苔絲 Chapter19
Before going to bed he re-read Tess's passionate letter.He could not sleep that night.At the post office next morning they knew nothing of the names of Clare or Durbeyfield.
上床之前，他又讀了苔絲那封熱情洋溢的來信。那一晚，他輾轉難眠。第二天早晨，他來到了郵電局，可是他們不知道有叫克萊爾或德北的人。
‘But there is the name of d'Urberville at Mrs Brooks'，’said the postman.
“可是在布魯克斯夫人那兒住著個叫德伯的，”郵遞員說道。
‘That's it!’cried Clare，pleased to think she had taken her ancestors’name，as he had suggested.
“就是它了!”克萊爾叫道，他很高興，認為苔絲采納了他的建議，使用了她祖先的姓氏。
He made his way quickly to Mrs Brooks' house，following the postman's directions.It was a large，impressive house，and he wondered if he should go to the back door，as Tess was probably a servant here.But he rang at the front.Mrs Brooks herself appeared.
順著郵遞員指引的方向，他急忙奔向布魯克斯夫人的房子。這是一座寬敞、奢華得令人驚嘆的房子，他懷疑他是否應該走后門，因為苔絲也許在這兒做用人?？墒?，他在前門按響了鈴，布魯克斯夫人親自開門來了。
‘Is Teresa d'Urberville here?’he asked.
“苔莉莎·德伯住在這兒嗎?”他問。
‘Mrs d'Urberville?’
“德伯太太嗎?”
‘Yes.’He felt pleased that she was known there as a married woman.‘Please tell her that a relation wants to see her.Say it's Angel.’
“是的。”他感到很高興，因為苔絲是以已婚婦女的身份住在這里的。“請轉告她有一個親戚想要見她，就說是安吉爾。”
‘Mr Angel?’
“安吉爾先生嗎?”
‘No，just Angel.She'll know.’
“不，就是安吉爾，她會明白的。”
Angel waited in the sitting room，his heart beating painfully.
安吉爾在起居室里等候，他的心在痛苦地跳動著。
‘Whatever will she think of me?’he thought.‘I look so different，so much older!’He was still weak after his illness.He could hardly stand，and held on to the back of a chair，as she entered the room.
“她對我到底會有什么看法呢?”他在想，“我看起來完全不同了，老了這么多!”病后他的身子還很虛弱。當她走進房間時，他幾乎無法站立，緊緊地抓著椅子的靠背。
He was not prepared for what he saw.Tess was wearing fashionable clothes，and looked even more beautiful than he remembered.He had held out his arms，but they fell to his side，because she stood still in the doorway.He thought she could not bear his changed appearance.
對他所見的情景，他沒有心理準備，苔絲穿著時髦簇新的衣服，看起來比他記憶中的她更為楚楚動人。他伸出雙臂，可又垂落下來，因為她木然不動地站在門口。他心想，她不能接受他改變了的模樣。
‘Tess!’he whispered.His voice was low and breaking with emotion.‘Can you forgive me for going away?Can't you…come to me?Why are you… so beautiful?’
“苔絲!”他輕輕叫道。他的嗓音低沉，因情緒激動而斷斷續(xù)續(xù)。“你能寬恕我離你出走嗎?難道你……不能向我走過來嗎?為什么你……如此漂亮?”
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