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Afterwards she insisted on my taking off my bonnet and having some tea, for she said I looked pale and tired.
隨后她硬要我脫掉帽子，用些茶點，說我顯得既蒼白又疲憊。
I was glad to accept her hospitality,
我很樂意接受她的殷勤招待，
and I submitted to be relieved of my travelling garb just as passively as I used to let her undress me when a child.
順從地任她脫去了行裝，就像兒時任她脫掉衣服一樣。
Old times crowded fast back on me as I watched her bustling about
我瞧著她忙乎著，
setting out the tea-tray with her best china, cutting bread and butter, toasting a tea-cake,
擺好茶盤，拿出最好的瓷器，切好面包和奶油，
and, between whiles, giving little Robert or Jane an occasional tap or push, just as she used to give me in former days.
烤好茶點吐司，不時還輕輕地拍一拍，推一推羅伯特或簡，就象小時候對待我一樣；于是舊時的記憶又立刻浮上心頭。
Bessie had retained her quick temper as well as her light foot and good looks.
貝茜的性子依然那么急，手腳依然那么輕，容貌依然那么姣好。
Tea ready, I was going to approach the table.
茶點備好以后，我正要走近桌子。
But she desired me to sit still, quite in her old peremptory tones.
她卻要我坐著別動，用的還是過去那種專斷的口氣。
I must be served at the fireside, she said.
她說得讓我坐著，在火爐旁招待我。
And she placed before me a little round stand with my cup and a plate of toast,
她把一個園園的架子放在我面前，架子上擺了杯子和一盤吐司，
absolutely as she used to accommodate me with some privately purloined dainty on a nursery chair.
完全就像她過去一樣，把我安頓在育兒室的椅子上，讓我吃一些暗地里偷來的精美食品。
And I smiled and obeyed her as in bygone days.
我像往昔一樣微笑著依了她。
She wanted to know if I was happy at Thornfield Hall, and what sort of a person the mistress was.
她想知道我在桑菲爾德府是不是愉快，女主人是怎樣一個人。
And when I told her there was only a master, whether he was a nice gentleman, and if I liked him.
當我告訴她只有一個男主人時，她問我那位先生好不好，我是不是喜歡。
I told her he was rather an ugly man, but quite a gentleman, and that he treated me kindly, and I was content.
我告訴她這人長得比較難看，卻很有教養，待我很好，我很滿意。
Then I went on to describe to her the gay company that had lately been staying at the house.
隨后我繼續給她描繪那批最近呆在府上尋歡作樂的客人。
And to these details Bessie listened with interest: they were precisely of the kind she relished.
貝茜對這些細節聽得津津有味，她恰巧就愛聽這些東西。
In such conversation an hour was soon gone.
談著談著一小時很快就過去了。
