Justine 淑女的眼泪 Chapter 43

"Therese! What are you doing here ?" he demands., ,"Oh, Monsieur, punish me," I reply, "I am guilty and have nothing to answer you.", ,Unhappily, in my fright I had forgotten to destroy the Countess' letter: he suspects its existence, asks for it, I wish to deny I have it; but Gernande sees the fatal letter protruding ¹ above my kerchief, snatches, it, reads it, and orders me to follow him., , ," Impudent ⁸ girl," says he, "I gave you warning that the crime you have just committed is punished here by death: therefore prepare yourself to undergo the penalty you have been pleased to incur ⁹. When tomorrow I rise from dinner I am going to dispatch you.", ,Once again I fall prostrate ¹⁰ before him but, seizing me by the hair, he drags me along the ground, pulls me several times around my prison, and ends by hurling ¹¹ me against the wall in such a manner I am nigh to having my brains dashed out., ,There is a protruding shelf over a fireplace. 壁炉上方有个突出的架子。 来自辞典例句,The house was modelled on a French chateau.这房子是模仿一座法国大别墅建造的 。