Mrs Durbeyfield, having quickly walked hitherward after parting from Tess, opened the front door, crossed the downstairs room, which was in deep gloom, and then unfastened the stair-door like one whose fingers knew the tricks of the latches well. Her ascent of the crooked staircase was a slower process, and her face, as it rose into the light above the last stair, encountered the gaze of all the party assembled in the bedroom.
德北菲爾德太太離開(kāi)苔絲以后，就急急忙忙趕到這里，打開(kāi)前門，穿過(guò)樓下陰沉沉的房間，然后就好像是一個(gè)十分熟悉樓梯門栓機(jī)關(guān)的人，用手指打開(kāi)了樓門。她在彎彎曲曲的樓梯上慢慢地走上去，當(dāng)她走上最后一節(jié)樓梯，臉從燈光里一露出來(lái)，所有擠在臥室里的人都一起把目光轉(zhuǎn)到了她的身上。

'------Being a few private friends I've asked in to keep up club walking at my own expense,' the landlady exclaimed at the sound of footsteps, as glibly as a child repeating the Catechism, while she peered over the stairs. 'Oh, 'tis you, Mrs Durbeyfield - Lard - how you frightened me! I thought it might be some gaffer sent by Government.'
“——這是我的幾個(gè)私人朋友，會(huì)社游行他們沒(méi)有盡興，我花錢請(qǐng)他們來(lái)的，”酒店老板娘一聽(tīng)見(jiàn)腳步聲，就一邊瞟著樓梯一邊大聲喊，熟練得就像一個(gè)背誦教義問(wèn)答的孩子?！班蓿瓉?lái)是你呀，德北菲爾德太太——我的老天——你把我嚇了一大跳！——我還以為是政府派來(lái)的官員呢?！?/div>

Mrs Durbeyfield was welcomed with glances and nods by the remainder of the conclave, and turned to where her husband sat. He was humming absently to himself, in a low tone: 'I be as good as some folks here and there! I've got a great family vault at Kingsbere-sub-Greenhill, and finer skillentons than any man in Wessex!'
臥室里其他的人望著德北菲爾德太太，向她點(diǎn)頭，對(duì)她表示歡迎，然后德北菲爾德太太就轉(zhuǎn)身向她丈夫坐的地方走去。她的丈夫在那兒出神地低聲哼著：“天底下有些富貴的人，我也同他們一樣呀！在青山腳下的金斯伯爾，有我們大家族的地下墓室呀，看威塞克斯的眾多人物，數(shù)我們家族最高貴呀！”

'I've something to tell 'ee that's come into my head about that a grand projick!' whispered his cheerful wife. 'Here, John, don't 'ee see me?' She nudged him, while he, looking through her as through a windowpane, went on with his recitative.
“我想起來(lái)一個(gè)絕妙的主意，特地來(lái)告訴你的，”一臉高興的德北菲爾德太太小聲說(shuō)?！拔梗s翰，你看見(jiàn)我沒(méi)有？”她用胳膊肘推推她丈夫，她丈夫仿佛隔著窗玻璃看著她，嘴里繼續(xù)哼著歌兒。

'Hush! Don't 'ee sing so loud, my good man,'said the landlady; in case any member of the Government should be passing, and take away my license.'
“噓！聲音不要唱得這樣大，我的好人！”酒店老板娘說(shuō)，“要是碰巧政府里有什么人從這兒路過(guò)，就會(huì)把我的執(zhí)照沒(méi)收了?！?/div>

'He's told 'ee what's happened to us, I suppose?' asked Mrs Durbeyfield.
“我們家發(fā)生的事他已經(jīng)告訴你們了，我想是吧？”德北菲爾德太太問(wèn)。

'Yes - in a way. D'ye think there's any money hanging by it?'
“是的——說(shuō)過(guò)一點(diǎn)兒。你說(shuō)你們會(huì)不會(huì)因此而發(fā)財(cái)？”

'Ah, that's the secret,' said Joan Durbeyfield sagely. 'However, tis well to be kin to a coach, even if you don't ride in 'en.' She dropped her public voice, and continued in a low tone to her husband: 'I've been thinking since you brought the news that there's a great rich lady out by Trantridge, on the edge o' The Chase, of the name of d'Urberville.'
“哦，這可是秘密，”德北菲爾德太太貌似聰明地說(shuō)，“不過(guò)，即使沒(méi)有大馬車坐，能和坐大馬車的人是近親也不錯(cuò)呀?！苯又膿Q了對(duì)大家說(shuō)話的口氣，繼續(xù)小聲對(duì)她的丈夫說(shuō)：“自從你把那件事告訴了我，我一直在想，在特蘭里奇那邊，就在獵苑的邊上，有一個(gè)高貴的有錢夫人，名字叫德貝維爾。”