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Did I say, a few days since, that I had nothing to do with him but to receive my salary at his hands?
難道幾天前我不是說過，除了從他手里領取薪金，我同他沒有關系嗎？
Did I forbid myself to think of him in any other light than as a paymaster? Blasphemy against nature!
難道我除了把他看作雇主外，不是不允許自己對他有別的想法嗎？這真是褻瀆天性！
Every good, true, vigorous feeling I have gathers impulsively round him.
我的每種善良、真實、生氣勃勃的情感，都沖動地朝他涌去了。
I know I must conceal my sentiments. I must smother hope.
我知道我必須掩飾自己的感情。抑制自己的愿望。
I must remember that he cannot care much for me.
牢記住他不會太在乎我。
For when I say that I am of his kind, I do not mean that I have his force to influence, and his spell to attract.
我說我屬于他那類人，并不是說我有他那種影響力，那種迷人的魅力。
I mean only that I have certain tastes and feelings in common with him.
而不過是說我與他有某些共同的志趣與情感罷了。
I must, then, repeat continually that we are for ever sundered.
而我必須不斷提醒自己，我們之間永遠橫亙著一條鴻溝。
And yet, while I breathe and think, I must love him."
不過只要我一息尚存，我必須愛他。
Coffee is handed. The ladies, since the gentlemen entered, have become lively as larks.
咖啡端來了。男賓們一進屋，女士們便象百靈鳥般活躍起來。
Conversation waxes brisk and merry.
談話轉為輕松歡快。
Colonel Dent and Mr. Eshton argue on politics. Their wives listen.
登特上校和埃希領先生在政治問題上爭論了起來。他們的太太們側耳靜聽著。
The two proud dowagers, Lady Lynn and Lady Ingram, confabulate together.
林恩太太和英格拉姆太太兩位高傲的寡婦，在促膝談心。
Sir George — whom, by-the-bye, I have forgotten to describe,
還有喬治爵士，順便說一句，我忘記描述他了。
a very big, and very fresh-looking country gentleman, stands before their sofa, coffee-cup in hand, and occasionally puts in a word.
他是一位個子高大、精神十足的鄉紳。這會兒手里端著咖啡杯，站在沙發跟前，偶爾插上一句話。
Mr. Frederick Lynn has taken a seat beside Mary Ingram, and is showing her the engravings of a splendid volume.
弗雷德里克·林恩先生坐在瑪麗·英格拉姆旁邊，給她看著一本裝幀豪華的書籍里的插畫。
She looks, smiles now and then, but apparently says little.
她看著，不時微笑著，但顯然說話不多。
