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So smooth — none of those frowning irregularities I dislike so much; and such a placid eye and smile!
那么光滑 — 沒有那種我討厭透了的皺眉蹙額的怪樣子，而且眼神和笑容多么恬靜！
And then, to my great relief, Mr. Henry Lynn summoned them to the other side of the room,
隨后，我總算松了口氣，因為亨利。林恩先生把她們叫到房間的另一頭，
to settle some point about the deferred excursion to Hay Common.
去解決關于推遲去海村工地遠足的某個問題了。
I was now able to concentrate my attention on the group by the fire, and I presently gathered that the new-comer was called Mr. Mason.
此刻我可以把注意力集中到火爐邊的一群人上了。我很快就明白來人叫梅森先生。
Then I learned that he was but just arrived in England, and that he came from some hot country,
接著我知道他剛到英國，來自某個氣候炎熱的國家，
which was the reason, doubtless, his face was so sallow, and that he sat so near the hearth, and wore a surtout in the house.
無疑那就是為什么他臉色那么灰黃，坐得那么靠近火爐，在室內穿著緊身長外衣的原因了。
Presently the words Jamaica, Kingston, Spanish Town, indicated the West Indies as his residence.
不久，諸如牙買加、金斯敦、西班牙城一類字眼，表明了他在西印度群島居住過。
And it was with no little surprise I gathered, ere long, that he had there first seen and become acquainted with Mr. Rochester.
沒過一會兒，我頗為吃驚地了解到，他在那兒初次見到并結交了羅切斯特先生。
He spoke of his friend's dislike of the burning heats, the hurricanes, and rainy seasons of that region.
他談起他朋友不喜歡那個地區烤人的炎熱，不喜歡颶風和雨季。
I knew Mr. Rochester had been a traveller. Mrs. Fairfax had said so.
我知道羅切斯特先生曾是位旅行家。費爾法克斯太太這么說過他。
But I thought the continent of Europe had bounded his wanderings.
不過我想他游蕩的足跡只限于歐洲大陸。
Till now I had never heard a hint given of visits to more distant shores.
在這之前我從未聽人提起他到過更遙遠的海岸。
I was pondering these things, when an incident, and a somewhat unexpected one, broke the thread of my musings.
我正在細想這些事兒的時候，一件事情，一件頗為意外的事情，打斷了我的思路。
Mr. Mason, shivering as some one chanced to open the door, asked for more coal to be put on the fire,
有人碰巧把門打開時，梅森先生哆嗦著要求在爐子上再加些煤，
which had burnt out its flame, though its mass of cinder still shone hot and red.
因為盡管大塊煤渣依然通紅發亮，但火焰已經燃盡。
The footman who brought the coal, in going out, stopped near Mr. Eshton's chair, and said something to him in a low voice,
送煤進來的仆人走出去時湊近埃希頓先生低聲對他說了什么，
of which I heard only the words, "old woman," — "quite troublesome."
我只聽清了"老太婆" — "挺討厭"幾個字。
