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She plunged into the gory records of the French Revolution, and told such stories of it that Ermengarde's eyes grew round with alarm and she held her breath.
萨拉沉浸在法国大革命的血淋淋的记载中，讲着这一类事情，使埃芒加德惊恐得睁圆了眼睛，屏住了气。
But though she was rather terrified, there was a delightful thrill in listening,
尽管她相当害怕，但在听讲时却有一种叫人愉快的刺激性。
and she was not likely to forget Robespierre again, or to have any doubts about the Princesse de Lamballe.
她不大可能再忘记罗伯斯比尔，或者对朗巴尔亲王夫人的事还有什么疑点了。
"You know they put her head on a pike and danced round it," Sara explained.
“你知道，他们把她的脑袋插在尖桩上，围着它跳舞，”萨拉讲解道。
"And she had beautiful floating blonde hair; and when I think of her, I never see her head on her body,
“而且她有一头飘荡着的美丽金发，每当我想起她，总是看到她的头不在她的身躯上，
but always on a pike, with those furious people dancing and howling."
而是在尖桩上，还有那些狂暴的人，蹦跳嚎叫着。”
It was agreed that Mr. St. John was to be told the plan they had made, and for the present the books were to be left in the attic.
她俩同意将已作出的打算告诉埃芒加德的父亲圣约翰先生，目前且把那些书留在阁楼里。
"Now let's tell each other things," said Sara.
“现在我们来交流一些情况吧，”，萨拉说。
"How are you getting on with your French lessons?"
“你的法语学得怎么样？”
"Ever so much better since the last time I came up here and you explained the conjugations.
“比以前好多了，自从上次我上这儿来，你讲解了动词变格以后。
Miss Minchin could not understand why I did my exercises so well that first morning."
铭钦女士不明白为什么第二天上午我的练习做得那么好。”
Sara laughed a little and hugged her knees.
萨拉抱住了膝盖，微微一笑。
"She doesn't understand why Lottie is doing her sums so well," she said;
“她也不明白为什么洛蒂现在算术做得那么好，”她说，
"but it is because she creeps up here, too, and I help her." She glanced round the room.
“那是因为她也溜上这儿来让我帮助她。”她朝室内四下环视了一下。
"The attic would be rather nice—if it wasn't so dreadful," she said, laughing again. "It's a good place to pretend in."
“这阁楼会是个相当美好的地方——如果不是这样凄惨的话，”她说着又笑了。“在这里‘假装’可真是个好地方。”
The truth was that Ermengarde did not know anything of the sometimes almost unbearable side of life in the attic and she had not a sufficiently vivid imagination to depict it for herself.
实际上埃芒加德一点也不知道阁楼上的生活有时候有它几乎难以忍受的一面，而她又没有足够活跃的想象力来使自己在心目中看到。
On the rare occasions that she could reach Sara's room she only saw the side of it which was made exciting by things which were "pretended" and stories which were told.
在她难得有机会到萨拉的房间来时，只看到生活中兴奋激动的那一面，这是由“假装”的情况和所讲的故事所造成的。
Her visits partook of the character of adventures; and though sometimes Sara looked rather pale,
她的拜访具有冒险性质，虽然萨拉有时显得很苍白，
and it was not to be denied that she had grown very thin, her proud little spirit would not admit of complaints.
而且无可否认，也变得非常瘦，她那高傲的幼小心灵却不容许自己诉苦。
