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She again put her short black pipe to her lips, and renewed her smoking with vigour.
她再次把那桿黑色的短煙筒放進嘴里，使勁吸了起來。
You might say all that to almost any one who you knew lived as a solitary dependent in a great house.
凡是你所知道寄居在大房子里的孤獨者，你幾乎都可以說這樣的話。
I might say it to almost any one, but would it be true of almost any one?
是幾乎對誰都可以這么說，但幾乎對誰都適用嗎？
In my circumstances.
適合處于我這種情況的人。
Yes, just so, in your circumstances, but find me another precisely placed as you are.
是的，一點也不錯，適合你的情況。不過你倒給我找個處境跟你一模一樣的人看看。
It would be easy to find you thousands.
找成千上萬都不難。
You could scarcely find me one.
你幾乎一個也找不到。
If you knew it, you are peculiarly situated, very near happiness. Yes, within reach of it.
要是你知道就好了，你的處境很特殊，幸福離你很近，是的，伸手可得。
The materials are all prepared. There only wants a movement to combine them.
物質條件也都具備。就只少了把它們湊在一起了。
Chance laid them somewhat apart.
命運把它們弄得四散分離。
Let them be once approached and bliss results.
一旦讓它們聚合，就會帶來幸福。
I don't understand enigmas. I never could guess a riddle in my life.
我不懂謎語。這輩子沒有猜中一個謎。
If you wish me to speak more plainly, show me your palm.
如果你要我講得更明白些，那你就伸出手掌來給我看看。
And I must cross it with silver, I suppose?
我猜還得在上面放上銀幣吧？
To be sure. I gave her a shilling.
當然。我給了她一個先令。
She put it into an old stocking-foot which she took out of her pocket,
她從口袋里掏出一只舊長襪，把錢幣放進去，
and having tied it round and returned it, she told me to hold out my hand. I did.
用襪子系好，放回原處。她讓我伸出手去，我照辦了。
