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'Cathy stayed at Thrushcross Grange five weeks, till Christmas. By that time her ankle was thoroughly cured, and her manners much improved. The mistress visited her often, in the interval, and commenced her plan of reform by trying to raise her self-respect with fine clothes and flattery, which she took readily: so that, instead of a wild, hatless little savage jumping into the house, and rushing to squeeze us all breathless, there lighted from a handsome black pony a very dignified person, with brown ringlets falling from the cover of a feathered beaver, and a long cloth habit which she was obliged to hold up with both hands that she might sail in.'
“凯茜在画眉田庄一呆就呆了五个星期，直到圣诞节。这时，她的脚踝已完全痊愈，她的举止也文雅多了。在这段时间里，女主人常常去探望她，而且着手实施她的改造计划。她试着用漂亮衣服和奉承话来抬高她的自尊心，她很乐意地接受了。所以那天回家时，她已不是一个跳进屋子，冲过来把我搂得喘不过气来的不戴帽子的小野人，而是从一匹漂亮的小黑马身上下来的一位非常端庄的淑女，棕色的卷发从一顶插着羽毛的海狸皮帽子里垂了下来，穿一件长长的布质骑马服。她不得不用双手提起衣裙，才能步态优美地走进屋来。”
A little more refinement from this Penguin Red Classics edition
企鹅红色经典(Penguin Red Classics)版，多一丝精致。
