笔译高级辅导：《呼啸山庄》翻译（5）

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　the snow began to drive thickly. i seized the handle to essay another trial; when a young man without coat, and shouldering a pitchfork, appeared in the yard behind. he hailed me to follow him, and, after marching through a wash-house, and a paved area containing a coal-shed, pump, and pigeon-cot, we at length arrived in the huge, warm, cheerful apartment where i was formerly received. it glowed delightfully in the radiance of an immense fire, compounded of coal, peat, and wood; and near the table, laid for a plentiful evening meal, i was pleased to observe the 'missis,' an individual whose existence i had never previously suspected. i bowed and waited, thinking she would bid me take a seat. she looked at me, leaning back in her chair, and remained motionless and mute.
　　雪开始下大了。我抓住插销，企图再来一次。这时一个没有穿外套，肩上抗着干草叉的年青人出现在后面的院子里。他招呼我跟他走。再穿过了一个洗衣房，和一个堆着煤皮，水泵，还有鸽子笼的区域后，最后我们进到了宽敞的、暖和的，舒适的房间里，我曾经再这里被接待过，在煤、泥煤和木头混合燃烧产生的极大的火焰的烘烤之下，房间里非常的温暖。桌子旁边摆放着非常丰盛的晚餐。我非常高兴见到所谓的“太太”，我海从来没有看见过她呢。我鞠躬施礼，以为她会请我坐下。然而，她看着我，靠在她的椅子的后背上，仍然面无表情，沉默无语。
　　'rough weather!' i remarked. 'i'm afraid, mrs. heathcliff, the door must bear the consequence of your servants' leisure attendance: i had hard work to make them hear me.'
　　“天气真是很槽糕！”我说，“抱歉，希斯克利夫太太，你的地板必须要承担你的仆人不开门的后果了：我已经非常用力地喊以便让他们能听见。”
5 a, c2 x2 i. V* N　　she never opened her mouth. i stared - she stared also: at any rate, she kept her eyes on me in a cool, regardless manner, exceedingly embarrassing and disagreeable.
　　她根本不开口说话。我瞪眼，她也瞪眼：但是无论什么情况下，她看我的目光都是冷冷的，漠不关心的样子，让我觉得非常的尴尬和不舒服。
　　'sit down,' said the young man, gruffly. 'he'll be in soon.'
6 k+ y# F/ \5 U+ @7 E　　“坐下，”那年青人粗暴地说，“他一会就来了。”
! P6 |8 N/ y+ K% f; l* z9 t　　i obeyed; and hemmed, and called the villain juno, who deigned, at this second interview, to move the extreme tip of her tail, in token of owning my acquaintance.
　　我顺从地坐下来，清了清嗓子，又跟那个恶女人打招呼，而这次，她屈尊动了动她辫子的最末稍，表示接受我为熟人。
+ T  z; P7 h6 K4 E3 c7 m# ]" p　　'a beautiful animal!' i commenced again. 'do you intend parting with the little ones, madam?'
　　“很漂亮的动物！”我再次开口，“你准备好要同这些小东西分开了吗？夫人？”
　　'they are not mine,' said the amiable hostess, more repellingly than heathcliff himself could have replied.
　　“它们不是我的。”和善的女主人说道，比希斯克利夫的回答还让人不愉快。
: Y6 o" V1 p: Y　　'ah, your favourites are among these?' i continued, turning to an obscure cushion full of something like cats.
　　“啊，你最喜欢的在这里面吗？”当看见一个发霉的垫子里挤满了像猫一样的东西，我又继续说道。
" c  M! f$ u# x" q　　'a strange choice of favourites!' she observed scornfully.
　　“很特别的心爱之物！”她很轻蔑的回答。
" ]9 Z, _/ M" x3 z8 @7 h* Y3 P　　unluckily, it was a heap of dead rabbits. i hemmed once more, and drew closer to the hearth, repeating my comment on the wildness of the evening.
: ?5 P# \5 ]: @% ^0 c/ `  T8 s$ u　　不巧的是，那是一堆死兔子。我又清了清嗓子，走到更靠近壁炉的地方，重复我对空旷夜晚的评论。
　　'you should not have come out,' she said, rising and reaching from the chimney-piece two of the painted canisters.
　　“你不该出来的，”她说着站起来，从烟囱烟囱上拿下两个漆过的咖啡杯。
　　her position before was sheltered from the light; now, i had a distinct view of her whole figure and countenance. she was slender, and apparently scarcely past girlhood: an admirable form, and the most exquisite little face that i have ever had the pleasure of beholding; small features, very fair; flaxen ringlets, or rather golden, hanging loose on her delicate neck; and eyes, had they been agreeable in expression, that would have been irresistible: fortunately for my susceptible heart, the only sentiment they evinced hovered between scorn and a kind of desperation, singularly unnatural to be detected there. the canisters were almost out of her reach; i made a motion to aid her; she turned upon me as a miser might turn if any one attempted to assist him in counting his gold.
. W- `8 I' `- h4 o: {　　之前，她所处的位置在背光的地方；现在，我看清楚了她的体形和面容。她很苗条，明显还处于少女的年龄阶段：长得极好，看着这张非常精致的脸让我感到从未有过的荣幸。五官，非常端正；黄色的发卷，或者说是金色的发卷散落在她精巧的脖子旁边；眼睛，如果它们在表达恰当，那将宁人难以拒绝。幸运的是，对于我易受感动的心而言，它们所表示的唯一情感盘旋在蔑视和绝望之间，可以发现异乎寻常的不自然。她几乎够不着咖啡杯；我没有做出任何要帮她的动作；她转向我，就像一个守财奴在别人想要帮他数金币一样。
　　'i don't want your help,' she snapped; 'i can get them for myself.'
　　“我不要你的帮忙，”她突然说，“我自己可以拿到的。”
& X  K- _, l: E- b　　'i beg your pardon!' i hastened to reply.

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　　“抱歉，你说什么啊？”我忙回答道。
1 c+ B1 x" g9 F# s　　'were you asked to tea?' she demanded, tying an apron over her neat black frock, and standing with a spoonful of the leaf poised over the pot.
　　“有人邀请你喝茶了吗？”她问，随即将围裙系到她整洁的黑色外衣上，取出一勺子茶叶放到壶中。
　　'i shall be glad to have a cup,' i answered.
　　“我很乐意喝一杯。”我回答道。
　　'were you asked?' she repeated.
　　“有人邀请你吗？”她又问道。
　　'no,' i said, half smiling. 'you are the proper person to ask me.'
　　“没有，”我说，微微笑笑。“你是邀请我的合适人选。”
! W0 q; n4 u1 a" z& R9 f　　she flung the tea back, spoon and all, and resumed her chair in a pet; her forehead corrugated, and her red under-lip pushed out, like a child's ready to cry.
　　她把茶扔了回去，勺子和其他的东西也都被扔了回去，不高兴地坐回到她的椅子上；她的眉头皱了起来，红红的下唇瘪了出来，就像一个要哭的孩子。