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I have not yet said anything condemnatory of Mr. Rochester's project of marrying for interest and connections.
對羅切斯特先生從個人利益和親屬關系考慮的婚姻計劃，我至今沒有任何微詞。
It surprised me when I first discovered that such was his intention.
我初次發(fā)覺他的這一打算時，很有些詫異。
I had thought him a man unlikely to be influenced by motives so commonplace in his choice of a wife.
我曾認為像他這樣的人，在擇偶時不會為這么陳腐的動機所左右。
But the longer I considered the position, education, of the parties,
但是我對男女雙方的地位、教養(yǎng)等等考慮得越久，
the less I felt justified in judging and blaming either him or Miss Ingram for acting in conformity
我越感到自己沒有理由因為羅切斯特先生和英格拉姆小姐
to ideas and principles instilled into them, doubtless, from their childhood.
無疑在童年時就灌輸進去的思想和原則行事，就責備他們。
All their class held these principles. I supposed, then, they had reasons for holding them such as I could not fathom.
他們整個階級的人都奉行這樣的原則。我猜想他們也有我無法揣測的理由去恪守這些原則。
It seemed to me that, were I a gentleman like him, I would take to my bosom only such a wife as I could love.
我似乎覺得，如果我是一個像他這樣的紳士，我也只會把自己所愛的妻子摟入懷中。
But the very obviousness of the advantages to the husband's own happiness offered by this plan convinced me
然而這種打算顯然對丈夫自身的幸福有利，
that there must be arguments against its general adoption of which I was quite ignorant.
所以未被普遍采納，必定有我全然不知的爭議。
Otherwise I felt sure all the world would act as I wished to act.
否則整個世界肯定會象我所想的那樣去做了。
But in other points, as well as this, I was growing very lenient to my master.
但是在其他方面，如同在這方面一樣，我對我主人漸漸地變得寬容了。
I was forgetting all his faults, for which I had once kept a sharp look-out.
我正在忘卻他所有的缺點，而過去我是緊盯不放的。
It had formerly been my endeavour to study all sides of his character, to take the bad with the good;
以前我研究他性格的各個方面，好壞都看，權衡兩者，
and from the just weighing of both, to form an equitable judgment. Now I saw no bad.
以作出公正的評價。現(xiàn)在我看不到壞的方面了。
The sarcasm that had repelled, the harshness that had startled me once, were only like keen condiments in a choice dish.
令人厭惡的嘲弄，一度使我吃驚的嚴厲，已不過像是一盤佳肴中濃重的調料。
Their presence was pungent, but their absence would be felt as comparatively insipid.
有了它，熱辣辣好吃，沒有它，便淡而無味。
And as for the vague something — was it a sinister or a sorrowful, a designing or a desponding expression?
至于那種令人難以捉摸的東西——那種表情是陰險還是憂傷，是工于心計還是頹唐沮喪？
