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They returned within the time Hannah had allotted them: they entered by the kitchen door.
他們在漢娜規定的時間內回來了，是從廚房門進來的。
Mr. St. John, when he saw me, merely bowed and passed through; the two ladies stopped:
圣·約翰先生見了我不過點了點頭就走過了。兩位小姐停了下來。
Mary, in a few words, kindly and calmly expressed the pleasure she felt in seeing me well enough to be able to come down;
瑪麗心平氣和地說了幾句話，表示很高興見我己經好到能下樓了。
Diana took my hand: she shook her head at me.
黛安娜握住我的手，對我搖搖頭。
"You should have waited for my leave to descend," she said.
“你該等我允許后才好下樓，”她說。
"You still look very pale -- and so thin! Poor child! -- poor girl!"
“你臉色還是很蒼白--又那么瘦！可憐的孩子？可憐的姑娘！”
Diana had a voice toned, to my ear, like the cooing of a dove.
黛安娜的聲調在我聽來象鴿子的咕咕聲。
She possessed eyes whose gaze I delighted to encounter.
她有一雙我很樂意接觸她目光的眼睛。
Her whole face seemed to me fill of charm.
她的整張臉似乎都充滿魅力。
Mary's countenance was equally intelligent -- her features equally pretty;
瑪麗的面容，一樣聰明--她的五官一樣漂亮，
but her expression was more reserved, and her manners, though gentle, more distant.
但她的表情更加冷淡，她的儀態雖然文雅卻更顯得隔膜。
Diana looked and spoke with a certain authority: she had a will, evidently.
黛安娜的神態和說話的樣子都有一種權威派頭，顯然很有主意。
It was my nature to feel pleasure in yielding to an authority supported like hers,
我生性喜歡服從像她那樣有依靠的權威，
and to bend, where my conscience and self-respect permitted, to an active will.
在我的良心和自尊允許范圍內，向富有活力的意志低頭。
