Returning from one of these dark walks they reached a great gravel-cliff immediately over the levels, where they stood still and listened. The water was now high in the streams, squirting through the weirs, and tinkling under culverts; the smallest gullies were all full; there was no taking short cuts anywhere, and foot-passengers were compelled to follow the permanent ways. From the whole extent of the invisible vale came a multitudinous intonation; it forced upon their fancy that a great city lay below them, and that the murmur was the vociferation of its populace.
他們有一天晚上散步回來(lái)，走到聳立在平原上一個(gè)高大的沙石峭壁跟前，他們就靜靜地站在那兒聽(tīng)著。溪流中的水漲高了，在溝渠里嘩嘩地流著，在暗溝里叮咚叮咚地響著；最小的溝渠里的水也漲得滿(mǎn)滿(mǎn)的；無(wú)論到哪兒去都沒(méi)有近路，步行的人不得不從鐵路上走。從整個(gè)黑沉沉的谷區(qū)里，傳來(lái)各種各樣的嘈雜聲；這不禁使他們想到，在他們的下面是一座巨大的城市，那些嘈雜聲就是城市居民的喧鬧聲。

'It seems like tens of thousands of them,' said Tess; 'holding public-meetings in their market-places, arguing, preaching, quarrelling, sobbing, groaning, praying, and cursing.'
“好像有成千上萬(wàn)的人，”苔絲說(shuō)：“正在市場(chǎng)上開(kāi)公民大會(huì)呢，他們正在那兒辯論、講道、爭(zhēng)吵、呻吟、祈禱、謾罵?！?/div>

Clare was not particularly heeding.
克萊爾并沒(méi)有怎樣留神去聽(tīng)。

'Did Crick speak to you to-day, dear, about his not wanting much assistance during the winter months?'
“親愛(ài)的，克里克在整個(gè)冬季不想雇傭許多人，他今天給你談過(guò)這件事嗎？”

'No.'
“沒(méi)有?！?/div>

'The cows are going dry rapidly.'
“奶牛很快就要擠不出奶了?！?/div>

'Yes. Six or seven went to the straw-barton yesterday, and three the day before, making nearly twenty in the straw already. Ah - is it that the farmer don't want my help for the calving? O, I am not wanted here any more! And I have tried so hard to--'
“不錯(cuò)。昨天已經(jīng)有六七頭牛被送到干草院里去了，前天被送進(jìn)去三頭。整整二十頭?？煲∨倭?。啊……是不是老板不想要我照顧小牛犢了？啊，我也不想繼續(xù)在這兒干了！我一直干得這樣賣(mài)勁，我……”

'Crick didn't exactly say that he would no longer require you. But, knowing what our relations were, he said in the most good-natured and respectful manner possible that he supposed on my leaving at Christmas I should take you with me, and on my asking what he would do without you he merely observed that, as a matter of fact, it was a time of year when he could do with a very little female help. I am afraid I was sinner enough to feel rather glad that he was in this way forcing your hand.'
“克里克并沒(méi)有肯定說(shuō)不需要你?？墒?，由于他知道我們是一種什么樣的關(guān)系，所以他說(shuō)話(huà)的時(shí)候非常和氣、非?？蜌猓f(shuō)，他認(rèn)為我在圣誕節(jié)離開(kāi)這兒時(shí)應(yīng)該把你帶上的，我說(shuō)，她離開(kāi)了你不會(huì)有問(wèn)題吧，他只是說(shuō)，說(shuō)實(shí)話(huà)，一年中這個(gè)季節(jié)里，只要一兩個(gè)女工幫忙就行了。我聽(tīng)出他想這樣逼著你和我結(jié)婚，真有點(diǎn)兒高興，恐怕這樣的感覺(jué)要算是一種罪過(guò)吧。”

'I don't think you ought to have felt glad, Angel. Because 'tis always mournful not to be wanted, even if at the same time 'tis convenient.'
“我覺(jué)得你不應(yīng)該感到高興，安琪爾。因?yàn)闆](méi)有人要你，總是叫人傷心的，即使對(duì)我們來(lái)說(shuō)是一種方便。”