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又回到我面前。此刻我想,忘记它是最安全的。
  终于我们到达目的地,我在去郝薇香小姐家的路上,只想我的辉煌前程,她收养了艾丝黛拉,也或多或少收养了我,或许她要我继承那座黑暗的旧住宅,并让我和艾丝黛拉结婚。当然,我爱上艾丝黛拉,我不隐瞒我自己的事实,和艾丝黛拉结婚我不会是幸福的。我爱她,因为我不能阻止自己爱她。
  我大吃一惊。看到奥立克给我打开了大门。
  “你不是一直为乔干活吗?”我问。
  “你明白,年轻的主人,”他粗鲁地说。
  我知道,不能信任他,我决定告诉贾格斯先生,奥立克为郝薇香小姐干活不太可靠,贾格斯先生很可能会把他赶走。
  当我进到郝薇香小姐的房间,有一位穿着入时的女子和她坐在一起。当她抬起头看着我的时候,我认出来了,正是艾丝黛拉。她变的如此漂亮,致使我感到同她的距离十分遥远。尽管我受到全面的教育,我似乎还是她过去嘲笑的粗俗、平庸的孩子。
  “她变化很大,是吗?匹普。”郝薇香小姐恶意地笑着问,我拒绝回答。我能看出,艾丝黛拉仍然是傲慢,我知道是她让我为我的家和乔感到羞愧。但是,我也知道,我永远不能停止爱她。
  我和她在那个古老的花园里散步,平静地谈论着童年发生的事情。现在我们都是成年人了,她好像接受我作为一个朋友。我高兴不起来,我确信郝薇香小姐在捉弄我们,我是一个大傻瓜!
  突然,她停住脚步转向我,“郝薇香小姐可能让我们在将来一起度过更多的时光。但是,在那种情况下,我必须警告你,我没兴趣,我永远也不会坠入爱河。”
  “我不能相信这些,”我回答说,当她直勾勾地看着我时,从她的脸上我认清了一些事情。最近我在其他女人脸上看到过那样的表情吗?
  当我们回到那座房子时,郝薇香小姐单独对我说,“你喜欢她吗?匹普。”她热切地问。
  “人人见了都会喜欢她的。”
  她用那骨瘦如柴的手臂拽低我的头,小声对我说:“爱她,爱她,爱她!如果她喜欢你,爱她!如果她伤害你,爱她!如果她把你的心撕成碎片,爱她!”我能感觉到她那搂着我脖子的瘦臂肌肉。她好像提起恨、报复、死而不是爱十分忿怒。


■ 10 Pip and Herbert talk about love
  I returned to London, dreaming of the beautiful girl, now a woman, who had so influenced my childhood,and who, I hoped, would share my future life. I am sorry to say I did not think about dear, good Joe at all. I felt I had to ex-press my feelings to someone, and so that evening I told Herbert my secret.
  Instead of being surprised, as I expected, my friend replied,
  ‘I know that already, Handel.You never told me, but it was obvious.You've always loved Estella.It's very lucky that you seem to have been chosen to marry her.Does she, er,admire you?’
  I shook my head sadly.‘Not at all. And Herbert, you may think me lucky.I have great expectations,I know.But all that depends on one person! And I still don't really know how much I'll receive, or when! Nothing is certain!’
  ‘Now, Handel,'said Herbert cheerfully,‘don't lose hope.Mr Jaggers himself told you you would have a large fortune,didn't he? He would never make a mistake about something like that.Anyway, you'll be twenty-one soon.Perhaps you'll discover more then.’
  ‘Thank you,Herbert!’ I said, feeling much better.
  ‘But I want to ask you something, my dear Handel,'said Herbert,looking serious for once.‘Think of Estella, and her education, and how unhappy you may be with her.Couldn't you possibly-and I'm saying this as a friend, remember-couldn't
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