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"I am an orphan, the daughter of a clergyman.
“我是一個孤兒，一個牧師的女兒。
My parents died before I could know them.
我還不能記事父母就去世了。
I was brought up a dependant; educated in a charitable institution.
我靠人贍養長大，在一個慈善機構受了教育。
I will even tell you the name of the establishment,
我甚至可以告訴你這個機構的名字，
where I passed six years as a pupil, and two as a teacher -- Lowood Orphan Asylum, shire:
在那里我做了六年學生，兩年教師--xx郡羅沃德孤兒院，
you will have heard of it, Mr. Rivers? -- the Rev. Robert Brocklehurst is the treasurer."
你可能聽到過它，里弗斯先主？羅伯特·布羅克赫斯特牧師是司庫。”
"I have heard of Mr. Brocklehurst, and I have seen the school."
“我聽說過布羅克赫斯特先生，也見過這學校。”
"I left Lowood nearly a year since to become a private governess.
“差不多一年前我離開了羅沃德，去當私人家庭教師。
I obtained a good situation, and was happy. This place I was obliged to leave four days before I came here.
我得到了一份很好的工作，也很愉快。來這里的四天前，我不得不離開那個地方。
The reason of my departure I cannot and ought not to explain: it would be useless, dangerous, and would sound incredible.
離開的原因我不能也不該解釋，就是解釋也沒有用，會招來危險，聽起來也難以令人置信。
No blame attached to me: I am as free from culpability as any one of you three.
我沒有責任，像你們三位中的任何一位那樣是無罪的。
Miserable I am, and must be for a time;
我很難過，以后一段時間還得這樣，
for the catastrophe which drove me from a house I had found a paradise was of a strange and direful nature.
因為把我從我看作天堂的房子里趕出來的原因，奇怪而可怕。
