苔絲 Chapter15

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‘What do you mean，Tess?You are my wife，of course.’

“苔絲，你這是什么意思?當然了，你是我的妻子。”

‘I don't know，she said，with tears in her eyes.‘I told you long ago I wasn't good enough for you.And I'm not good enough!I was right!But you persuaded me!’

“我不知道。”她說道，眼里噙著淚水。“我很早以前就給你講過，我不夠好，配不上你?，F(xiàn)在我也不夠好!我是對的!但是你說服了我!”

She turned her back on him，sobbing as if her heart would break.It would have won round any man but Angel Clare.Deep in him lay a hard logic，which had resisted the Church，and now resisted Tess.She accepted his treatment of her as being what she deserved.She would never have thought of criticizing his hardness.To her he was still perfection.

她轉(zhuǎn)過身去背對著他，心痛欲碎般地啜泣著。這本來會使任何一個男人軟下心來，但是安吉爾·克萊爾卻無動于衷。在他內(nèi)心深處，存在著一種堅硬的理性，這種理性讓他抵觸過教會，現(xiàn)在又來抵觸苔絲了。她接受了他對她的態(tài)度，把它看做理所當然的。在她眼里，他依然完美。

“是的，如果我和你朝夕相處的話，我也許會說服你留下來，這有悖你更為合理的判斷，然后我們倆都會后悔的。我必須走。”

‘Right，’said Angel.His face was pale but his voice was determined.

“你說得對，”安吉爾說。他的臉很蒼白，但他的語氣很堅決。

Tess was slightly shocked.He had agreed so quickly to her generous offer!

苔絲微微有些震驚。對她慷慨大方的提議，他竟同意得這么快!

‘I didn't like to suggest it，’he said，‘but as you have，I think it's a good idea to part—at least for a while.God knows，we may come togetner again one day!’

“我并不想提出這個建議，”他說，“但是你既然提出了，我認為分開是個好辦法——至少分開一段時間。上帝知道，也許有朝一日，我們又會走到一起的!”

So they both prepared to leave the following day.That night Tess was woken by a noise in the house.At first she thought Angel was coming to her bedroom，and her heart beat wildly with joy.But then she saw his eyes staring emptily ahead of him，and knew he was walking in his sleep.He came to the middle of her room and said very sadly，‘Dead!Dead!Dead!Poor darling Tess!So sweet，so good，so pure!My wife，dead!’

于是兩個人都準備第二天離開。當晚，苔絲被房子里發(fā)出的聲響驚醒了。起先，她以為是安吉爾到她臥室來了，她的心歡喜得一陣狂跳。但是，隨后她看清了他的眼睛正茫然空洞地直視著前方，知道他這是在夢游。他來到她房間當中，悲戚地說道：“死了!死了!死了!可憐的，親愛的苔絲!你是多么溫柔，多么可愛，多么純潔呀!”

These words，which he would never say when awake，were very sweet to Tess.She would not have moved to save her life.She lay in absolute stillness，trying not to breathe，wondering what he was going to do with her.Her trust in him was complete.

這些他醒著的時候永遠不會說的話，在苔絲聽來，是那么地甜蜜。她不愿為拯救自己而躲避。她一動也不動地躺著，盡力不呼吸。她急切地想知道他會對她做些什么。她對他的信任是完完全全的。

He picked her up and carried her to the stairs.Was he going to throw her down?She knew he was leaving her the next day，perhaps for ever.She almost hoped they would fall and die together.

他把她抱起來，托著她朝樓梯走去。他要把她摔下去嗎?她知道他明天就要離開她了，也許是永遠地離開了。她幾乎希望他們一起跌下樓，一起死去。

He continued downstairs，taking her out of the house towards the river.She had given herself totally up to him， and did not care what happened to her as long as she was with him.They arrived at a place where the river was fast and deep，and Angel started to cross it on the narrow footbridge，still holding Tess.Perhaps he wanted to drown her.Even that would be better than separation.

他繼續(xù)下樓，又把她抱出了房子，朝那條河走去。她把自己整個兒托付給他了，只要能和他在一起，她不在乎她會出什么事。他們到了一個河水又急又深的地方，安吉爾還是抱著苔絲，開始穿越那條狹窄的人行橋。也許他想淹死她。但即使是那樣，也比分離好埃