《简·爱》 Chapter 09 第九章（9）

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And shall I see you again, Helen, when I die?

海伦，我死掉后，还能再见到你吗？

You will come to the same region of happiness. be received by the same mighty¹, universal Parent, no doubt, dear Jane.

你会来到同一个幸福的地域，被同一个伟大的、普天下共有的父亲所接纳，毫无疑问，亲爱的简。

Again I questioned, but this time only in thought.

我又再次发问，不过这回只是想想而已。

Where is that region? Does it exist?

这个地域在哪儿？它存在不存在？

And I clasped my arms closer round Helen;

我用胳膊把海伦楼得更紧了。

she seemed dearer to me than ever;

她对我似乎比以往任何时候都要宝贵了，

I felt as if I could not let her go.

我仿佛觉得我不能让她走。

I lay with my face hidden on her neck.

我躺着把脸埋在她的颈窝里。

Presently she said, in the sweetest tone: "How comfortable I am! "

她立刻用最甜蜜的嗓音说：“我多么舒服啊！”

That last fit of coughing has tired me a little.

刚才那一阵子咳嗽弄得我有点儿累了，

I feel as if I could sleep, but don't leave me, Jane. I like to have you near me.

我好像是能睡着了，可是别离开我，简，我喜欢你在我身边。

I'll stay with you, DEAR Helen. no one shall take me away.

我会同你呆在一起的，亲爱的海伦。谁也不能把我撵走。

Are you warm, darling?

你暖和吗，亲爱的？

Yes.

是的。

Good-night, Jane.

晚安，简。

Good-night, Helen.

晚安，海伦。

She kissed me, and I her, and we both soon slumbered².

她吻了我，我吻了她，两人很快就睡熟了。

When I awoke it was day: An unusual movement roused me;

我醒来的时候已经是白天了。一阵异样的抖动把我弄醒了。

I looked up; I was in somebody's arms.

我抬起头来，发现自己正躺在别人的怀抱里。

The nurse held me. She was carrying me through the passage back to the dormitory.

那位护士抱着我，正穿过过道把我送回宿舍。

I was not reprimanded for leaving my bed;

我没有因为离开床位而受到责备。

People had something else to think about;

人们还有别的事儿要考虑。

No explanation was afforded then to my many questions;

我提出的很多问题也没有得到解释。

But a day or two afterwards I learned that Miss Temple, on returning to her own room at dawn, had found me laid in the little crib;

但一两天后我知道，坦普尔小姐在拂晓回房时，发现我躺在小床上。

My face against Helen Burns's shoulder, my arms round her neck.

我的脸蛋紧贴着海伦.彭斯的肩膀，我的胳膊搂着她的脖子。

I was asleep, and Helen was - dead.

我睡着了，而海伦-死了。

Her grave is in Brocklebridge churchyard.

她的坟墓在布罗克布里奇墓地。

For fifteen years after her death it was only covered by a grassy³ mound⁴;

她去世后十五年中，墓上仅有一个杂草丛生的土墩。

But now a grey marble tablet marks the spot, inscribed⁵ with her name, and the word "Resurgam."

但现在一块灰色的大理石墓碑标出了这个地点，上面刻着她的名字及“重生”这个字。

1 mighty   

adj.强有力的；巨大的

参考例句：

• A mighty force was about to break loose.一股巨大的力量即将迸发而出。
• The mighty iceberg came into view.巨大的冰山出现在眼前。

2 slumbered   

微睡，睡眠（slumber的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• The baby slumbered in his cradle. 婴儿安睡在摇篮中。
• At that time my virtue slumbered; my evil, kept awake by ambition. 就在那时，我的善的一面睡着了，我的邪恶面因野心勃勃而清醒着。

3 grassy   

adj.盖满草的；长满草的

参考例句：

• They sat and had their lunch on a grassy hillside.他们坐在长满草的山坡上吃午饭。
• Cattle move freely across the grassy plain.牛群自由自在地走过草原。

4 mound   

n.土墩，堤，小山；v.筑堤，用土堆防卫

参考例句：

• The explorers climbed a mound to survey the land around them.勘探者爬上土丘去勘测周围的土地。
• The mound can be used as our screen.这个土丘可做我们的掩蔽物。

5 inscribed   

v.写，刻( inscribe的过去式和过去分词 )；内接

参考例句：

• His name was inscribed on the trophy. 他的名字刻在奖杯上。
• The names of the dead were inscribed on the wall. 死者的名字被刻在墙上。 来自《简明英汉词典》