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An inaudible reply escaped Mason's white lips.
從梅森蒼白的唇間吐出了幾乎聽不見的回答。
"The devil is in it if you cannot answer distinctly. I again demand, what have you to say?"
“要是你回答不清，那就見鬼去吧，我再次要求，你有什么要說的？”
"Sir -- sir," interrupted the clergyman, "do not forget you are in a sacred place."
“先生--先生，”牧師插話了，“別忘了你在一個神圣的地方。”
Then addressing Mason, he inquired gently, "Are you aware, sir, whether or not this gentleman's wife is still living?"
隨后他轉(zhuǎn)向梅森，和顏悅色地說，“你知道嗎，先生，這位先生的妻子是不是還活著？”
"Courage," urged the lawyer, -- "speak out."
“膽子大些，”律師慫恿著，“說出來。”
"She is now living at Thornfield Hall," said Mason, in more articulate tones:
“她現(xiàn)在住在桑菲爾德府，”梅森用更為清晰的聲調(diào)說，
"I saw her there last April. I am her brother."
“四月份我還見過她。我是她弟弟。”
"At Thornfield Hall!" ejaculated the clergyman.
“在桑菲爾德府！”牧師失聲叫道。
"Impossible! I am an old resident in this neighbourhood, sir, and I never heard of a Mrs. Rochester at Thornfield Hall."
“不可能！我是這一帶的老住客，先生，從來沒有聽到桑菲爾德府有一個叫羅切斯特太太的人。”
I saw a grim smile contort Mr. Rochester's lips, and he muttered:
我看見一陣獰笑扭曲了羅切斯特先生的嘴唇，他咕噥道：
"No, by God! I took care that none should hear of it -- or of her under that name."
“不，天哪！我十分小心，不讓人知道有這么回事，或者知道她叫那個名字。”
He mused -- for ten minutes he held counsel with himself: he formed his resolve, and announced it:
他沉思起來，琢磨了十來分鐘，于是打定主意宣布道：
"Enough! all shall bolt out at once, like the bullet from the barrel.
“行啦--一切都一齊竄出來了，就像子彈出了槍膛。
Wood, close your book and take off your surplice;
沃德，合上你的書本，脫下你的法衣吧，
John Green (to the clerk), leave the church: there will be no wedding to-day." The man obeyed.
約翰·格林（面向執(zhí)事）離開教堂吧。今天不舉行婚禮了。”這人照辦了。
