《简·爱》（英文版）Part 4Chapter 71

2024-03-23 08:05:2405:01 118

声音简介

71 《简·爱》（英文版）
Now the brilliantness still goes on.
Jane Eyre，by English writer， Charlotte Brontte.
Part 4 Life with Mr Rochester
Chapter 71 Mr Rochester’s explanation
“And what did you do， sir， when you had brought her here？”
“I traveled all over Europe， Jane. I was looking for a good and intelligent woman to love—”
“But you couldn’t marry， sir.” I interrupted.
“I believed I could. I thought I might find some reasonable woman who would understand my case and accept me.”
“Well， sir， did you？”
“Not in Europe， Jane， where l spend ten long years looking for an ideal. I tried taking mistresses， like Celine， the french dancer. But finally， bitter and disappointed with my wasted life， I returned to Thornfield on the frosty winter afternoon. And when my horse slept and fell on the ice ，a little figure appeared and insisted on helping me. In the weeks that followed， I began to depend on that bird- like little figure for my happiness and new interest in life.”
“Don’t taIk any more of the past，sir.” I said， wiping a secret tear from my eyes.
“No， Jane. you are right， the future is much brighter. You understand now， don’t you？ l’ve wasted half my life in misery and loneliness，but now I found you. You are at the center of my heart. It was stupid of me to try to marry you like that without explaining. I should have confessed everything ，as ｜do now ，and I appealed to your great generosity of spirit. I promise to love you and stay with you for ever. Jane，promise me the same.”
A pause. “Why are you silent， Jane？”
This was a terrible moment for me. In a struggle and confusion that was going on in my heart I knew that he loved me and I loved him， but I also knew that l must leave him！
“Jane，just promise me. I will be yours.”
“Mr Rochester， I will not be yours.”
Another pause.
“Jane，”He said，with a gentleness that cut into my soul. “Jane，do you intend us to live apart for ever？”
“I do.”
“Jane，（bending towards me and kissing me） is that still your intention？”
“lt is.” I replied， pulling away from him .
“0h， Jane ，this is a bitter shock. lt would not be wicked to love me.”
“It would be wicked to do what you want.”
“Jane，just imagine my horrible life when you have gone. I shall be alone with that mad women upstairs. Where shall I find friendship and hope？”
“You can only trust in God and yourself. Live without doing wrong， and die hoping to go to heaven.”
“That's impossible without you. And… and you have no family to offend by living with me！”He was beginning to sound desperate. I knew that what he said was true. However in my heart I also knew I was right to leave.
Thank you for listening to subscribe-to-like- to-vote（感谢收听订阅，点赞评论，投票转发）.
罗切斯特先生的解释
“先生，你把她带到这儿来后又做了什么？”
“简，我游遍了欧洲，我在寻找一位善良聪明的女人去爱她—”
“但你却不能结婚，先生。”我打断他。
“我当时想，我能，我以为我能找到一位理智的女人，理解我的处境，并接受我。”
“那么先生，你找到了吗？”
“嗯，在欧洲没找到，我在那儿花了十年时间寻找一个偶像，我曾找过情妇，比如赛琳娜那个法国舞女，但是最终我在浪费了生命，感到痛苦而失望后，我在冬日一个雾蒙蒙的下午回到桑菲，我的马滑倒在冰上时，一个小家伙出现了，还坚持要帮助我，以后的几个星期里，我开始依赖这个像鸟儿一样的小人儿来寻找我的幸福和对生活的兴趣。”
“先生，别再说过去这些了。”我说他去了，不知不觉流出的眼泪。
“不，简，你是对的，未来会更加光明，现在你明白了，对不对？我在痛苦和孤独中虚度了前半生，但现在我找到了你，你在我心中。我不解释，就要和你结婚，真是太傻了，我应该像现在这样坦白一切，然后请求你的宽容，我保证永远爱你，和你在一起，简，你也对我保证。”
一阵沉默。
“简，你为什么不说话？”
这对我是个可怕的时刻，我内心矛盾着，理不出头绪，我知道他爱我，我也爱他，但我也知道我必须离开他！
“简，就答应我，说：我是你的。”
“罗切斯特先生，我不是你的。”
又一阵沉默。
“简，”他温柔的声音刺进我的心灵深处，“简，你想让我们俩永远分离吗？”
“是的。”
“简，（他弯下腰来吻着我）你还这么想吗？”
“是的。”我回答说，并从他那儿挣脱出来。
“噢，简，这是一个痛苦的打击，而我不是罪过啊”
“做你想做的事就是罪过。”
“简，想象一下，你走后我的生活该多么可怕，我将独自伴着楼上的那个疯女人，我到哪里去寻找友谊，寻找希望？”
“你只能相信上帝和自己。活着时，不要做错事，死去时，希望进天堂。”
“没有你这是不可能的，再说你和我生活在一起也不会触怒什么家人。”他开始有些绝望，我知道他说的不错，但我内心也深知我离去是对的。
感谢收听订阅点赞评论投票转发。