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The hall lamp was now lit, and it amused her to look over the balustrade and watch the servants passing backwards and forwards.
這時大廳的燈已經點上，阿黛勒覺得從欄桿上往下看，瞧著仆人們來往穿梭，十分有趣。
When the evening was far advanced, a sound of music issued from the drawing-room, whither the piano had been removed.
夜深了，客廳里傳來音樂之聲，一架鋼琴已經搬到了那里。
Adèle and I sat down on the top step of the stairs to listen.
阿黛勒和我坐在樓梯的頂端臺階上傾聽著。
Presently a voice blent with the rich tones of the instrument.
剎那之間響起了一個聲音，與鋼琴低沉的調子相交融。
It was a lady who sang, and very sweet her notes were.
那是一位小姐在唱，歌喉十分動聽。
The solo over, a duet followed, and then a glee.
獨唱過后，二重唱跟上，隨后是三重唱。
A joyous conversational murmur filled up the intervals.
歌唱間歇響起了一陣嗡嗡的談話聲。
I listened long. Suddenly I discovered that my ear was wholly intent on analysing the mingled sounds,
我久久地聽著，突然發現自己的耳朵聚精會神地分析那混雜的聲音，
and trying to discriminate amidst the confusion of accents those of Mr. Rochester.
竭力要從混沌交融的音調中，分辨出羅切斯特先生的嗓音。
And when it caught them, which it soon did, it found a further task in framing the tones, rendered by distance inarticulate, into words.
我很快將它捕捉住以后，便進而從由于距離太遠而變得模糊不清的音調中，猜想出歌詞來。
The clock struck eleven.
時鐘敲了十一點。
I looked at Adèle, whose head leant against my shoulder.
我瞧了一眼阿黛勒，她的頭已倚在我肩上。
Her eyes were waxing heavy, so I took her up in my arms and carried her off to bed.
眼皮己越來越沉重。我便把她抱在懷里，送她去睡覺。
It was near one before the gentlemen and ladies sought their chambers.
將近一點鐘，男女賓客們才各自回房去。
