The crimson brick lodge came first in sight, up to its eaves in dense evergreens. Tess thought this was the mansion itself till, passing through the side wicket with some trepidation, and onward to a point at which the drive took a turn, the house proper stood in full view. It was of recent erection - indeed almost new - and of the same rich red colour that formed such a contrast with the evergreens of the lodge. Far behind the corner of the house - which rose like a geranium bloom against the subdued colours around - stretched the soft azure landscape of The Chase - a truly venerable tract of forest land, one of the few remaining woodlands in England of undoubted primaeval date, wherein Druidical mistletoe was still found on aged oaks, and where enormous yew trees, not planted by the hand of man, grew as they had grown when they were pollarded for bows. All this sylvan antiquity, however, though visible from the Slopes, was outside the immediate boundaries of the estate.
苔丝最先看见的是用红砖盖成的门房,然后才看见屋檐上长满的厚厚的长青藤蔓。苔丝以为这就是庄园本身;她怀着惶恐不安的心情走过偏门,走到车路转弯的地点,这时候,她才看见出现在眼前的庄园全貌。庄园是最近新盖的——几乎全是新的——它也是同样的深红颜色,同偏门长满的长青藤蔓形成鲜明对照。在周围浅谈柔和的颜色的对照下,它就像一簇天竺葵的红花突现在那儿;在屋角后面的远处,展现在眼前的是猎苑的一大片柔和的淡蓝色风景——的确是一片让人肃然起敬的森林,是英国残留下来的已经不多的原始森林中的一片;在古老的橡树上,仍然还找得到朱伊德槲寄生,林中的茂密的水杉树不是人工栽种的,它们从人们把它们的枝条砍下来做弓箭的时候就生长在那里。但是,所有这些古老的森林,虽然从山坡上可以看见,但是却已经超越这片产业的边界了。

Everything on this snug property was bright, thriving, and well kept; acres of glass houses stretched down the inclines to the copses at their feet. Everything looked like money - like the last coin issued from the Mint. The stables, partly screened by Austrian pines and evergreen oaks, and fitted with every late appliance, were as dignified as Chapels-of-Ease. On the extensive lawn stood an ornamental tent, its door being towards her.
在这块幽静舒适的地产上,一切都是光明的,兴旺的,管理得井井有条;占地几英亩的温室从山坡上延伸下去,一直到了山脚下的萌生林那儿。一切东西看起来都像钱币一样——就像从造币厂里新铸造出来的钱币。在奥地利松树和四季长青的橡树的遮蔽下,配备了各种最新设备的马厩半掩半现,崇高威严,就像是为了方便教民而修建的小教堂。在一片广阔的草坪上,架着一座供装饰用的帐篷,帐篷的门朝着她的方向。

Simple Tess Durbeyfield stood at gaze, in a half alarmed attitude, on the edge of the gravel sweep. Her feet had brought her onward to this point before she had quite realized where she was; and now all was contrary to her expectation.
天真纯朴的苔丝站在一条砾石铺成的弯道边上,神态里半带着惊慌,惊讶地看着。在她还没有完全意识到她到了什么地方的时候,她的两条腿就已经把她带到了这个地方;而现在看来,一切都完全和她期望的相反。

'I thought we were an old family; but this is all new!'she said, in her artlessness. She wished that she had not fallen in so readily with her mother's plans for 'claiming kin', and had endeavoured to gain assistance nearer home.
“我还以为我们是一个古老的家族呢;可是这一家全都是新的。”她说,口气里一派天真。她心里真希望她没有那样轻易就接受了母亲的“认亲”计划,而想法在自己的家门口找到了帮助。