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And this man I bent over — this commonplace, quiet stranger — how had he become involved in the web of horror?
我俯身面對著的這個人—這個普普通通言語不多的陌生人—他是怎么陷入這個恐怖之網呢？
And why had the Fury flown at him?
為什么復仇之神要撲向他呢？
What made him seek this quarter of the house at an untimely season, when he should have been asleep in bed?
是什么原因使他在應當臥床安睡的時刻，不適時宜地來這里投宿？
I had heard Mr. Rochester assign him an apartment below — what brought him here?
我曾聽羅切斯特先生在樓下指定了一個房間給他 — 是什么東西把他帶到這兒來的呢？
And why, now, was he so tame under the violence or treachery done him?
為什么別人對他施暴或者背棄，他此刻卻那么俯首貼耳？
Why did he so quietly submit to the concealment Mr. Rochester enforced?
他竟默默地順從羅切斯特先生所強迫他的遮遮掩掩？
Why did Mr. Rochester enforce this concealment?
為什么羅切斯特先生強迫他遮遮掩掩？
His guest had been outraged, his own life on a former occasion had been hideously plotted against.
這回，羅切斯特先生的一位賓客受到了傷害，上次他自己的性命遭到了惡毒的暗算。
And both attempts he smothered in secrecy and sank in oblivion!而這兩件事他竟都秘密掩蓋，故意忘卻！
Lastly, I saw Mr. Mason was submissive to Mr. Rochester.
最后，我看到梅森先生對羅切斯特先生服服貼貼。
That the impetuous will of the latter held complete sway over the inertness of the former.
羅切斯特先生的火暴性子左右著梅森先生半死不活的個性。
The few words which had passed between them assured me of this.
聽了他們之間寥寥幾句對話，我便對這個看法很有把握。
It was evident that in their former intercourse,
顯然在他們以往的交談中，
the passive disposition of the one had been habitually influenced by the active energy of the other.
一位的消極脾性慣于受另一位的主動精神的影響。
Whence then had arisen Mr. Rochester's dismay when he heard of Mr. Mason's arrival?
既然如此，那么羅切斯特先生一聽梅森先生到了，怎么會頓生失望之情呢？
Why had the mere name of this unresisting individual — whom his word now sufficed to control like a child —
為什么僅僅這個不速之客的名字 — 羅切斯特先生的話足以使他像孩子一樣乖乖的 —
fallen on him, a few hours since, as a thunderbolt might fall on an oak?
幾小時之前，在羅切斯特先生聽來，猶如雷電擊中了一棵橡樹？
