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My choice is made, she said, in a dull voice.
“我已經決定了。”她用呆板的語調說。
Strickland's injurious calm robbed Stroeve of the rest of his self-control. Blind rage seized him, and without knowing what he was doing he flung himself on Strickland. Strickland was taken by surprise and he staggered, but he was very strong, even after his illness, and in a moment, he did not exactly know how, Stroeve found himself on the floor.
思特里克蘭德的這種叫人無名火起的冷靜叫施特略夫再也控制不住自己了。一陣狂怒把他攫住；他自己也不知道做的是什么，一下子便撲到思特里克蘭德身上。思特里克蘭德沒有料到這一手，吃了一驚，踉蹌后退了一步，但是盡管他久病初愈，還是比施特略夫力氣大得多。不到一分鐘，施特略夫根本沒弄清是怎么回事，已經發現自己躺在地上了。
You funny little man, said Strickland.
“你這個小丑。”思特里克蘭德罵了一句。
Stroeve picked himself up. He noticed that his wife had remained perfectly still, and to be made ridiculous before her increased his humiliation. His spectacles had tumbled off in the struggle, and he could not immediately see them. She picked them up and silently handed them to him. He seemed suddenly to realise his unhappiness, and though he knew he was making himself still more absurd, he began to cry. He hid his face in his hands. The others watched him without a word. They did not move from where they stood.
施特略夫掙扎著站起來。他發現自己的妻子聲色不動地在一旁站著，當著她的面出這種丑更使他感到丟盡臉面。在同思特里克蘭德廝打的時候他的眼鏡滑落到地上，一時他看不見落在什么地方。勃朗什把它拾起來，一句話不說地遞到他手里。他似乎突然意識到自己的不幸了，雖然他也知道這只會更使自己丟臉，他還是嗚嗚地哭起來。他用手把臉捂了起來。另外兩個人一言不發地看著他，站在一旁連腳步都不挪動。
Oh, my dear, he groaned at last, "how can you be so cruel?"
“啊，我的親愛的，”最后他呻吟著說，“你怎么能這樣殘忍啊？”
I can't help myself, Dirk, she answered.
“我也由不得自己，戴爾克，”她回答。
I've worshipped you as no woman was ever worshipped before. If in anything I did I displeased you, why didn't you tell me, and I'd have changed. I've done everything I could for you.
“我崇拜你，世界上再也沒有哪個女人受過人們這樣的崇拜。如果我做了什么事使你不高興，為什么你不對我講？只要你說了，我一定會改過來的。為了你，凡是我能做到的我都做了。”
She did not answer. Her face was set, and he saw that he was only boring her. She put on a coat and her hat. She moved towards the door, and he saw that in a moment she would be gone. He went up to her quickly and fell on his knees before her, seizing her hands: he abandoned all self-respect.
她并沒有回答。她的臉上一點表情也沒有，他看到自己只不過在惹她生厭。她穿上一件外衣，戴上帽子，向門口走去。他明白再過一分鐘他就再也見不到她了，于是很快地走到她前面，跪倒在地上，抓住她的兩只手；他什么臉面也不顧了。
Oh, don't go, my darling. I can't live without you; I shall kill myself.
“啊，不要走，親愛的。沒有你我就活不下去了，我會自殺的。
