'I? I shall be all right in an hour or two,' said Durbeyfield.
“我？一两个小时我就会好了，”德北菲尔德说。

It was eleven o'clock before the family were all in bed, and two o'clock next morning was the latest hour for starting with the beehives if they were to be delivered to the retailers in Caster-bridge before the Saturday market began, the way thither lying by bad roads over a distance of between twenty and thirty miles, and the horse and waggon being of the slowest. At half-past one Mrs Durbeyfield came into the large bedroom where Tess and all her little brothers and sisters slept.
已经十一点了，全家人才上床睡觉，如果要在礼拜六的集市开始前把蜂箱送到卡斯特桥的零售商手里，最晚明天凌晨两点钟就得动身，通往那儿的道路不好走，有二三十英里远近，而且他们家送货的又是走得最慢的马车。一点半钟的时候，德北菲尔德太太走进苔丝和她的弟弟妹妹们睡觉的那间大卧室。

'The poor man can't go,' she said to her eldest daughter, whose great eyes had opened the moment her mother's hand touched the door.
“你可怜的爸爸去不了啦。”她对她的大女儿说，而女儿的大眼睛早在她母亲开门时就已经睁开了。 

Tess sat up in bed, lost in a vague interspace between a dream and this information.
苔丝在床上坐起来，朦朦胧胧地听见母亲的话，一时不知如何是好。

'But somebody must go,' she replied. 'It is late for the hives already. Swarming will soon be over for the year; and if we put off taking 'em till next week's market the call for'em will be past, and they'll be thrown on our hands.'
“可是总得有人去呀，”她回答说。“现在去卖蜂箱已经晚了。今年蜜蜂分群的时候很快就要过去了；要是我们推迟到下个礼拜的集市，就没有人要啦，蜂箱也就要积压在我们的手上了。”

Mrs Durbeyfield looked unequal to the emergency. 'Some young feller, perhaps, would go? One of them who were so much after dancing with 'ee yesterday,' she presently suggested.
看来德北菲尔德太太没有能力应付这种紧急事情。“也许可以找个年轻的小伙子，让他送去行吗？昨天有许多人和你一起跳舞，在他们中间找一个。”她立刻提议说。

'O no - I wouldn't have it for the world!'declared Tess proudly. 'And letting everybody know the reason such a thing to be ashamed of! I think I could go if Abraham could go with me to kip me company.'
“啊，不行——无论如何我也不会同意！”苔丝骄傲地大声说，“这不是要让所有的人都知道这个原因吗——这样一件让人感到羞耻的事情！要是亚伯拉罕能陪着我一起去，我想我可以去送”

Her mother at length agreed to this arrangement. little Abraham was aroused from his deep sleep in a corner of the same apartment, and made to put on his clothes while still mentally in the other world. Meanwhile Tess had hastily dressed herself; and the twain, lighting a lantern, went out to the stable. The rickety little waggon was already laden, and the girl led out the horse Prince, only a degree less rickety than the vehicle.
苔丝的母亲最后同意了这种安排。她把睡在同一个屋子里的小亚伯拉罕从熟睡中叫起来，让他在迷迷糊糊中把衣服穿上。这时候，苔丝已经急急忙忙地把衣服穿好了；姐弟俩点起一盏提灯，就出门向马厩走去。那辆摇摇晃晃的小马车已经装好了，苔丝把那匹名叫王子的马牵了出来，同那辆马车比起来，它摇晃的程度也好不了多少。