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The strangest thing of all was, that not a soul in the house, except me, noticed her habits, or seemed to marvel at them.
最奇怪的是，除了我，房子里沒有人注意到她的習慣，或者似乎為此感到詫異。
No one discussed her position or employment.
沒有人談論過她的地位或工作。
No one pitied her solitude or isolation.
沒有人可憐她的孤獨冷清。
I once, indeed, overheard part of a dialogue between Leah and one of the charwomen, of which Grace formed the subject.
說真的我一次偶爾聽到了莉婭和一個打雜女工之間關于格雷斯的一段對話。
Leah had been saying something I had not caught, and the charwoman remarked: "She gets good wages, I guess?"
莉婭先是說了什么話，我沒聽清楚，而打雜女工回答道："估計她的薪金很高。"
"Yes," said Leah, "I wish I had as good, not that mine are to complain of,
"是呀，"莉婭說，"但愿我的薪金也這么高。并不是說我的值得抱怨
there's no stinginess at Thornfield, but they're not one fifth of the sum Mrs. Poole receives.
在桑菲爾德談不上吝嗇，不過我拿的薪金才是普爾太太的五分之一。
And she is laying by. She goes every quarter to the bank at Millcote.
她還在存錢呢。一季度要去一次米爾科特的銀行。
I should not wonder but she has saved enough to keep her independent if she liked to leave.
我一點不懷疑她要是想走的話，積下的錢能夠她自立了。
But I suppose she's got used to the place;
不過我想她在這兒已經呆慣了。
And then she's not forty yet, and strong and able for anything.
更何況她還不到四十歲，身強力壯，干什么都還行。
It is too soon for her to give up business."
放棄差事是太早些了。"
"She is a good hand, I dare say," said the charwoman.
"我猜想她是個干活的好手，"打雜女工說。
"Ah! She understands what she has to do, nobody better," rejoined Leah significantly.
"呵，她明白自己該干什么，沒有人比得過她" 莉婭意味深長地回答說。
"And it is not every one could fill her shoes — not for all the money she gets."
"不是誰都干得了她活的，就是給了同她一樣多的錢也干不了。"
"That it is not!" was the reply. "I wonder whether the master..."
"的確干不了！"對方回答。"不知道老爺..."
The charwoman was going on, but here Leah turned and perceived me, and she instantly gave her companion a nudge.
打雜女工還想往下說，但這時莉婭回過頭來，看到了我，便立即用肘子頂了頂她伙伴。
"Doesn't she know?" I heard the woman whisper.
"她知道了嗎？"我聽見那女人悄悄說。
Leah shook her head, and the conversation was of course dropped.
莉婭搖了搖頭，于是談話嘎然而止。
All I had gathered from it amounted to this, — that there was a mystery at Thornfield;
我從這里所能猜測到的就是這么回事：在桑菲爾德有一個秘密。
And that from participation in that mystery I was purposely excluded.
而我被故意排除在這個秘密之外了。
