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Sometimes, when the day was very unfavourable, his sisters would expostulate.
天氣很糟的時候妹妹們會勸他別去。
He would then say, with a peculiar smile, more solemn than cheerful, --
但他臉上浮起了莊嚴(yán)甚于愉快的笑容說：
"And if I let a gust of wind or a sprinkling of rain turn me aside from these easy tasks,
“要是一陣風(fēng)和幾滴雨就弄得我放棄這些輕而易舉的工作，
what preparation would such sloth be for the future I propose to myself?"
那么這樣懶懶散散，又怎么能為我設(shè)想的未來作準(zhǔn)備呢？”
Diana and Mary's general answer to this question was a sigh, and some minutes of apparently mournful meditation.
黛安娜和瑪麗對這個問題的回答，往往是一聲嘆息和幾分鐘明顯傷心的沉默。
But besides his frequent absences, there was another barrier to friendship with him:
但是除了因為他頻繁外出之外，還有另一大障礙使我無法與他建立友情。
he seemed of a reserved, an abstracted, and even of a brooding nature.
他似乎是個生性寡言少語、心不在焉、沉思默想的人，
Zealous in his ministerial labours, blameless in his life and habits,
盡管他對牧師工作非常熱情，生活習(xí)慣上也無可指摘，
he yet did not appear to enjoy that mental serenity, that inward content,
但他好像并沒有享受到內(nèi)心的寧靜和滿足，
which should bet he reward of every sincere Christian and practical philanthropist.
每個虔誠的基督徒和腳踏實地的慈善家應(yīng)得的酬報。
Often, of an evening, when he sat at the window, his desk and papers before him,
晚上，他常常坐在窗前，對著面前的書桌和紙張
he would cease reading or writing, rest his chin on his hand,
會停止閱讀和寫作，把下巴靠在手上，
and deliver himself up to I know not what course of thought;
任自己的思緒不知向什么方向飄忽，
but that it was perturbed and exciting might be seen in the frequent flash and changeful dilation of his eye.
但顯得局促不安，從他眼睛頻繁的閃爍和變幻莫測的張合中，可以看到興奮與激動。
