The name of the eclipsing girl, whatever it was, has not been handed down; but she was envied by all as the first who enjoyed the luxury of a masculine partner that evening. Yet such was the force of example that the village young men, who had not hastened to enter the gate while no intruder was in the way, now dropped in quickly, and soon the couples became leavened with rustic youth to a marked extent, till at length the plainest woman in the club was no longer compelled to foot it on the masculine side of the figure.
无论如何，那个独占鳌头的姑娘的名字并没有流传下来；但是她在那天傍晚却因为第一个得到拥有男舞伴的殊荣而受到大家的羡慕。不过榜样自有它的力量，在外人还没有进入舞场的时候，乡村的男青年并不急着进去，现在很快都进了舞场，不久，大多数成对的女孩子中就掺进来乡村小伙子，最后连相貌最平常的妇女也有男子陪着她们跳舞了。

The church clock struck, when suddenly the student said that he must leave - he had been forgetting himself - he had to join his companions. As he fell out of the dance his eyes lighted on Tess Durbeyfield, whose own large orbs wore, to tell the truth, the faintest aspect of reproach that he had not chosen her. He, tool was sorry then that, owing to her backwardness, he had not observed her; and with that in his mind he left the pasture.
教堂的钟声敲响了，那个学生突然说他必须离开了——他刚才一直得意忘形——他不得不去追赶他的同伴。在他从跳舞中退出来时，眼睛看见了苔丝·德北菲尔德，老实说，因为先前没有选中她，她的一双大眼睛里含有微微的怨恨。此时，由于她的退缩不前，他也为自己没有注意到她而感到遗憾；他心里就带着这种遗憾离开了牧场。

On account of his long delay he started in a flying-run down the lane westward, and had soon passed the hollow and mounted the next rise. He had not yet overtaken his brothers, but he paused to get breath, and looked back. He could see the white figures of the girls in the green enclosure whirling about as they had whirled when he was among them. They seemed to have quite forgotten him already.
因为他已经耽搁很久了，他就开始在通向西边的小路上飞跑起来，很快就跑过了一片洼地，到了前面的山坡上。他还没有追上他的两个哥哥，但是他得停下来喘一口气，又回头看看。他能够看见姑娘们的白色身影在绿色的舞场上旋转着，就像刚才他在她们中间一起旋转一样。她们似乎已经完全把他忘记了。

All of them, except, perhaps, one. This white shape stood apart by the hedge alone. From her position he knew it to be the pretty maiden with whom he had not danced. Trifling as the matter was, he yet instinctively felt that she was hurt by his oversight. He wished that he had asked her; he wished that he had inquired her name. She was so modest, so expressive, she had looked so soft in her thin white gown that he felt he had acted stupidly.
她们所有的人都把他忘了，也许有一个姑娘除外。那个白色的身影离开了舞场，独自一人站在树篱旁边。他从她站的地点上可以看出来，她就是那个他没有同她跳舞的漂亮姑娘。虽然只不过是一件微不足道的小事，但是他本能地感觉到，她已经因为被他忽视而遭到了伤害。他真希望他邀请过她；他也真希望曾经问过她的名字。她是那样的羞怯，那样的富有情感，她穿着那件薄薄的白色袍子，看上去是那样的温柔，他感到他刚才没有挑选她是太愚蠢了。

However, it could not be helped, and turning, and bending himself to a rapid walk, he dismissed the subject from his mind.
但是，现在已经于事无补了，他转过身去，弯腰快步向前走去，心里不再想这件事了。

①《驳不可知论》（A Counterblast to Agnosticism），该书名疑为哈代杜撰，与英国科学家赫胥黎的“不可知论”有关。