| 1. | The three years had aged esther .
这三年工夫使埃丝特变老了。 |
| 2. | Mr. blake : and this is stella . she is spanish .
布莱克先生：这是丝特拉。她是西班牙人。 |
| 3. | Esther could not conceive .
埃丝特不能生育。 |
| 4. | Aunt hester, to whom nothing was more awful than any kind of disagreement .
海丝特姑姑最怕抬杠子。 |
| 5. | "oh esther!" cried ada, sinking on her knees beside the baby .
“噢，埃丝特！”婀达喊着，便在那个婴儿前面跪下。 |
| 6. | Then she said, in her naturally stern way of speaking, "this is esther, sir. "
接着她又用素来的那种严肃口吻说：“先生，这就是埃丝特。” |
| 7. | When nicholas heard his daughter's remark from aunt hester he had rapped out .
当尼古拉从海丝特姑太嘴里听到女儿这句话时，他破口大骂起来。 |
| 8. | Could he treat esther so cruelly after her many years of devotion and loyalty ?
埃丝特这许多年来一直对他忠心耿耿，始终如一，他能这么狠心对待她吗？ |
| 9. | Aunt hester thought that it would be nice for him to work, if he were quite sure not to lose by it .
海丝特姑太认为，只要他有把握不会赔钱，做点事情也好。 |
| 10. | Esther herself, less accustomed to self-command, was getting too much agitated for calm observation of another .
爱丝特本人素来不常有自制的能力，神经紧张得不能再安静地观察旁人了。 |
