'How thoughtful you've been!' she murmured, her cheek upon his shoulder. 'Even to the gloves and handkerchief! My own love - how good, how kind!'
“你为我想得多么周到呀！”她把脸靠在他的肩上，嘟哝着说。“甚至连手套和手绢都想到了！我的爱人呀，你多么好呀，多么周到呀！”

'No, no, Tess; just an order to a tradeswoman in London - nothing more.'
“不，不，苔丝；这只不过写信到伦敦的女商人那儿订购一套就是了，这算什么呀！”

And to divert her from thinking too highly of him he told her to go upstairs, and take her time, and see if it all fitted; and, if not, to get the village sempstress to make a few alterations.
为了不让她老是不停地赞扬自己，他让她上楼去，仔细地试试衣服，看衣服合不合身；要是不合身的话，就请村里的女裁缝做一些改动。

She did return upstairs, and put on the gown. Alone, she stood for a moment before the glass looking at the effect of her silk attire; and then there came into her head her mother's ballad of the mystic robe--
她没有回到楼上去，而是把长袍穿上了。她站在镜子跟前把自己端详了一会儿，看看自己穿上丝绸衣服的效果；这时候，她又想起了母亲为她唱的一首关于一件神秘长袍的民谣——

That never would become that wife That had once done amiss,
曾经做过错事的妻子, 永远穿不了这件衣服。① 

which Mrs Durbeyfield had used to sing to her as a child, so blithely and so archly, her foot on the cradle, which she rocked to the tune. Suppose this robe should betray her by changing colour, as her robe had betrayed Queen Guénever. Since she had been at the dairy she had not once thought of the lines till now.
在她还是一个孩子时，德北菲尔德太太就给她唱过这首民谣，她用脚踩着摇篮，和着摇篮摇动的节拍，唱得那样欢畅，那样淘气。想想吧，要是穿上这件长袍，长袍的颜色变了，就像昆尼费尔王后穿上那件长袍一样，泄露了自己的秘密，那该怎么办呢？自从她来到奶牛场以来，她一次也没有想到过这首民谣的句子。

①引自F.J.Child编选的五卷本《英格兰与苏格兰流行歌谣集》中的《小孩和长袍》一诗，大意说一小孩献给亚瑟王一件长袍，可以试妻子是否忠于丈夫。王后因不忠心，穿袍后袍变色。