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Sweet-briar and southernwood, jasmine, pink, and rose have long been yielding their evening sacrifice of incense:
多花薔蕾、老人蒿、茉莉花、石竹花和玫瑰花早就在奉獻著它們的晚香，
this new scent is neither of shrub nor flower;
剛剛飄過來的氣味既不是來自灌木，也不是來自花朵，
it is -- I know it well -- it is Mr. Rochester's cigar.
但我很熟悉，它來自羅切斯特先生的雪茄。
I look round and I listen. I see trees laden with ripening fruit.
我舉目四顧，側耳靜聽。我看到樹上沉甸甸垂著即將成熟的果子。
I hear a nightingale warbling in a wood half a mile off; no moving form is visible, no coming step audible;
我聽到一只夜鶯在半英里外的林子里鳴囀。我看不見移動的身影，聽不到走近的腳步聲，
but that perfume increases: I must flee.
但是那香氣卻越來越濃了：我得趕緊走掉。
I make for the wicket leading to the shrubbery, and I see Mr. Rochester entering.
我往通向灌木林的邊門走去，卻看見羅切斯特先生正跨進門來。
I step aside into the ivy recess; he will not stay long:
我往旁邊一閃，躲進了長滿長春藤的幽深處。他不會久待：
he will soon return whence he came, and if I sit still he will never see me.
他很快會順原路返回，只要我坐著不動，他就絕不會看見我。
But no -- eventide is as pleasant to him as to me, and this antique garden as attractive; and he strolls on,
可是不行--薄暮對他來說也象對我一樣可愛，古老的園子也一樣誘人。他繼續往前踱步，
now lifting the gooseberry-tree branches to look at the fruit, large as plums, with which they are laden;
一會兒拎起醋栗樹枝，看看梅子般大壓著枝頭的果子；
now taking a ripe cherry from the wall;
一會兒從墻上采下一顆熟了的櫻挑；
now stooping towards a knot of flowers, either to inhale their fragrance or to admire the dew-beads on their petals.
一會兒又向著一簇花彎下身子，不是聞一聞香味，就是欣賞花瓣上的露珠。
A great moth goes humming by me; it alights on a plant at Mr. Rochester's foot: he sees it, and bends to examine it.
一只大飛蛾嗡嗡地從我身旁飛過，落在羅切斯特先生腳邊的花枝上，他見了便俯下身去打量。
