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She went up the stairs slowly, but panting for breath and she held Emily tightly against her side.
萨拉慢慢地走上楼去，可是还喘着气，一臂紧搂着埃米莉。
"I wish she could talk," she said to herself. "If she could speak—if she could speak!"
“但愿她能讲话，”她自言自语。“如果她能讲话多好——如果她能讲话多好！”
She meant to go to her room and lie down on the tiger-skin, with her cheek upon the great cat's head,
她想到她房里去躺在那张虎皮上，把面颊贴着那只大猫的头，
and look into the fire and think and think and think.
望着炉火思量，思量，思量！
But just before she reached the landingMiss Amelia came out of the door and closed it behind her, and stood before it, looking nervous and awkward.
但是她刚走到楼梯平台的地方，阿米莉亚小姐从门里出来，反手关上了门，站在门前，看上去又紧张又尴尬。
The truth was that she felt secretly ashamed of the thing she had been ordered to do.
实际上她对于被命令去干的事暗暗感到羞愧。
"You—you are not to go in there," she said.
“你——你不要进房去，”她说。
"Not go in?" exclaimed Sara, and she fell back a pace.
“不要进去？”萨拉大声说，倒退了一步。
"That is not your room now," Miss Amelia answered, reddening a little.
“现在，那已不是你的房间了，”阿米莉亚小姐回答，脸有点儿发红。
Somehow, all at once, Sara understood. She realized that this was the beginning of the change Miss Minchin had spoken of.
不知怎地，萨拉一下子明白了。她意识到这就是铭钦女士讲过的变化开始了。
"Where is my room?" she asked, hoping very much that her voice did not shake.
“我的房间在哪里？”她问道，希望自己的声音千万不要发抖。
"You are to sleep in the attic next to Becky."
“你得睡到阁楼里，挨着贝基的那一间。”
Sara knew where it was. Becky had told her about it. She turned, and mounted up two flights of stairs.
萨拉知道它在哪儿。贝基向她讲起过那地方。她调转方向，登上两段楼梯。
The last one was narrow, and covered with shabby strips of old carpet.
后一段楼梯很窄，铺着破成一结络的旧地毯。
She felt as if she were walking away and leaving far behind her the world in which that other child, who no longer seemed herself, had lived.
她感到好像正从这个世界中走开，把另一个孩子生活过的世界远远抛在身后，而那另一个孩子不再是她本人了。
This child, in her short, tight old frock, climbing the stairs to the attic, was quite a different creature.
眼前的这个孩子穿着又短又紧的旧连衣裙，正向着阁楼攀登，已完全换了一个人了。
When she reached the attic door and opened it, her heart gave a dreary little thump.
她到达阁楼门口打开门时，忧伤得不由心中悸动了一下。
Then she shut the door and stood against it and looked about her.
随后她关上门，靠在门上巡视着周围。
Yes, this was another world.
是的，这是另一个世界。
The room had a slanting roof and was whitewashed. The whitewash was dingy and had fallen off in places.
这房间的天花板是倾斜的，虽然涂过石灰水，但很脏，有些地方灰泥已经掉落了。
There was a rusty grate, an old iron bedstead, and a hard bed covered with a faded coverlet.
有一个生了锈的壁炉，一副旧的铁床架，硬床板上铺着一条褪了色的床罩。
Some pieces of furniture too much worn to be used downstairs had been sent up.
几件家具是由于破得不堪在楼下使用才被送上来的。
