《简爱》✍ 第一章：5

Folds of scarlet drapery shut in my view to the right hand; to the left were the clear panes of glass, protecting, but not separating me from the drear November day. At intervals, while turning over the leaves of my book, I studied the aspect of that winter afternoon.Afar, it of-fered a pale blank of mist and cloud; near a scene of wet lawn and storm-beat shrub, with ceaseless rain sweeping away wildly before a long and lamentable blast.

在我右侧，绯红色窗幔的皱褶挡住了我的视线；左侧，明亮的玻璃窗庇护着我，使我既免受十一月阴沉天气的侵害，又不与外面的世界隔绝。在翻书的间隙，我抬头细看冬日下午的景色，只见远方白茫茫一片云雾，近处湿漉漉一块草地和风吹雨打的树丛。一阵持续而凄厉的狂风，驱赶着如注的暴雨，横空扫过。