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The hiss of the quenched element, the breakage of a pitcher which I flung from my hand when I had emptied it,
被澆滅的火焰發(fā)出的絲絲聲，我倒完水隨手扔掉的水罐的破裂聲，
and, above all, the splash of the shower-bath I had liberally bestowed, roused Mr. Rochester at last.
尤其是我慷慨賜予的淋浴的嘩啦聲，最后終于把羅切斯特先生驚醒了。
Though it was now dark, I knew he was awake.
盡管此刻漆黑一片，但我知道他醒了。
Because I heard him fulminating strange anathemas at finding himself lying in a pool of water.
因?yàn)槲衣?tīng)見(jiàn)他一發(fā)現(xiàn)自己躺在水潭之中，便發(fā)出了奇怪的咒罵聲。
"Is there a flood?" he cried.
"發(fā)大水了嗎？"他叫道。
"No, sir," I answered, "but there has been a fire.
"沒(méi)有，先生，"我回答，"不過(guò)發(fā)生了一場(chǎng)火災(zāi)，
Get up, do. You are quenched now. I will fetch you a candle."
起來(lái)吧，一定得起來(lái)，現(xiàn)在你濕透了，我去給你拿支蠟燭來(lái)。"
"In the name of all the elves in Christendom, is that Jane Eyre?" he demanded.
"基督世界所有精靈在上，那是簡(jiǎn)·愛(ài)嗎？"他問(wèn)。
What have you done with me, witch, sorceress?
你怎么擺弄我啦，女巫，妖婆。
Who is in the room besides you?
除了你，房間里還有誰(shuí)。
Have you plotted to drown me?
你耍了陰謀要把我淹死嗎？
I will fetch you a candle, sir, and, in Heaven's name, get up.
我去給你拿支蠟燭，先生，皇天在上，快起來(lái)吧。
Somebody has plotted something.
有人搗鬼。
You cannot too soon find out who and what it is.
你不可能馬上弄清楚是誰(shuí)干的，究竟怎么回事。
There! I am up now.
瞧！現(xiàn)在我起來(lái)了。
But at your peril you fetch a candle yet.
不過(guò)你冒一下險(xiǎn)去取一支蠟燭來(lái)。
Wait two minutes till I get into some dry garments, if any dry there be.
等我兩分鐘，讓我穿上件干外衣，要是還有什么干衣服的話。
Yes, here is my dressing-gown. Now run!
不錯(cuò)，這是我的晨衣，現(xiàn)在你快跑！
I did run. I brought the candle which still remained in the gallery.
我確實(shí)跑了，取了仍然留在走廊上的蠟燭。
He took it from my hand, held it up, and surveyed the bed,
他從我手里把把蠟燭拿走，舉得高高的，仔細(xì)察看著床鋪，
all blackened and scorched, the sheets drenched, the carpet round swimming in water.
只見(jiàn)一片焦黑，床單濕透了，周圍的地毯浸在水中。
"What is it? And who did it?" he asked.
"怎么回事？誰(shuí)干的？"他問(wèn)。
I briefly related to him what had transpired.
我簡(jiǎn)要地向他敘述了一下事情的經(jīng)過(guò)。
The strange laugh I had heard in the gallery.
我在走廊上聽(tīng)到的奇怪笑聲。
The step ascending to the third storey.
登上三樓去的腳步。
The smoke, the smell of fire which had conducted me to his room.
還有那煙霧 — 那火燒味如何把我引到了他的房間。
