As to the thoughts , they are elfish 至于那些思想，倒是有些妖气。
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Or , if not , thou strange and elfish child , whence didst thou come ? 要不是这样，你这个怪里怪气的小妖精似的孩子是从哪儿来的？ ”
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Or is she an elfish spirit , who , as the legends of our childhood taught us , is forbidden to cross a running stream 要不，说不定她是个小精灵，象我们儿时的童话所教的，她是不准渡过流淌的溪流的吧？
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I was thinking , sir you will excuse the idea ; it was involuntary , i was thinking of hercules and samson with their charmers - you were , you little elfish - “我在想，先生你会原谅我这个想法，油然而生的想法，我想起了赫拉克勒斯参孙和使他们着迷的美女。 ”
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Hester , the evil which she inherited from her mother must be great indeed , if a noble woman do not grow out of this elfish child 海丝特自忖，这个小精灵似的孩子已经具备了这些纯正的秉赋，如若再不能成长为一个高贵的妇人，那就是她从母亲身上继承到的邪恶实在太大了。
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Pearl pointed upward , also , at a similar picture in the head - piece ; smiling at her mother , with the elfish intelligence that was so familiar an expression on her small physiognomy 珠儿还向上指着头盔中一个相似的映象，一边向母亲笑着，小脸上又露出了那常有的鬼精灵的表现。
