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When we were all too tired to stay awake, Steerforth got up to go."Goodnight，young Copperfield, " he said, putting a hand on my head."I'll take care of you."
當我們都感覺沒勁再熬夜時，斯提福茲站起來要走。“晚安，小科波菲爾，”他把手放在我的頭上，說道，“我會保護你的。”
"It's very kind of you，" I replied gratefully.
“你真是個好心人，”我感激道。
"You haven't got a sister, have you?"he asked sleepily.
“你沒有姐妹，是吧？”他困倦地問道。
"No, I haven't, "I answered. "What a pity! If you had one, I'm sure she'd be a pretty, bright-eyed little girl. I would have liked to meet her."
“沒有，我沒有姐妹，”我答道。“真遺憾！要是你有的話，我敢肯定她是個漂亮的大眼睛姑娘，我就可以有幸見見她啦。”
I thought of him a lot that night，with his laughing, handsome face, and his careless, confident manner. I could never have imagined what a dark shadow he would throw over the lives of people who were dear to me.
那晚，他讓我捉摸不透，他的笑聲，他那英俊的臉，他那不拘小節、桀驁不馴的氣度。而我怎么也想像不到后來他會給我的親友們的生活蒙上一層沉重的陰影。
I stayed at Salem House for three more months. Although one or two of the teachers，like Mr Mell, were kind to us boys，and tried to teach us properly, we were too afraid of Mr Creakle and his stick toconcentrate onour studies. But Tommy Traddles and I cheered each other up if we were beaten，and I was lucky enough to be friendly with the great Steerforth，in spite ofthe difference in our ages.
我在薩倫學校又呆了三個月。雖然也有一兩個教師，如梅爾先生，對孩子們很和氣，也設法給我們以正規的教育，但我們都害怕克里古爾先生和他的棍子，所以根本沒法專心學習。不過，湯米·特拉德和我總是在挨打的時候互相安慰，而且我還很幸運與大孩子斯提福茲保持友好，雖然我們倆年齡相差很多。
