'I've shown no disrespect,' was my reply, laughing internally at the dignity with which he announced himself.

“我并沒有不尊重啊,”我回答道，心里卻在嘲笑在自報家門時表現出來的高貴模樣。

He fixed his eye on me longer than I cared to return the stare, for fear I might be tempted either to box his ears or render my hilarity audible. I began to feel unmistakably out of place in that pleasant family circle. The dismal spiritual atmosphere overcame, and more than neutralised, the glowing physical comforts round me; and I resolved to be cautious how I ventured under those rafters a third time.

他盯著我看了很長時間，長得我都不愿意去回瞪他了，因為擔心這樣下去，我也許會會扇他耳光，或是會大聲的嘲笑他。我開始感到自己明顯的不適應這個愉快的家庭。陰沉沉的氛圍開始漫溢，它并不是抵消，而是完全沖散了周圍的明亮舒適。我決定對第三次在這個屋檐下的大膽行徑保持警惕。

The business of eating being concluded, and no one uttering a word of sociable conversation, I approached a window to examine the weather. A sorrowful sight I saw: dark night coming down prematurely, and sky and hills mingled in one bitter whirl of wind and suffocating snow.

用餐完畢，沒有一個人說出一個可以用來談話的字眼。我走向窗前，去查看天氣。我看見非常令我悲哀的場面：黑夜早已籠罩著大地，盤旋的風和令人憋悶的雪將天空和山攪在一起。

'I don't think it possible for me to get home now without a guide,' I could not help exclaiming. 'The roads will be buried already; and, if they were bare, I could scarcely distinguish a foot in advance.'

“我認為我是不可能在沒有向導的情況下回家了，”我不由說出，“路都被埋了起來，即便是沒有被埋起來，我也幾乎不能辨認出前面的腳印來?！?/P>

'Hareton, drive those dozen sheep into the barn porch. They'll be covered if left in the fold all night: and put a plank before them,' said Heathcliff.

“海爾頓，把這些樣都趕到谷倉前的門廊去。如果把它們留在外面過夜，他們會被埋起來的，放個木板在前面擋著?！毕Ｋ箍死蛘f。

'How must I do?' I continued, with rising irritation.

“我該怎么做？”我又問道，怒氣不由的增加了。

There was no reply to my question; and on looking round I saw only Joseph bringing in a pail of porridge for the dogs, and Mrs. Heathcliff leaning over the fire, diverting herself with burning a bundle of matches which had fallen from the chimney-piece as she restored the tea-canister to its place. The former, when he had deposited his burden, took a critical survey of the room, and in cracked tones grated out - 'Aw wonder how yah can faishion to stand thear i' idleness un war, when all on 'ems goan out! Bud yah're a nowt, and it's no use talking - yah'll niver mend o'yer ill ways, but goa raight to t' divil, like yer mother afore ye!'

沒有人回答我。當我四處看去，我只看見約瑟夫提著一桶稀飯來喂狗，而希斯克利夫太太靠在火爐旁，燒著從壁爐架上掉下來的一把火柴，消遣自己，這些火柴是她放茶葉罐回去的時碰下來的。前者，放下他的桶后，以審視的目光掃過房間，然后用嘶啞的嗓音擠出，“啊，我怎不明白當他們都出去了，你怎么還能讓自己無所事事的或時更糟糕的站在那里？但是你什么都不是，說也是沒有用的——你是不會改變自己的壞毛病的，你會變成魔鬼的，就像之前你媽媽那樣?！?/P>

I imagined, for a moment, that this piece of eloquence was addressed to me; and, sufficiently enraged, stepped towards the aged rascal with an intention of kicking him out of the door. Mrs. Heathcliff, however, checked me by her answer.

一時，我認認為這些話是對我說的，我感到非常的惱火，向前走去，想把這個老惡棍踢出去。然而，希斯克利夫太太的話阻止了我。