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And the door at the end of the gallery opened, and Mr. Rochester advanced with a candle.
走廊盡頭的門開了，羅切斯特先生拿著蠟燭走過來。
He had just descended from the upper storey.
他剛從摟上下來。
One of the ladies ran to him directly. She seized his arm. It was Miss Ingram.
一位女士便徑直朝他奔去。一把抓住他胳膊。那是英格拉姆小姐。
"What awful event has taken place?" said she.
"出了什么可怕的事了？"她說。
Speak! Let us know the worst at once!
說呵！快讓我們知道最壞的情況！
"But don't pull me down or strangle me," he replied, for the Misses Eshton were clinging about him now;
"可別把我拉倒或者勒死呀，"他回答，因為此刻兩位埃希頓小姐緊緊抓住他不放。
And the two dowagers, in vast white wrappers, were bearing down on him like ships in full sail.
兩位遺孀穿著寬大的白色晨衣，像鼓足了風帆的船，向他直沖過來。
"All's right! All 's right!" he cried.
"什么事兒也沒有！什么事兒也沒有？"他喊道。
It's a mere rehearsal of Much Ado about Nothing.
不過是《無事生非》的一場彩排。
Ladies, keep off, or I shall wax dangerous.
女士們，讓開，不然我要兇相畢露了。
And dangerous he looked. His black eyes darted sparks.
而他確實目露兇光，烏黑的眼睛直冒火星。
Calming himself by an effort, he added:A servant has had the nightmare. That is all.
他竭力使自己鎮定下來，補充道：一個仆人做了一場惡夢，就是這么回事。
She's an excitable, nervous person.
她好激動，神經質。
She construed her dream into an apparition, or something of that sort, no doubt, and has taken a fit with fright.
她把夢里見到的當成了鬼魂，或是這一類東西，而且嚇得昏了過去。
Now, then, I must see you all back into your rooms.
好吧，現在我得關照大家回自己房間里去。
For, till the house is settled, she cannot be looked after.
因為只有整座房子安靜下來了，我們才好照應她。
Gentlemen, have the goodness to set the ladies the example.
先生們，請你們給女士們做個榜樣。
Miss Ingram, I am sure you will not fail in evincing superiority to idle terrors.
英格拉姆小姐，我敢肯定，你會證實自己不會被無端的恐懼所壓倒。
Amy and Louisa, return to your nests like a pair of doves, as you are.
艾米和路易莎，就像一對真正的鴿子那樣回到自己的窩里去。
Mesdames (to the dowagers) , you will take cold to a dead certainty, if you stay in this chill gallery any longer.
夫人們（向著兩位遺孀），要是你們在冷嗖嗖的走廊上再呆下去，那肯定要得感冒。
And so, by dint of alternate coaxing and commanding,
他就這樣連哄帶叫，
he contrived to get them all once more enclosed in their separate dormitories.
好不容易讓所有的人再次進了各自的房間，關上了門。
I did not wait to be ordered back to mine, but retreated unnoticed, as unnoticed I had left it.
我沒有等他命令我回到自己房間，便像來的時候一樣悄悄地走了。
