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It was dated three years back.
寫信的時間是三年之前。
"Why did I never hear of this?" I asked.
“為什么我從來沒有聽說過這回事？”我問。
"Because I disliked you too fixedly and thoroughly ever to lend a hand in lifting you to prosperity.
“因為我對你的厭惡已經根深蒂固，因此不愿意幫助你發跡。
I could not forget your conduct to me, Jane -- the fury with which you once turned on me;
我忘不了你對我的舉動，簡--你一度沖我而發的火氣；
the tone in which you declared you abhorred me the worst of anybody in the world;
你說你在世上最討厭我時的腔調；
the unchildlike look and voice with which you affirmed that the very thought of me made you sick, and asserted that I had treated you with miserable cruelty.
你聲言一想起我就使你惡心、我待你很冷酷時絲毫不像孩子的神情與口氣。
I could not forget my own sensations when you thus started up and poured out the venom of your mind:
我也忘不了你驚跳起來，把心頭的一腔毒氣噴吐出來時，我自己的感受：
I felt fear as if an animal that I had struck or pushed had looked up at me with human eyes and cursed me in a man's voice.
我覺得害怕，仿佛我打過推過的動物，用人一樣的目光瞧著我，用人一樣的嗓門兒，詛咒我。
Bring me some water! Oh, make haste!"
拿些水來！唉，快點！”
"Dear Mrs. Reed," said I, as I offered her the draught she required,
“親愛的里德太太，”我把她要的水端給她時說，
"think no more of all this, let it pass away from your mind.
“別再想這些了，你就忘了它吧。
Forgive me for my passionate language: I was a child then; eight, nine years have passed since that day."
原諒我那些激烈的言詞：當時我還是個孩子，現在八、九年已經過去了?！?/p>
