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"I hope no one is dead," I said, glancing at his black dress.
“但愿沒有人去世了，”我瞥了一下他黑色的喪服說。
He too looked down at the crape round his hat and replied.
他也低頭瞧了一下圍在帽上的黑紗，并回答。
Mr. John died yesterday was a week, at his chambers in London.
約翰先生在倫敦住所去世了，到昨天正好一周。
Mr. John? Yes.
約翰先生？不錯。
And how does his mother bear it?
他母親怎么受得了呢？
Why, you see, Miss Eyre, it is not a common mishap. His life has been very wild.
哎呀，你瞧，愛小姐，這不是一樁平平常常的不幸，他的生活非常放蕩。
These last three years he gave himself up to strange ways, and his death was shocking.
最近三年他放縱得出奇，死得也嚇人。
I heard from Bessie he was not doing well.
我從貝茜那兒聽到他日子不好過。
Doing well! He could not do worse.
不好過！不能再壞了。
He ruined his health and his estate amongst the worst men and the worst women.
他在一批壞男女中間廝混，糟塌了身體，蕩光了家產。
He got into debt and into jail.
負了債，坐了牢。
His mother helped him out twice, but as soon as he was free he returned to his old companions and habits.
他母親兩次幫他弄出來，但他一出來便又找到了老相識，恢復了舊習氣。
His head was not strong. The knaves he lived amongst fooled him beyond anything I ever heard.
他的腦子不大健全。那些同他相處的無賴，不擇手段欺騙他。
He came down to Gateshead about three weeks ago and wanted missis to give up all to him. Missis refused.
三個禮拜之前，他來到蓋茨黑德府，要夫人把什么都給他，被夫人拒絕了。
Her means have long been much reduced by his extravagance,
因為她的財產早已被他揮霍掉很多，
so he went back again, and the next news was that he was dead.
所以又只好返回去，隨后的消息便是他死掉了。
How he died, God knows! They say he killed himself.
天知道他是怎么死的！他們說他自殺了。
I was silent. The things were frightful.
我默默無語，這消息著實可怕。
Robert Leaven resumed. Missis had been out of health herself for some time.
羅伯特。利文又往下說。夫人自己健康也不好，這已經有好長一段時間了。
She had got very stout, but was not strong with it.
身體發胖，但并不強壯。
And the loss of money and fear of poverty were quite breaking her down.
她損失了錢，又怕變成窮光蛋，所以便垮了下來。
