《简·爱》 Chapter 37 第三十七章（13）

After supper, he began to ask me many questions, of where I had been, what I had been doing, how I had found him out;

晚饭后他开始问我很多问题，我上哪儿去了呀，在干些什么呀，怎么找到他的呀。

but I gave him only very partial replies: it was too late to enter into particulars that night.

不过我回答得很简略，那夜已经太晚，无法细谈了。

Besides, I wished to touch no deep-thrilling chord -- to open no fresh well of emotion in his heart: my sole present aim was to cheer him.

此外，我不想去拨动那剧烈震颤的心弦——不想在他的心田开掘情感的新泉。

Cheered, as I have said, he was: and yet but by fits.

我眼下的唯一目的是使他高兴。而如我所说他已很高兴，但反复无常。

If a moment's silence broke the conversation, he would turn restless, touch me, then say, "Jane."

要是说话间沉默了一会儿，他会坐立不安，碰碰我，随后说，“简。”

"You are altogether a human being, Jane?

“你是十十足足的人吗，简？

You are certain of that?"

你肯定是这样的吗？”

"I conscientiously¹ believe so, Mr. Rochester."

“我诚恳地相信是这样。罗切斯特先生。”

"Yet how, on this dark and doleful evening, could you so suddenly rise on my lone² hearth³?

“可是，在这样一个悲哀的黑夜，你怎么会突然出现在我冷落的炉边呢？

I stretched my hand to take a glass of water from a hireling, and it was given me by you:

我伸手从一个佣工那儿取一杯水，结果却是你端上来的。

I asked a question, expecting John's wife to answer me, and your voice spoke⁴ at my ear."

我问了个问题，期待着约翰的妻子回答我，我的耳边却响起了你的声音。”

"Because I had come in, in Mary's stead, with the tray."

“因为我替玛丽端着盘子进来了。”

"And there is enchantment⁵ in the very hour I am now spending with you.

“我现在与你一起度过的时刻，让人心驰神迷。

Who can tell what a dark, dreary⁶, hopeless life I have dragged on for months past?

谁能料到几个月来我挨过了黑暗、凄凉、无望的生活？

Doing nothing, expecting nothing; merging⁷ night in day;

什么也不干，什么也不盼，白天和黑夜不分。

feeling but the sensation of cold when I let the fire go out, of hunger when I forgot to eat:

炉火熄了便感到冷；忘记吃饭便觉得饿。

and then a ceaseless sorrow, and, at times, a very delirium⁸ of desire to behold⁹ my Jane again.

随后是无穷无尽的哀伤，有时就痴心妄想，希望再见见我的简。

1 conscientiously   

adv.凭良心地；认真地，负责尽职地；老老实实

参考例句：

• He kept silent,eating just as conscientiously but as though everything tasted alike. 他一声不吭，闷头吃着，仿佛桌上的饭菜都一个味儿。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• She discharged all the responsibilities of a minister conscientiously. 她自觉地履行部长的一切职责。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 lone   

adj.孤寂的，单独的；唯一的

参考例句：

• A lone sea gull flew across the sky.一只孤独的海鸥在空中飞过。
• She could see a lone figure on the deserted beach.她在空旷的海滩上能看到一个孤独的身影。

3 hearth   

n.壁炉炉床，壁炉地面

参考例句：

• She came and sat in a chair before the hearth.她走过来，在炉子前面的椅子上坐下。
• She comes to the hearth,and switches on the electric light there.她走到壁炉那里，打开电灯。

4 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。

5 enchantment   

n.迷惑，妖术，魅力

参考例句：

• The beauty of the scene filled us with enchantment.风景的秀丽令我们陶醉。
• The countryside lay as under some dread enchantment.乡村好像躺在某种可怖的魔法之下。

6 dreary   

adj.令人沮丧的，沉闷的，单调乏味的

参考例句：

• They live such dreary lives.他们的生活如此乏味。
• She was tired of hearing the same dreary tale of drunkenness and violence.她听够了那些关于酗酒和暴力的乏味故事。

7 merging   

合并（分类）

参考例句：

• Many companies continued to grow by merging with or buying competing firms. 许多公司通过合并或收买竞争对手的公司而不断扩大。 来自英汉非文学 - 政府文件
• To sequence by repeated splitting and merging. 用反复分开和合并的方法进行的排序。

8 delirium   

n. 神智昏迷,说胡话;极度兴奋

参考例句：

• In her delirium, she had fallen to the floor several times. 她在神志不清的状态下几次摔倒在地上。
• For the next nine months, Job was in constant delirium.接下来的九个月，约伯处于持续精神错乱的状态。

9 behold   

v.看，注视，看到

参考例句：

• The industry of these little ants is wonderful to behold.这些小蚂蚁辛勤劳动的样子看上去真令人惊叹。
• The sunrise at the seaside was quite a sight to behold.海滨日出真是个奇景。