The snow began to drive thickly. I seized the handle to essay another trial; when a young man without coat, and shouldering a pitchfork, appeared in the yard behind. He hailed me to follow him, and, after marching through a wash-house, and a paved area containing a coal-shed, pump, and pigeon-cot, we at length arrived in the huge, warm, cheerful apartment where I was formerly received. It glowed delightfully in the radiance of an immense fire, compounded of coal, peat, and wood; and near the table, laid for a plentiful evening meal, I was pleased to observe the 'missis,' an individual whose existence I had never previously suspected. I bowed and waited, thinking she would bid me take a seat. She looked at me, leaning back in her chair, and remained motionless and mute.
雪開(kāi)始下大了。我抓住插銷，企圖再來(lái)一次。這時(shí)一個(gè)沒(méi)有穿外套，肩上抗著干草叉的年青人出現(xiàn)在后面的院子里。他招呼我跟他走。再穿過(guò)了一個(gè)洗衣房，和一個(gè)堆著煤皮，水泵，還有鴿子籠的區(qū)域后，最后我們進(jìn)到了寬敞的、暖和的，舒適的房間里，我曾經(jīng)再這里被接待過(guò)，在煤、泥煤和木頭混合燃燒產(chǎn)生的極大的火焰的烘烤之下，房間里非常的溫暖。桌子旁邊擺放著非常豐盛的晚餐。我非常高興見(jiàn)到所謂的“太太”，我海從來(lái)沒(méi)有看見(jiàn)過(guò)她呢。我鞠躬施禮，以為她會(huì)請(qǐng)我坐下。然而，她看著我，靠在她的椅子的后背上，仍然面無(wú)表情，沉默無(wú)語(yǔ)。
'Rough weather!' I remarked. 'I'm afraid, Mrs. Heathcliff, the door must bear the consequence of your servants' leisure attendance: I had hard work to make them hear me.'
“天氣真是很槽糕！”我說(shuō)，“抱歉，希斯克利夫太太，你的地板必須要承擔(dān)你的仆人不開(kāi)門的后果了：我已經(jīng)非常用力地喊以便讓他們能聽(tīng)見(jiàn)�！�
She never opened her mouth. I stared - she stared also: at any rate, she kept her eyes on me in a cool, regardless manner, exceedingly embarrassing and disagreeable.
她根本不開(kāi)口說(shuō)話。我瞪眼，她也瞪眼：但是無(wú)論什么情況下，她看我的目光都是冷冷的，漠不關(guān)心的樣子，讓我覺(jué)得非常的尷尬和不舒服。
'Sit down,' said the young man, gruffly. 'He'll be in soon.'
“坐下，”那年青人粗暴地說(shuō)，“他一會(huì)就來(lái)了�！�
I obeyed; and hemmed, and called the villain Juno, who deigned, at this second interview, to move the extreme tip of her tail, in token of owning my acquaintance.
我順從地坐下來(lái)，清了清嗓子，又跟那個(gè)惡女人打招呼，而這次，她屈尊動(dòng)了動(dòng)她辮子的最末稍，表示接受我為熟人。
'A beautiful animal!' I commenced again. 'Do you intend parting with the little ones, madam?'
“很漂亮的動(dòng)物！”我再次開(kāi)口，“你準(zhǔn)備好要同這些小東西分開(kāi)了嗎？夫人？”
'They are not mine,' said the amiable hostess, more repellingly than Heathcliff himself could have replied.
“它們不是我的�！焙蜕频呐魅苏f(shuō)道，比希斯克利夫的回答還讓人不愉快。
'Ah, your favourites are among these?' I continued, turning to an obscure cushion full of something like cats.
“啊，你最喜歡的在這里面嗎？”當(dāng)看見(jiàn)一個(gè)發(fā)霉的墊子里擠滿了像貓一樣的東西，我又繼續(xù)說(shuō)道。
'A strange choice of favourites!' she observed scornfully.
“很特別的心愛(ài)之物！”她很輕蔑的回答。
Unluckily, it was a heap of dead rabbits. I hemmed once more, and drew closer to the hearth, repeating my comment on the wildness of the evening.
不巧的是，那是一堆死兔子。我又清了清嗓子，走到更靠近壁爐的地方，重復(fù)我對(duì)空曠夜晚的評(píng)論。
'You should not have come out,' she said, rising and reaching from the chimney-piece two of the painted canisters.
“你不該出來(lái)的，”她說(shuō)著站起來(lái)，從煙囪煙囪上拿下兩個(gè)漆過(guò)的咖啡杯。
Her position before was sheltered from the light; now, I had a distinct view of her whole figure and countenance. She was slender, and apparently scarcely past girlhood: an admirable form, and the most exquisite little face that I have ever had the pleasure of beholding; small features, very fair; flaxen ringlets, or rather golden, hanging loose on her delicate neck; and eyes, had they been agreeable in expression, that would have been irresistible: fortunately for my susceptible heart, the only sentiment they evinced hovered between scorn and a kind of desperation, singularly unnatural to be detected there. The canisters were almost out of her reach; I made a motion to aid her; she turned upon me as a miser might turn if any one attempted to assist him in counting his gold.
之前，她所處的位置在背光的地方；現(xiàn)在，我看清楚了她的體形和面容。她很苗條，明顯還處于少女的年齡階段：長(zhǎng)得極好，看著這張非常精致的臉讓我感到從未有過(guò)的榮幸。五官，非常端正；黃色的發(fā)卷，或者說(shuō)是金色的發(fā)卷散落在她精巧的脖子旁邊；眼睛，如果它們?cè)诒磉_(dá)恰當(dāng)，那將寧人難以拒絕。幸運(yùn)的是，對(duì)于我易受感動(dòng)的心而言，它們所表示的唯一情感盤旋在蔑視和絕望之間，可以發(fā)現(xiàn)異乎尋常的不自然。她幾乎夠不著咖啡杯；我沒(méi)有做出任何要幫她的動(dòng)作；她轉(zhuǎn)向我，就像一個(gè)守財(cái)奴在別人想要幫他數(shù)金幣一樣。
'I don't want your help,' she snapped; 'I can get them for myself.'
“我不要你的幫忙，”她突然說(shuō)，“我自己可以拿到的。”
'I beg your pardon!' I hastened to reply.
“抱歉，你說(shuō)什么��？”我忙回答道。
'Were you asked to tea?' she demanded, tying an apron over her neat black frock, and standing with a spoonful of the leaf poised over the pot.
“有人邀請(qǐng)你喝茶了嗎？”她問(wèn)，隨即將圍裙系到她整潔的黑色外衣上，取出一勺子茶葉放到壺中。
'I shall be glad to have a cup,' I answered.
“我很樂(lè)意喝一杯。”我回答道。
'Were you asked?' she repeated.
“有人邀請(qǐng)你嗎？”她又問(wèn)道。
'No,' I said, half smiling. 'You are the proper person to ask me.'
“沒(méi)有，”我說(shuō)，微微笑笑�！澳闶茄�(qǐng)我的合適人選�！�
She flung the tea back, spoon and all, and resumed her chair in a pet; her forehead corrugated, and her red under-lip pushed out, like a child's ready to cry.
她把茶扔了回去，勺子和其他的東西也都被扔了回去，不高興地坐回到她的椅子上；她的眉頭皺了起來(lái)，紅紅的下唇癟了出來(lái)，就像一個(gè)要哭的孩子。
