There was something subdued in Jonathan Kail's tone which had not been there in the day, and lines of concern were ploughed upon his forehead in addition to the lines of years. He continued--
在约纳森说话的音调里,有一些不高兴的感觉,而这在白天是没有的,在他的额头上,除了岁月的皱纹而外,又增添了一些愁烦的皱纹。他接着说——

'We've all been gallied at the dairy at what might ha' been a most terrible affliction since you and your Mis'ess - so to name her now - left us this afternoon. Perhaps you ha'nt forgot the cock's afternoon crow?'
“自从今天下午你和你的夫人离开后——我现在可以叫她夫人了吧——奶牛场发生了一件非常令人痛苦的事,把我们给吓坏了。也许你们没有忘记今天下午公鸡叫的事吧?”

'Dear me; - what--'
“天呀;——发生了什么事呀——”

'Well, some says it do mane one thing, and some another; but what's happened is that poor little Retty Priddle hev tried to drown herself.'
“唉,有人说鸡叫要出这件事,又有人说鸡叫要出那件事;结果出事的竟是可怜的小莱蒂·普里德尔,她要跳水自杀来着。”

'No! Really! Why, she bade us good-bye with the rest--'
“天呐!真的吗!为什么,她还和别人一起给我们送行——”

'Yes. Well, sir, when you and your Mis'ess - so to name what she lawful is - when you two drove away, as I say, Retty and Marian put on their bonnets and went out; and as there is not much doing now, being New Year's Eve, and folks mops and brooms from what's inside 'em, nobody took much notice. They went on to Lew-Everard, where they had summut to drink, and then on they vamped to Dree-armed Cross, and there they seemed to have parted, Retty striking across the water-meads as if for home, and Marian going on to the next village, where there's another public-house. Nothing more was zeed or heard o' Retty till the waterman, on his way home, noticed something by the Great Pool; 'twas her bonnet and shawl packed up. In the water he found her. He and another man brought her home, thinking's was dead; but she fetched round by degrees.'
“不错。唉,先生,当你和你的夫人——按照法律该这样称呼她了——我是说,当你们赶着车走了,莱蒂和玛丽安就戴上帽子走了出去;由于是新年的除夕,现在已经没有什么事情可做的了,大家都喝得醉醺醺的,所以谁也没有注意到她们。她们先是到了刘·艾维拉德酒馆,喝了一气的酒,然后她们就走到那个三岔路口,似乎是在那儿分的手,莱蒂就从水草地里穿过去,仿佛是要回家,玛丽安是到下一个村庄去,那儿还有一家酒店。从那时候起,谁也没有看见和听说过莱蒂了,有个水手在回家的路上,发现大水塘旁边有什么东西;那是堆在一起的莱蒂的帽子和披肩。他在水里找到了莱蒂。他和另外一个人一起把她送回家,以为她已经死了;但是她又慢慢地醒过来了。”

Angel, suddenly recollecting that Tess was overhearing this gloomy tale, went to shut the door between the passage and the ante-room to the inner parlour where she was; but his wife, flinging a shawl round her, had come to the outer room and was listening to the man's narrative, her eyes resting absently on the luggage and the drops of rain glistening upon it.
安琪尔突然想起来,苔丝一定在偷听这个可怕的故事,就走过去想把走道和前厅之间的门关上,前厅通向里面的客厅,苔丝就在里面的客厅里;可是他的妻子裹着一条围巾,已经到前厅来了,她听着约纳森说话,目光瞧着行李和行李上闪闪发光的露珠,在那儿出神发愣。