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Just at sunset, the air turned cold and the sky cloudy: I went in,
就在夕陽西下的時候，氣溫轉冷，天空布滿陰云，我便走進屋去了。
Sophie called me upstairs to look at my wedding-dress, which they had just brought;
索菲婭叫我上樓去看看剛買的婚禮服，
and under it in the box I found your present -- the veil which, in your princely extravagance, you sent for from London:
在婚禮服底下的盒子里，我看見了你的禮物--是你以王子般的闊綽，叫人從倫敦送來的面紗，
resolved, I suppose, since I would not have jewels, to cheat me into accepting something as costly.
我猜想你是因為我不愿要珠寶，而決計哄我接受某種昂貴的東西。
I smiled as I unfolded it, and devised how I would tease you about your aristocratic tastes,
我打開面紗，會心地笑了笑，算計著我怎樣來嘲弄你的貴族派頭，
and your efforts to masque your plebeian bride in the attributes of a peeress.
取笑你費盡心機要給你的平民新娘戴上貴族的假面。
I though how I would carry down to you the square of unembroidered blond I had myself prepared as a covering for my low-born head,
我設想自己如何把那塊早已準備好遮蓋自己出身卑微的腦袋，沒有繡花的花邊方絲巾拿下來，
and ask if that was not good enough for a woman who could bring her husband neither fortune, beauty, nor connections.
問問你，對一個既無法給她的丈夫提供財富、美色，也無法給他帶來社會關系的女人，是不是夠好的了。
I saw plainly how you would look; and heard your impetuous republican answers,
我清清楚楚地看到了你的表情。聽到了你激烈而開明的回答；
and your haughty disavowal of any necessity on your part to augment your wealth, or elevate your standing, by marrying either a purse or a coronet."
聽到你高傲地否認有必要仰仗同錢袋與桂冠結親，來增加自己的財富，或者提高自己的地位。”
