" Excuse me, I was looking for the Weekly Volcano office. I wished to see Mr. Dashwood."

“对不起，我要找《火山周刊》的办公室。我想见戴什伍德先生。”

When she went again, Mr. Dashwood was alone, whereat she rejoiced.

当她再次去的时候，只有达什伍德先生一个人，她很高兴。

(turning to Mrs. Dashwood) but you have made it so charming!

（转向达什伍德夫人）但你让它变得如此迷人！

She told no one, but concocted a 'thrilling tale', and boldly carried it herself to Mr. Dashwood, editor of the Weekly Volcano.

她炮制了一篇“惊险故事”，并且大胆地亲自把它送给《火山周刊》的编辑戴什伍德先生，这件事她没有向任何人提起过。

You will find me a very awkward narrator, Miss Dashwood; I hardly know where to begin.

您会发现我是一个非常笨拙的叙述者， 达什伍德小姐；我几乎不知道从哪儿开始。

Ah! Miss Dashwood—a subject such as this—untouched for fourteen years— it is dangerous to handle it at all!

啊！达什伍德小姐——十四年来从未触及过这样的话题——谈论它太危险了！

" Yes, it's a new plot, and pretty well worked up — language good, and so on, " was Mr. Dashwood's affable reply.

“是的，故事情节是新颖的，发展得也挺好——文字不错，等等，”这是戴什伍德先生和蔼的回答。

I come now to the relation of a misfortune, which about this time befell Mrs. John Dashwood.

现在我要讲一下约翰·达什伍德夫人此时遭遇的一次不幸事件。

As she departed, Mr. Dashwood put up his feet, with the graceful remark, " Poor and proud, as usual, but she'll do."

她刚离开，戴什伍德先生便搁起双脚，得体地评论道：“贫穷而骄傲，这是常规，但她能行。”

I beg your pardon, Mr. Dashwood, but if he had done otherwise, I should have thought him a rascal.

达什伍德先生，请您原谅，但如果他不这么做，我会认为他是个流氓。

Mr. Dashwood had of course found it out very soon, but promised to be dumb, and for a wonder kept his word.

戴什伍德先生自然很快就发现了真相，但保证决不透露出去，而且奇迹般的信守了他的诺言。

What would you advise me to do in such a case, Miss Dashwood?

达什伍德小姐，在这种情况下，您建议我怎么做？

Mrs. Dashwood seemed actually working for her, herself; cherishing all her hopes, and promoting all her views!

达什伍德夫人似乎真的为自己工作；珍视她的所有希望， 宣传她的所有观点！

" But Mrs. John Dashwood would not much approve of Edward's going into orders."

“但约翰·达什伍德夫人不太同意爱德华去当牧师。”

" Shall you be in town this winter, Miss Dashwood? " said she with all her accustomary complacency.

“达什伍德小姐，您今年冬天会留在城里吗？”她像往常一样洋洋得意地问道。

Miss Dashwood, do you think people make love when any body else is by?

达什伍德小姐，你认为人们会在有其他人在旁边的时候做爱吗？

Colonel Brandon's delicate, unobtrusive enquiries were never unwelcome to Miss Dashwood.

布兰登上校的微妙、不打扰的询问从来都不会让达什伍德小姐感到不快。

She sent this didactic gem to several markets, but it found no purchaser, and she was inclined to agree with Mr. Dashwood that morals didn't sell.

她把这件说教性的作品送到好几个地方去卖，可是找不到买主。她倾向于同意戴什伍德先生的观点，认为道德是卖不出去的。

" I am sorry we cannot see your sister, Miss Dashwood, " said Miss Steele.

“很遗憾我们不能见到您的妹妹，达什伍德小姐，”斯蒂尔小姐说道。

Marianne Dashwood was born to an extraordinary fate.

玛丽安·达什伍德（Marianne Dashwood）的出生有着非凡的命运。