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"In course!" he exclaimed, with a twang of voice and a distortion of features equally fantastic and ludicrous.
“當然！”他大叫道，嗓門里帶著鼻音，面部抽搐了一下，表情既古怪又可笑。
He looked at me some minutes.
他打量了我幾分鐘。
And old Madam Reed, or the Misses, her daughters, will be solicited by you to seek a place, I suppose?
你會去求老夫人里德，或者她的女兒，也就是那些小姐們給你找個工作，我猜是吧？
No, sir. I am not on such terms with my relatives as would justify me in asking favours of them, but I shall advertise.
不，先生，我親戚們沒有那層可以請求幫忙的關系--不過我會登廣告。
"You shall walk up the pyramids of Egypt!" he growled.
“你還可以大步跨上埃及金字塔！”他咆哮著。
At your peril you advertise! I wish I had only offered you a sovereign instead of ten pounds.
你登廣告是冒險：但愿我剛才只給了你一鎊，而不是十鎊。
Give me back nine pounds, Jane, I've a use for it.
把五鎊還給我，簡，我要派用處。
"And so have I, sir," I returned, putting my hands and my purse behind me.
“我也要派用處，先生，”我回嘴道，雙手抓住錢包藏到了背后。
I could not spare the money on any account.
那錢我說什么也不放。
"Little niggard!" said he, "refusing me a pecuniary request! Give me five pounds, Jane."
“小氣鬼！”他說，“問你要點兒錢你就拒絕！給我五鎊，簡。”
Not five shillings, sir, nor five pence.
連五鎊也不給，先生，五便士也不給。
Just let me look at the cash.
讓我就瞧一瞧你的錢吧。
No, sir, you are not to be trusted.
不，先生，我不能相信你。
Jane! Sir? Promise me one thing.
簡！先生？答應我一件事。
I'll promise you anything, sir, that I think I am likely to perform.
先生，凡是自己力所能及的，我都能答應。
Not to advertise, and to trust this quest of a situation to me. I'll find you one in time.
不要去登廣告，你就把找工作的事交給我辦吧，到時候我會給你找一個。
I shall be glad so to do, sir,
我很樂意這么做，先生。
if you, in your turn, will promise that I and Adèle shall be both safe out of the house before your bride enters it.
只要你反過來不答應我，在新娘進屋之前我和阿黛勒都太太平平離開這所房子。
