'What happened when she entered the house, sir?'
'Oh,I'd forgotten Céline!By the way,it's strange my telling you all this,but I know my secret's safe with you, and I know,too,that it can't have an evil influence on you-your mind's too strong for that. Yes, I listened to her conversation with her lover,an elegant young fool,and I knew I was no longer in love with her.So I walked into the room,told her our relationship was over,and challenged her lover to fight me.Next day I shot him in the arm during our fight,thought that was the end of the whole thing, and left France.But a few months before,Céline had had a baby girl,Adèle,and she claimed that Adèle was my child. She may be,although I doubt it.So when,a few years later,Céline abandoned Adèle and ran away to Italy with a singer,I went to Paris and brought Adèle back to grow up in England.'
I felt proud that Mr Rochester had trusted me with the story of his past life.I thought a lot about his character,and although I was aware of his faults,I also saw his goodness and kindness to me.From now on,my happiest moments were spent with him.I could not have imagined a better companion.
“先生,她进屋后发生了什么事?”
“噢,我忘了赛林娜!我告诉你这一切,真有些奇怪,不过我知道你会保守我的秘密,我还知道,它们不会对你产生坏影响——你太有头脑了。是的,我听到她和情人的对话,那是个优雅的年轻笨蛋。我知道我已不再爱她,于是便走进屋去,告诉她我们的关系完了,并向她的情人要求决斗。第二天,我在决斗中击伤了他的胳膊。我觉得事情已经了结,便离开了法国。但是在此几个月前,赛林娜生下一个女孩儿阿黛拉,声称是我的孩子。可能是吧,但我怀疑。几年后,赛林娜抛弃了阿黛拉,跟一个歌手跑到意大利去了,我便去巴黎,把阿黛拉带回英国抚养。”
罗切斯特能把他过去的生活讲给我听,我感到非常骄傲。我常常琢磨他的性格,尽管我意识到他的缺点,但也知道他待我很好很和善。从此,我最快活的时光就是和他在一起。我想像不出还有比他更好的伴侣。
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