Jane Eyre 简爱 Chapter 16

I BOTH wished and feared to see Mr. Rochester on the day which followed this sleepless ¹ night: I wanted to hear his voice again, yet feared to meet his eye. During the early part of the morning, I momentarily expected his coming; he was not in the frequent habit of entering the schoolroom, but he did step in for a few minutes sometimes, and I had the impression that he was sure to visit it that day., ,But the morning passed just as usual: nothing happened to interrupt the quiet course of Adele's studies; only soon after breakfast, I heard some bustle ⁴ in the neighbourhood of Mr. Rochester's chamber ⁵, Mrs. Fairfax's voice, and Leah's, and the cook's- that is, John's wife- and even John's own gruff tones. There were exclamations ⁶ of 'What a mercy master was not burnt in his bed!' 'It is always dangerous to keep a candle lit at night.' 'How providential that he had presence of mind to think of the water-jug!' 'I wonder he waked nobody!' 'It is to be hoped he will not take cold with sleeping on the library sofa,' etc., ,To much confabulation succeeded a sound of scrubbing and setting to rights; and when I passed the room, in going downstairs to dinner, I saw through the open door that all was again restored to complete order; only the bed was stripped of its hangings. Leah stood up in the window-seat, rubbing the panes ⁸ of glass dimmed with smoke. I was about to address her, for I wished to know what account had been given of the affair: but, on advancing, I saw a second person in the chamber- a woman sitting on a chair by the bedside, and sewing rings to new curtains. That woman was no other than Grace Poole., , ,'I will put her to some test,' thought I: 'such absolute impenetrability is past comprehension.', ,'Good morning, Grace,' I said. 'Has anything happened here? I thought I heard the servants all talking together a while ago.', ,One evening I heard a tale that rendered me sleepless for nights.一天晚上 ，我听说了一个传闻
，把我搞得一连几夜都不能入睡 。,He did not err by a hair's breadth in his calculation.他的计算结果一丝不差
。