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Grace has, on the whole, proved a good keeper;
總的來說，格雷斯證明是個好管家。
though, owing partly to a fault of her own, of which it appears nothing can cure her, and which is incident to her harassing profession,
但多半是因為伴隨這折磨人的差事而來，而又無可救藥的自身缺陷，
her vigilance has been more than once lulled and baffled.
她不止一次放松警戒，出了事情。
The lunatic is both cunning and malignant;
這個瘋子既狡猾又惡毒，
she has never failed to take advantage of her guardian's temporary lapses;
決不放過機會，利用看護人暫時的疏忽。
once to secrete the knife with which she stabbed her brother,
有一次她偷偷拿刀捅了她弟弟，
and twice to possess herself of the key of her cell, and issue therefrom in the night-time.
有兩次搞到了她小房間的鑰匙，并且夜間從那里走了出來。
On the first of these occasions, she perpetrated the attempt to burn me in my bed;
在以上第一個場合，她蓄意把我燒死在床上，
on the second, she paid that ghastly visit to you.
第二次，她找到你門上來了。
I thank Providence, who watched over you, that she then spent her fury on your wedding apparel,
我感謝上帝守護你。隨后她把火發在你的婚裝上，
which perhaps brought back vague reminiscences of her own bridal days:
那也許使她朦朧地記起了自己當新娘的日子，
but on what might have happened, I cannot endure to reflect.
至于還可能發生什么，我不忍心再回想了。
When I think of the thing which flew at my throat this morning,
當我想起早上撲向我喉嚨的東西，
hanging its black and scarlet visage over the nest of my dove, my blood curdles."
想起它把又黑又紅的臉湊向我寶貝的窩里時，我的血凝結了。”
