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The human heart was not made for the residence of such an inhabitant.
人類的內心世界是不允許有這樣一個寓居者常駐的。
It finds itself preyed on by a torment, which it dares not acknowledge to God nor man.
結果，在尋覓獵物時他內心備受煎熬，不敢向上帝或別人坦承自己的罪惡。
A vulture is devouring it, and it can ask no sympathy or assistance either from heaven or earth.
貪婪正在吞噬良知，而這時的良知是不會要上天原諒，不會向俗世尋求幫助的。
The secret which the murderer possesses soon comes to possess him;
謀殺者對守住秘密的渴望很快就占據他整個身心；
and, like the evil spirits of which we read, it overcomes him, and leads him whithersoever it will.
就像我們在書上讀到的惡魔的內心一樣，這種渴望戰勝了他的理智，一直伴隨他。
He feels it beating at his heart, rising to his throat, and demanding disclosure.
他能感到這種渴望在他心里跳動，上到喉嚨處，控制著他不對別人披露。
He thinks the whole world sees it in his face, reads it in his eyes,
他以為整個世界都從他臉上發現了秘密，從他的眼神讀出了秘密，
and almost hears its workings in the very silence of his thoughts. It has become his master.
他那些念頭處于非常平靜的狀態時幾乎聽到了那種渴望在悸動。渴望成了他的主宰。
It betrays his discretion, it breaks down his courage, it conquers his prudence.
他也背叛了自己的謹慎，削弱了他的勇氣，征服了他的謹慎。
When suspicions from without begin to embarrass him,
當無緣由的懷疑開始令他困窘時，
and the net of circumstance to entangle him,
周圍環境這張網束縛住了他，
the fatal secret struggles with still greater violence to burst forth.
這個重大的秘密面臨著更大的爆出的力量。
It must be confessed, it will be confessed;
必須坦白，這個秘密將大白于天下；
there is no refuge from confession but suicide, and suicide is confession.
除了自殺別無避免坦白的避風港，而自殺就是坦白。
