《简·爱》 Chapter 37 第三十七章（15）

"Who the deuce have you been with?"

“你究竟跟谁呆过？”

"If you twist in that way you will make me pull the hair out of your head;

“要是你那么扭动的话，你会弄得我把你的头发拔下来，

and then I think you will cease to entertain doubts of my substantiality."

那样我想你再也不会怀疑我是实实在在的人了吧。”

"Who have you been with, Jane?"

“你跟谁呆过一阵子？”

"You shall not get it out of me to-night, sir; you must wait till to-morrow;

“今天晚上别想从我嘴里把话掏出来了，先生。你得等到明天。

to leave my tale half told, will, you know, be a sort of security that I shall appear at your breakfast table to finish it.

你知道，我把故事只讲一半，会保证我出现在你的早餐桌旁把其余的讲完。

By the bye, I must mind not to rise on your hearth¹ with only a glass of water then:

顺便说一句，我得留意别只端一杯水来到你火炉边，

I must bring an egg at the least, to say nothing of fried ham."

至少得端进一个蛋，不用讲油煎火腿了。”

"You mocking changeling -- fairy-born and human-bred!

“你这个爱嘲弄人的丑仙童—一算你是仙女生，凡人养的！

You make me feel as I have not felt these twelve months.

你让我尝到了一年来从未有过的滋味。

If Saul could have had you for his David,

要是扫罗能让你当他的大卫，

the evil spirit would have been exorcised without the aid of the harp²."

那就不需要弹琴就能把恶魔赶走了。”

"There, sir, you are redd up and made decent.

“瞧，先生，可把你收拾得整整齐齐，象象样样了。

Now I'll leave you: I have been travelling these last three days, and I believe I am tired.

这会儿我得离开你了。最近三天我一直在旅途奔波，想来也够累的。

Good night."

晚安！”

"Just one word, Jane: were there only ladies in the house where you have been?"

“就说一句话，简，你前一阵子呆的地方光有女士吗？”

I laughed and made my escape, still laughing as I ran upstairs.

我大笑着抽身走掉了，跑上楼梯还笑个不停。

"A good idea!" I thought with glee.

“好主意！”我快活地想道。

"I see I have the means of fretting³ him out of his melancholy⁴ for some time to come."

“我看以后的日子我有办法让他急得忘掉忧郁了。”

1 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。

2 harp   

n.竖琴；天琴座

参考例句：

• She swept her fingers over the strings of the harp.她用手指划过竖琴的琴弦。
• He played an Irish melody on the harp.他用竖琴演奏了一首爱尔兰曲调。

3 fretting   

n. 微振磨损 adj. 烦躁的, 焦虑的

参考例句：

• Fretting about it won't help. 苦恼于事无补。
• The old lady is always fretting over something unimportant. 那位老妇人总是为一些小事焦虑不安。

4 melancholy   

n.忧郁，愁思；adj.令人感伤（沮丧）的，忧郁的

参考例句：

• All at once he fell into a state of profound melancholy.他立即陷入无尽的忧思之中。
• He felt melancholy after he failed the exam.这次考试没通过，他感到很郁闷。