When she entered the house she perceived in a moment from her mother's triumphant manner that something had occurred in the interim.
她进了家，立刻就从她母亲得意洋洋的脸色上看出，在她不在家这段时间里，已经发生了什么事。

'Oh yes; I know all about it! I told 'ee it would be all right, and now 'tis proved!'
“啊，我说得不错吧；我全知道啦！我告诉过你这件事是不会错的，现在不是证实了？”

'Since I've been away? What has?' said Tess rather wearily.
“是不是我不在家时发生了什么事？又证实了什么事？”苔丝十分厌倦地说。

Her mother surveyed the girl up and down with arch approval, and went on banteringly: 'So you've brought 'em round!'
她的母亲一脸调皮的神气，把女儿上上下下打量了一番，开玩笑地说：“你到底讨得他们的欢心了！”

'How do you know, mother,'
“你是怎样知道的，母亲？”

'I've had a letter.'
“我收到了一封信。”

Tess then remembered that there would have been time for this.
这时苔丝才想起来，是有时间把信送到这儿。

'They say - Mrs d'Urberville says - that she wants you to look after a little fowl-farm which is her hobby. But this is only her artful way of getting 'ee there without raising your hopes. She's going to own 'ee as kin - that's the meaning o'.'
“他们说——德贝维尔太太说——养鸡是她的爱好，她有一个小小的养鸡场，想让你去照料。不过这只是她的委婉说法，既要你去她那儿，又不激发起你的希望。她是想认你做亲戚呀——这就是她的意思。”

'But I didn't see her.'
“可是我没有见过她呀。”

'You zid somebody, I suppose?'
“我想你见到过什么人吧？”

'I saw her son.'
“我见到过她的儿子。”

'And did he own 'ee?'
“他认不认你做亲戚呀？”

'Well - he called me Coz.'
“哦——他叫我堂妹。”