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I was just beginning to stifle with the fumes of conservatory flowers and sprinkled essences,
我正開始沉醉在暖房花朵的氣息和彌漫著的幽幽清香里時(shí)，
when I bethought myself to open the window and step out on to the balcony.
驀地想起去打開窗門，走到陽臺上去。
It was moonlight and gaslight besides, and very still and serene.
這時(shí)月色朗照，汽燈閃亮，十分靜謐。
The balcony was furnished with a chair or two.
陽臺上擺著一兩把椅子。
I sat down, and took out a cigar.
我坐了下來，取出一支雪茄。
I will take one now, if you will excuse me.
請?jiān)彛F(xiàn)在我要抽一支。
Here ensued a pause, filled up by the producing and lighting of a cigar.
說到這里他停頓了一下，同時(shí)拿出一根雪茄點(diǎn)燃了。
Having placed it to his lips and breathed a trail of Havannah incense on the freezing and sunless air, he went on.
他把雪茄放到嘴里，把一縷哈瓦那煙云霧噴進(jìn)寒冷而陰沉的空氣里，他繼續(xù)說：
I liked bonbons too in those days, Miss Eyre,
在那些日子里我還喜歡夾心糖，愛小姐。
And I was croquant — (overlook the barbarism) — croquant chocolate comfits, and smoking alternately,
而當(dāng)時(shí)我一會兒松脆的”（也顧不得野蠻了）巧克力糖果，一會兒吸煙，
watching meantime the equipages that rolled along the fashionable streets towards the neighbouring opera-house,
同時(shí)凝視著經(jīng)過時(shí)髦的街道向鄰近歌劇院駛?cè)サ鸟R車。這時(shí)來了一輛精制的轎式馬車，
when in an elegant close carriage drawn by a beautiful pair of English horses,
由一對漂亮的英國馬拉著，在燈火輝煌的城市夜景中，
and distinctly seen in the brilliant city-night, I recognised the 'voiture' I had given Celine.
看得清清楚楚。我認(rèn)出來正是我贈送給塞莉納的‘汽車’。
She was returning.
是她回來了。
Of course my heart thumped with impatience against the iron rails I leant upon.
當(dāng)然，我那顆倚在鐵欄桿上的心急不可耐地跳動著。
The carriage stopped, as I had expected, at the hotel door.
不出我所料，馬車在房門口停了下來。
My flame (that is the very word for an opera inamorata) alighted, though muffed in a cloak —
我的情人（這兩個(gè)字恰好用來形容一個(gè)唱歌劇的情人）從車上走下，盡管罩著斗篷 —
an unnecessary encumbrance, by-the-bye, on so warm a June evening, I knew her instantly by her little foot,
順便說一句，那么暖和的六月夜晚，這完全是多此一舉。她從馬車踏步上跳下來時(shí)，
seen peeping from the skirt of her dress, as she skipped from the carriage-step.
我從那雙露在裙子下的小腳，立刻認(rèn)出了她來。
Bending over the balcony, I was about to murmur 'Mon ange' — in a tone, of course,
我從陽臺上探出身子，正要響響地叫一聲‘我的天使’
which should be audible to the ear of love alone —
用的聲氣光能讓情人聽見 —
when a figure jumped from the carriage after her; cloaked also;
這時(shí)，一個(gè)身影在她后面跳下了馬車，也披著斗篷。
