《简·爱》 Chapter 17 第十七章（2）

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I went on with my day's business tranquilly¹.

我平静地干着一天的工作。

But ever and anon vague suggestions kept wandering across my brain of reasons why I should quit Thornfield.

不过脑海中时时隐约闪过我要离开桑菲尔德的理由。

And I kept involuntarily framing advertisements and pondering conjectures² about new situations.

我不由自主地设计起广告，预测起新的工作来。

These thoughts I did not think to check;

这些想法，我没有必要去制止。

They might germinate³ and bear fruit if they could.

它们也许会生根发芽，还可能结出果子来。

Mr. Rochester had been absent upwards⁴ of a fortnight, when the post brought Mrs. Fairfax a letter.

罗切斯特先生离家已经两周多了，这时候邮差送来了一封给费尔法克斯太太的信。

"It is from the master," said she, as she looked at the direction.

"是老爷写来的，"她后了看姓名地址说。

"Now I suppose we shall know whether we are to expect his return or not."

"现在我想可以知道能不能盼他回来了。"

And while she broke the seal and perused⁵ the document, I went on taking my coffee (we were at breakfast) .

她在拆开封口仔细看信时，我继续喝我的咖啡（我们在吃早饭）。

It was hot, and I attributed to that circumstance a fiery⁶ glow which suddenly rose to my face.

咖啡很热，我把脸上突然泛起的红晕看作是它的缘故。

Why my hand shook, and why I involuntarily spilt half the contents of my cup into my saucer, I did not choose to consider.

不过，我的手为什么抖个不停，为什么我情不自禁地把半杯咖啡溢到了碟子上，我就不想去考虑了。

"Well, I sometimes think we are too quiet, but we run a chance of being busy enough now, for a little while at least,"

"嗨，有时候我总认为太冷清，现在可有机会够我们忙了，至少得忙一会儿"

said Mrs. Fairfax, still holding the note before her spectacles.

费尔法克斯太太说，仍然把信纸举着放在眼镜前面。

Ere I permitted myself to request an explanation, I tied the string of Adèle's pinafore, which happened to be loose.

我没有立即提出要求解释，而是系好了阿黛勒碰巧松开的围涎，哄她又吃了个小面包。

Having helped her also to another bun and refilled her mug with milk, I said, nonchalantly:

把她的杯子再倒满牛奶，随后淡然问道：

"Mr. Rochester is not likely to return soon, I suppose?"

"我猜想罗切斯特先生不会马上回来吧？"

"Indeed he is — in three days, he says.

"说真的，他要回来了 — 他说三天以后到。

1 tranquilly   

adv. 宁静地

参考例句：

• He took up his brush and went tranquilly to work. 他拿起刷子，一声不响地干了起来。
• The evening was closing down tranquilly. 暮色正在静悄悄地笼罩下来。

2 conjectures   

推测，猜想( conjecture的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• That's weighing remote military conjectures against the certain deaths of innocent people. 那不过是牵强附会的军事假设，而现在的事实却是无辜者正在惨遭杀害，这怎能同日而语！
• I was right in my conjectures. 我所猜测的都应验了。

3 germinate   

v.发芽；发生；发展

参考例句：

• Seeds will not germinate without water.没有水，种子是不会发芽的。
• Can thin and hollow seeds germinate?瘦瘪的种子能够发芽吗？

4 upwards   

adv.向上，在更高处...以上

参考例句：

• The trend of prices is still upwards.物价的趋向是仍在上涨。
• The smoke rose straight upwards.烟一直向上升。

5 perused   

v.读（某篇文字）( peruse的过去式和过去分词 )；（尤指）细阅；审阅；匆匆读或心不在焉地浏览（某篇文字）

参考例句：

• I remained under the wall and perused Miss Cathy's affectionate composition. 我就留在墙跟底下阅读凯蒂小姐的爱情作品。 来自辞典例句
• Have you perused this article? 你细读了这篇文章了吗？ 来自互联网

6 fiery   

adj.燃烧着的，火红的；暴躁的；激烈的

参考例句：

• She has fiery red hair.她有一头火红的头发。
• His fiery speech agitated the crowd.他热情洋溢的讲话激动了群众。