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"Where do you see the necessity?" he asked suddenly.
“在哪儿看到的呢？”他猛地问道。
"Where? You, sir, have placed it before me."
“哪儿？你，先生，已经把这种必要性摆在我面前了。”
"In what shape?"
“什么样的必要性？”
"In the shape of Miss Ingram; a noble and beautiful woman, your bride."
“就是英格拉姆小姐那模样，一个高尚而漂亮的女人--你的新娘。”
"My bride! What bride? I have no bride!"
“我的新娘！什么新娘呀？我没有新娘！”
"But you will have."
“但你会有的。”
"Yes; I will! I will!" He set his teeth.
“是的，我会！我会！”他咬紧牙齿。
"Then I must go: you have said it yourself."
“那我得走：你自己已经说了。”
"No: you must stay! I swear it and the oath shall be kept."
“不，你非留下不可！我发誓--我信守誓言。”
"I tell you I must go!" I retorted, roused to something like passion.
“我告诉你我非走不可！”我回驳着，感情很有些冲动。
"Do you think I can stay to become nothing to you?
“你难道认为，我会留下来甘愿做一个对你来说无足轻重的人？
Do you think I am an automaton -- a machine without feelings
你以为我是一架机器--一架没有感情的机器，
and can bear to have my morsel of bread snatched from my lips, and my drop of living water dashed from my cup?
能够容忍别人把一口面包皮从我嘴里抢走，把一滴生命之水从我杯子里泼掉？
Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain, and little, I am soulless and heartless?
难道就因为我一贫如洗、默默无闻、长相平庸、个子瘦小，就没有灵魂，没有心肠了？
You think wrong! I have as much soul as you, and full as much heart!
你不是想错了吗？我的心灵跟你一样丰富，我的心胸跟你一样充实！
And if God had gifted me with some beauty and much wealth,
要是上帝赐予我一点姿色和充足的财富，
I should have made it as hard for you to leave me, as it is now for me to leave you.
我会使你同我现在一样难分难舍。
I am not talking to you now through the medium of custom, conventionalities, nor even of mortal flesh;
我不是根据习俗、常规，甚至也不是血肉之躯同你说话，
it is my spirit that addresses your spirit;
而是我的灵魂同你的灵魂在对话，
just as if both had passed through the grave, and we stood at God's feet, equal, as we are!"
就仿佛我们两人穿过坟墓，站在上帝脚下，彼此平等--本来就如此！”
