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"Yet I could not live alone; so I tried the companionship of mistresses.
“但是我無法單獨生活，所以我嘗試找情婦來作伴。
The first I chose was Céline Varens -- another of those steps which make a man spurn himself when he recalls them.
我第一個選中的是塞莉納·瓦倫--我所走的另一步，使人一想起來就會唾棄自己。
You already know what she was, and how my liaison with her terminated.
你已經知道她是怎么個人，我們之間的私通是如何結束的。
She had two successors: an Italian, Giacinta, and a German, Clara; both considered singularly handsome.
她之后有兩個后繼者，一個是意大利人嘉辛塔；另一個是德國人克萊拉，兩人都被認為美貌絕倫。
What was their beauty to me in a few weeks?
但是幾周之后我覺得她們的美貌對我又有什么意思？
Giacinta was unprincipled and violent: I tired of her in three months.
嘉辛塔肆無忌憚，性格暴烈，過了三個月我就討厭了。
Clara was honest and quiet; but heavy, mindless, and unimpressible: not one whit to my taste.
克萊拉誠實文靜，但反應遲鈍，沒有頭腦，很不敏感，一點也不對我口味。
I was glad to give her a sufficient sum to set her up in a good line of business, and so get decently rid of her.
我很高興給了她相當一筆錢，替她找到了一個很好的行當，體面地把她攆走了。
But, Jane, I see by your face you are not forming a very favourable opinion of me just now.
可是簡，從你的臉上可以看出，剛才你對我的印象并不很好。
You think me an unfeeling, loose-principled rake: don't you?"
你認為我是一個冷酷無情、放蕩不羈的流氓，是嗎？”
"I don't like you so well as I have done sometimes, indeed, sir.
“說實在我并不像有時那么喜歡你，先生。
Did it not seem to you in the least wrong to live in that way, first with one mistress and then another?
你難道一點也不覺得這種一會兒這個情婦，一會兒那個情婦的生活方式不對嗎？
You talk of it as a mere matter of course."
你談起來仿佛這是理所當然的。”
