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"Mrs. Poole," said she, addressing Grace, "the servants' dinner will soon be ready. Will you come down?"
“普爾太太，”她對格雷斯說，“傭人的午飯馬上就好了，你下樓去嗎？”
No, just put my pint of porter and bit of pudding on a tray, and I'll carry it upstairs.
不啦，你就把我那一品特葡萄酒和一小塊布丁放在托盤里吧，我會端到樓上去。
You'll have some meat?
你還要些肉嗎？
Just a morsel, and a taste of cheese, that's all.
就來一小份吧，再來一點奶酪，就這些。
And the sago?
還有西米呢？
Never mind it at present. I shall be coming down before teatime. I'll make it myself.
現在就不用啦，用茶點之前我會下來的，我自己來做。
The cook here turned to me, saying that Mrs. Fairfax was waiting for me, so I departed.
這時廚師轉向我，說費爾法克斯太太在等看我，于是我就離開了。
I hardly heard Mrs. Fairfax's account of the curtain conflagration during dinner,
吃午飯時候，費爾法克斯太太談起帳幔失火的事。
so much was I occupied in puzzling my brains over the enigmatical character of Grace Poole,
我幾乎沒有聽見，因為我絞盡腦汁，思索著格雷斯·普爾這個神秘人物，
and still more in pondering the problem of her position at Thornfield
尤其是考慮她在桑菲爾德的地位問題；
and questioning why she had not been given into custody that morning,
對為什么那天早晨她沒有被拘留，
or, at the very least, dismissed from her master's service.
或者至少被老爺解雇，而感到納悶。
He had almost as much as declared his conviction of her criminality last night.
昨天晚上，他幾乎等于宣布確信她犯了罪。
What mysterious cause withheld him from accusing her?
是什么神秘的原因卻使他不去指控她呢？
Why had he enjoined me, too, to secrecy?
為什么他也囑咐我嚴守秘密呢？
It was strange.
真也奇怪。
A bold, vindictive, and haughty gentleman seemed somehow in the power of one of the meanest of his dependants.
一位大膽自負、復仇心切的紳士，不知怎地似乎受制于一個最卑微的下屬。
So much in her power, that even when she lifted her hand against his life,
而且被她控制得如此之緊，甚至當她動手要謀害他時，
he dared not openly charge her with the attempt, much less punish her for it.
竟不敢公開指控她的圖謀，更不必說懲罰她了。
Had Grace been young and handsome,
要是格雷斯年輕漂亮，
I should have been tempted to think that tenderer feelings than prudence or fear influenced Mr. Rochester in her behalf.
我會不由得認為，那種比謹慎或憂慮更為溫存的情感左右了羅切斯特先生，使他偏袒于她。
But, hard-favoured and matronly as she was, the idea could not be admitted.
可是她面貌丑陋，又是一付管家婆樣子，這種想法也就站不住腳了。
