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You say you never heard of a Mrs. Rochester at the house up yonder, Wood;
你說你在府上那一帶，從來沒有聽到過一位叫羅切斯特太太的人，沃德。
but I daresay you have many a time inclined your ear to gossip about the mysterious lunatic kept there under watch and ward.
不過我猜想有很多次你想豎起耳朵，聽聽關(guān)于一個(gè)神秘的瘋子被看管著的流言。
Some have whispered to you that she is my bastard half-sister: some, my cast-off mistress.
有人已經(jīng)向你耳語，說她是我同父異母的私生姐姐，有人說她是被我拋棄的情婦。
I now inform you that she is my wife, whom I married fifteen years ago, Bertha Mason by name;
現(xiàn)在我告訴你們，她是我妻子--十五年前我同她結(jié)的婚--名字叫伯莎·梅森，
sister of this resolute personage, who is now, with his quivering limbs and white cheeks,
這位鐵石心腸的人的姐姐，此刻他四肢打顫，臉色發(fā)白，
showing you what a stout heart men may bear.
向你們表示男子漢們的心是多么剛強(qiáng)。
Cheer up, Dick! -- never fear me! -- I'd almost as soon strike a woman as you.
提起勁來，迪克！--別怕我！--我?guī)缀鯇幵缸嵋粋€(gè)女人而不揍你。
Bertha Mason is mad; and she came of a mad family; idiots and maniacs through three generations?
伯莎·梅森是瘋子，而且出身于一個(gè)瘋?cè)思彝?-一連三代的白癡和瘋子！
Her mother, the Creole, was both a madwoman and a drunkard!
她的母親，那個(gè)克里奧人既是個(gè)瘋女人，又是個(gè)酒鬼！
as I found out after I had wed the daughter: for they were silent on family secrets before.
我是同她的女兒結(jié)婚后才發(fā)現(xiàn)的，因?yàn)橐郧八麄儗?duì)家庭的秘密守口如瓶。
Bertha, like a dutiful child, copied her parent in both points.
伯莎像是—個(gè)百依百順的孩子，在這兩方面承襲了她母親。
I had a charming partner -- pure, wise, modest: you can fancy I was a happy man.
我曾有過一位迷人的伴侶--純潔、聰明、謙遜。你可能想象我是一個(gè)幸福的男人。
I went through rich scenes! Oh! my experience has been heavenly, if you only knew it!
我經(jīng)歷了多么豐富的場(chǎng)面：呵！我的閱歷真有趣，要是你們知道就好了！
But I owe you no further explanation.
不過我不再進(jìn)一步解釋了。
Briggs, Wood, Mason, I invite you all to come up to the house and visit Mrs. Poole's patient, and my wife!
布里格斯、沃德、梅森--我邀請(qǐng)你們都上我家去，拜訪一下普爾太太的病人，我的妻子！
You shall see what sort of a being I was cheated into espousing,
你們會(huì)看到我受騙上當(dāng)所娶的是怎樣一個(gè)人，
and judge whether or not I had a right to break the compact, and seek sympathy with something at least human.
評(píng)判一下我是不是有權(quán)撕毀協(xié)議，尋求至少是符合人性的同情。
This girl," he continued, looking at me, "knew no more than you, Wood, of the disgusting secret:
“這位姑娘，”他瞧著我往下說，“沃德，對(duì)討厭的秘密，并不比你們知道得更多。
she thought all was fair and legal and never dreamt she was going to be entrapped into a feigned union with a defrauded wretch,
她認(rèn)為一切既公平又合法，從來沒有想到自己會(huì)落入騙婚的圈套，同一個(gè)受了騙的可憐蟲結(jié)親，
already bound to a bad, mad, and embruted partner! Come all of you -- follow!"
這個(gè)可憐蟲早已跟一個(gè)惡劣、瘋狂、沒有人性的伴侶結(jié)合！來吧，你們都跟我來？”
