有声名著之简爱Jene Eyer Chapter22
- 1 有声名著之简爱Jene Eyer Chapter22
CHAPTER 1 TWENTY-TWO I Am No longer Poor
After St. John left me, it began to snow. It snowed all night and the next day. In the evening, I was sitting by the fire and had just begun to read when I heard a knock at the door. St. John came inside the house, covered in snow. “Is something wrong?” I asked. “No one should be outside in this terrible weather.”
“There’s nothing wrong,” he answered calmly. “ I just came to talk to you. Besides, I’d like to hear the rest of your story.” He sat sown 2. I had no idea what he meant. I wondered if this was connected 3 to his strange actions with the piece of paper on my table. But he looked normal, and we talked of ordinary 4 things for a while. However, he always seemed to be thinking 5 of something else.
Finally he said, ”Jane, when I arrived I said I wanted to hear the rest of your story. But perhaps it’s better if I tell you a story. I think you have heard it before. Twenty years ago, a poor churchman and a rich man’s daughter loved one another. She married 6 him, and her family never spoke 7 to her again. Sadly 8, less than two years later they were both dead. I have seen their graves 9. Their baby daughter was taken to live with her aunt, a Mrs. Reed 10 of Gateshead. I don’t know jf the child was happy living with Mrs. Reed, but she stayed at Gateshead for almost ten years, until she went to lowood School. You went to Lowood School yourself. In fact, it seems her life was just like yours,” he said, looking at me closely 11. “This girl became a teacher at Lowood, as you did, and then became a governess in the house of a man named Mr. Rochester.”
“St. John!” I cried. I could not stay quiet.
“I can imagine how you feel,” he said, holding up his hand. “But wait until I’m done with the story. I don’t know anything about this Mr. Rochester, but I do know that he wanted to marry this young girl. But during the wedding 12, she learned 13 that he already had a wife! And, his wife was mad. After this, the girl disappeared 14. Many people have tried to find her, but no one knows where she is. But she must be found! A lawyer named Briggs needs to talk to her, about something very important.”
“Just tell her one thing,” I said desperately 15. “What about Mr. Rochester? Where is he? What is he doing? Is he well?”
“I don’t know. Why don’t you ask me the girl’s name, and why people are looking for her?”
“Did Mr. Briggs write to Mr. Rochester?” I asked.
“He did, but Rochester didn’t write back. Instead a woman named Mrs. Fairfax answered his letter.”
I felt cold and miserable 16. Probably Mr. Rochester had left England to live an exciting life in Europe. He would look for a new woman to love.
“You won’t ask the girl’s name, so I’ll tell you,” said St. John. “I have it right here.” He took out a little piece of paper and showed it to me. The paper came from my drawing 17 book, and said “JANE EYRE” in my own writing. I had written my real name on Miss Oliver’s drawing, without thinking!
“You see, Mr. Briggs spoke of a Jane Eyre, but I only knew a Jane Elliott.” Said St. John, “Are you Jane Eyre?”
“Well--- yes,” I cried. “But doesn’t Mr. Briggs know anything at all about Mr. Rochester?”
“Briggs isn’t interested in Mr. Rochester. He’s interested in you. Don’t you want to know why?”
“Well, what did he want?” I asked, almost rudely.
“He wanted to tell you that your uncle, John Eyre of Maderia, is dead. He has left you all his money, and you are now rich. That is all.” I sat down in a chair, my legs shaking. Rich! One moment I was poor, the next moment I was wealthy 18. I could not believe it. I was very sorry that my uncle was dead, because he was the only family I had left. However, I would never have to worry about money again! I was independent 19 for life!
“Wouldn’t you like to know how much money you have, Jane Eyre?” said St. John. “It’s only a little bit--- just twenty thousand pounds. I think.”
“Twenty thousand pounds!” I thought I would faint 20 from surprise. I had never heard St. John laugh before, but when he saw my face, he could not help it. “Perhaps… perhaps you’ve made a mistake.” I cried nervously 21.
“No, there’s no mistake,” he said, smiling. “Now I must go. Good night.” He was about to leave when I said suddenly, “Wait! Stop! Why did Mr. Briggs write to you, if he wanted to find me?”
“Oh, I’m a church man,” he laughed. “I have ways of discovering interesting things1”
“Oh, St. John, I know that isn’t the reason. Tell me the truth!” I said. “Well, I’d rather not tell you just now, but I suppose you’ll find out sooner or later. So I’ll tell you a little something about myself. Did you know that my full name is St. John Eyre Rivers?”
“No, I didn’t! But then what…” And I stopped, as I had begun to make a connection 22. Could it be true? But St. John continued to talk.
“You weren’t told very much about your family, were you, Jane?” I shook my head. “My mother’s last name was Eyre,” he said. “She had two brothers. One was a church man, who married a Miss Jane Reed of Gateshead. The other brother was John Eyre of Madeira. Mr. Briggs, Mr. Eyre’s lawyer, wrote us a letter. The letter said that our uncle had died, but he had left all his money to his brother’s daughter. Then Mr. Briggs wrote again later, saying that no one could find this girl. But I’ve found her!” he went towards the door, ready to leave.
“Wait--- I have to think!” I said. “So this means 23 that you, Diana and Mary are my cousins!”
“That’s right,” he said. All my life I had been alone. Now I had found family to love and be proud of, for the rest of my life! These people, who had saved my life, were my cousins. This knowledge made me happier than any money ever could.
“Oh, St. John, I’m glad--- I’m so glad!” I cried, laughing.
St. john smiled. “You looked so worried and serious when I told you about the money. And now you’re happy about something ordinary!”
“No, you don’t understand. This means everything to me! You see. You already have some family. But I had no one, and now I suddenly have three wonderful cousins!” I walked quickly around the room. My head was full of wonderful ideas. I could now help the Rivers family by sharing the money with them! There were the four of us cousins. If we shared my money equally 24, there would be five thousand pounds for each of us. That was plenty of money. It was a fair answer to money problems, and we would all be happy. If they did not want to , Diana and Mary would never have to work again. We would all be able to spend more time together at Moor 25 House.
Of course, when I told my cousins what I wanted to do, they did not agree at first. But they knew that I was serious about sharing the money, so finally they agreed to each take five thousand pounds. Mr. Briggs the lawyer gave the money to each of us.
- I will skip the next chapter.我将略过下一章。
- Go and open a wonderful new chapter.去开启美好的新篇章。
- We sowed our vegetable seed yesterday.Have you sown yours? 昨天我们播下了菜籽,你也播了吗? 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Once you've sown, you just have to trust to luck. 播下种子后,让它听天由命长吧。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- The towns are connected by train and bus services. 这些城镇由火车和公共汽车连接起来。
- This leads to the inescapable conclusion that the two things are connected. 这就必然得出一个结论:这两件事互有关联。
- Her new house is certainly out of the ordinary.她的新居真是不同凡响。
- That is quite an ordinary event.那是极平常的一件事。
- All thinking men will protest against it.凡是有思想的人都会抗议这件事。
- Thinking is mainly performed with words and other symbols.思想主要是用言语和其他符号来表达的。
- They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
- The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。
- She looked at him sadly.她难过地看着他。
- Sadly the good times aren't returning any time soon.遗憾的是,好时光不会很快就回来。
- He went to visit the graves of his forefathers. 他去拜谒他祖先的墓地。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- They were eating themselves into their graves. 他们吃喝过度,在自找死路。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The river banks were overgrown with reed.河岸长满了芦苇。
- They inhabit reed huts built on stilts above the water.他们住在建于水中木桩之上的芦苇草屋里。
- We shall follow closely the development of the situation.我们将密切注意形势的发展。
- The two companies are closely tied up with each other.这两家公司之间有密切联系。
- I have to attend a wedding.我必须去参加婚礼。
- Their wedding was very quiet.他们的婚礼很平淡。
- He went into a rage when he learned about it.他听到这事后勃然大怒。
- In this little village,he passed for a learned man.在这个小村子里,他被视为有学问的人。
- The plane disappeared behind a cloud. 飞机消失在云层里。
- He double-crossed the rest of the gang and disappeared with all the money. 他骗了其他同伙,携款潜逃了。
- He was desperately seeking a way to see her again.他正拼命想办法再见她一面。
- He longed desperately to be back at home.他非常渴望回家。
- It was miserable of you to make fun of him.你取笑他,这是可耻的。
- Her past life was miserable.她过去的生活很苦。
- Drawing is my favorite lesson.画图画是我最喜欢的课程。
- The children learn singing,dancing,drawing,and the like in the kindergarten.孩子们在幼儿园里学习唱歌、跳舞、画图画等。
- He grew up in a wealthy family.他在一个富有的家庭里长大。
- That young man was the son of a wealthy planter.那年轻人是一位富有的农场主的儿子。
- He is very far from being independent.他现在还远不能自立。
- We must fight for independent and free.我们必须为独立和自由而奋斗。
- He felt faint at the sight of blood.他一见到血就发晕了。
- She threw me a faint smile.她对我微微一笑。
- He bit his lip nervously,trying not to cry.他紧张地咬着唇,努力忍着不哭出来。
- He paced nervously up and down on the platform.他在站台上情绪不安地走来走去。
- How long will the connection of the telephone take?接通电话需要多长时间呢?
- She is a connection of mine.她是我的一个亲戚。
- That man used artful means to find out secrets.那人使用狡猾的手段获取机密。
- We must get it done by some means or other.我们总得想办法把它干完。