【30 Tess of the D’Urbervilles 德伯家的苔絲】
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He heard something behind him, the brush of feet. Turning, he saw over the prostrate columns another figure; then before he was aware, another was at hand on the right, under a trilithon, and another on the left. The dawn shone full on the front of the man westward, and Clare could discern from this that he was tall, and walked as if trained. They all closed in with evident purpose. Her story then was true! Springing to his feet, he looked around for a weapon, loose stone, means of escape, anything. By this time the nearest man was upon him.
他（克萊爾）聽見身後有聲音，是一串腳步聲。他轉身就看到地上的石柱邊上又來了一個人。他還沒有反應過來，右邊的牌坊下麵又出現一個人，接著左邊也出現了一個人。曙光從正麵照到了西麵那個男人身上，克萊爾由此判斷此人身材高大，且走起路來訓練有素的樣子。他們又靠近了些，目的很明顯。她（苔絲）之前說的是真話。克萊爾突然跳起來，四處尋找武器、石頭、脫身的手段及能用上的一切。這時，離他最近的人已經來到了他麵前。
“It is no use, sir,” he said.“There are sixteen of us on the Plain, and the whole country is reared.”
“別費力氣了，先生，”那個人說，“在這個平原上就有我們16個人，而且整個地區都動員起來了。”
“Let her finish her sleep!” he implored in a whisper of the men as they gathered round.
“讓她睡完覺吧！”克萊爾見那些人從四麵包圍了上來，便輕聲乞求道。
When they saw where she lay, which they had not done till then, they showed no objection, and stood watching her, as still as the pillars around. He went to the stone and bent over her, holding one poor little hand; her breathing now was quick and small，
當他們看到苔絲在那裡躺著後，就沒有反對克萊爾的請求，在那兒守著，就像周圍的石柱一樣，一動不動。克萊爾走到石板邊，俯身握住她一隻可憐的小手，她的呼吸短促而
like that of a lesser creature than a woman. All waited in the growing light, their faces and hands as if they were silvered, the remainder of their figures dark, the stones glistening green-gray, the Plain still a mass of shade. Soon the light was strong, and a ray shone upon her unconscious form, peering under her eyelids and waking her.
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。她了醒喚瞼眼的她過透，上體身的覺知有沒那絲苔了在照光束一，烈強很得變線光，快很。暗灰片一是舊仍原平大；澤光的色綠灰著泛頭石；的色黑是還分部他其身全；色白銀層一了鍍像臉和手的們他，著待等在都人有所，亮越來越線光。物生的小弱還人女比種一是像，微輕
”?em rof emoc yeht evaH“.pu gnitrats ,dias ehs ”?legnA ,ti si tahW“
”？嗎了我抓來們他“，身起絲苔”？爾吉安，了麼怎“
”.emoc evah yehT“.dias eh ”,tseraed ,seY“
”。了來們他“，說爾萊克”，的愛親最我，的是“
lahs I won dna ;hguone dah evah I .hcum oot saw tI .detsal evah ton dluoc ssenippah sihT !dalg ,sey—dalg tsomla ma I ,legnA“.derumrum ehs ”,eb dluohs ti sa si tI“
