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'At the same time, if you would prefer staying here, Florence, to paying this visit at present, or to going home with me —'
“但是，弗洛倫斯，如果你寧愿待在這里，而不想現在去進行這次訪問或跟我回家去的話——”
'I should much prefer it, aunt,' was the faint rejoinder.
“我很愿意待在這里，姑媽——”回答的聲音是微弱的。
'Why then, child,'said Mrs Chick, 'you can. It's a strange choice, I must say. But you always were strange. Anybody else at your time of life, and after what has passed — my dear Miss Tox, I have lost my pocket handkerchief again — would be glad to leave here, one would suppose.
“好吧，孩子，”奇克夫人說，“你可以待在這里。我得說，這是個古怪的選擇。不過你總是古怪的。要是換了別人，不論是誰，到了你這樣的年紀，又在經歷了這樣的事情之后，都是會高高興興離開這里的，這是人們意料之中的事情——我親愛的托克斯小姐，我又找不到我的手絹了——”
'I should not like to feel,' said Florence, 'as if the house was avoided. I should not like to think that the — his — the rooms upstairs were quite empty and dreary, aunt. I would rather stay here, for the present. Oh my brother! oh my brother!'
“我不愿意覺得，仿佛應該避開這個家才好。”弗洛倫斯說，“我不愿意想到樓上的那個——他的房間空空蕩蕩，十分凄涼，姑媽。我目前寧肯留在這里。啊，我的弟弟呀！我的弟弟呀！”
It was a natural emotion, not to be suppressed; and it would make way even between the fingers of the hands with which she covered up her face. The overcharged and heavy—laden breast must some times have that vent, or the poor wounded solitary heart within it would have fluttered like a bird with broken wings, and sunk down in the dust'
這是自然的情感激動，不能加以壓制；它甚至會從她捂在臉上的手指中間沖出來。那負擔過重、疲憊不堪的胸膛有時必須有個排泄的孔道，否則里面那可憐的受傷的孤獨的心就會像一只折斷了翅膀的鳥那樣掙扎撲騰，掉落在塵土之中的。
'Well, child!' said Mrs Chick, after a pause 'I wouldn't on any account say anything unkind to you, and that I'm sure you know. You will remain here, then, and do exactly as you like. No one will interfere with you, Florence, or wish to interfere with you, I'm sure.
“好吧，孩子！”奇克夫人停了一下，接著又說道，“我無論如何也不愿意跟你說不客氣的話，我相信，你也知道這一點。那么，你就待在這里，愛做什么就做什么。誰也不來干涉你，弗洛倫斯，而且我相信，誰也不希望來干涉你。”
Florence shook her head in sad assent'
弗洛倫斯點點頭，悲傷地表示同意。
