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"Tell her she shall be put in the stocks if she does not take herself off," replied the magistrate.
"要是她不走就把她銬起來，"法官回答說。
"No — stop!" interrupted Colonel Dent. Don't send her away, Eshton.
"不 — 慢著！"登特上校打斷了他。別把她打發走，埃希頓。
we might turn the thing to account; better consult the ladies.
我們也許可以利用這件事，還是同女士們商量一下吧。
And speaking aloud, he continued: Ladies, you talked of going to Hay Common to visit the gipsy camp.
隨后大著嗓門繼續說道：女士們，你們不是說起要去海村工地看一下吉卜賽人營地嗎。
Sam here says that one of the old Mother Bunches is in the servants' hall at this moment,
這會兒薩姆說，現在有位本奇媽媽在仆人的飯廳里，
and insists upon being brought in before 'the quality,' to tell them their fortunes.
硬要讓人帶到"有身份"的人面前，替他們算算命。
Would you like to see her?
你們愿意見她嗎？
"Surely, colonel," cried Lady Ingram, "you would not encourage such a low impostor? Dismiss her, by all means, at once!"
"上校，"英格拉姆太太叫道，"當然你是不會慫恿這樣一個低級騙子的吧？一定要立即把她攆走！"
"But I cannot persuade her to go away, my lady," said the footman.
"不過我沒法說服她走，夫人，"仆人說。
Nor can any of the servants. Mrs. Fairfax is with her just now, entreating her to be gone,
別的傭人也不行，現在費爾法克斯太太求她快走，
but she has taken a chair in the chimney-corner, and says nothing shall stir her from it till she gets leave to come in here.
可是她索性在煙囪角落坐了下來，說是不準許她進來她就不走。
"What does she want?" asked Mrs. Eshton.
"她要干什么？"埃希頓夫人間。
'To tell the gentry their fortunes,' she says, ma' am, and she swears she must and will do it.
她說是‘給老爺們算命’，夫人，她發誓一定得給算一算，說到做到。
"What is she like?" inquired the Misses Eshton, in a breath.
"她長相怎么樣？"兩位埃希頓小姐異口同聲地問道。
A shockingly ugly old creature, miss. Almost as black as a crock.
一個丑得嚇人的老東西，小姐，差不多跟煤煙一般黑。
"Why, she's a real sorceress!" cried Frederick Lynn. "Let us have her in, of course."
"嗨，她是個道地的女巫了！"弗雷德里克．林恩嚷道，"當然，我們得讓她進來。"
"To be sure," rejoined his brother; "it would be a thousand pities to throw away such a chance of fun."
"那還用說，"他兄弟回答說，"丟掉這樣一個有趣的機會實在太可惜了。"
"My dear boys, what are you thinking about?" exclaimed Mrs. Lynn.
"親愛的孩子們，你們認為怎么樣？"林恩太太嚷嚷道。
"I cannot possibly countenance any such inconsistent proceeding," chimed in the Dowager Ingram.
"我可不能支持這種前后矛盾的做法，"英格拉姆夫人插話了。
"Indeed, mama, but you can — and will," pronounced the haughty voice of Blanche, as she turned round on the piano-stool,
"說真的，媽媽，可是你能支持——你會的，"響起了布蘭奇傲氣十足的嗓音，
where till now she had sat silent, apparently examining sundry sheets of music.
這時她從琴凳上轉過身來。剛才她還默默地坐著，顯然在仔細翻閱各種樂譜。
