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"It must have been one of them," interrupted my master.
“一定是她们中间的一个，”主人打断了我的话。
"No, sir, I solemnly assure you to the contrary.
“不，先生，我庄严地向你保证，跟你说的恰恰相反。
The shape standing before me had never crossed my eyes within the precincts of Thornfield Hall before;
站在我面前的人影，以前我从来没有在桑菲尔德府地区见过。
the height, the contour were new to me."
那身高和外形对我来说都是陌生的。”
"Describe it, Jane."
“描绘一下吧，简。”
"It seemed, sir, a woman, tall and large, with thick and dark hair hanging long down her back.
“先生，那似乎是个女人，又高又大，背上垂着粗一黑的长发。
I know not what dress she had on: it was white and straight; but whether gown, sheet, or shroud, I cannot tell."
我不知道她穿了什么衣服，反正又白又整齐。但究竟是袍子，被单，还是裹尸布，我说不上来。”
"Did you see her face?"
“你看见她的脸了吗？”
"Not at first. But presently she took my veil from its place;
“起先没有。但她立刻把我的面纱从原来的地方取下来，
she held it up, gazed at it long, and then she threw it over her own head, and turned to the mirror.
拿起来呆呆地看了很久，随后往自己头上一盖，转身朝着镜子。
At that moment I saw the reflection of the visage and features quite distinctly in the dark oblong glass."
这一刹那，在暗淡的鸭蛋形镜子里，我清清楚楚地看到了她面容与五官的映像。”
"And how were they?"
“看上去怎么样？”
"Fearful and ghastly to me -- oh, sir, I never saw a face like it! It was a discoloured face -- it was a savage face.
“我觉得像鬼一样吓人--呵，先生，我从来没有见过这样的面孔！没有血色，一付凶相。
I wish I could forget the roll of the red eyes and the fearful blackened inflation of the lineaments!"
但愿我忘掉那双骨碌碌转的红眼睛，那付黑乎乎五官鼓鼓的鬼相！”
