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Still indomitable was the reply
但是那回答依然是不可改變的，
"I care for myself. The more solitary, the more friendless, the more unsustained I am, the more I will respect myself.
“我關(guān)心我自己，愈是孤單，愈是沒有朋友，愈是無助，那我就愈是自尊。
I will keep the law given by God; sanctioned by man.
我會(huì)遵守上帝創(chuàng)造、由人批準(zhǔn)的法規(guī)，
I will hold to the principles received by me when I was sane, and not mad -- as I am now.
我會(huì)堅(jiān)持我清醒時(shí)，而不是像現(xiàn)在這樣發(fā)瘋時(shí)服從的準(zhǔn)則。
Laws and principles are not for the times when there is no temptation:
法規(guī)和準(zhǔn)則不光是為了沒有誘惑的時(shí)刻，
they are for such moments as this, when body and soul rise in mutiny against their rigour;
而是針對(duì)現(xiàn)在這樣，肉體和靈魂起來抗拒它的嚴(yán)厲和苛刻的時(shí)候。
stringent are they; inviolate they shall be.
它們?cè)賴?yán)厲也是不可破壞的。
If at my individual convenience I might break them, what would be their worth?
要是出于我個(gè)人的方便而加以違背，那它們還有什么價(jià)值？
They have a worth -- so I have always believed; and if I cannot believe it now, it is because I am insane -- quite insane:
它們是有價(jià)值的--我向來是這么相信的。如果我此刻不信，那是因?yàn)槲爷偭?-瘋得可厲害啦，
with my veins running fire, and my heart beating faster than I can count its throbs.
我的血管里燃燒著火，我的心跳快得難以計(jì)數(shù)。
Preconceived opinions, foregone determinations, are all I have at this hour to stand by: there I plant my foot."
此刻我所能依靠的是原有的想法和以往的決心：我要巍然不動(dòng)地站在那里。”
I did. Mr. Rochester, reading my countenance, saw I had done so.
我這么做了，羅切斯特先生觀察著我的臉色，看出我已經(jīng)這么辦了。
His fury was wrought to the highest: he must yield to it for a moment, whatever followed;
他的怒氣被激到了極點(diǎn)。不管會(huì)產(chǎn)生什么后果，他都得發(fā)作一會(huì)兒。
he crossed the floor and seized my arm and grasped my waist.
他從房間一頭走過來，抓住我胳膊，把我的腰緊緊抱住。
He seemed to devour me with his flaming glance:
他眼睛那么冒火，仿佛要把我吞下去似的。
physically, I felt, at the moment, powerless as stubble exposed to the draught and glow of a furnace:
肉體上，這時(shí)我無能為力，就像扔在爐中強(qiáng)風(fēng)和火光里的草根，
mentally, I still possessed my soul, and with it the certainty of ultimate safety.
精神上，我的心靈保持著克制，正因?yàn)檫@樣，我對(duì)最終的安全很有把握。
The soul, fortunately, has an interpreter -- often an unconscious, but still a truthful interpreter -- in the eye.
幸虧靈魂有一個(gè)詮釋者--常常是位無意識(shí)的，卻仍是忠實(shí)的詮釋者--那就是眼睛。
My eye rose to his; and while I looked in his fierce face I gave an involuntary sigh;
我與他目光相對(duì)，一面瞪著他那付兇相，一面不由自主地嘆了口氣。
his gripe was painful, and my over-taxed strength almost exhausted.
他那么緊握著使我很痛，我由于過分用力而精疲力盡了。
