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"And what, sir," I asked, while he paused, "did you do when you had settled her here? Where did you go?"
“那么，先生，”趁他頓住時我問，“你把她安頓在這里后，自己干了什么呢？你上哪兒去了？”
"What did I do, Jane? I transformed myself into a will-o'-the-wisp.
“我干了什么嗎，簡？我讓自己變成了一個形蹤不定的人。
Where did I go? I pursued wanderings as wild as those of the March-spirit.
我上哪兒去了？我像沼澤地的精靈那樣東游西蕩。
I sought the Continent, and went devious through all its lands.
我去了歐洲大陸，迂回曲折穿越了那里所有的國家。
My fixed desire was to seek and find a good and intelligent woman,
我打定主意找一個我可以愛她的出色聰明的女人，
whom I could love: a contrast to the fury I left at Thornfield..."
與我留在桑菲爾德的潑婦恰成對比...”
"But you could not marry, sir."
“但你不能結婚，先生。”
"I had determined and was convinced that I could and ought.
“我決心而且深信我能夠結婚，也應該結婚。
It was not my original intention to deceive, as I have deceived you.
我雖然己經騙了你，但欺騙不是我的初衷。
I meant to tell my tale plainly, and make my proposals openly:
我打算將自己的事兒坦誠相告，公開求婚，
and it appeared to me so absolutely rational that I should be considered free to love and be loved,
我應當被認為有愛和被愛的自由，在我看來這是絕對合理的。
I never doubted some woman might be found willing and able to understand my case and accept me,
我從不懷疑能找到某個女人，愿意并理解我的處境，接納我，
in spite of the curse with which I was burdened."
盡管我背著該詛咒的包袱。”
"Well, sir?"
“那么，先生？”
"When you are inquisitive, Jane, you always make me smile.
“當你刨根究底時，簡，你常常使我發笑。
You open your eyes like an eager bird, and make every now and then a restless movement,
你像一只急切的小鳥那樣張開眼睛，時而局促不安地動來動去，
as if answers in speech did not flow fast enough for you, and you wanted to read the tablet of one's heart.
仿佛口頭回答的語速太慢，你還想讀一讀人家心上的銘文。
