苔丝 Chapter16
His mother said，‘You see，Angel，the perfect woman，the Bible tells us，is a working woman，not a fine lady，a girl just like your wife.A girl who uses her hands and heart and head for others.I wish I could have met her，Angel.As she is pure，she is fine enough for me.’
他的母亲说：“安吉尔，你看，《圣经》告诉我们，完美的女人是一个勤劳的女人，就像你的妻子那样的姑娘，一个用自己的双手、心灵和头脑为别人奉献的姑娘，而不是一位体面的小姐。安吉尔，我真希望我见过她了。我觉得她已经够好了，因为她是个纯洁的姑娘。”
Clare's eyes were full of tears.He quickly said goodnight and went to his room.His mother followed and stood at his door looking anxiously at him.
克莱尔的眼眶里满是泪水。他迅速地道了晚安，就到自己的房间去了。他的母亲跟了过去，站在门口忧虑地看着他。
‘Angel，why are you going away so soon?Have you quarrelled with your wife in these three weeks?Angel，is she …is she a woman with a past?’The mother's instinct had found the cause of her son's worries.
“安吉尔，你为什么这么快就要离去了?这三个星期里，你和你的妻子吵架了吗?安吉尔，她是……她是一个有经历的女人吗?”做母亲的本能发现了儿子忧虑的原由。
‘She is totally pure!’he replied，and felt that he had to tell that lie，even if he went to hell there and then for it.
“她是完全纯洁的!”他回答道，他觉得自己一定要撒那个谎，哪怕他要为此在此时此地下地狱。
‘Then never mind the rest.There are few better things in nature than a pure country girl.’
“那就永远不要在乎别的方面。自然界里很难再有比一个纯洁的乡村姑娘更好的事物了。”
Clare felt furious with Tess，because she had forced him to deceive his parents.Then he remembered her sweet voice， and the touch of her fingers on his face，and her warm breath on his lips.But this well-meaning young man，despite his advanced ideas，was still limited in his thinking.He could not see that Tess was in character as pure as the pure wife in the Bible.
克莱尔对苔丝感到非常愤怒，因为她逼得他欺骗他的父母。随后，他又想起了她温柔甜美的声音，她的手指在他脸上轻轻触摸的感觉，还有她在他唇上温暖柔和的呼吸。但是这个本意善良的年轻人，尽管有先进的思想，在思维上却不免仍有局限。他不能看到，在本质上，苔丝与《圣经》中描述的圣洁的妻子是一样纯洁的。
The next day Clare left Emminster and began to prepare for his journey to Brazil.One day，returning from doing some business with a farmer，he happened to meet one of the dairymaids from Talbothays，Izz Huett.He knew her secret：she was an honest girl who loved him and who might have made as good a farmer's wife as Tess.He learnt from Izz that，of the other dairymaids，Retty had become ill，and Marian had started drinking.And Izz herself?
第二天，克莱尔离开了爱敏斯特，开始为去巴西的行程作准备。一天，在同一位农场主了结了一些事情后的返回途中，他碰巧遇上了塔尔勃塞的一个挤奶女工，伊茨·休爱特。他知道她心里的秘密，她爱他，是个诚实的姑娘，而且能成为一个和苔丝一样贤惠的农场主妻子。他从伊茨口中得知了一些其他女工的情况。蕾蒂病倒了，玛丽安开始酗酒。伊茨自己怎么样呢?
‘Suppose I had asked you to marry me，Izz?’he asked.
“伊茨，假设我请求过你嫁给我，会怎么样?”他问。
‘I would have said“yes”，and you would have had a woman who loved you!’
“我会说‘好吧’，然后你就拥有了一个爱你的女人!”
A wild anger took hold of Clare.Society and its rules had trapped him in a corner.Why shouldn't he take his revenge on society?
一种疯狂的愤怒占据了克莱尔的思想。社会和它的法则设下圈套把他逼到了死角，为什么他不向这个社会报复?
‘I'm going to Brazil，Izz，without Tess.We have separated for personal reasons.I may never be able to love you，but will you come with me?’
“伊茨，我将要去巴西了，苔丝不跟着去。我们因为一些私人的原因分手了。可能我永远也不会爱你，但是，你愿意和我一起去吗?”
‘Yes，I will，’said Izz after a pause.
“是的，我愿意，”沉默了一会儿，伊茨说道。
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