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What sort of a face it was to be, I did not care or know.
至于一張什么樣的臉，我既不在乎，也不知道。
I took a soft black pencil, gave it a broad point, and worked away.
我取了一支黑色軟鉛筆，把筆尖留得粗粗的，畫了起來。
Soon I had traced on the paper a broad and prominent forehead and a square lower outline of visage.
我立刻在紙上勾勒出了一個又寬又突的前額和下半個臉方方正正的輪廓。
That contour gave me pleasure.
這個外形使我感到愉快。
My fingers proceeded actively to fill it with features.
我的手指趕忙填上了五官。
Strongly-marked horizontal eyebrows must be traced under that brow,
在額頭下得畫兩道平直顯眼的眉毛，
then followed, naturally, a well-defined nose, with a straight ridge and full nostrils;
下面自然是線條清晰的鼻子，筆直的鼻梁和大大的鼻孔；
then a flexible-looking mouth, by no means narrow; then a firm chin, with a decided cleft down the middle of it.
隨后是看上去很靈活長得不小的嘴巴；再后是堅毅的下巴，中間有一個明顯的裂痕。
Of course, some black whiskers were wanted, and some jetty hair, tufted on the temples, and waved above the forehead.
當然還缺黑黑的絡腮胡，以及烏黑的頭發，一簇簇長在兩鬢和波浪似地生有前額。
Now for the eyes. I had left them to the last, because they required the most careful working.
現在要畫眼睛了，我把它們留到最后，因為最需要小心從事。
I drew them large. I shaped them well.
我把眼睛畫得很大。形狀很好。
The eyelashes I traced long and sombre; the irids lustrous and large.
長而淺黑的睫毛，大而發亮的眼珠。
"Good! but not quite the thing," I thought, as I surveyed the effect.
“行！不過不完全如此，”我一邊觀察效果，一邊思忖道。
They want more force and spirit;
它們還缺乏力量和神采。
and I wrought the shades blacker, that the lights might flash more brilliantly -- a happy touch or two secured success.
我把暗處加深，好讓明亮處更加光芒閃爍--巧妙地抹上一筆兩筆，便達到了這種效果。
There, I had a friend's face under my gaze.
這樣，在我的目光下就顯出了一位朋友的面孔。
And what did it signify that those young ladies turned their backs on me?
那幾位小姐對我不理睬又有什么關系呢？
I looked at it; I smiled at the speaking likeness.
我瞧著它，對著逼真的畫面微笑。
I was absorbed and content.
全神貫注，心滿意足。
