吴钧燮谈翻译《简·爱》

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Though I had now extinguished my candle and was laid down in bed, I could not sleep for thinking of his look when he paused in the avenue, and told how his destiny had risen up before him, and dared him to be happy at Thornfield.

这会儿我虽然已经吹灭蜡烛上了床，却老睡不着觉，因为心里总在想着他在林荫路上停下来，说他的命运之神如何突然降临，问他敢不敢在桑菲尔德获取幸福时的那副神情。

‘Why not?’ I asked myself. ‘What alienates him from the house? Will he leave it again soon? Mrs Fairfax said he seldom stayed here longer than a fortnight at a time; and he has now been resident eight weeks. If he does go, the change will be doleful. Suppose he should be absent spring, summer, and autumn: how joyless sunshine and fine days will seem!’

“为什么不敢呢？”我暗自猜疑。“是什么使他在这所宅子里待不下去的？他很快就又会离开的。费尔法克斯太太曾说他很少在这儿一连待过两个星期以上，可他这次却已经住了八个星期了。要是他真走的话，那变化可真叫人犯愁。如果他春天、夏天直到秋天都不在这儿，那么阳光和好天气都会显得多么毫无乐趣啊！”

I hardly know whether I had slept or not after this musing; at any rate, I started wide awake on hearing a vague murmur, peculiar and lugubrious, which sounded, I thought, just above me. I wished I had kept my candle burning: the night was drearily dark; my spirits were depressed. I rose and sat up in bed, listening. The sound was hushed.

这样想了一阵以后，我简直不知道自己究竟睡着过没有。不管怎样，我突然听到似乎就在我头上，传来一阵古怪而阴惨惨的喃喃低语声，把我完全弄醒了。我真但愿刚才让蜡烛继续点燃着。夜黑得可怕，我感到心情压抑。我在床上坐起来倾听。声音沉寂了。

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