Jane Eyre 简爱 Chapter 19

THE library looked tranquil ¹ enough as I entered it, and the Sibyl- if Sibyl she were- was seated snugly ² enough in an easy-chair at the chimney-corner. She had on a red cloak and a black bonnet ³: or rather, a broad-brimmed gipsy hat, tied down with a striped handkerchief under her chin. An extinguished candle stood on the table; she was bending over the fire, and seemed reading in a little black book, like a prayer-book, by the light of the blaze: she muttered the words to herself, as most old women do, while she read; she did not desist immediately on my entrance: it appeared she wished to finish a paragraph., ,I stood on the rug and warmed my hands, which were rather cold with sitting at a distance from the drawing-room fire. I felt now as composed as ever I did in my life: there was nothing indeed in the gipsy's appearance to trouble one's calm. She shut her book and slowly looked up; her hat-brim partially ⁴ shaded her face, yet I could see, as she raised it, that it was a strange one. It looked all brown and black: elf-locks bristled ⁵ out from beneath a white band which passed under her chin, and came half over her cheeks, or rather jaws ⁶: her eye confronted me at once, with a bold and direct gaze., ,'Well, and you want your fortune told?' she said, in a voice as decided ⁷ as her glance, as harsh as her features., , ,'It's like your impudence ⁸ to say so: I expected it of you; I heard it in your step as you crossed the threshold.', ,'Did you? You've a quick ear.', ,The tranquil beauty of the village scenery is unique. 这乡村景色的宁静是绝无仅有的。,Jamie was snugly wrapped in a white woolen scarf. 杰米围着一条白色羊毛围巾舒适而暖和 。 来自《简明英汉词典》