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It was not only the hurry of preparation that made me feverish;
使我興奮的不僅是匆匆忙忙的結婚準備，
not only the anticipation of the great change -- the new life which was to commence to-morrow:
也不僅是因為對巨大的變化，明天開始的新生活所懷的希望。
both these circumstances had their share, doubtless,
毫無疑問，兩者都起了作用，
in producing that restless, excited mood which hurried me forth at this late hour into the darkening grounds:
使我興奮不安，這么晚了還匆匆來到越來越黑的庭園。
but a third cause influenced my mind more than they.
但是第三個原因對我的心理影響更大。
I had at heart a strange and anxious thought.
我內心深處埋藏著一種古怪而焦急的念頭。
Something had happened which I could not comprehend;
這兒發生了一件我無法理解的事情，
no one knew of or had seen the event but myself: it had taken place the preceding night.
而且除了我，既無人知道，也無人見過。那是在前一天晚上發生的。
Mr. Rochester that night was absent from home; nor was he yet returned:
羅切斯特先生出門去了，還沒有回來。
business had called him to a small estate of two or three farms he possessed thirty miles off
他因為有事上三十英里外的兩三個小農莊去了，
business it was requisite he should settle in person, previous to his meditated departure from England.
這些事務需要他在計劃離開英國之前親自去辦理。
I waited now his return; eager to disburthen my mind, and to seek of him the solution of the enigma that perplexed me.
此刻我等著他回來，急于卸去心頭的包皮袱，請他解開困惑著我的謎。
Stay till he comes, reader; and, when I disclose my secret to him, you shall share the confidence.
我要呆到他回來，讀者，我向他傾訴我的秘密，你們也就不言自明了。
