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"Then, pray, sit down, and let us hear it, for there are several points on which I must confess that I am still in the dark."
"那么，請坐下來，讓我們聽聽看。因為我必須承認這樁事情里面還有幾點我仍然不太明白。"
"I will soon make it clear to you," said she; "and I'd have done so before now if I could ha' got out from the cellar.
"我就會對你們講明白的，"她說，"我早就可以這樣做，要是我能早點從地窖里出來的話。
If there's police-court business over this,
如果這件事要鬧到違警罪法庭上去，
you'll remember that I was the one that stood your friend, and that I was Miss Alice's friend too.
你要記住我是作為朋友站在你們一邊的，我也是艾麗絲小姐的朋友。
She was never happy at home, Miss Alice wasn't, from the time that her father married again.
她在家里從來就不愉快，自從她的父親再娶時期，艾麗絲小姐就一直郁郁不樂。
She was slighted like and had no say in anything, but it never really became bad for her until after she met Mr. Fowler at a friend's house.
她在家里受到怠慢，對任何事情都沒有發言權，但是她在朋友家里碰到福勒先生之前，她的情況確實還不算很壞。
As well as I could learn, Miss Alice had rights of her own by will,
根據我所聽到的，根據遺囑，艾麗絲小姐有她自己的權利，
but she was so quiet and patient, she was, that she never said a word about them, but just left everything in Mr. Rucastle's hands.
但是她是如此安靜和忍讓，從來不曾講過一句關于這權利的話，而將一切都交給魯卡斯爾先生處理。
He knew he was safe with her; but when there was a chance of a husband coming forward,
他知道和她在一塊可以很放心，但是一旦一個丈夫要擠進來的時候，
who would ask for all that the law would give him, then her father thought it time to put a stop on it.
那他一定會要求在法律范圍內應該給他的東西，于是她的父親認為是該制止這件事發生的時候了。
He wanted her to sign a paper, so that whether she married or not, he could use her money.
他要他女兒簽署一個字據，聲明不管她結婚與否，他都可以用她的錢。
When she wouldn't do it, he kept on worrying her until she got brain -- fever, and for six weeks was at death's door.
由于她不愿意簽，他一直鬧到她得了腦炎，六個星期瀕臨于死亡的邊緣。
Then she got better at last, all worn to a shadow, and with her beautiful hair cut off;
最后她逐漸康復，但是已經骨瘦如柴，并且把美麗的頭發也剪掉了；
but that didn't make no change in her young man, and he stuck to her as true as man could be."
但是這些都不能使她的年輕的男朋友變心，他對她仍然十二分的忠誠。"
