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At last I saw Georgiana off; but now it was Eliza's turn to request me to stay another week.
我終于送別了喬治亞娜；可是現在卻輪到了伊麗莎要求我再呆一周了。
Her plans required all her time and attention, she said; she was about to depart for some unknown bourne;
她說她的計劃需要她全力以赴，因為就要動身去某個未知的目的地了，
and all day long she stayed in her own room, her door bolted within,
她成天閂了門呆在房間里，
filling trunks, emptying drawers, burning papers, and holding no communication with any one.
裝箱子，理一抽一屜，燒文件，同誰都不來往。
She wished me to look after the house, to see callers, and answer notes of condolence.
她希望我替她看管房子，接待來客，回復唁函。
One morning she told me I was at liberty.
一天早晨她告訴我沒有我的事了。
"And," she added, "I am obliged to you for your valuable services and discreet conduct!
“而且，”她補充道，“我感激你寶貴的幫助和周到的辦事。
There is some difference between living with such an one as you and with Georgiana:
跟你共處和跟喬治亞娜共處，有所不同：
you perform your own part in life and burden no one.
你在生活中盡自己的責任，而不成為別人的負擔。
To-morrow," she continued, "I set out for the Continent.
明天，”她繼續(xù)說，“我要動身去大陸。
I shall take up my abode in a religious house near Lisle -- a nunnery you would call it;
我會在里斯爾附近一家寺院找到棲身之所--你會稱它為修道院，
there I shall be quiet and unmolested.
在那里我會安靜度日，不受干擾。
I shall devote myself for a time to the examination of the Roman Catholic dogmas,
我會暫時致力于考察羅馬天主教信條，
and to a careful study of the workings of their system:
并細心研究它體制的運轉：
if I find it to be, as I half suspect it is,
我雖然半信半疑，
the one best calculated to ensure the doing of all things decently and in order,
但要是發(fā)現它最適宜于使一切事情辦得公平合理，井井有條，
I shall embrace the tenets of Rome and probably take the veil."
那我會皈依羅馬教，很可能還會去當修女?！?/p>
