Jane Eyre 简爱 Chapter 10

HITHERTO I have recorded in detail the events of my insignificant ¹ existence: to the first ten years of my life I have given almost as many chapters. But this is not to be a regular autobiography ²: I am only bound to invoke ³ Memory where I know her responses will possess some degree of interest; therefore I now pass a space of eight years almost in silence: a few lines only are necessary to keep up the links of connection., ,When the typhus fever had fulfilled its mission of devastation ⁴ at Lowood, it gradually disappeared from thence; but not till its virulence ⁵ and the number of its victims had drawn ⁶ public attention on the school. Inquiry ⁷ was made into the origin of the scourge ⁸, and by degrees various facts came out which excited public indignation in a high degree. The unhealthy nature of the site; the quantity and quality of the children's food; the brackish ⁹, fetid water used in its preparation; the pupils' wretched clothing and accommodations- all these things were discovered, and the discovery produced a result mortifying ¹⁰ to Mr. Brocklehurst, but beneficial to the institution., ,Several wealthy and benevolent ¹¹ individuals in the county subscribed ¹² largely for the erection of a more convenient building in a better situation; new regulations were made; improvements in diet and clothing introduced; the funds of the school were intrusted to the management of a committee. Mr. Brocklehurst, who, from his wealth and family connections, could not be overlooked, still retained the post of treasurer ¹³; but he was aided in the discharge of his duties by gentlemen of rather more enlarged and sympathising minds: his office of inspector ¹⁴, too, was shared by those who knew how to combine reason with strictness, comfort with economy, compassion ¹⁵ with uprightness. The school, thus improved, became in time a truly useful and noble institution. I remained an inmate ¹⁶ of its walls, after its regeneration, for eight years: six as pupil, and two as teacher; and in both capacities I bear my testimony ¹⁷ to its value and importance., , ,Miss Temple, through all changes, had thus far continued superintendent ²⁰ of the seminary: to her instruction I owed the best part of my acquirements; her friendship and society had been my continual solace ²¹; she had stood me in the stead of mother, governess, and, latterly, companion. At this period she married, removed with her husband (a clergyman, an excellent man, almost worthy ²² of such a wife) to a distant county, and consequently was lost to me., ,From the day she left I was no longer the same: with her was gone every settled feeling, every association that had made Lowood in some degree a home to me. I had imbibed ²³ from her something of her nature and much of her habits: more harmonious ²⁴ thoughts: what seemed better regulated feelings had become the inmates ²⁵ of my mind. I had given in allegiance to duty and order; I was quiet; I believed I was content: to the eyes of others, usually even to my own, I appeared a disciplined and subdued ²⁶ character., ,This problem was insignificant compared to others she faced.这一问题与她面临的其他问题比较起来算不得什么 。,He published his autobiography last autumn.他去年秋天出版了自己的自传
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