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'Yes, Mrs Richards, it's me,' said Susan, 'and I wish it wasn't, though I may not seem to flatter when I say so, but little Master Paul isvery ill, and told his Pa today that he would like to see the face of his old nurse, and him and Miss Floy hope you'll come along with me—and Mr Walter, Mrs Richards—forgetting what is past, and do a kindness to the sweet dear that is withering away. Oh, Mrs Richards, withering away!'
“是的，理查兹大嫂，是我，”苏珊说，“我真巴不得不是我才好呢，虽然我这么说似乎不太客气，可是小保罗少爷病得很重，他今天跟他爸爸说，他想看看他从前的奶妈的脸，他和弗洛伊小姐希望您能跟我一道去——还有沃尔特先生也一道走，理查兹大嫂——把过去的事情忘了吧，给可爱的小宝贝帮帮忙吧，他活不长了。啊，理查兹大嫂，他活不长了，就要离开人世了。”
Susan Nipper crying, Polly shed tears to see her, and to hear what she had said; and all the children gathered round (including numbers of new babies); and Mr Toodle, who had just come home from Birmingham, and was eating his dinner out of a basin, laid down his knife and fork,and put on his wife's bonnet and shawl for her, which were hanging up behind the door; then tapped her on the back; and said, with more fatherly feeling than eloquence, 'Polly! cut away!'
苏珊·尼珀哭着；波利流着眼泪看着她，听着她所说的话；所有的孩子们（包括一些新的婴孩）聚集在周围；图德尔先生刚刚从伯明翰回到家里，正从一个盆里取出饭菜吃着，这时他放下刀叉，把他妻子挂在门后的帽子和围巾取下给她穿戴上，然后拍拍她的后背，怀着深厚的父亲般的感情，但却不善于言辞地说道，“波利，走吧！”
So they got back to the coach, long before the coachman expected them; and Walter, putting Susan and Mrs Richards inside, took his seat on the box himself that there might be no more mistakes, and deposited them safely in the hall of Mr Dombey's house—where, by the bye, he saw a mighty nosegay lying, which reminded him of the one Captain Cuttle had purchased in his company that morning.
这样他们就回到了马车跟前，比车夫预料的时间早好多。沃尔特把苏珊和理查兹大嫂扶进马车以后，自己坐在马车夫的座位上，以防再发生什么差错；最后把他们安然无恙地送进了董贝先生公馆的前厅里。——顺便说一句，他在前厅里看到了一个很大的花束摆在那里，这使他想起了卡特尔船长那天早上跟他一道买下的那一束。
He would have lingered to know more of the young invalid, or waited any length of time to see if he could render the least service; but,painfully sensible that such conduct would be looked upon by Mr Dombey as presumptuous and forward, he turned slowly, sadly, anxiously, away.
他本很愿意在那里多逗留一些时候，好多了解一些病人的情况，或者就在那里一直等待着，看他能不能稍稍帮点儿忙；可是他痛苦地意识到，这会被董贝先生看作是一种冒昧的、唐突的行为；所以他就缓慢地、悲伤地、忧心忡忡地转身离开了。
He had not gone five minutes' walk from the door, when a man came running after him, and begged him to return. Walter retraced his steps as quickly as he could, and entered the gloomy house with a sorrowful foreboding.
他走出门不到五分钟，就有一个人追赶上来，请他回去。他顺着原路尽快地走回去，并怀着悲哀的预感，走进了那阴沉的公馆。
