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I lived with several others in one of the pleasant houses connected with the school, the house where Mr. Howells used to live, and we all had the advantage of home life. I joined them in many of their games, even blind man's buff and frolics in the snow; I took long walks with them; we discussed our studies and read aloud the things that interested us. Some of the girls learned to speak to me, so that Miss Sullivan did not have to repeat their conversation.
我和其他幾個同學住在與學校相連的一幢房子里，豪厄爾斯先生曾在這里居住過，所以說，我們可能都從這所房子里得著點“仙氣”。同學們的很多游戲我都參加，甚至是雪中捉迷藏；我和她們一同遠足；我們還會在一起討論功課，高聲朗讀我們感興趣的文章。有些女孩學會了同我“交談”，這樣蘇立文小姐就用不著為我重復她們的話了。
At Christmas, my mother and little sister spent the holidays with me, and Mr. Gilman kindly offered to let Mildred study in his school. So Mildred stayed with me in Cambridge, and for six happy months we were hardly ever apart. It makes me most happy to remember the hours we spent helping each other in study and sharing our recreation together.
那一年，我的母親和小妹妹和我一同度過了圣誕節。其間，熱心的吉爾曼先生還把米爾德萊德安排在他的學校讀書。就這樣，米爾德萊德和我一起待在了劍橋，差不多有六個月的時間，我們幾乎形影不離。我們在一起分享快樂；我們倆互相幫助，一學就是好幾個小時。那真是一段令人愉快的時光。
I took my preliminary examinations for Radcliffe from the 29th of June to the 3rd of July in 1897. The subjects I offered were Elementary and Advanced German, French, Latin, English, and Greek and Roman history, making nine hours in all. I passed in everything, and received "honours" in German and English.
1897年6月29日至7月3日，我參加了拉德克利夫學院的預科考試。我報考的科目有初級和高級德語、法語、拉丁文、英語、希臘語和古羅馬史。幾門考試總共用了九個小時。我不僅通過了全部考試，而且德語和英語成績是“優等”。
Perhaps an explanation of the method that was in use when I took my examinations will not be amiss here. The student was required to pass in sixteen hours—twelve hours being called elementary and four advanced. He had to pass five hours at a time to have them counted. The examination papers were given out at nine o'clock at Harvard and brought to Radcliffe by a special messenger. Each candidate was known, not by his name, but by a number. I was No. 233, but, as I had to use a typewriter, my identity could not be concealed.
在此，將我參加考試的程序做一番介紹或許是無傷大雅之舉吧。參加考試的學生應該在十六個小時內通過測試——包括十二個小時的初級考試和四個小時的高級考試。一般來說，做完這些答卷至少也要五個小時。試卷于早晨九點在哈佛啟封，并且用特別郵件送到拉德克利夫。每一個應試者都被登記在冊，但與其對應的不是姓名，而是一個號碼。我是第233號，因為我必須要使用一臺（盲文）打字機的緣故，所以我的識別號碼是無法隱藏的。
