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However, my home, even with the Murdstones there, seemed a much pleasanter place than school, and I was glad when the Christmas holidays arrived, and I was allowed to return to Blunderstone. I was a little surprised to find that my mother had a new baby, and I could see at once that she was not well. She looked tired and worried，and very thin. But she and Peggotty weredelightedto see me, although they dared not show it if the Murdstones werepresent. My stepfather and his sister seemed to hate me even more than before, if that were possible, and they made my life quite miserable whenever they could. In fact, I was almost pleased when it was time to return to school, and see Traddles and Steerforth again.
不管怎樣，我的家，雖然有摩德斯通姐弟在，總顯得比學校親切。所以在圣誕來臨之際，我很高興，我可以回到布蘭德斯通去了。我有些吃驚，母親已經又生了一個小孩，看得出來她身體欠佳。她看上去很疲倦，憂心仲仲，而且瘦弱不堪。但她和辟果提見到我時都很高興，盡管有摩德斯通姐弟在場時不敢表露出來。繼父和他姐姐比以前更討厭我了，只要有可能，他們就會抓住一切機會讓我生活在痛苦之中。所以，當返校的日子來臨，想著我又可以見到特拉德和斯提福茲時，我反而感到欣喜。
As the cart drove away, I remember my mother standing outside our house，with her baby in her arms, smiling sadly at me. That was the last time I saw her，and that is how I shall always remember her.
馬車開始啟動，我記得母親站在屋外，懷里抱著小孩，苦澀地微笑著。這是我最后一次見著她，這也是我至今依舊記得的她的模樣。
