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"Don't make her talk any more now, St. John," said Diana, as I paused;
“這會兒別要她再談下去了，圣·約翰，”我停下來時黛安娜說。
"she is evidently not yet fit for excitement.
“顯然她不宜激動，
Come to the sofa and sit down now, Miss Elliott."
上沙發這兒來，坐下吧，愛略特小姐。”
I gave an involuntary half start at hearing the alias:
一聽這個別名，我不由自主地微微一驚，
I had forgotten my new name.
我己忘了我新起的名字。
Mr. Rivers, whom nothing seemed to escape, noticed it at once.
但什么都逃不過他眼睛的里弗斯先生，立刻注意到了。
"You said your name was Jane Elliott?" he observed.
“你說你的名字叫簡·愛略特是嗎？”他說，
"I did say so;
“我是這么說過的，
and it is the name by which I think it expedient to be called at present,
這個名字，我想是作為權宜之計暫時用用的，
but it is not my real name, and when I hear it, it sounds strange to me."
但不是我的真名、所以初一聽有些陌生。”
"Your real name you will not give?"
“你不愿講你的真名，”
"No: I fear discovery above all things;
“不愿。我尤其擔心被人發現。
and whatever disclosure would lead to it, I avoid."
凡是要導致這種后果的事，我都要避開，”
"You are quite right, I am sure," said Diana.
“我敢肯定你做得很對，”黛安娜說。
"Now do, brother, let her be at peace a while."
“現在，哥哥，一定得讓她安寧，一會兒了。”
But when St. John had mused a few moments he recommenced as imperturbably and with as much acumen as ever.
但是，圣·約翰靜默了一會兒后，又開腔了，還是像剛才那樣目光敏銳，不慌不忙。
"You would not like to be long dependent on our hospitality --
“你不愿長期依賴我們的好客吧—一
you would wish, I see, to dispense as soon as may be with my sisters' compassion,
我看你會希望盡快擺脫我妹妹們的憐憫，
and, above all, with my charity (I am quite sensible of the distinction drawn, nor do I resent it -- it is just):
尤其是我的慈善（我對他的強調很敏感，但也不生氣——因為那是正當的），
you desire to be independent of us?"
你希望不依賴我們嗎？”
"I do: I have already said so.
“是的。我已經這么說過了。
Show me how to work, or how to seek work: that is all I now ask;
告訴我怎么干活，或者怎么找活干，這就是我現在所要求的，
then let me go, if it be but to the meanest cottage;
然后我走，即使是到最簡陋的草屋去———
but till then, allow me to stay here:
但在那之前，請讓我呆在這兒，
I dread another essay of the horrors of homeless destitution."
我害怕再去品嘗無家可歸饑寒交迫的恐怖。”
