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"The name of the place where, and of the person with whom I lived, is my secret," I replied concisely.
“我住在哪兒，跟誰(shuí)住在一起，這是我的秘密，”我回答得很簡(jiǎn)略。
"Which, if you like, you have, in my opinion, a right to keep, both from St. John and every other questioner," remarked Diana.
“在我看來，要是你高興，不管是圣·約翰還是其他人的提問，你都有權(quán)不說，”黛安娜回答說。
"Yet if I know nothing about you or your history, I cannot help you," he said. "And you need help, do you not?"
“不過要是我不了解你和你的身世，我無法幫助你，”他說。“而你是需要幫助的，是不是？”
"I need it, and I seek it so far, sir, that some true philanthropist will put me in the way of getting work which I can do,
“到現(xiàn)在為止我需要幫助，也尋求幫助，先生，希望某個(gè)真正的慈善家會(huì)讓我有一份力所能及的工作，
and the remuneration for which will keep me, if but in the barest necessaries of life."
以及讓我把日子過下去的報(bào)酬，就是能滿足生活的必需也好。”
"I know not whether I am a true philanthropist; yet I am willing to aid you to the utmost of my power in a purpose so honest.
“我不知道自己是不是位真正的慈善家，不過我愿意真誠(chéng)地竭盡全力幫助你。
First, then, tell me what you have been accustomed to do, and what you can do."
那么首先你得告訴我，你習(xí)慣于干什么，你能干什么。”
I had now swallowed my tea. I was mightily refreshed by the beverage; as much so as a giant with wine:
這會(huì)兒我已經(jīng)吞下了茶點(diǎn)，飲料使我猶如喝了酒的巨人，精神大為振作，
it gave new tone to my unstrung nerves, and enabled me to address this penetrating young judge steadily.
它給我衰弱的神經(jīng)注入了新的活力，使我能夠不慌不忙同這位目光敏銳的年輕法官說話。
"Mr. Rivers," I said, turning to him, and looking at him, as he looked at me, openly and without diffidence,
“里弗斯先生，”我說著轉(zhuǎn)向了他，像他看我那樣，堂而皇之毫無羞色地看著他，
"you and your sisters have done me a great service -- the greatest man can do his fellow-being;
“你和你的妹妹們己經(jīng)幫了我很大的忙--一個(gè)最偉大的人，能為他的同類所做的，
you have rescued me, by your noble hospitality, from death.
你以你高尚的殷勤，從死亡中拯救了我。
This benefit conferred gives you an unlimited claim on my gratitude, and a claim, to a certain extent, on my confidence.
你所施予的恩惠，使你絕對(duì)有權(quán)要求我感激你，并且某種程度上要求知道我的秘密。
I will tell you as much of the history of the wanderer you have harboured,
我會(huì)盡量把你們所庇護(hù)的流浪者的身世說個(gè)明白，
as I can tell without compromising my own peace of mind -- my own security, moral and physical, and that of others."
在不損害我心境的平靜、自身及他人道德和人身的安全的前提下。”
