Jane Eyre · chapter 29 of 30
Monday Night
星期一晚上
In the morning sun Jane tells Mr. Rochester about her year, and one name makes him jealous. Then he has something to tell her, about a Monday night.
Read what you hear
- Narrator 第二天早上，雨停了，太阳出来了。
Dì èr tiān zǎoshang, yǔ tíng le, tàiyáng chūlai le.
The next morning, the rain had stopped and the sun was out.
- Mr. Rochester 小简？你还在！我昨天晚上一直不敢睡着。
Xiǎo Jiǎn? Nǐ hái zài! Wǒ zuótiān wǎnshang yìzhí bù gǎn shuìzháo.
Janet? You're still here! Last night I didn't dare fall asleep.
- Jane Eyre 我在这儿，先生。外边有太阳，我们出去走走吧。
Wǒ zài zhèr, xiānsheng. Wàibian yǒu tàiyáng, wǒmen chūqu zǒuzou ba.
I'm here, sir. The sun is out. Let's go for a little walk.
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- Narrator 简拉着他的手，走到了外边的草地上。
Jiǎn lāzhe tā de shǒu, zǒu dào le wàibian de cǎodì shang.
Jane took his hand and led him out onto the grass.
- Mr. Rochester 好了，告诉我吧。这一年，你在哪儿？
Hǎo le, gàosu wǒ ba. Zhè yì nián, nǐ zài nǎr?
All right, tell me. This past year, where were you?
- Jane Eyre 我在荒原上走了两天，夜里就睡在外边。我差一点儿死在那里。
Wǒ zài huāngyuán shang zǒu le liǎng tiān, yèli jiù shuì zài wàibian. Wǒ chà yìdiǎnr sǐ zài nàlǐ.
I walked on the moor for two days and slept outside at night. I nearly died there.
- Mr. Rochester 死在荒原上？小简……都是我不好。
Sǐ zài huāngyuán shang? Xiǎo Jiǎn… dōu shì wǒ bù hǎo.
Dying on the moor? Janet... It's all my fault.
- Jane Eyre 后来，沼泽居的人给我开了门。我在那里住下来，在学校教书。
Hòulái, Zhǎozé Jū de rén gěi wǒ kāi le mén. Wǒ zài nàlǐ zhù xiàlai, zài xuéxiào jiāo shū.
Then the people at Moor House opened their door to me. I stayed there and taught at a school.
- Mr. Rochester 那家人对你好吗？
Nà jiā rén duì nǐ hǎo ma?
Were they good to you?
- Jane Eyre 很好。后来我才知道，他们是我的表哥和表姐！
Hěn hǎo. Hòulái wǒ cái zhīdào, tāmen shì wǒ de biǎogē hé biǎojiě!
Very good to me. Later I found out they were my cousins!
- Mr. Rochester 表哥？他叫什么？是什么样的人？
Biǎogē? Tā jiào shénme? Shì shénme yàng de rén?
A cousin? What's his name? What sort of man is he?
- Jane Eyre 他叫圣约翰，是个牧师。他很高，很好看，什么都会。
Tā jiào Shèng Yuēhàn, shì ge mùshī. Tā hěn gāo, hěn hǎokàn, shénme dōu huì.
His name is St. John. He's a clergyman. He's tall, handsome, and good at everything.
- Mr. Rochester 他比我好看吗？
Tā bǐ wǒ hǎokàn ma?
Is he better-looking than me?
- Jane Eyre 好看多了，先生。
Hǎokàn duō le, xiānsheng.
Much better-looking, sir.
- Mr. Rochester 他对你说了什么？
Tā duì nǐ shuō le shénme?
What did he say to you?
- Jane Eyre 他要我嫁给他，跟他去印度。
Tā yào wǒ jià gěi tā, gēn tā qù Yìndù.
He wanted me to marry him and go to India with him.
- Mr. Rochester 那你就去嫁给他吧！
Nà nǐ jiù qù jià gěi tā ba!
Then go and marry him!
- Jane Eyre 我不会嫁给他，先生。他不爱我，我也不爱他。
Wǒ bú huì jià gěi tā, xiānsheng. Tā bú ài wǒ, wǒ yě bú ài tā.
I won't marry him, sir. He doesn't love me, and I don't love him.
- Mr. Rochester 可是我瞎了，小简。我就像那棵老栗子树，闪电打下来，它就断了。
Kěshì wǒ xiā le, Xiǎo Jiǎn. Wǒ jiù xiàng nà kē lǎo lìzi shù, shǎndiàn dǎ xiàlai, tā jiù duàn le.
But I'm blind, Janet. I'm like that old chestnut tree. The lightning struck, and it broke.
- Jane Eyre 您不是那棵断了的树，先生。您还是一棵绿树，又高又大！
Nín bú shì nà kē duàn le de shù, xiānsheng. Nín hái shì yì kē lǜ shù, yòu gāo yòu dà!
You're not that broken tree, sir. You're still a green tree, big and tall!
- Mr. Rochester 简，你愿意做我的妻子吗？
Jiǎn, nǐ yuànyì zuò wǒ de qīzi ma?
Jane, will you be my wife?
- Jane Eyre 愿意，先生。
Yuànyì, xiānsheng.
Yes, sir.
- Mr. Rochester 你不见了，桑菲尔德也烧了。我常常一个人跟上帝说话。
Nǐ bú jiàn le, Sāngfēi'ěrdé yě shāo le. Wǒ chángcháng yí gè rén gēn Shàngdì shuōhuà.
You were gone, and Thornfield burned too. I often talked to God, all alone.
- Mr. Rochester 这个星期一晚上，快到半夜的时候，我叫了你：“简！简！简！”
Zhège xīngqīyī wǎnshang, kuài dào bànyè de shíhou, wǒ jiào le nǐ: “Jiǎn! Jiǎn! Jiǎn!”
This past Monday night, near midnight, I called you: “Jane! Jane! Jane!”
- Jane Eyre 就是那天晚上……
Jiù shì nà tiān wǎnshang…
That very night...
- Mr. Rochester 然后，我听见风里有你的声音：“我来了，等着我！你在哪儿？”
Ránhòu, wǒ tīngjiàn fēng li yǒu nǐ de shēngyīn: “Wǒ lái le, děngzhe wǒ! Nǐ zài nǎr?”
And then I heard your voice on the wind: “I'm coming! Wait for me! Where are you?”
- Jane Eyre 读者，那是星期一晚上，快到半夜，我也听见他了。这件事我放在心里，没有告诉他。
Dúzhě, nà shì xīngqīyī wǎnshang, kuài dào bànyè, wǒ yě tīngjiàn tā le. Zhè jiàn shì wǒ fàng zài xīn li, méiyǒu gàosu tā.
Reader, it was Monday night, near midnight, and I heard him too. I kept it in my heart and never told him.
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What changed in the story?
- Where does Jane take Mr. Rochester that morning?
“外边有太阳，我们出去走走吧……走到了外边的草地上”
- What does Jane tell Mr. Rochester about her days on the moor?
“夜里就睡在外边。我差一点儿死在那里”
- How does Jane describe St. John to Mr. Rochester?
“他很高，很好看，什么都会”
- What does Mr. Rochester say he is like?
“我就像那棵老栗子树，闪电打下来，它就断了”
- What does Jane never tell Mr. Rochester?
“我也听见他了。这件事我放在心里，没有告诉他”