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I observed but two points in planning my departure -- speed, secrecy:
在計劃逃離時我看到了兩點--速度和秘密，
to secure these, I had to leave behind me everything I possessed except a small parcel;
為了做到這兩點，我不得不把我的所有統統留下，只拿了一個小包裹。
which, in my hurry and trouble of mind, I forgot to take out of the coach that brought me to Whitcross.
我也在匆忙和煩惱中，忘了從把我帶到惠特克勞斯的馬車上拿下來了。
To this neighbourhood, then, I came, quite destitute.
于是我囊空如洗來到這附近。
I slept two nights in the open air, and wandered about two days without crossing a threshold:
我在露天宿了兩夜，游蕩了兩天，沒有跨進過一條門檻，
but twice in that space of time did I taste food;
在這段時間只有兩回吃過東西，
and it was when brought by hunger, exhaustion, and despair almost to the last gasp,
正當我由于饑餓、疲乏和絕望到了幾乎只剩最后一口氣時，
that you, Mr. Rivers, forbade me to perish of want at your door, and took me under the shelter of your roof.
你，里弗斯先生，不讓我餓死凍死在家門口，把我收留進你們的房子。
I know all your sisters have done for me since -- for I have not been insensible during my seeming torpor
我知道從那時起你妹妹們為我所做的一切--因為在我外表上麻木遲鈍的那些日子里，我并不是沒有感覺的，
and I owe to their spontaneous, genuine, genial compassion as large a debt as to your evangelical charity."
我對你們自然、真誠、親切的憐憫，如同對你合乎福音的慈善，欠下了一筆很大的債?！?/p>
