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I was very frightened，but I made myself ask the question I had beenconsideringfor a whole month." Please, sir, I'm very sorry for what I did to Mr Murdstone. Could—could I take this sign off，before the other boys see it…"
我很害怕，但還是竭力穩住自己，問了一個困擾了我一整個月的問題，“求您了，先生，我非常抱歉我對摩德斯通先生所做的一切。我能——我能在其他同學看到之前摘下這塊牌子嗎……？”
Mr Creakle gave a sudden，terrible shout and jumped out of his chair. I did not wait to see whether he was going to hit me, but ran out of his room and hid in my bed for the next hour.
克里古爾先生發出一聲突兀、可怕的叫聲，從椅子上跳起來。我沒等看清他是否想揍我就跑回了宿舍，并在床上呆了足足一個鐘頭。
However, the boys were not as cruel to me as I had feared. I made a friend almost immediately, a boy called Tommy Traddles, who was known to be the unluckiest boy in the school. I was also noticed, and even smiled on, by the great James Steerforth，one of the oldest boys, at least six years older than me. He was a handsome，intelligent, curly-haired young man, who had become an important figure at the school，with great influence over the younger boys.
然而，同學們對我并不像我擔心的那樣殘酷。我很快就結識了一位叫湯米·特拉德的朋友，他被公認為學校里最不幸的孩子。我還引起了學校里最年長的孩子之一的詹姆士·斯提福茲的注意，甚至互相見面致意。他至少比我大6歲，長得英俊、人很聰明，留一頭卷發，是學校里的出名人物，對年幼的孩子頗具影響力。
