05-01-远大前程 [27]
！”我一口气说完。
毕蒂温和地说：“不值得为她烦恼，匹普。”
“那倒是，不过，我总羡慕她。”
毕蒂是一个最通情达理的姑娘，她并不是想让我伤心。当我们走到家时，我感到既轻松又痛快。
“匹普，你真傻！”我自言自语道，我体会到，永远和毕蒂在一起比和艾丝黛拉在一起要幸福得多。
“毕蒂，我希望我能爱上你！”我突然说道，“你是如此知心的朋友，我这样公开地说你不介意吧？”
“不，当然不会。但是，你永远不会爱上我，你明白，”她有点伤心地回答。
我不知道是否将继续以朴素诚实的生活方式和乔一起工作，也许和毕蒂结婚，还是希望郝薇香小姐操纵我的命运，并让我和艾丝黛拉结婚。
■ 6 Great expectations
One Saturday evening，when I had been apprenticed to Joe for four years，he and I were sitting in the pub，with some of the villagers, listening to Mr Wopsle．He was giving a dramatic reading of a newspaper report of a murder trial, and we all enjoyed watching him act the main characters. His witnesses were old and feeble，his lawyers were clever and sharp-eyed，and his accused was a violent，wicked murderer.
Suddenly we became aware of a strange gentleman who had also been listening，and was now looking coldly at us.
‘Well！’he said to us，biting the side of his finger.‘So you've decided the accused was the murderer，have you？'
‘Sir，'answered Mr Wopsle firmly，‘yes，I do think he is guilty.’We all nodded our heads in agreement.
‘But，'said the stranger，‘do you or do you not know that the law of England supposes every man to be innocent until he is proved-proved-to be guilty？’
‘Sir，’began Mr Wopsle，‘as an Englishman myself，I-’
‘Come！'said the stranger，‘don't avoid the question．Either you know it，or you don't know it．Which is it？’
‘Of course I know it，’answered poor Mr Wopsle.
‘Then why didn't you say so at first？Another question. Do you know that this trial isn't finished yet？’
Mr Wopsle hesitated，and we all began to have a rather bad opinion of him .
‘And you were going to say that the accused was guilty，before the end of the trial，before he has been proved guilty！’We realized that the unfortunate Wopsle had no understanding of the law，or indeed anything at all.
Now the stranger stood in front of our little group.
‘I'm looking for the blacksmith，Joe Gargery，’he said，‘and his apprentice，Pip．’He did not recognize me but I knew he was the gentleman I had met on the stairs when visiting Miss Havisham. There was even the same smell of per－fumed soap on his large hands.‘I want to speak to you two in private，’he said，and so Joe and I left the pub and walked home with him．
‘My name is Jaggers，and I'm a lawyer，’he said，when he reached the forge．‘Joe Gargery，I am sent by someone who suggests cancelling this boy's apprenticeship to you．Would you want any money，if you lost your apprentice？'
‘I'd never stand in Pip's way，never，'said Joe，staring.‘The answer is no.’
‘Don't try to change that answer later，'said Mr Jaggers .‘Now，what I have to say，and remember，I'm only an agent，I don't speak for myself，is that this young man has great expectations.’
Joe and I gasped，and looked at each other.
‘I have been told to say that he will be very rich when he is older.In addition，the person who sent me wants the young man to be removed from his home and educated as a gentleman who expects to inherit a fortune.'
My dream had come true. Miss Havisham was making me rich！
‘Now，Mr Pip，’continued the lawyer，‘there are two conditions．The first is that you always use the name of Pip．The second is that the name of the person who has heen
毕蒂温和地说：“不值得为她烦恼，匹普。”
“那倒是，不过，我总羡慕她。”
毕蒂是一个最通情达理的姑娘，她并不是想让我伤心。当我们走到家时，我感到既轻松又痛快。
“匹普，你真傻！”我自言自语道，我体会到，永远和毕蒂在一起比和艾丝黛拉在一起要幸福得多。
“毕蒂，我希望我能爱上你！”我突然说道，“你是如此知心的朋友，我这样公开地说你不介意吧？”
“不，当然不会。但是，你永远不会爱上我，你明白，”她有点伤心地回答。
我不知道是否将继续以朴素诚实的生活方式和乔一起工作，也许和毕蒂结婚，还是希望郝薇香小姐操纵我的命运，并让我和艾丝黛拉结婚。
■ 6 Great expectations
One Saturday evening，when I had been apprenticed to Joe for four years，he and I were sitting in the pub，with some of the villagers, listening to Mr Wopsle．He was giving a dramatic reading of a newspaper report of a murder trial, and we all enjoyed watching him act the main characters. His witnesses were old and feeble，his lawyers were clever and sharp-eyed，and his accused was a violent，wicked murderer.
Suddenly we became aware of a strange gentleman who had also been listening，and was now looking coldly at us.
‘Well！’he said to us，biting the side of his finger.‘So you've decided the accused was the murderer，have you？'
‘Sir，'answered Mr Wopsle firmly，‘yes，I do think he is guilty.’We all nodded our heads in agreement.
‘But，'said the stranger，‘do you or do you not know that the law of England supposes every man to be innocent until he is proved-proved-to be guilty？’
‘Sir，’began Mr Wopsle，‘as an Englishman myself，I-’
‘Come！'said the stranger，‘don't avoid the question．Either you know it，or you don't know it．Which is it？’
‘Of course I know it，’answered poor Mr Wopsle.
‘Then why didn't you say so at first？Another question. Do you know that this trial isn't finished yet？’
Mr Wopsle hesitated，and we all began to have a rather bad opinion of him .
‘And you were going to say that the accused was guilty，before the end of the trial，before he has been proved guilty！’We realized that the unfortunate Wopsle had no understanding of the law，or indeed anything at all.
Now the stranger stood in front of our little group.
‘I'm looking for the blacksmith，Joe Gargery，’he said，‘and his apprentice，Pip．’He did not recognize me but I knew he was the gentleman I had met on the stairs when visiting Miss Havisham. There was even the same smell of per－fumed soap on his large hands.‘I want to speak to you two in private，’he said，and so Joe and I left the pub and walked home with him．
‘My name is Jaggers，and I'm a lawyer，’he said，when he reached the forge．‘Joe Gargery，I am sent by someone who suggests cancelling this boy's apprenticeship to you．Would you want any money，if you lost your apprentice？'
‘I'd never stand in Pip's way，never，'said Joe，staring.‘The answer is no.’
‘Don't try to change that answer later，'said Mr Jaggers .‘Now，what I have to say，and remember，I'm only an agent，I don't speak for myself，is that this young man has great expectations.’
Joe and I gasped，and looked at each other.
‘I have been told to say that he will be very rich when he is older.In addition，the person who sent me wants the young man to be removed from his home and educated as a gentleman who expects to inherit a fortune.'
My dream had come true. Miss Havisham was making me rich！
‘Now，Mr Pip，’continued the lawyer，‘there are two conditions．The first is that you always use the name of Pip．The second is that the name of the person who has heen