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Fair or foul, she went to church thrice every Sunday, and as often on week-days as there were prayers.
不論天好天壞，每個星期上教堂三次，平時如有禱告要做，也一樣頻繁。
I bethought myself to go upstairs and see how the dying woman sped, who lay there almost unheeded.
我想起要上樓去，看看這個生命垂危的女人病情如何。她躺在那里，幾乎沒有人照料。
The very servants paid her but a remittent attention.
傭人們花的心思時多時少。
The hired nurse, being little looked after, would slip out of the room whenever she could.
雇傭來的護士，因為沒有人看管，想溜就溜。
Bessie was faithful, but she had her own family to mind, and could only come occasionally to the hall.
貝茜固然忠心耿耿，但也有自己的家要照應，只能偶爾到府上來。
I found the sick-room unwatched, as I had expected. No nurse was there.
不出所料，我發覺病室里沒有人照看，護士不在。
The patient lay still, and seemingly lethargic.
病人靜靜地躺著，似乎在昏睡。
Her livid face sunk in the pillows.
鉛灰色的臉陷入了枕頭。
The fire was dying in the grate.
爐中的火將滅未滅。
I renewed the fuel, re-arranged the bedclothes, gazed awhile on her who could not now gaze on me,
我添了燃料，重新收拾了床單，眼睛盯了她一會兒，這時，她已無法盯我了，
and then I moved away to the window.
隨后我走開去到了窗前。
The rain beat strongly against the panes, the wind blew tempestuously.
大雨敲窗，狂風呼嘯。
"One lies there," I thought, who will soon be beyond the war of earthly elements.
“那個躺在那兒的人，”我想，會很快離開人世間風風雨雨的戰場。
Whither will that spirit -- now struggling to quit its material tenement -- flit when at length released?
此刻，靈魂正掙扎著脫離物質的軀殼，一旦解脫，將會到哪里去呢？
In pondering the great mystery, I thought of Helen Burns, recalled her dying words
在思索這番偉大的秘密時，我想起了海倫，回憶起她臨終時說的話
her faith -- her doctrine of the equality of disembodied souls.
她的信仰--她的關于游魂平等的信條。
