Oliver Twist 雾都孤儿 - Chapter 41

Her situation was, indeed, one of no common trial and difficulty. While she felt the most eager and burning desire to penetrate ¹ the mystery in which Oliver's history was enveloped ², she could not but hold sacred the confidence which the miserable ³ woman with whom she had just conversed ⁴, had reposed ⁵ in her, as a young and guileless girl., ,Her words and manner had touched Rose Maylie's heart; and, mingled ⁶ with her love for her young charge, and scarcely less intense in its truth and fervour, was her fond wish to win the outcast back to repentance ⁷ and hope. They purposed remaining in London only three days, prior to departing for some weeks to a distant part of the coast., ,It was now midnight of the first day., , ,These were all reasons for the greatest caution and most circumspect ¹⁰ behaviour in communicating it to Mrs. Maylie, whose first impulse would infallibly be to hold a conference with the worthy ¹¹ doctor on the subject., ,As to resorting to any legal adviser ¹², even if she had known how to do so, it was scarcely to be thought of, for the same reason., ,The sunshine could not penetrate where the trees were thickest.阳光不能透入树木最浓密的地方 。,She was enveloped in a huge white towel. 她裹在一条白色大毛巾里
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