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"That is hardly likely," was the reply.
“這不大可能，”對方回答。
"You will find she is some young lady who has had a misunderstanding with her friends, and has probably injudiciously left them.
“你會發現她是某個年輕小姐，與自己朋友產生了誤會，可能輕率地一走了之。
We may, perhaps, succeed in restoring her to them, if she is not obstinate:
要是她不固執，我們也許可以把她送回去，
but I trace lines of force in her face which make me sceptical of her tractability."
但是我注意到了她臉上很有力的線條，這使我懷疑她脾氣很倔強。”
He stood considering me some minutes; then added, "She looks sensible, but not at all handsome."
他站著端詳了我一會，隨后補充說，”她看上去很聰明，但一點也不漂亮。”
"She is so ill, St. John."
“她病得那么重，圣·約翰。”
"Ill or well, she would always be plain. The grace and harmony of beauty are quite wanting in those features."
“不管身體好不好，反正長得很一般。那些五官缺少美的雅致與和諧。”
On the third day I was better; on the fourth, I could speak, move, rise in bed, and turn.
到了第三天我好些了，第四天我已能說話，移動，從床上坐起來，轉動身子。
Hannah had brought me some gruel and dry toast, about, as I supposed, the dinner-hour.
我想大約晚飯時間，漢娜端來一些粥和烤面包。
I had eaten with relish: the food was good -- void of the feverish flavour which had hitherto poisoned what I had swallowed.
我吃得津津有味，覺得這些東西很好吃--不像前幾天發燒時，吃什么都沒有味道。
When she left me, I felt comparatively strong and revived: ere long satiety of repose and desire for action stirred me.
她離開我時，我覺得已有些力氣，恢復了元氣。不久，我對休息感到厭膩，我很想起來動動。
I wished to rise; but what could I put on?
我想從床上爬起來。但是穿什么好呢？
Only my damp and bemired apparel; in which I had slept on the ground and fallen in the marsh.
只有濺了泥的濕衣服，我就是那么穿著睡在地上，倒在沼澤地里的。
I felt ashamed to appear before my benefactors so clad. I was spared the humiliation.
我羞于以這身打扮出現在我的恩人們面前。不過我免掉了這種羞辱。
