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"You think so now," rejoined St. John,
“你現在是這樣想的，”圣·約翰回答，
"because you do not know what it is to possess, nor consequently to enjoy wealth:
“因為你不知道擁有財富或者因此而享受財富是什么滋味；
you cannot form a notion of the importance twenty thousand pounds would give you;
你還不能想象二萬英鎊會使你怎樣變得舉足輕重，
of the place it would enable you to take in society; of the prospects it would open to you: you cannot" ----
會使你在社會中獲得怎樣高的地位，以及會為你開辟怎樣廣闊的前景。你不能——”
"And you," I interrupted, "cannot at all imagine the craving I have for fraternal and sisterly love.
“而你，”我打斷了他，“絕對無法想象我多么渴望兄弟姐妹之情。
I never had a home, I never had brothers or sisters;
我從來沒有家，從來沒有兄弟或姐妹。
I must and will have them now: you are not reluctant to admit me and own me, are you?"
我現在必須，也不一定要有，你不會不愿接受我承認我，是嗎？”
"Jane, I will be your brother -- my sisters will be your sisters -- without stipulating for this sacrifice of your just rights."
“簡，我會成為你的哥哥——我的妹妹會成為你的姐姐——而不必把犧牲自己的正當權利作為條件。”
"Brother? Yes; at the distance of a thousand leagues! Sisters?
“哥哥？不錯，相距一千里路之遙！姐姐們？
Yes; slaving amongst strangers!
不錯，為陌生人當牛做馬！
I, wealthy -- gorged with gold I never earned and do not merit!
我，家財萬貫——裝滿了我從未掙過，也不配有的金子。
You, penniless! Famous equality and fraternisation!
而你，身無分文！這就是赫赫有名的平等和友愛！
Close union! Intimate attachment!"
多么緊密的團聚：何等親切的依戀！”
"But, Jane, your aspirations after family ties and domestic happiness may be realised otherwise than by the means you contemplate: you may marry."
“可是，簡，你渴望的親屬關系和家庭幸福，可以不通過你所設想的方法來實現。你可以嫁人。”
"Nonsense, again! Marry! I don't want to marry, and never shall marry."
“又胡說八道啦！嫁人！我不想嫁人，永遠不嫁。”
