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I, indeed, talked comparatively little, but I heard him talk with relish.
說實在，相比之下我的話不多，不過我津津有味地聽他說。
It was his nature to be communicative.
他生性愛說話。
He liked to open to a mind unacquainted with the world glimpses of its scenes and ways.
喜歡向一個未見世面的人披露一點世事人情。
I do not mean its corrupt scenes and wicked ways,
我不是指腐敗的風尚和惡劣的習氣，
but such as derived their interest from the great scale on which they were acted,
而是指那些因為廣泛盛行、
the strange novelty by which they were characterised.
新奇獨特而顯得有趣的世事。
And I had a keen delight in receiving the new ideas he offered, in imagining the new pictures he portrayed,
我非常樂意接受他所提供的新觀念，想象出他所描繪的新畫面，
and following him in thought through the new regions he disclosed,
在腦海中跟隨著他越過所揭示的新領域，
never startled or troubled by one noxious allusion.
從來不因為提到某些有害的世象而大驚小怪，或者煩惱不已。
The ease of his manner freed me from painful restraint.
他舉手投足無拘無束，使我不再痛苦地感到窘迫。
The friendly frankness, as correct as cordial, with which he treated me, drew me to him.
他對我友好坦誠，既得體又熱情，使我更加靠近他。
I felt at times as if he were my relation rather than my master.
有時我覺得他不是我的主人，而是我的親戚。
Yet he was imperious sometimes still, but I did not mind that.
不過有時卻依然盛氣凌人，但我并不在乎。
I saw it was his way.
我明白他生就了這付性子。
So happy, so gratified did I become with this new interest added to life, that I ceased to pine after kindred.
由于生活中平添了這一興趣，我感到非常愉快，非常滿意，不再渴望有自己的親人。
My thin crescent-destiny seemed to enlarge.
我那瘦如新月的命運也似乎壯大了。
The blanks of existence were filled up.
生活中的空白已被填補。
My bodily health improved.
我的健康有所好轉。
I gathered flesh and strength.
我長了肉，也長了力。
And was Mr. Rochester now ugly in my eyes?
在我的眼睛里，羅切斯特先生現在還很丑嗎？
No, reader. Gratitude, and many associations, all pleasurable and genial, made his face the object I best liked to see;
不，讀者。感激之情以及很多愉快親切的聯想，使我終于最愛看他的面容了。
his presence in a room was more cheering than the brightest fire.
房間里有他在，比生了最旺的火還更令人高興。
