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「You are a dear and good-hearted jewel,Mary!」 said Ellinor. 「How you canconstantly face and soothe the sorrows andmiseries of all these poor people, I cannotconceive; I am not selfish, I hope, andyet the frequent task would he too muchfor me.」

「You are not without a tender heart,」replied Mary, as she set down her littlehand-basket, now empty. 「I have paidbut one visit to-day—a very sorrowfulnone—and I am glad to be back again in ourown pretty home. When I saw old Elspatthe funeral was over, and dear Dr. Wodrowhad brought her back to the littlelonely cottage from which her husbandhad been borne away. It was so sad andstrange to see the empty bed, with a plateof salt upon the pillow, and the outlineof his coffin still on the coverlet, and thenow useless drugs and phials on a littletable, close by—sad reminiscences that onlyserved to torture poor Elspat, whose greyhead the minister patted kindly, whiletelling her, in the usual stereotyped way,that whom He loved He chastened—thatman is cut down like a reed—all flesh isgrass, and so forth. But old Elspat shallnot live alone now—she is to come here,and be a kind of factotum for us.」

【關於瑪麗的慈善與對比描寫】

Mary Wellwood was fair-haired, withdarkly-lashed eyes of violet-blue. Manywould call her very handsome, but fewmerely pretty. She was far beyond thelatter phrase. With all its soft beautyand dimples, there were too much decisionand character in her face to justify thesimple term prettiness, while it was a faceto haunt one a life long!

Two years younger than Mary, Ellinorwas now twenty. Her dark hazel eyeswere winning in expression, and, likeMary's, longly-lashed, and what lovelylips she had for kisses! Hers was nobutton of a mouth, however. Criticsmight say that it was a trifle too large;but her lips were beautifully curved, red,and alluring, often smiling, and showingthe pure, pearl-like teeth within; and yet,when not smiling, the normal expressionof Ellinor's face was thoughtful.

【關於瑪麗與艾莉諾的肖像式描寫】

The house of Birkwoodbrae was a littletwo-storied villa, with pretty orielwindows, about which the monthly roses,clematis, and Virginia creeper clambered:and it had been engrafted by the colonelon an old farmhouse, the abode of hisancestors, which had two crow-steppedgables and a huge square ingle-lum—thelater being now the ample kitchen fireplaceof the new residence, and in the remotequarter of the little household.

A lintel over the door that now led tothe barnyard told the date of this portionof the mansion, as it bore the legend oftenrepeated by Mary:—

'BLISSIT BE GOD FOR AL HIS GIFTIS. R. W. 1642,'

and showed that it had outlived the warsof the Covenant and the strife that endedat Killiecrankie; and by its wall theregrew a hoary pear-tree, called a longovil—thename of a kind of pear introducedinto Scotland by Queen Mary of Guise, theDuchess of Longueville.

【關於柏克伍德布雷房舍的混雜風格與歷史細節】

This part of the house was, or used tobe haunted by a goblin known as 'theDarien Ghost,' a spectre that used toappear during the blustering winds ofMarch, on the anniversary of the stormingand sack of Fort St. Andrew by theSpaniards, when a thousand Scotsmen perished,among them, Ronald, the Laird orGudeman of Birkwoodbrae. This ghost wasa heavily-booted one, with spurs that wereheard to jingle as it went; and it waswont to appear by the bedside of somesleeping visitor, over whom it would bendwith pallid face and gleaming eyes; andthose who had found courage enough tostrike at the figure with hand or sword,found, to their dismay, that notwithstandinghis heavy-heeled boots, by someidiosyncrasy, peculiar perhaps to ghosts, thestroke passed unimpeded through it; butMary averred that since the railway hadcome through Strathearn, less and less hadbeen seen of the Darien spectre, and nowit came no more.

【關於達里恩幽靈及其顯現傳說】

Everywhere here the scenery is rich andbeautiful, and the banks of the May arevery varied. In one part a long and deepchannel has been worn by its watersthrough the living rocks which almostclose above it, and far down below theygurgle in obscurity with a deep andmysterious sound. At another place they pourin silver spray over a linn, thirty feet inheight, and form a beautiful cascade, andeverywhere the glen scenery is picturesqueand richly wooded with the graceful silverbirch, which is so characteristic of theScottish Highlands, where it climbsboldly the brows of the steepest hills androcks, though the oak prevails in thevalleys of the Grampians.

【關於梅河沿岸多樣的景色描寫】

Clad in a rough tweed suit, with fishing-bootsthat came above his knees, a strawhat, the band of which was garnished withflies and lines, he was a man above themiddle height, apparently nearer thirtythan twenty, handsome in figure and inface. The latter was of a rich, darkcomplexion, with regular features; a heavy,dark brown moustache, and unmistakablykeen hazel eyes. He was a man with afine air and of decided presence.

【關於柯爾維爾上尉初次登場的外貌描寫】

Meanwhile Sir Redmond, the very pictureof bland laziness, though secretlykeen as a ferret, with his glass in his lefteye and his hands thrust into his trouserspockets, and his hair parted like a woman'sin the middle, was standing before Ellinor,and contemplating her with evidentsatisfaction, for he was a vaurien by nature.

【關於斯利斯爵士的外貌與氣質描寫】

Dr. Wodrow, the minister of Invermay(called of old the Kirktown of Mailler),was a tall, stout, and more thanfine-looking man, with aquiline features, anda massive forehead, from which his hair,very full in quantity, and now silverywhite, seemed to start up in Jove-likespouts, to fall behind over his ears andneck. He had keen, dark-grey eyes,always a pleasant smile, with a calm,kind, and dignified, if not somewhatpompous, manner, born, perhaps, of theconsciousness that, after the laird, he was achief man in the parish.

His one little vanity, or pet weakness,was pride in his descent from the piousbut superstitious old author of 'AnalectaScotica,' and other almost forgotten works,but who was a great man in his time,before and after the Treaty of Union, andin honour of whom he had named hisonly son 'Robert.'

【關於沃德羅醫生的外貌、性格及家族淵源描寫】

「What a splendid type of dog you havehere, Miss Wellwood—all muscle andsinew—half bull, half fox terrier,」 saidColville, in a pause of the conversation,patting Jack, who was nestling close toMary's skirt, for the captain deemedrightly that her dog was a safe thing toenlarge upon.

「He is indeed a pet—the dearest ofdogs,」 she replied, tickling Jack's ears,and getting a lick of his red tongue in return.

「Are you not afraid of him?」 asked SirRedmond, a little nervously.

「Afraid of Jack—I should think not!」replied Mary, laughing.

But somehow Jack seemed to have anantipathy for the baronet, and growled andshowed his molar tusks very unmistakablyeach time that personage focussed himwith his eyeglass.

【關於傑克（Jack）的描寫及其對不同人物的反應】

「When papa was on his death-bed,」 saidshe, 「the winter snow covered all the hills;it lay deep in the glen there, and even thegreat cascade at the Linn hung frozenlike a giant's beard in mid-air. Aboutthe solemn gloaming time Elspat saw fromher cottage window a strange, dim, flickeringlight leave our house here, and proceedslowly towards the village church, by aline where no road lies, and pass throughthe churchyard wall at a place where nogates open, and then, at a certain point,it vanished! At that precise time papadied, and when the funeral day came—aday never to be forgotten by us—theroads were so deep with snow that theprocession took the way traversed by thelight, and, as the gates were buried deep,the wall was crossed at the pointindicated by the light, and the grave wasfound to have been dug where the lightvanished.」

Mary's gentle voice broke as she toldthis little story, and whatever Colvillethought of it, though a town-bred Scotsman,no unbelief was traceable in hisface.

【關於臨終之光的傳說】

「Ah,」 said Mary, as a smile rippled overher bright face, 「that is not a legend—itis history.」

「About what?」

「A miller's daughter who married a king.」

「Then it is a tale of the days

"When King Cophetua loved the beggar maid."」

「Something of that kind. But in theremoter ages of Scottish history the HolyHill was the site of a royal residence; forthere King Kenneth II. died, and thereMalcolm III. was born—he who marriedMargaret of England.」

「These things didn't happen yesterday,」said Colville, smiling down into her earnestand animated face.

「In those days there was an old millerhere in Forteviot who had one daughternamed Edana, a girl of rare beauty, andwho was famed therefor throughout all theland between the Earn and Forth.」

... (The story continues, detailing the meeting with the knight and the miller's reaction)

【關於「聖山」的歷史與磨坊女兒嫁國王的故事】

Mary Wellwood's manner and bearingproved to Colville wonderfully attractive.Easy, unaffected, and apparentlyunconscious of her own beauty, she wascharming. She was equal, in all the attributesof good society, to any girl he had met,and Leslie Colville was no bad judge, ashe had been brought up in an exclusiveset, among whom any faults of breedingwere discrepancies never to be atoned for.

And she—how was she affected towardshim? Stealing a glance at his handsomeface and figure from time to time, andlistening to his very pleasant voice,Mary—somewhat of a day-dreamer—wasthinking how delightful it would have been hadGod given her and Ellinor such a man asa brother to guide, love, and protect them.

【關於柯爾維爾對瑪麗的觀察與感受】

As her slim hand was quickly withdrawnfrom his, and she murmured her 'thanks,'Mary's first thought was that it was casedin a somewhat too well-worn glove, andColville perhaps remarked this too, for he said,

「Do you always wear gauntlet gloves?」

「No; but then I am so much in thegarden among thorns and bushes thatordinary gloves are useless, and I used toget through so many of six and a quarter.」

「Surely even that is too large for ahand like yours,」 said he; and Mary nowfairly blushed at the tenor of theconversation, and when he attempted againto take her shapely little hand in hisshe resolutely withheld it, and, thinkingof Blanche Galloway, said,

「Please don't, Captain Colville; and nowI must bid you farewell, with many thanksfor your escort.」

【關於手套的描寫及其引發的對話與瑪麗的反應】

Meanwhile, he was closely scrutinisingthe soft and downcast face of Mary—downcastbecause she was too consciousof the fervour of his regard.

With all her beauty, Mary Wellwoodhad not yet had a lover. No man hadaddressed her in terms of admiration orlove, and this fact, together with thesomewhat secluded life she led, made the(perhaps passing) attentions of Colville ofmore importance than they would haveseemed to a young lady living in theworld like Miss Galloway, and, if thegallant Guardsman was only amusing himself,it was rather cruel of him; so Mary'semotions were of a somewhat mixed nature.

Could she but fashion her little tell-taleface for a brief period, and make it stonyas that of a sphinx!

A curious sense of wrong, of deception—evenprobable sorrow and affront,possessed her, mingled with that of a new andtimid delight.

The touch of his hand seemed to magnetiseher, and yet she longed to get awayfrom the reach of his eyes, his subtle anddetaining voice, for were they not theproperty of Blanche Galloway!

【關於瑪麗對柯爾維爾的複雜情感與內心掙扎】

In an atmosphere of drooping acacias,little palms, curious ferns, cacti, and otherexotics in tubs and pots, where the lightwas subdued by the greenery overheadand around, and where the plashing of abeautiful bronze fountain alone broke thestillness, for in the nook of that greatconservatory to which Sir Redmond Sleathhad successfully drawn Ellinor alone, themusic of the band and the merry voices ofthe garden party were scarcely heard, theywere seated together on a blue velvetlounge; and he, having possessed himselfof her fan, was slowly fanning her, whilehe hung admiringly over her—a processto which she submitted with a soft,dreamy smile in her speaking hazel eyes;while with every motion of the fan theripples of her fine dark hair were blownslightly to and fro.

【關於溫室場景的描寫與艾莉諾、斯利斯爵士的互動開端】

「You fear I do not love you?」 he asked,reproachfully.

「I do not fear it.」

「Look into my eyes.」

She did look, and her own lowered, forshe saw that which so often passes for lovewith the unthinking or unwary—deep andburning passion; and again she glancednervously around her, but felt impelled toremain where she was. Sir Redmonddetected the motion, and, misconstruing it,said, with a contemptuous smile that wastoo subtle for her to perceive,

「You and that—a—Mr. Robert Wodrowwere sweethearts, as it is called, when youwere children, I have heard.」

「Indeed!」

「Well?」

「The very reason, if true, that we shouldwish to be no more to each other,」 repliedEllinor, with some annoyance, rememberingcertain angry and bitter speeches ofRobert's when last they met and parted,and some of his dark looks within the lasthour.

Sir Redmond was radiant at this response. She drew on her gloves, and wasabout to rise, when he detained her, and,drawing her suddenly towards him, boldlykissed her, not once, but twice!

【關於艾莉諾與斯利斯爵士之間的情感操控與關鍵互動】

「A wife, you say? No, my dear MissGalloway; I can't afford such a luxuryin these times, and consequently cannot bea marrying man, unless——」

「Unless what?」

「I found one facile enough to have me,and with the necessary amount of acreage,coalpits, money in the Funds, or elsewhere.」

「If so, why are you so attentive in thatabsurd quarter, where there is no moneycertainly?」 asked the lady, pointing toEllinor with her fan.

「Why, indeed!」 thought Mrs. Wodrow,exasperated about her son Robert.

Sir Redmond paused.

「Why?」 asked the young lady again,categorically.

「Pour passer le temps,」 replied Sir Redmond,with one of his insolent smiles, as hetwirled out the ends of his tawnymoustachios.

【關於斯利斯爵士與布蘭奇在艾莉諾背後的對話（透過沃德羅夫人視角）】

There are generally two distinct sets ofpeople at every country entertainmentcarrying out the principle of 'pig-ironthat looks down on tenpenny nails;' butLady Dunkeld's garden-party was voted acharming gathering. She had a specialskill for assorting her guests, and did soaccordingly, though some of our dramatispersonæ assorted themselves; and theresult was so far harmony, apparently—wesay apparently, for it was not universal.

Thus Blanche Galloway was displeasedwith the manner in which Leslie Colvillehovered about Mary Wellwood, whileColville, and more especially Robert Wodrow,were both displeased by the conspicuousabsence of Sir Redmond and Ellinor.Robert knew not where they had been,and somehow never thought of looking inthe conservatories, and probably wouldnot have done so had the idea occurred tohim.

He had not been near her all day, andhe was now, more than ever, beginning torealise bitterly that the girl he had lovedso well all these years past, and who, hecertainly thought, loved him, was goingout of his life as completely as if she hadnever existed. Yet he could not relinquishher without another effort—anotherlast appeal; though he quitted the gaietiesof Craigmhor early with a sore and swollenheart.

【關於花園派對後人物間的暗流與羅伯特的痛苦】

The letter had a postscript:—

'My darling, the windows of your roomface mine over the orchard wall. If youhave not cast me utterly out of yourheart, for pity sake give me some signthen to-morrow—place a vase of flowersupon your window-sill, and I shall knowthe token.'

But Robert Wodrow next day, fromearliest dawn till morn was long past,looked and watched in vain for the sign,but none was given to him; for thoughthe heart of Ellinor Wellwood was wrungwithin her, she was too completely undera new and baleful influence now, and theold love was fast being forgotten.

【關於羅伯特寫給艾莉諾的信中的信物約定】

To do her a little justice, we must admitthat her first impulse had been to accordthe poor fellow the token for which hissoul thirsted.

A vase of flowers, sent to her but thatmorning from Sir Redmond by the handsof his valet, was on the mantelpiece. Sheput her hands towards it mechanically, asif she would have placed it on her windowsill in obedience to that pitiful letter; butstrange to say the flowers were alldead—already dead and withered!

Why was this?

Something superstitious crept over thegirl's heart as she looked on them; sheturned away—and the token was notgiven.

【關於凋謝的花朵與艾莉諾內心的迷信】

'Men are very weak,' surmised LadyDunkeld; 'but, of course, a man inCaptain Colville's position can mean nothingmore than simplest kindness, but the girlsare pretty—unfortunately for themselves,I think, more than pretty.'

The pride, admiration, and half-alarmof Elspat Gordon and other old servitorson the subject of the visit, which provedtheir nine days' wonder, amused while itannoyed Mary. She had her own ideas—itmight be fears for the future—and,though she said little, she thought a good deal.

【關於鄧克爾德夫人對威爾伍德姊妹的看法與僕人們的反應】

Ignorant of the baffled elopement, ofcourse, and perhaps of Sir Redmond'sdeparture from the neighbourhood ofInvermay, Robert Wodrow, intent on plans ofhis own, came near Ellinor no more, andseemed to ignore her existence.

And, strange to say, ere long she becameindignant that he made no sign oradvance; while rumour said he was perhapsgoing away, no one knew whither. Therehas seldom been a woman who liked to seea once avowed lover slip from her grasp;and Robert Wodrow certainly had beenEllinor's lover till the serpent entered herparadise in the shape of rank andambition.

【關於羅伯特的沉默與艾莉諾的反應】

Mary told him why.

'And, on leaving, whither do you meanto go?'

'London.'

'Is that not a rash scheme?'

'When the will is strong the heart iswilling; and we never know what a daymay bring forth.'

【關於瑪麗透露搬家原因與目的地】

He sat for a time silent, and Marythought his question a very strange one,unless he had a deeper interest in themboth than she thought he could possiblyhave; and, still pursuing a personal theme,he said,

'I have heard from Dr. Wodrow thathis son Robert was your sister's admirer,and that they have quarrelled. Is not thisto be regretted?'

'Regretted indeed!'

'You always seemed interested in him.'

'As Ellinor's lover—yes.'

'I always thought he was yours.'

'Mine—who said so?'

'Miss Galloway, repeatedly.'

'She had no authority for any suchstatement,' said Mary, upon whom a kindof light was beginning to break, andColville drew a little nearer, as he seemedvery much disposed to take up the threadof the 'old story' where he had left it offon the afternoon when he carved theirinitials on the tree, carried off the bunchof berries, and gave her in exchange thebouquet of Blanche Galloway, before hewent to Alyth.

【關於柯爾維爾對瑪麗感情狀態的探問及其與布蘭奇的關聯】

'If he saw you, he would certainly leaveyou in undisturbed possession of Birkwoodbrae.'

'A speech meant to be gallant; but heshall not see me if I can help it.'

He laughed again, and Mary felt piqued.

'From what I hear of all the matter,' hebegan, 'from what I know of you——'

'Of me, Captain Colville—what can youknow of me?' asked Mary, almost petulantly.

'Shall I say, then, from what I know ofyour cousin Wellwood——'

'Well—quick; from what you know of him?'

'Which I do as well as one fellow canknow another in the same battalion, I amsure he would never dispossess socharming—two such charming cousins.'

'Indeed! you have said something likethis already.'

'Would you not write to him and ask—'

'Emphatically—no!'

'Allow me, then?' asked Colville, in hismost persuasive tone.

'Never! I—we shall be beholden tonone! I thought, small as it is, thatBirkwoodbrae was almost our patrimony;it proves to be his, so let him have it.'

【關於是否該向表親威爾伍德求助的對話與瑪麗的堅決拒絕】

He was gazing on her now with eyesthat were full of admiration and ardour,while the clasp of his hand seemed toinfuse through her veins some of the forceand love that inspired him. In the glancethey exchanged each read the other'ssecret, and he drew her towards him andkissed her. 'There are moments in life,'it is said, 'when joy makes us afraid: andthis was one'—to Mary at least, and sheshrank back—all the more quickly andconfusedly that a visitor was approaching;and a half-suppressed malediction hoveredon the lips of Colville as the portlyMrs. Wodrow was ushered in—ushered in atthat moment!

【關於柯爾維爾與瑪麗之間的情感交流與意外打斷】

'Engaged—to—Miss Galloway!' berepeated, with genuine surprise andannoyance. 'Not at all. Who on earth putthat into your little head?' he added, witha laugh.

'Mrs. Wodrow always told me so,'replied Mary, covered with confusion, butfeeling very happy nevertheless.

'Silly, gossiping old woman! No, MissWellwood: I am, thank Heaven, a freeman—as yet.'

【關於柯爾維爾否認與布蘭奇的訂婚謠言】

To-morrow came, and the next day, andthe next, but there was no sign of, orletter from, Captain Colville, so Maryresumed her arrangements all the more brisklyand bitterly.

Ellinor had heard of his interview withMary, and felt much tender interest andconcern. Had he spoken of Sir RedmondSleath, or his movements, she marvelledsorely; but failed to ask.

Meanwhile May's recent thoughts wereof a very mingled and somewhat painfulkind. The memory of his great tendernessof manner, of the kiss he had snatched,and the assertion that he was not thefiancé of Blanche Galloway were all everbefore her in constant iteration, with theconsciousness that no distinct avowal hadpreceded, and no proposal had followedthe episode.

A kiss! Their lips had met but once,yet the memory of such a meeting oftenabides for ever.

'How dared he kiss me! Why did Inot prevent him?' she thought, while hercheeks burned, and the conviction that hehad been only amusing himself with hergrew hourly stronger in her heart. Sheremembered, too, that he had laughedonce or twice during the most earnestparts of her conversation about hertroubles, and she thought that most peoplecould hear of the misfortunes of otherswith tolerable equanimity.

【關於柯爾維爾未兌現的承諾與瑪麗的失望】

She picked up a few daisies from thegraves where her parents lay, and placedthem between the leaves of her Bible, andthen it seemed as if there was nothingmore to do.

The evening seemed painfully sweet andsilent and still when the sisters quittedtheir home for the last time, and to Maryit seemed that even 'the grasshoppers weresilent in the grass.'

【關於瑪麗離開前最後的儀式與感受】

It would be an insult, perhaps, to theintelligence of the reader to assume thathe or she has not already suspected thatLeslie Colville and the encroaching cousinLeslie Wellwood were one and the sameperson. Apart from his entailed property,he had succeeded to other possessions,requiring him with reference to his peerageclaim to add to his own the name of Colville,and hence the incognito he had—forreasons of his own—been enabled toassume to his cousins, to Mrs. Wodrow, andothers, including even that very acuteparty Sir Redmond Sleath. In short, savethe minister, no one knew the part hewished to play.

【關於柯爾維爾真實身份的揭示】

「The little drama from which you promisedyourself so much interest, generousand romantic pleasure has been thoroughlyoverdone,」 said Dr. Wodrow, somewhatreproachfully.

「Overdone, indeed!」

「And doubtless has caused, and is causinggreat pain.」

「Poor girl! Could I have believed thatMary——」

「Possessed so much individuality, decision,and independence of character.」

「Most true; the drama has beenoverdone, but can be quickly amended by apleasant epilogue. And it would havebeen so some days ago but for thiswretched accident to my right hand, whichprevented me from writing to Mary or toyou. Prejudiced, as you know, by myfather against them, I wished to learnthe real disposition and character of thesegirls before befriending them, as Iintended to do; and, even while learning tolove Mary, I carried my romantic schemestoo far. Why the devil did we make allthis mystery!」

「We. It was your own suggestion andwish—not mine,」 said Dr. Wodrow, testily;「and now they have anticipated everythingby going forth into the wide waste of theworld and leaving us no clue.」

【關於柯爾維爾的計畫、受傷以及與沃德羅醫生的對話】

From the heir of entail Mr. Luke Sharpereceived instructions that everything wasto remain intact and untouched at Birkwoodbraetill the sisters should come backand once more sit by its hearthstone; andold Elspat, who had been installed therein charge, held for a time a kind of dailylevee of humble neighbours, whoseinquiries, comments, and regrets werereiterated and ever recurrent.

【關於柏克伍德布雷現狀的指示與埃爾斯帕特的情況】