Her mother chimed in to the same tune: a certain way she had of making her labours in the house seem heavier than they were by prolonging them indefinitely, also weighed in the argument. Her father alone preserved an attitude of neutrality.
她的母亲也在一边帮腔,唱着同样的调子:她要是不去,那就是把家里的负担无限期地延长了,使家里的负担比原来变得更重了,因此这也加重了她母亲说的话的分量。只有她的父亲保持着中立的态度。

'I will go,' said Tess at last.
“我去好了,”苔丝终于说。

Her mother could not repress her consciousness of the nuptial Vision conjured up by the girl's consent.
姑娘同意去了,这又使得她的母亲心里头想到这门亲事的前景。

'That's right! For such a pretty maid as 'tis, this is a fine chance!'
“这就对了!像你这样一个漂亮的女孩儿,这是一个好机会呀!”

'I hope it is a chance for earning money. It is no other kind of chance. You had better say nothing of that silly sort about parish.'
“我希望这只是一个挣钱的机会。这也不是一个什么别的机会,你不要在教区里到处对这件事说傻话了好不好。”

Mrs Durbeyfield did not promise. She was not quite sure that she did not feel proud enough, after the visitor's remarks, to say a good deal.
德北菲尔德太太并不答应她。她不敢保证,在那个客人说了那样一番话后,她会不会得意忘形,到处去瞎嚷嚷。

Thus it was arranged; and the young girl wrote, agreeing to be ready to set out on any day on which she might be required. She was duly informed that Mrs d'Urberville was glad of her decision, and that a spring-cart should be sent to meet her and her luggage at the top of the Vale on the day after the morrow, when she must hold herself prepared to start. Mrs d'Urberville's handwriting seemed rather masculine.
事情就这样决定下来;年轻的姑娘写了回信,同意做好准备,他们需要她哪天去,她就可以动身。接着她就收到回信,告诉她德贝维尔夫人对她的决定感到高兴,并说后天就派一辆轻便马车来,到山谷的坡顶上接她,帮她运行李,要她做好在那个时候动身的准备。德贝维尔夫人来信的笔迹好像很有一些男性化。

'A cart?' murmured Joan Durbeyfield doubtingly. 'It might have been a carriage for her own kin!'
“派一辆马车?”琼·德北菲尔德有些怀疑地嘟哝说,“来接她自己的亲戚,应该派一辆大马车呀!”

Having at last taken her course Tess was less restless and abstracted, going about her business with some self assurance in the thought of acquiring another horse for her father by an occupation which would not be onerous. She had hoped to be a teacher at the school, but the fates seemed to decide otherwise. Being mentally older than her mother she did not regard Mrs Durbeyfield's matrimonial hopes for her in a serious aspect for a moment. The light minded woman had been discovering good matches for her daughter almost from the year of her birth.
苔丝终于打定了主意,所以也就不再心神不宁、魂不守舍了,又开始泰然自若地做自己的事情,心里头想着做一份不太劳累的工作,就可以挣到钱再给父亲买一匹马了。她原先希望在小学里当一名教员,但是命运似乎决定要她做另外的事。由于她的思想比她的母亲成熟些,所以她此刻也没有把德北菲尔德太太对她婚姻的希望当做一回事。那个思想浅薄的妇女,几乎从她的女儿出世的那一年开始,就一直在为她寻找一个满意的丈夫了。