阿非瞪着眼看,好像上下牙粘上了漆,一动也不能动了。
Afei stared as if his jaws were glued together.
珊瑚和莫愁同华大嫂谈这旗人姑娘的事情时,他心里不知闪过多少念头。
While Coral and Mochow were talking with Mrs. Hua andthe Manchu girl, a hundred thoughts were passing through his mind.
在珊瑚,莫愁,华太太,和这个旗人的女儿说话时,姚先生头脑里有千百个念头出现又消逝。
While Coral and Mochow were talking with Mrs. Hua andthe Manchu girl, a hundred thoughts were passing through his mind.
第一个念头是,宝芬除了作为起居间里使唤的高等丫鬟之外,于别的显然是不合适的。
His first thought wasthemani-fest impropriety of employing Paofen except as a high-class maid in a living cham-ber.
他第一个想法是,除非雇用宝芬在客厅充当高级的女侍,否则,做别的事,实不相宜。
His first thought wasthemani-fest impropriety of employing Paofen except as a high-class maid in a living cham-ber.
可是宝芬去木兰家的几天里他又来看望木兰了。
Now duringthefew days Paofen was with Mualn, he came to visit Mulan.
现在宝芬在木兰那边儿帮忙,阿非又常去看木兰。
Now duringthefew days Paofen was with Mualn, he came to visit Mulan.
木兰意识到此中危险,直率地要他别和新来的丫鬟太接近。
She sensed danger and asked him plainly not to be too friendly with thenew maid.
木兰感觉到了危险,就明白告诉阿非不要和新来的丫鬟太要好。
She sensed danger and asked him plainly not to be too friendly with thenew maid.
她对弟弟说:“你就好比已同四妹订了婚一样的。
"You are as good as engaged to Fourth Sister, you know," she said to her brother.
” 她对弟弟说:“你要知道,你现在等于和四妹订婚了。
"You are as good as engaged to Fourth Sister, you know," she said to her brother.
”
"You are as good as engaged to Fourth Sister, you know," she said to her brother.
阿非辩解说:“我和你一样,不过是对她感兴趣而已。
"I am interested in Paofen merely in thesame way you are," said Afei, defend-ing himself.
” 阿非自己辩护说:“我喜爱宝芬正和你喜爱她一样。
"I am interested in Paofen merely in thesame way you are," said Afei, defend-ing himself.
”
"I am interested in Paofen merely in thesame way you are," said Afei, defend-ing himself.
她说:“你知道我弟弟已经同她表妹定亲了。
"You know my brother is engaged to his cousin," she said.
” 木兰说:“你知道,我弟弟和他表妹已经订了婚。
"You know my brother is engaged to his cousin," she said.
”
"You know my brother is engaged to his cousin," she said.
“那么你为什么不愿意呆在我这儿。
"Then why don't you stay here with me?”
” “那么为什么你不肯和我在一起呢?
"Then why don't you stay here with me?”
”
"Then why don't you stay here with me?”
木兰告诉妹妹宝芬怎么硬要回到这个园里来,也告诉她注意到了阿非对这个新来丫鬟感到兴趣。
Mulan told her sister about Paofen's strange insistence upon coming back to thegarden, and told her also what she had noticed about Afei's interest in thenew maid.
木兰把宝芬坚持要回来这种不可解的情形,告诉了莫愁,并且又把她看出来阿非对这新丫鬟的用心,也告诉了她。
Mulan told her sister about Paofen's strange insistence upon coming back to thegarden, and told her also what she had noticed about Afei's interest in thenew maid.
“也可以说她去看母亲的次数多了。
"Perhaps he has been going to see Mother more often.