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I noticed these objects cursorily only -- in them there was nothing extraordinary.
我只是粗略地看了看這些東西，它們并沒有不同尋常的地方。
A group of more interest appeared near the hearth, sitting still amidst the rosy peace and warmth suffusing it.
令我更感興趣的是火爐旁的一群人，在洋溢著的玫瑰色的寧靜和暖意中默默地坐著。
Two young, graceful women -- ladies in every point -- sat, one in a low rocking-chair, the other on a lower stool;
兩個年輕高雅的女子--從各方面看都像貴婦人--坐著，一個坐在低低的搖椅里；另一個坐在一條更矮的凳子上。
both wore deep mourning of crape and bombazeen, which sombre garb singularly set off very fair necks and faces:
兩人都穿戴了黑紗和毛葛的重喪服，暗沉沉的服飾格外烘托出她們白皙的脖子和面孔。
a large old pointer dog rested its massive head on the knee of one girl
一只大獵狗把它巨大無比的頭靠在一個姑娘膝頭，
in the lap of the other was cushioned a black cat.
另一個姑娘的膝頭則偎著一只黑貓。
A strange place was this humble kitchen for such occupants! Who were they?
這個簡陋的廚房里居然呆著這樣兩個人，真是奇怪。她們會是誰呢？
They could not be the daughters of the elderly person at the table;
不可能是桌子旁邊那個長者的女兒，
for she looked like a rustic, and they were all delicacy and cultivation.
因為她顯得很土，而她們卻完全是高雅而有教養。
I had nowhere seen such faces as theirs: and yet, as I gazed on them, I seemed intimate with every lineament.
我沒有在別處看到過這樣的面容，然而我盯著她們看時，卻似乎覺得熟悉每一個面部特征。
I cannot call them handsome -- they were too pale and grave for the word:
她們說不上漂亮--過分蒼白嚴肅了些，夠不上這個詞。
as they each bent over a book, they looked thoughtful almost to severity.
兩人都低頭看書，顯得若有所思，甚至還有些嚴厲。
A stand between them supported a second candle and two great volumes, to which they frequently referred,
她們之間的架子上放著第二根蠟燭，和兩大卷書，兩人不時地翻閱著，
comparing them, seemingly, with the smaller books they held in their hands,
似乎還在與手中的小書作比較，
like people consulting a dictionary to aid them in the task of translation.
像是在查閱詞典，翻譯什么一樣。
This scene was as silent as if all the figures had been shadows and the firelit apartment a picture:
這一幕靜得仿佛所有的人都成了影子，生了火的房間活像一幅畫。
so hushed was it, I could hear the cinders fall from the grate, the clock tick in its obscure corner;
這兒那么靜謐，我能聽到煤渣從爐柵上落下的聲音，昏暗的角落時鐘的嘀嗒聲，
and I even fancied I could distinguish the click-click of the woman's knitting-needles.
我甚至想象我能分辨出那女人嚓嚓嚓嚓的編織聲。
When, therefore, a voice broke the strange stillness at last, it was audible enough to me.
因而當一個嗓音終于打破奇怪的寧靜時，我足以聽得分明。
