苔丝 Chapter18
Meanwhile Tess was not hopeful that Angel would come in answer to her letter.The past had not changed，so he might not change either.Nevertheless she spent her spare time preparing for his possible return，practising singing the songs he used to like，tears rolling down her cheeks all the while.
同时，苔丝对安吉尔会响应她的信而回来不抱什么希望了。过去并没有改变，所以也许他也没有改变。然而，她还是利用空闲的时间，为他可能的返回作着准备，练习唱他过去爱听的歌，每到这个时候，眼泪就会从她的双颊潸潸滚落。
One evening she was in the cottage as usual when there was a knock at the door.A tall thin girl came in and Tess recognized her young sister Liza-Lu.
一天晚上，像往常一样，她正待在小屋里，这时响起了一阵敲门声。一个高高瘦瘦的女孩走了进来，苔丝认出，是她的妹妹丽莎-露。
‘Liza-Lu!’said Tess.‘What's the matter?’
“丽莎-露!”苔丝说，“出什么事儿啦?”
‘Mother is very ill，’her sister said seriously，‘and father is not well either and says a man of such noble family shouldn't have to work.So we don't know what to do.’
“妈妈病得很重，”她的妹妹焦虑地说道，“爸爸的身体也不好，还说像这样一个高贵家族的人是不该工作的。所以我们不知道如何是好。”
Tess thought for a moment.She realized she had to go home immediately，although her time was not yet up at the farm.She left her sister to rest for a while，and she herself set off at once with her possessions in a basket.
苔丝想了一会儿。她意识到自己必须立即回家一趟，尽管她在农场的干活期未满。她让妹妹留下来休息一会儿，自己把行李装在一个篮子里，即刻启程了。
Although it was night and she had a fifteen-mile walk， she felt quite safe.She was only worried about her mother， and did not notice the strange shapes of trees and hedges in the darkness.At three in the morning she passed the field where she had first seen Angel Clare，and felt again the disappointment when he did not dance with her.And when she saw the family cottage， it seemed to be part of her body and life，as it always did.
虽然是夜里了，她还有15英里的路要走，但她觉得十分安全。她只是担心她的母亲，根本注意不到黑暗中那些树木和篱笆怪异的影子。凌晨3 点，她经过与安吉尔·克莱尔初次见面的田野，因他没有请她跳舞产生的失望又一次涌上心头。她看到她们家的房子，它就像她身体和生活的一部分。它总是这样的。
She found her mother recovering from her illness，and took over as head of the household.Her father did not seem ill，and had a new plan for earning money.
她发现她母亲正从病中恢复，又接管了一家的事务，她的父亲则不像生病的样子，还制定了一个挣钱的新计划。
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