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"Is that a portrait of some one you know?" asked Eliza, who had approached me unnoticed.
“那是你熟人的一幅肖像嗎，”伊麗莎問，她己悄悄地走近了我。
I responded that it was merely a fancy head, and hurried it beneath the other sheets.
我回答說，這不過是憑空想象的一個頭，一面趕忙把它塞到其它畫紙底下。
Of course, I lied. it was, in fact, a very faithful representation of Mr. Rochester.
當然我扯了個謊，其實那是對羅切斯特先生的真實刻劃。
But what was that to her, or to any one but myself?
但那跟她，或是除我之外隨便哪個人有什么關系呢？
Georgiana also advanced to look.
喬治亞娜也溜過來看看。
The other drawings pleased her much, but she called that "an ugly man."
她對別的畫都很滿意，卻把那一幅說成是“一個丑陋的男人”。
They both seemed surprised at my skill.
她們兩個對我的技藝感到吃驚。
I offered to sketch their portraits, and each, in turn, sat for a pencil outline.
我表示要為她們畫肖像。兩人輪流坐著讓我打鉛筆草圖。
Then Georgiana produced her album.
隨后喬治亞娜拿出了她的畫冊。
I promised to contribute a water-colour drawing.
我答應畫一幅水彩畫讓她收進去。
This put her at once into good humour.
她聽了情緒立刻好轉。
She proposed a walk in the grounds.
建議到庭園里去走走。
Before we had been out two hours, we were deep in a confidential conversation.
出去還不到兩個小時，我們便無話不談了。
She had favoured me with a description of the brilliant winter she had spent in London two seasons ago
她向我描述了兩個社交季節之前在倫敦度過的輝煌的冬天
of the admiration she had there excited, the attention she had received, and I even got hints of the titled conquest she had made.
如何受到傾慕，如何引人注目，甚至暗示還征服了一些貴族。
In the course of the afternoon and evening these hints were enlarged on.
那天下午和晚上，她把這些暗示又加以擴充。
Various soft conversations were reported, and sentimental scenes represented.
轉述各類情意綿綿的交談，描繪了不少多愁善感的場面。
And, in short, a volume of a novel of fashionable life was that day improvised by her for my benefit.
總之那天她為我臨時編造了一部時髦生活的小說。
