《简·爱》 Chapter 29 第二十九章（17）（在线收听）

"The name of the place where, and of the person with whom I lived, is my secret," I replied concisely.

“我住在哪儿，跟谁住在一起，这是我的秘密，”我回答得很简略。

"Which, if you like, you have, in my opinion, a right to keep, both from St. John and every other questioner," remarked Diana.

“在我看来，要是你高兴，不管是圣·约翰还是其他人的提问，你都有权不说，”黛安娜回答说。

"Yet if I know nothing about you or your history, I cannot help you," he said. "And you need help, do you not?"

“不过要是我不了解你和你的身世，我无法帮助你，”他说。“而你是需要帮助的，是不是？”

"I need it, and I seek it so far, sir, that some true philanthropist will put me in the way of getting work which I can do,

“到现在为止我需要帮助，也寻求帮助，先生，希望某个真正的慈善家会让我有一份力所能及的工作，

and the remuneration for which will keep me, if but in the barest necessaries of life."

以及让我把日子过下去的报酬，就是能满足生活的必需也好。”

"I know not whether I am a true philanthropist; yet I am willing to aid you to the utmost of my power in a purpose so honest.

“我不知道自己是不是位真正的慈善家，不过我愿意真诚地竭尽全力帮助你。

First, then, tell me what you have been accustomed to do, and what you can do."

那么首先你得告诉我，你习惯于干什么，你能干什么。”

I had now swallowed my tea. I was mightily refreshed by the beverage; as much so as a giant with wine:

这会儿我已经吞下了茶点，饮料使我犹如喝了酒的巨人，精神大为振作，

it gave new tone to my unstrung nerves, and enabled me to address this penetrating young judge steadily.

它给我衰弱的神经注入了新的活力，使我能够不慌不忙同这位目光敏锐的年轻法官说话。

"Mr. Rivers," I said, turning to him, and looking at him, as he looked at me, openly and without diffidence,

“里弗斯先生，”我说着转向了他，像他看我那样，堂而皇之毫无羞色地看着他，

"you and your sisters have done me a great service -- the greatest man can do his fellow-being;

“你和你的妹妹们己经帮了我很大的忙--一个最伟大的人，能为他的同类所做的，

you have rescued me, by your noble hospitality, from death.

你以你高尚的殷勤，从死亡中拯救了我。

This benefit conferred gives you an unlimited claim on my gratitude, and a claim, to a certain extent, on my confidence.

你所施予的恩惠，使你绝对有权要求我感激你，并且某种程度上要求知道我的秘密。

I will tell you as much of the history of the wanderer you have harboured,

我会尽量把你们所庇护的流浪者的身世说个明白，

as I can tell without compromising my own peace of mind -- my own security, moral and physical, and that of others."

在不损害我心境的平静、自身及他人道德和人身的安全的前提下。”