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A fine spring shone round me, which I could not enjoy.
風和日麗的春天，我無意消受。
Summer approached; Diana tried to cheer me: she said I looked ill, and wished to accompany me to the sea-side.
夏天就要到了，黛安娜竭力要使我振作起來，說是我臉有病容，希望陪我上海邊去。
This St. John opposed; he said I did not want dissipation,
圣·約翰表示反對，他說我并不需要散漫，卻缺些事兒干干。
I wanted employment; my present life was too purposeless,
我眼下的生活太無所用心，
I required an aim; and, I suppose, by way of supplying deficiencies,
需要有個目標。我想大概是為了補缺，
he prolonged still further my lessons in Hindostanee, and grew more urgent in requiring their accomplishment:
他進一步延長了我的印度斯坦語課，并更迫切地要我去完成。
and I, like a fool, never thought of resisting him -- I could not resist him.
我象一個傻瓜，從來沒有想到要反抗——我無法反抗他。
One day I had come to my studies in lower spirits than usual; the ebb was occasioned by a poignantly felt disappointment.
一天，我開始了我的功課，情緒比往常要低。我的無精打采是一種強烈感受到的失望所引起的。
Hannah had told me in the morning there was a letter for me, and when I went down to take it,
早上漢娜告訴我有我的一封信，我下樓去取的時候，
almost certain that the long-looked for tidings were vouchsafed me at last,
心里幾乎十拿九穩，該是久盼的消息終于來了。
I found only an unimportant note from Mr. Briggs on business.
但我發現不過是一封無關緊要的短簡，是布里格斯先生的公務信。
The bitter check had wrung from me some tears; and now, as I sat poring over the crabbed characters and flourishing tropes of an Indian scribe, my eyes filled again.
我痛苦地克制自己，但眼淚奪眶而出。而我坐著細讀印度文字難辨的字母和華麗的比喻時，淚水又涌了上來。
St. John called me to his side to read; in attempting to do this my voice failed me: words were lost in sobs.
圣·約翰把我叫到他旁邊去讀書，但我的嗓子不爭氣，要讀的詞語被啜泣淹沒了。
He and I were the only occupants of the parlour: Diana was practising her music in the drawing-room,
客廳里只有他和我兩人，黛安娜在休憩室練習彈唱，
Mary was gardening -- it was a very fine May day, clear, sunny, and breezy.
瑪麗在整園子——這是個晴朗的五月天，天清氣爽，陽光明麗，微風陣陣。
My companion expressed no surprise at this emotion, nor did he question me as to its cause; he only said: --
我的同伴對我這種情緒并未表示驚奇，也沒有問我是什么緣故，他只是說：
"We will wait a few minutes, Jane, till you are more composed."
“我們停幾分鐘吧，簡，等你鎮靜下來再說?！?span style="white-space:normal;">
And while I smothered the paroxysm with all haste, he sat calm and patient, leaning on his desk,
我趕緊忍住不再發作，而他鎮定而耐心地坐著，靠在書桌上，
and looking like a physician watching with the eye of science an expected and fully understood crisis in a patient's malady.
看上去像個醫生，用科學的眼光，觀察著病人的險情，這種險情既在意料之中又是再明白不過的。
