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But unluckily the Varens, six months before, had given me this filette Adèle, who, she affirmed, was my daughter;
不幸的是，這位瓦倫在六個月之前給我留下了這個女孩阿黛勒，并咬定她是我女兒。
And perhaps she may be, though I see no proofs of such grim paternity written in her countenance.
也許她是，盡管我從她臉上看不到父女之間的必然聯(lián)系。
Pilot is more like me than she.
派洛特還比她更像我呢。
Some years after I had broken with the mother, she abandoned her child, and ran away to Italy with a musician or singer.
我同瓦倫決裂后幾年，瓦倫遺棄了孩子，同一個音樂家或是歌唱家私奔到了意大利。
I acknowledged no natural claim on Adèle's part to be supported by me, nor do I now acknowledge any, for I am not her father.
當(dāng)時我并沒有承認(rèn)自己有撫養(yǎng)阿黛勒的義務(wù)，就是現(xiàn)在也不承認(rèn)，因?yàn)槲也皇撬母赣H。
But hearing that she was quite destitute, I e' en took the poor thing out of the slime and mud of Paris, and transplanted it here,
不過一聽到她窮愁潦倒，我便把這個可憐蟲帶出了巴黎的泥坑，轉(zhuǎn)移到這里，
to grow up clean in the wholesome soil of an English country garden.
讓她在英國鄉(xiāng)間花園健康的土壤中，干干凈凈地成長。
Mrs. Fairfax found you to train it.
費(fèi)爾法克斯太太找到了你來培養(yǎng)她。
But now you know that it is the illegitimate offspring of a French opera- girl,
而現(xiàn)在，你知道她是一位法國歌劇女郎的私生女了，
you will perhaps think differently of your post and protegee.
你也許對自己的職位和保保人身份，改變了想法。
You will be coming to me some day with notice that you have found another place
說不定哪一天你會來見我，通知我己經(jīng)找到了別的工作。
that you beg me to look out for a new governess, etc. — Eh?
讓我另請一位新的家庭教師等等呢？
No. Adèle is not answerable for either her mother's faults or yours.
不，阿黛勒不應(yīng)對她母親和你的過失負(fù)責(zé)。
I have a regard for her.
我很關(guān)心她。
And now that I know she is, in a sense, parentless — forsaken by her mother and disowned by you, sir — I shall cling closer to her than before.
現(xiàn)在我知道她在某種意義上說沒有父母—被她的母親所拋棄，而又不被你所承認(rèn)，先生 — 我會比以前更疼愛她。
How could I possibly prefer the spoilt pet of a wealthy family,
我怎么可能喜歡富貴人家一個討厭家庭教師的嬌慣的寵兒，
who would hate her governess as a nuisance, to a lonely little orphan, who leans towards her as a friend?
而不喜歡象朋友一樣對待她的孤苦無依的小孤兒呢？
