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Chapter 17
第十七章
A week passed, and no news arrived of Mr. Rochester.
一個星期過去了，卻不見羅切斯特先生的消息。
Ten days, and still he did not come.
十天過去了，他仍舊沒有來。
Mrs. Fairfax said she should not be surprised if he were to go straight from the Leas to London,
費爾法克斯太太說，要是他直接從里斯去倫敦，
and thence to the Continent, and not show his face again at Thornfield for a year to come.
并從那兒轉(zhuǎn)道去歐洲大陸，一年內(nèi)不再在桑菲爾德露面，她也不會感到驚奇。
He had not unfrequently quitted it in a manner quite as abrupt and unexpected.
他常常出乎意料地說走就走。
When I heard this, I was beginning to feel a strange chill and failing at the heart.
聽她這么一說，我心里冷颼颼沉甸甸的。
I was actually permitting myself to experience a sickening sense of disappointment.
實際上我在任憑自己陷入一種令人厭惡的失落感。
But rallying my wits, and recollecting my principles, I at once called my sensations to order.
不過我調(diào)動了智慧，重建了原則，立刻使自己的感覺恢復(fù)了正常。
And it was wonderful how I got over the temporary blunder.
說來也讓人驚奇，我終于糾正了一時的過錯。
How I cleared up the mistake of supposing Mr. Rochester's movements a matter in which I had any cause to take a vital interest.
清除了認(rèn)為有理由為羅切斯特先生的行動操心的錯誤想法。
Not that I humbled myself by a slavish notion of inferiority.
我并沒有低聲下氣，懷著奴性十足的自卑感。
On the contrary, I just said: "You have nothing to do with the master of Thornfield,
相反，我只說：“你同桑菲爾德的主人無關(guān)，
further than to receive the salary he gives you for teaching his protegee,
無非是拿了他給的工資，去教他的被保護(hù)人而已，
and to be grateful for such respectful and kind treatment as, if you do your duty, you have a right to expect at his hands.
你感激他體面友好的款待。不過你盡了職，得到這樣的款待是理所應(yīng)當(dāng)?shù)摹?/div>
Be sure that is the only tie he seriously acknowledges between you and him.
這是你與他之間他唯一嚴(yán)肅承認(rèn)的關(guān)系。
So don't make him the object of your fine feelings, your raptures, agonies, and so forth.
所以不要把你的柔情、你的狂喜、你的痛苦等等系在他身上。
He is not of your order.
他不屬于你的階層。
Keep to your caste, and be too self-respecting to lavish the love of the whole heart, soul, and strength,
記住你自己的社會地位吧，要充分自尊，免得把全身心的愛，
where such a gift is not wanted and would be despised."
徒然浪費在不需要甚至瞧不起這份禮物的地方。”
