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I entered the shop: a woman was there.
我走進了店里，里面有一個女人。
Seeing a respectably-dressed person, a lady as she supposed, she came forward with civility.
她見是一位穿著體面的人，猜想是位貴婦，于是便很有禮貌地走上前來。
How could she serve me? I was seized with shame: my tongue would not utter the request I had prepared.
她怎么來照應我呢？我羞愧難當。我的舌頭不愿吐出早已想好的要求。
I dared not offer her the half-worn gloves, the creased handkerchief: besides, I felt it would be absurd.
我不敢拿出舊了的手套，皺巴巴的圍巾。另外，我還覺得這很荒唐。
I only begged permission to sit down a moment, as I was tired.
我只求她讓我坐一會兒，因為我累了。
Disappointed in the expectation of a customer, she coolly acceded to my request.
她沒有盼到一位雇客，很是失望，冷冷地答應了我的要求。
She pointed to a seat; I sank into it.
她指了指一個座位，我一屁股坐了下來。
I felt sorely urged to weep; but conscious how unseasonable such a manifestation would be, I restrained it.
我很想哭，但意識到那種表現(xiàn)會不合情理，便忍住了。
Soon I asked her "if there were any dressmaker or plain-workwoman in the village?"
我立刻問她“村子里有沒有裁縫或者做做一般針線活的女人？”
"Yes; two or three. Quite as many as there was employment for."
“有，有兩三個。按活計算也就夠多的了。”
I reflected. I was driven to the point now.
我沉思了一下。現(xiàn)在我不得不直說了。
I was brought face to face with Necessity.
我己經面臨困境。
I stood in the position of one without a resource, without a friend, without a coin.
落到了沒有食物，沒有朋友，沒有一文錢的地步。
I must do something. What? I must apply somewhere. Where?
我得想點辦法。什么辦法呢？我得上什么地方去求助。上哪個地方呢？
