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"Now, Jane, why don't you say 'Well, sir?' I have not done.
“噢，簡，你干嘛不說‘那么，先生?’我還沒有說完呢。
You are looking grave. You disapprove of me still, I see.
你神情嚴肅，看得出來不同意我的看法。
But let me come to the point.
不過讓我直說吧。
Last January, rid of all mistresses -- in a harsh, bitter frame of mind, the result of a useless, roving, lonely life
去年一月，我打發(fā)走了所有的情婦--當時的心情既冷酷又苦惱，那是毫無意義、飄忽不定的孤獨生活的苦果
corroded with disappointment, sourly disposed against all men,
我心灰意冷，便怒悻悻地反對一切男性，
and especially against all womankind (for I began to regard the notion of an intellectual, faithful, loving woman as a mere dream),
尤其是反對一切女性（因為，我開始認為理智、忠實、可愛的女人不過是一種夢想），
recalled by business, I came back to England.
因為事務需要，我回到了英格蘭。”
"On a frosty winter afternoon, I rode in sight of Thornfield Hall. Abhorred spot!
“一個有霜凍的冬日下午，我騎在馬上看見了桑菲爾德府。多么駭人的地方！
I expected no peace -- no pleasure there.
在那里我預料沒有安寧，沒有歡樂。
On a stile in Hay Lane I saw a quiet little figure sitting by itself.
在海巷的階梯上我看到一個斯斯文文的小東西獨個兒坐著。
I passed it as negligently as I did the pollard willow opposite to it:
我不經(jīng)意地在她旁邊走過，就像路過對面截去樹梢的柳樹一樣。
I had no presentiment of what it would be to me;
這小東西與我會有什么關(guān)系，我沒有預感，
no inward warning that the arbitress of my life -- my genius for good or evil -- waited there in humble guise.
也沒有內(nèi)心的感應暗示我。我生活的仲裁人--好歹也是我的守護神--穿著一身很不起眼的衣服坐在那兒。
I did not know it, even when, on the occasion of Mesrour's accident, it came up and gravely offered me help.
甚至我的梅斯羅馬出了事故，這小東西一本正經(jīng)上來幫忙時，我也還不知道她呢。
Childish and slender creature!
一個稚氣十足、纖弱苗條的家伙！
It seemed as if a linnet had hopped to my foot and proposed to bear me on its tiny wing.
仿佛一只紅雀跳到我腳邊，提議用它細小的翅膀背負我。
I was surly; but the thing would not go:
我有些粗暴，但這東西就是不走，
it stood by me with strange perseverance, and looked and spoke with a sort of authority.
站在我旁邊，固執(zhí)得出奇，一付不容違抗的神態(tài)和口氣。
I must be aided, and by that hand: and aided I was."
我得有人幫忙，而且是由那雙手來幫，結(jié)果我是得到了幫助。”
