《简·爱》 Chapter 35 第三十五章（17）

All the house was still; for I believe all, except St. John and myself, were now retired¹ to rest.

整座房子寂静无声。因为我相信，除了圣·约翰和我自己，所有的人都安息了。

The one candle was dying out: the room was full of moonlight.

那一根蜡烛幽幽将灭，室内洒满了月光。

My heart beat fast and thick: I heard its throb².

我的心砰砰乱跳，我听见了它的搏动声。

Suddenly it stood still to an inexpressible feeling that thrilled it through, and passed at once to my head and extremities³.

突然一种难以言表的感觉使我的心为之震颤，并立即涌向我的头脑和四肢，我的心随之停止了跳动。

The feeling was not like an electric shock, but it was quite as sharp, as strange, as startling:

这种感觉不象一阵电击，但它一样地尖锐，一样地古怪，一样地惊人。

it acted on my senses as if their utmost activity hitherto had been but torpor⁴, from which they were now summoned and forced to wake.

它作用于我的感官，仿佛它们在这之前的最活跃时刻也只不过处于麻木状态。而现在它们受到了召唤，被弄醒了。

They rose expectant: eye and ear waited while the flesh quivered on my bones.

它们起来了，充满了期待，眼睛和耳朵等候着，而肌肉在骨头上哆嗦。

"What have you heard? What do you see?" asked St. John.

“你听到了什么啦？你看见什么了吗？”圣·约翰问。

I saw nothing, but I heard a voice somewhere cry --

我什么也没有看到，可是我听见一个声音在什么地方叫唤着——

"Jane! Jane! Jane!" -- nothing more.

“简！简！简！”随后什么也听不到了。

"O God! what is it?" I gasped⁵.

“呵，上帝呀！那是什么声音？”我喘息着。

I might have said, "Where is it?"

我本该说“这声音是从哪里来的？”

for it did not seem in the room -- nor in the house -- nor in the garden;

因为它似乎不在房间里——也不在屋子里——也不在花园里。

it did not come out of the air -- nor from under the earth -- nor from overhead.

它不是来自空中——也不是来自地下——也不是来自头顶。

I had heard it -- where, or whence, for ever impossible to know!

我已经听到了这声音——从何而来，或者为何而来，那是永远无法知道的！

And it was the voice of a human being -- a known, loved, well-remembered voice -- that of Edward Fairfax Rochester;

而这是一个声音——一个熟悉、亲切、记忆犹新的声音——爱德华·费尔法克斯·罗切斯特的声音。

and it spoke⁶ in pain and woe⁷, wildly, eerily⁸, urgently.

这声音痛苦而悲哀——显得狂乱、怪异和急切。

1 retired   

adj.隐退的，退休的，退役的

参考例句：

• The old man retired to the country for rest.这位老人下乡休息去了。
• Many retired people take up gardening as a hobby.许多退休的人都以从事园艺为嗜好。

2 throb   

v.震颤，颤动；(急速强烈地)跳动，搏动

参考例句：

• She felt her heart give a great throb.她感到自己的心怦地跳了一下。
• The drums seemed to throb in his ears.阵阵鼓声彷佛在他耳边震响。

3 extremities   

n.端点( extremity的名词复数 )；尽头；手和足；极窘迫的境地

参考例句：

• She was most noticeable, I thought, in respect of her extremities. 我觉得她那副穷极可怜的样子实在太惹人注目。 来自辞典例句
• Winters may be quite cool at the northwestern extremities. 西北边区的冬天也可能会相当凉。 来自辞典例句

4 torpor   

n.迟钝；麻木；（动物的）冬眠

参考例句：

• The sick person gradually falls into a torpor.病人逐渐变得迟钝。
• He fell into a deep torpor.他一下子进入了深度麻痹状态。

5 gasped   

v.喘气( gasp的过去式和过去分词 )；喘息；倒抽气；很想要

参考例句：

• She gasped at the wonderful view. 如此美景使她惊讶得屏住了呼吸。
• People gasped with admiration at the superb skill of the gymnasts. 体操运动员的高超技艺令人赞叹。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

6 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

7 woe   

n.悲哀，苦痛，不幸，困难；int.用来表达悲伤或惊慌

参考例句：

• Our two peoples are brothers sharing weal and woe.我们两国人民是患难与共的兄弟。
• A man is well or woe as he thinks himself so.自认祸是祸，自认福是福。

8 eerily   

adv.引起神秘感或害怕地

参考例句：

• It was nearly mid-night and eerily dark all around her. 夜深了，到处是一片黑黝黝的怪影。 来自汉英文学 - 散文英译
• The vast volcanic slope was eerily reminiscent of a lunar landscape. 开阔的火山坡让人心生怪异地联想起月球的地貌。 来自辞典例句