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"You think so now," rejoined St. John,
“你现在是这样想的，”圣·约翰回答，
"because you do not know what it is to possess, nor consequently to enjoy wealth:
“因为你不知道拥有财富或者因此而享受财富是什么滋味；
you cannot form a notion of the importance twenty thousand pounds would give you;
你还不能想象二万英镑会使你怎样变得举足轻重，
of the place it would enable you to take in society; of the prospects it would open to you: you cannot" ----
会使你在社会中获得怎样高的地位，以及会为你开辟怎样广阔的前景。你不能——”
"And you," I interrupted, "cannot at all imagine the craving I have for fraternal and sisterly love.
“而你，”我打断了他，“绝对无法想象我多么渴望兄弟姐妹之情。
I never had a home, I never had brothers or sisters;
我从来没有家，从来没有兄弟或姐妹。
I must and will have them now: you are not reluctant to admit me and own me, are you?"
我现在必须，也不一定要有，你不会不愿接受我承认我，是吗？”
"Jane, I will be your brother -- my sisters will be your sisters -- without stipulating for this sacrifice of your just rights."
“简，我会成为你的哥哥——我的妹妹会成为你的姐姐——而不必把牺牲自己的正当权利作为条件。”
"Brother? Yes; at the distance of a thousand leagues! Sisters?
“哥哥？不错，相距一千里路之遥！姐姐们？
Yes; slaving amongst strangers!
不错，为陌生人当牛做马！
I, wealthy -- gorged with gold I never earned and do not merit!
我，家财万贯——装满了我从未挣过，也不配有的金子。
You, penniless! Famous equality and fraternisation!
而你，身无分文！这就是赫赫有名的平等和友爱！
Close union! Intimate attachment!"
多么紧密的团聚：何等亲切的依恋！”
"But, Jane, your aspirations after family ties and domestic happiness may be realised otherwise than by the means you contemplate: you may marry."
“可是，简，你渴望的亲属关系和家庭幸福，可以不通过你所设想的方法来实现。你可以嫁人。”
"Nonsense, again! Marry! I don't want to marry, and never shall marry."
“又胡说八道啦！嫁人！我不想嫁人，永远不嫁。”
