chapter 23
Jane:Do you think I can stay to become nothing to you?Do you think I am an automaton?-a machine without feelings?and can bear to have my morsel of bread snatched from my lips,and my drop of living water dashed from my cup?
【Do you think,because I am poor,obscure,plain,and little,I am soulless and heartless?】You think wrong!-I have as much soul as you-and full as much heart!And if God had gifted me with some beauty and much wealth,I should have made it as hard for you to leave me,as it is now for me to leave you.I am not talking to you now through the medium of custom,conventionalities,nor even of mortal flesh:it is my spirit that addresses your spirit;just as if both had passed through the grave,and we stood at God’s feet,equal-as we are!
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簡(jiǎn)：“你難道認(rèn)為,我會(huì)留下來甘愿做一個(gè)對(duì)你來說無足輕重的人?你以為我是一架機(jī)器?——一架沒有感情的機(jī)器?能夠容忍別人把一口面包從我嘴里搶走,把一滴生命之水從我杯子里潑掉?難道就因?yàn)槲乙回毴缦?、默默無聞、長(zhǎng)相平庸、個(gè)子瘦小,就沒有靈魂,沒有心腸了?——你不是想錯(cuò)了嗎?——我的心靈跟你一樣豐富,我的心胸跟你一樣充實(shí)!要是上帝賜予我一點(diǎn)姿色和充足的財(cái)富,我會(huì)使你同我現(xiàn)在一樣難分難舍,我不是根據(jù)習(xí)俗、常規(guī),甚至也不是血肉之軀同你說話,而是我的靈魂同你的靈魂在對(duì)話,就仿佛我們兩人穿過墳?zāi)?站在上帝腳下,彼此平等——本來就如此!”
Jane Eyre
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