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I feel tired often, sleepy sometimes, but seldom sad.
我常覺得疲倦，有時很困，但很少悲傷。
Then you have some secret hope to buoy you up and please you with whispers of the future?
那你有某種秘密的愿望支撐著你，預告著你的將來，使你感到高興。
Not I. The utmost I hope is, to save money enough out of my earnings to set up a school some day in a little house rented by myself.
我才不這樣呢。我的最大愿望，是積攢下足夠的錢，將來自己租一間小小的房子，辦起學校來。
A mean nutriment for the spirit to exist on, and sitting in that window-seat (you see I know your habits)
養(yǎng)料不足，精神無法依存，況且坐在窗臺上（你明白了她知道我的習慣）
You have learned them from the servants. Ah! you think yourself sharp.
你是從仆人那兒打聽來的。呵，你自以為靈敏。
Well, perhaps I have. To speak truth, I have an acquaintance with one of them, Mrs. Poole
好吧，也許我是這樣。跟你說實話，我同其中一位 — 普爾太太 — 相識。
I started to my feet when I heard the name.
一聽到這個名字，我立刻驚跳起來。
"You have — have you?" thought I, "there is diablerie in the business after all, then!"
"你認識她 — 是嗎？"我思忖道，"那么，這里頭看來是有魔法了。"
"Don't be alarmed," continued the strange being.
"別驚慌，"這個怪人繼續(xù)說。
she's a safe hand is Mrs. Poole, close and quiet. Any one may repose confidence in her.
普爾太太很可靠，嘴巴緊，話不多。誰都可以信賴。
But, as I was saying: sitting in that window-seat, do you think of nothing but your future school?
不過像我說的，坐在窗臺上，你就光想將來辦學校，別的什么也不想？
Have you no present interest in any of the company who occupy the sofas and chairs before you?
那些坐在你面前沙發(fā)上和椅子上的人，眼下你對其中哪一位感興趣嗎？
Is there not one face you study?
你一張面孔都沒有仔細端詳過嗎？
One figure whose movements you follow with at least curiosity?
至少出于好奇，你連一個人的舉動都沒有去注意過？
I like to observe all the faces and all the figures.
我喜歡觀察所有的面孔和所有的身影。
But do you never single one from the rest — or it may be, two?
可是你沒有撇開其余，光盯住一個人 — 或者，也許兩個？
I do frequently, when the gestures or looks of a pair seem telling a tale.
我經(jīng)常這么做，那是在兩個人的手勢和神色似乎在敘述一個故事的時候。
It amuses me to watch them.
注視他們對我來說是一種樂趣。
