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Never once in their dialogues did I hear a syllable of regret at the hospitality they had extended to me,
在她們的交談中，我從來沒有聽到她們說過一句話，對自己的好客，表示懊悔，
or of suspicion of, or aversion to, myself. I was comforted.
或者對我表示懷疑或厭惡。我得到了安慰。
Mr. St. John came but once: he looked at me,
圣·約翰先生只來過一次，他瞧著我，
and said my state of lethargy was the result of reaction from excessive and protracted fatigue.
說我昏睡不醒是長期疲勞過度的反應。
He pronounced it needless to send for a doctor: nature, he was sure, would manage best, left to herself.
他認為不必去叫醫生，確信最好的辦法是順其自然。
He said every nerve had been overstrained in some way, and the whole system must sleep torpid a while.
他說每根神經都有些緊張過度，所以整個機體得有一段沉睡麻木的時期。
There was no disease. He imagined my recovery would be rapid enough when once commenced.
而并不是什么疾病。他想象我的身體一旦開始恢復，會好得很快。
These opinions he delivered in a few words, in a quiet, low voice;
他用幾句話表示了這些意見，語調平靜而低沉。
and added, after a pause, in the tone of a man little accustomed to expansive comment,
他頓了一下之后又加了一句，用的是一個不習慣于長篇大論的人的語調：
"Rather an unusual physiognomy; certainly, not indicative of vulgarity or degradation."
“一張不同一般的臉，倒沒有庸俗下賤之相。”
"Far otherwise," responded Diana. "To speak truth, St. John, my heart rather warms to the poor little soul.
“恰恰相反，”黛安娜回答，“說實話，圣·約翰，我內心對這可憐的小幽靈產生了好感。
I wish we may be able to benefit her permanently."
但愿我們永遠能夠幫助她。”
