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'You scandalous old hypocrite!' she replied. 'Are you not afraid of being carried away bodily, whenever you mention the devil's name? I warn you to refrain from provoking me, or I'll ask your abduction as a special favour! Stop! look here, Joseph,' she continued, taking a long, dark book from a shelf; 'I'll show you how far I've progressed in the Black Art: I shall soon be competent to make a clear house of it. The red cow didn't die by chance; and your rheumatism can hardly be reckoned among providential visitations!'
“你无耻的老骗子！ ”她说，“当你提到那个魔鬼的名字的时候，你就不怕被带走么？或者，我应该让你的引路人特别帮个忙！别动！看这里，约瑟夫，”她从书架上取下一本黑色的很长的书，继续说道，“我可以给你演示一下我在这种黑色艺术上的进展。我将很快有能力让它无处不在。那头红奶牛并不是死于非命；而神的造访也很难让你的风湿病康复。”
'Oh, wicked, wicked!' gasped the elder; 'may the Lord deliver us from evil!'
“噢，恶魔，恶魔！”老人气喘吁吁的说，“愿主让我们远离邪恶。”
'No, reprobate! you are a castaway - be off, or I'll hurt you seriously! I'll have you all modelled in wax and clay! and the first who passes the limits I fix shall - I'll not say what he shall be done to - but, you'll see! Go, I'm looking at you!'
“不，摈弃的人！你是被抛弃的人——滚，否则我会重伤你！我会把你印在蜡和粘土上！而第一个越过我所设定的界限的人会——我不说他会怎么样——但是，你会看见的！出去，我看着你呢！”
The little witch put a mock malignity into her beautiful eyes, and Joseph, trembling with sincere horror, hurried out, praying, and ejaculating 'wicked' as he went. I thought her conduct must be prompted by a species of dreary fun; and, now that we were alone, I endeavoured to interest her in my distress.
这个小恶魔的美丽的眼睛里闪烁着狠毒，而约瑟夫，害怕的抖起来，匆匆出去，祷告着，出去的时候冒出“恶魔”两个字。我想她的传导无非是恶作剧，而现在只剩下我们两个人了。我试图吸引她来注意到我的不幸。
'Mrs. Heathcliff,' I said earnestly, 'you must excuse me for troubling you. I presume, because, with that face, I'm sure you cannot help being good-hearted. Do point out some landmarks by which I may know my way home: I have no more idea how to get there than you would have how to get to London!'
“希斯克利夫太太，”我很诚恳的说道，“你得原谅我对你的打扰。我认为，就凭你的面容，我确定你肯定是一个好心肠的人。请指一些可以指引我回家的路标给我吧。我现在不知道怎么回去，正如你不知道怎么去伦敦一样。”
'Take the road you came,' she answered, ensconcing herself in a chair, with a candle, and the long book open before her. 'It is brief advice, but as sound as I can give.'
“走你来的时候的路。”她回答到，并在一张椅子上坐了下来，点了根蜡烛，翻看了那本长长的书，“这是个简单的建议，但是也是我能给的最好的建议。”
'Then, if you hear of me being discovered dead in a bog or a pit full of snow, your conscience won't whisper that it is partly your fault?'
“那么，如果你听说，有人发现我死在沼泽中或者是填满了雪的地窖里，你的良心不会谴责你的过错吗？”
