【经典名著阅读】《德伯家的苔丝》第六章（上）

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        Tess went down the hill to Trantridge Cross, and inattentively waited to take her seat in the van returning from Chaseborough to Shaston. She did not know what the other occupants said to her as she entered, though she answered them; and when they had started anew she rode along with an inward and not an outward eye.苔丝下了山，走到特兰里奇十字路口，漫不经心地在那儿等着搭乘从猎苑回沙斯顿的马车。她上车的时候，车里其他的乘客同她说话，她虽然也回答了他们，但并不知道他们说了些什么；他们乘坐的马车又接着上路了，苔丝一路上沉浸在内心的回忆中，对车外的一切视若无睹。
        One among her fellow-travellers addressed her more pointedly than any had spoken before: 'Why, you be quite a posy! And such roses in early June!'在和她同乘一辆车的旅客中间，有一个人对她说的话比先前的一些人说的话更直截了当：“唉呀，你简直变成了一束花了！这还在六月初呀，就有这么多好看的玫瑰花了！”
        Then she became aware of the spectacle she presented to their surprised vision: roses at her breast; roses in her hat; roses and strawberries in her basket to the brim. She blushed, and said confusedly that the flowers had been given to her. When the passengers were not looking she stealthily removed the more prominent blooms from her hat and placed them in the basket, where she covered them with her handkerchief. Then she fell to reflecting again, and in looking downwards a thorn of the rose remaining in her breast accidentally pricked her chin. Like all the cottagers in Blackmoor Vale, Tess was steeped in fancies and prefigurative superstitions; she thought this an ill omen - the first she had noticed that day.接着，她终于意识到在他们惊异的目光里，她表现出来的是怎样一种滑稽的情形了：胸前戴着玫瑰花；帽子上插着玫瑰花；篮子里也装满了玫瑰花和草莓。她不禁满脸通红，含含糊糊地告诉他们玫瑰花是别人送给她的。在乘客们不再注意她的时候，她就偷偷地把帽子上特别显眼的玫瑰花取下来，放在篮子里，用她的手巾遮盖起来。然后她又陷入了沉思，有一次她低头向下看时，她的下巴被她戴在胸前的玫瑰花刺扎了一下。像布莱克莫尔谷所有的村民一样，苔丝的头脑里充满了无稽的幻想，尽是相信预兆的迷信；她心里想，被玫瑰花刺扎了，这不是一个好兆头——这是那天她注意到的第一个预兆。
        The van travelled only so far as Shaston, and there were several miles of pedestrian descent from that mountain town into the vale to Marlott. Her mother had advised her to stay here for the night, at the house of a cottage woman they knew, If she should feel too tired to come on; and this Tess did, not descending to her home till the following afternoon.她乘坐马车只能坐到沙斯顿，从那个山间小镇走下山谷到马洛特村，还有几英里的路需要步行。她的母亲曾经叮嘱过她，如果她累得走不动了，就在这儿她们熟悉的一个乡村妇女的家里住一个晚上；苔丝那天就在这儿住了一个晚上，第二天下午她才下山回到家。

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        When she entered the house she perceived in a moment from her mother's triumphant manner that something had occurred in the interim.她进了家，立刻就从她母亲得意洋洋的脸色上看出，在她不在家这段时间里，已经发生了什么事。
        'Oh yes; I know all about it! I told 'ee it would be all right, and now 'tis proved!'“啊，我说得不错吧；我全知道啦！我告诉过你这件事是不会错的，现在不是证实了？”
        'Since I've been away? What has?' said Tess rather wearily.“是不是我不在家时发生了什么事？又证实了什么事？”苔丝十分厌倦地说。
        Her mother surveyed the girl up and down with arch approval, and went on banteringly: 'So you've brought 'em round!'她的母亲一脸调皮的神气，把女儿上上下下打量了一番，开玩笑地说：“你到底讨得他们的欢心了！”
        'How do you know, mother,'“你是怎样知道的，母亲？”
        'I've had a letter.'“我收到了一封信。”
        Tess then remembered that there would have been time for this.这时苔丝才想起来，是有时间把信送到这儿。
        'They say - Mrs d'Urberville says - that she wants you to look after a little fowl-farm which is her hobby. But this is only her artful way of getting 'ee there without raising your hopes. She's going to own 'ee as kin - that's the meaning o'.'“他们说——德贝维尔太太说——养鸡是她的爱好，她有一个小小的养鸡场，想让你去照料。不过这只是她的委婉说法，既要你去她那儿，又不激发起你的希望。她是想认你做亲戚呀——这就是她的意思。”
        'But I didn't see her.'“可是我没有见过她呀。”
        'You zid somebody, I suppose?'“我想你见到过什么人吧？”
        'I saw her son.'“我见到过她的儿子。”
        'And did he own 'ee?'“他认不认你做亲戚呀？”
        'Well - he called me Coz.'“哦——他叫我堂妹。”