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The shadows darken on the wrought, antique tapestry round me,
陰影落到了我周圍精致古老的掛毯上，
and grow black under the hangings of the vast old bed,
在陳舊的大床的帷幔下變得越來越濃重，
and quiver strangely over the doors of a great cabinet opposite,
而且在對面一個大柜的門上奇異地抖動起來，
whose front, divided into twelve panels, bore, in grim design,
柜子的正面分成十二塊嵌板，
the heads of the twelve apostles, each enclosed in its separate panel as in a frame,
嵌板上畫著十二使徒的頭，面目猙獰，每個頭單獨占一塊嵌板，就像在一個框框之中。
while above them at the top rose an ebon crucifix and a dying Christ.
在這些頭顱的上端高懸著一個烏木十字架和殉難的基督。
According as the shifting obscurity and flickering gleam hovered here or glanced there,
游移的暗影和閃爍的光芒在四處浮動和跳躍，
it was now the bearded physician, Luke, that bent his brow, now St. John's long hair that waved.
我一會兒看到了胡子醫(yī)生路加垂著頭，一會兒看到了圣約翰飄動的長發(fā)。
And anon the devilish face of Judas, that grew out of the panel,
不久又看到了猶大魔鬼似的面孔，在嵌板上突現出來，
and seemed gathering life and threatening a revelation of the arch-traitor — of Satan himself — in his subordinate's form.
似乎漸漸地有了生命，眼看就要以最大的背叛者撒旦的化身出現。
Amidst all this, I had to listen as well as watch:
在這種情形下，我既得細聽又得靜觀，
to listen for the movements of the wild beast or the fiend in yonder side den.
細聽有沒有野獸或者那邊窠穴中魔鬼的動靜。
But since Mr. Rochester's visit it seemed spellbound.
可是自從羅切斯特先生來過之后，它似乎已被鎮(zhèn)住了。
All the night I heard but three sounds at three long intervals, —整整一夜我只聽見過三聲響動，三次之間的間隔很長
a step creak, a momentary renewal of the snarling, canine noise, and a deep human groan.
一次吱吱的腳步聲，一次重又響起短暫的狗叫似的聲音，一次人的深沉的呻吟聲。
Then my own thoughts worried me.
此外，我自己也心煩意亂。
What crime was this that lived incarnate in this sequestered mansion,
究竟是一種什么罪行，以人的化身出現，蟄居在這座與世隔絕的大廈里，
and could neither be expelled nor subdued by the owner?
房主人既無法驅趕也難以制服？
What mystery, that broke out now in fire and now in blood, at the deadest hours of night?
究竟是什么不可思議的東西，在夜深人靜之時沖將出來，弄得一會兒起火，一會兒流血？
What creature was it, that, masked in an ordinary woman's face and shape,
究竟是什么畜生，以普通女人的面貌和體態(tài)偽裝自己，
uttered the voice, now of a mocking demon, and anon of a carrion-seeking bird of prey?
發(fā)出的聲音一會兒象假冒的魔鬼，一會兒像覓腐尸而食的猛禽？
