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It was not till after I had withdrawn to my own chamber for the night,
我回到自己的房間過夜，
that I steadily reviewed the tale Mr. Rochester had told me.
才從容地回味羅切斯特先生告訴我的故事。
As he had said, there was probably nothing at all extraordinary in the substance of the narrative itself.
如他所說，從敘述的內容來看，也許絲毫沒有特別的地方。
A wealthy Englishman's passion for a French dancer,
無非是一個有錢的英國男人對一個法國舞女的戀情，
and her treachery to him, were everyday matters enough, no doubt, in society.
以及她對他的背離。這類事在上流社會中無疑是司空見慣的。
But there was something decidedly strange in the paroxysm of emotion which had suddenly seized him
但是，他在談起自己目前心滿意足，并對古老的府樓和周圍的環境恢復了一種新的樂趣時，
when he was in the act of expressing the present contentment of his mood,
突然變得情緒沖動，
and his newly revived pleasure in the old hall and its environs.
這實在有些蹊蹺。
I meditated wonderingly on this incident,
我帶著疑問思索著這個細節，
but gradually quitting it, as I found it for the present inexplicable,
但漸漸地便作罷了，因為眼下我覺得它不可思議。
I turned to the consideration of my master's manner to myself.
我轉而考慮起我主人對我的態度來。
The confidence he had thought fit to repose in me seemed a tribute to my discretion.
他認為可以同我無話不談，這似乎是對我處事審慎的贊美。
I regarded and accepted it as such.
因此我也就如此來看待和接受了。
His deportment had now for some weeks been more uniform towards me than at the first.
幾周來他在我面前的舉動己不像當初那樣變化無常。
I never seemed in his way.
他似乎從不認為我礙手礙腳。
He did not take fits of chilling hauteur.
也沒有動不動露出冷冰冰的傲慢態度來。
When he met me unexpectedly, the encounter seemed welcome.
有時他同我不期而遇，對這樣的碰面，他似乎也很歡迎。
He had always a word and sometimes a smile for me.
總是有一兩句話要說，有時還對我笑笑。
When summoned by formal invitation to his presence,
我被正式邀請去見他時，
I was honoured by a cordiality of reception that made me feel I really possessed the power to amuse him,
很榮幸地受到了熱情接待，因而覺得自己確實具有為他解悶的能力。
and that these evening conferences were sought as much for his pleasure as for my benefit.
晚上的會見既是為了我，也是為了他的愉快。
