和完人的權力。
What power?
什么權力？
That of saying of any strange, unsanctioned line of action, — 'Let it be right.'
對奇怪而未經準許的行動就說，‘算它對吧。’
'Let it be right' — the very words. You have pronounced them.
‘算它對吧’—就是這幾個字，你已經說出來了。
"May it be right then," I said, as I rose, deeming it useless to continue a discourse which was all darkness to me.
那就說‘愿它對吧，’我說著站起來，覺得已沒有必要再繼續這番自己感到糊里糊涂的談話。
And, besides, sensible that the character of my interlocutor was beyond my penetration. At least, beyond its present reach.
此外，我也意識到，對方的性格是無法摸透的。至少目前是這樣，我還感到沒有把握。
And feeling the uncertainty, the vague sense of insecurity, which accompanies a conviction of ignorance.
有一種朦朧的不安全感，同時還確信自己很無知。
Where are you going?
你上哪兒去？
To put Adèle to bed. It is past her bedtime.
阿黛勒睡覺，已經過了她上床的時間了。
You are afraid of me, because I talk like a Sphynx.
你害怕我，因為我交談起來像斯芬克斯。
Your language is enigmatical, sir.
你的語言不可捉模，先生。
But though I am bewildered, I am certainly not afraid.
不過盡管我迷惑不解，但我根本不怕。
You are afraid — your self-love dreads a blunder.
你是害怕的 — 你的自愛心理使你害怕出大錯。
In that sense I do feel apprehensive — I have no wish to talk nonsense.
要是那樣說，我的確有些擔憂 — 我不想胡說八道。
If you did, it would be in such a grave, quiet manner, I should mistake it for sense.
你即使胡說八道，也會是一付板著面孔，不動聲色的神態，我還會誤以為說得很在理呢。
