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I have a curiosity to hear my fortune told, therefore, Sam, order the beldame forward.
我倒有興趣聽聽人家算我的命，所以薩姆，把那個丑老太婆給叫進來。
"My darling Blanche! recollect..." - "I do — I recollect all you can suggest, and I must have my will — quick, Sam!"
"布蘭奇我的寶貝！再想一想..."-"我是想了 — 你建議的，我都細想過了，我得按我的意愿辦 — 快點，薩姆！"
"Yes — yes — yes!" cried all the juveniles, both ladies and gentlemen. "Let her come — it will be excellent sport!"
"好 — 好 — 好！"年輕人都齊聲叫了起來，小姐們和先生們都不例外。"讓她進來吧 — 這會是一場絕妙的游戲。"
The footman still lingered. "She looks such a rough one," said he.
仆人依然猶豫不前。"她樣子那么粗野，"他說。
"Go!" ejaculated Miss Ingram, and the man went. Excitement instantly seized the whole party.
"去！"英格拉姆小姐喝道，于是這仆人便走了。眾人便立即激動起來。
A running fire of raillery and jests was proceeding when Sam returned.
薩姆返回時，相互正戲謔嘲弄，玩笑開得火熱。
"She won't come now," said he. "She says it's not her mission to appear before the 'vulgar herd' (them's her words) .
"她現(xiàn)在不來了，"他說。"她說了她的使命不是到‘一群庸人（她的話）面前來的。
I must show her into a room by herself, and then those who wish to consult her must go to her one by one.
我得帶她獨個兒進一個房間，然后，想要請教她的人得一個一個去。
"You see now, my queenly Blanche," began Lady Ingram, "she encroaches. Be advised, my angel girl — and..."
"現(xiàn)在你明白了吧，我的布蘭奇女王"英格拉姆夫人開腔了，"她得寸進尺了。聽說，我的天使姑娘 — 還有..."
"Show her into the library, of course," cut in the angel girl.
"帶她進圖書室，當然，‘天使姑娘’把話打斷了。
It is not my mission to listen to her before the vulgar herd either.
在一群庸人面前聽她說話也不是我的使命。
I mean to have her all to myself. Is there a fire in the library?
我要讓她單獨跟我談。圖書室里生火了嗎？
Yes, ma' am — but she looks such a tinkler.
生了，小姐 — 可她完全像個吉卜賽人。
Cease that chatter, blockhead! And do my bidding.
別多嘴了，笨蛋！照我吩咐的辦。
Again Sam vanished, and mystery, animation, expectation rose to full flow once more.
薩姆再次消失，神秘、激動、期待的心情再次在人們心頭翻騰。
"She's ready now," said the footman, as he reappeared.
"她現(xiàn)在準備好了，"仆人再次進來說。
She wishes to know who will be her first visitor.
她想知道誰先去見她。
